Ludwig Van Beethoven: Fidelio

Book Overview

Fidelio is Beethoven's only complete opera and one of the most admired, and problematic, in the repertoire. This book explores the fascinating musical and dramatic elements within the work as well as the debt to the traditions of French opera in the late eighteenth century and its affinities with the French Revolution. Winton Dean offers a comparison of the opera's first (1805) and final (1814) versions. Essays by Michael Tusa and Joseph Kerman consider...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521458528
• ISBN13: 9780521458528
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"