Alzira : tragedia lirica in tre atti /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Uniform title:Alzira. Vocal score
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press ; Milano : Ricordi, c2002.
Description:1 vocal score (lxvii, 279 p.) ; 27 cm.
Language:Italian
Series:Ricordi opera vocal score series
Subject:Operas -- Vocal scores with piano.
Operas -- Vocal scores with piano.
Format: Music score Print
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4851650
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Other uniform titles:Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852.
Castelvecchi, Stefano, 1960-
Cheskin, Jonathan, 1967-
Voltaire, 1694-1778. Alzire.
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Works. 1983.
ISBN:8875926964
Notes:Introductory matter and critical notes in Italian and English.
Based on: Alzire / Voltaire.
Italian words.
Standard no.:M041369440
Publisher's no.:136944 Ricordi
Description
Summary:Like all of Verdi's operas from the 1840s, Alzira is to some extent an "experimental" opera, one of violent musical contrasts. Pieces closely reflecting the meaning of the words, and foreshadowing the works of Verdi's maturity, are set against numbers in more traditional forms, such as the cabaletta, charged with driving rhythmic energy. Prior to Castelvecchi and Cheskin's critical edition, no orchestral score of Alzira had ever been published; the rare manuscript versions that circulated after World War II were based on sources distant from the autograph, filled with musical and textual imprecisions. The critical edition--based both on the autograph score housing in the archives of Casa Ricordi and important secondary sources--rectifies those errors, and makes a reliable score of the opera available for the first time; the piano-vocal score offers a paperback edition derived from that definitive full score.
Item Description:Introductory matter and critical notes in Italian and English.
Based on: Alzire / Voltaire.
Physical Description:1 vocal score (lxvii, 279 p.) ; 27 cm.
ISBN:8875926964