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The Life of Rossini.

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Rossini€™s popularity in Italy in the early 1820s was certainly not echoed in France, where he was regarded as “an ill-bred parvenu, whose cheap popularity was an insult to a great musical tradition.€ Stendhal, always an obstinate individualist, was the first of his contemporaries to recognize the genius of this important Italian composer. Details of Rossini€™s early life are followed by penetrating discussions of the operas, libretti, personalities of the period, and Rossini€™s own character. Besides being a fascinating account of the Italian composer€™s most creative years, and of contemporary musical events and opinions—this work is one of the finest items in the Stendhalian literary canon. Richard Coe€™s elegant revised translation and careful annotations

Genre: ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO, 1792-1868
Format: Paperback
Published: 1982
Pages: 566
Publisher: Riverrun Pr
ISBN: 9780714506326

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