Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccini's Late Style

by Andrew Davis and Andrew Davis

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most frequently performed and best loved of all operatic composers. In Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccini's Late Style, Andrew Davis takes on the subject of Puccini's last two works to better understand how the composer creates meaning through the juxtaposition of the conventional and the unfamiliar--situating Puccini in past operatic traditions and modern European musical theater. Davis asserts that hearing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253355141
• ISBN13: 9780253355140
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"