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The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: The last years, 1857-1864
Language: en
Pages: 732
Authors: Giacomo Meyerbeer
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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Volume 4 is devoted to the last years (1857-64); while age and declining health saw a waning of the composer's personal optimism. It contains a series of glossa
The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Robert Ignatius Letellier
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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But these operas are far more than imitations: they show an apprehension of convention and genre that is nothing less than a dismantling of accepted formulas, a
The Opera Lover's Companion
Language: en
Pages: 648
Authors: Charles Osborne
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Written by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, out
My Operatic Roles
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: Plácido Domingo
Categories: Singers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Baskerville Publishers, Inc.

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This book was produced for Placido Domingo's 60th birthday and the 40th anniversary of his debut in a major role (Alfredo in La Traviata in 1961). It is a portr
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Language: en
Pages: 610
Authors: Marco Clemente Pellegrini
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-01 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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This Guide has resulted from years of research on the papers and music of Giacomo Meyerbeer, and aims to provide a bibliographical aid and point of reference fo