Giacomo Puccini
Puccini, Giacomo - jäˈkōmō poot-chēˈnē, 1858–1924, Italian composer of operas. He wrote some of the most popular works in the opera repertory. A descendant of a long line of musicians, he studied piano and organ at his Tuscan birthplace, Lucca, and in 1880 entered the Milan Conservatory. He first gained recognition with a one-act opera, Le Read More...
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Puccini the Thinker: The Composer's Intellectual and Dramatic Development
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Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini
by Daniele Pistone, E. Thomas Glasow. 259 pgs.
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Opera and the Culture of Fascism (Chap. 4 "Puccini and the Swish of the Tosca's Skirts")
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Viva la Liberta! Politics in Opera (Chap. 8 "Interlude - Opera without Politics: Puccini and Strauss")
by Anthony Arblaster. 345 pgs.
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Modern Music: Composers and Music of Our Time (Chap. 8 "Great Musicians from Strauss to Puccini")
by Max Graf, Beatrice R. Maier. 322 pgs.
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Conductors on Composers ("Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)" begins on p. 137)
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The World of Great Composers ("Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)" begins on p. 439)
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera ("Puccini, Giacomo" begins on p. 416)
by John Warrack, Ewan West. 571 pgs.
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