Gioachino Rossini : a Research and Information Guide.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gallo, Denise
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Routledge music bibliographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • GIOACHINO ROSSINI A RESEARCH AND INFORMATION GUIDE; Copyright; Contents; Preface; A brief overview of Rossini studies; Purpose and scope of the volume; Acknowledgments; 1 Archives and collections, bibliographies and indexes, and catalogs; Archives and collections; Bibliographies and indexes; Catalogs; 2 Correspondence and documents; General collections; Studies drawn from correspondence; Letters organized by correspondent; Rossini's style and language in correspondence; 3 Iconographies and exhibition catalogs; Biographical iconography; Scenographic iconography; Exhibition catalogs.
  • 4 Biographies and general studies of Rossini's careerNineteenth-century biographies and personal accounts; Analyses of nineteenth-century commentaries; Biographical studies published between 1900 and 1950; Biographical studies published between 1950 and the present; Specialized studies; 5 Studies of Rossini's contemporaries; Rossini's parents: Giuseppe and Anna (Guidarini) Rossini; Rossini's wives: Isabella Colbran and Olympe Pélissier; Rossini's acquaintances and colleagues; Composers; Impresarios and theatrical administrators; Librettists; Musicians; Publishers; Singers; Other contempora.
  • 6 Conference and congress reports7 Performance history, reception, and locative studies; Performance history; Reception; Locative studies; 8 Rossini's historical position and influence; General studies; Contemporary assessments of Rossini; Rossini's influence on the music of others; Rossini and literature; Commemorative publications and studies; 9 Studies of Rossini's music; General studies; Nineteenth-century commentaries; Twentieth- and twenty-first-century commentaries; Rossini's style and contemporary aesthetic debate; Specialized studies; 10 Rossini's operas; Reference works.
  • General studiesStyle and characteristics; Studies of musical form and structures; Vocal characteristics and interpretation; Libretto studies; Studies of versions; The seria works; The semiseria and buffa works; Scenography; "Rossini Renaissance": modern interpreters and productions; 11 Studies of individual operas; Demetrio e Polibio; La cambiale di matrimonio; L'equivoco stravagante; L'inganno felice; Ciro in Babilonia, ossia La caduta di Baldassare; La scala di seta; La pietra del paragone; L'occasione fa il ladro; Il signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo; Tancredi.
  • L'italiana in AlgeriAureliano in Palmira; Il turco in Italia; Sigismondo; Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Torvaldo e Dorliska; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La gazzetta; Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia; La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo; La gazza ladra; Armida; Adelaide di Borgogna; Mosè in Egitto; Adina, ossia il Califfo di Bagdad; Ricciardo e Zoraide; Ermione; Eduardo e Cristina; La donna del lago; Bianca e Falliero, ossia Il consiglio dei tre; Maometto II; Matilde di Shabran, ossia Bellezza, e cuor di ferro; Zelmira; Semiramide; Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro.