{"product_id":"verdis-middle-period-source-studies-analysis-and-performance-practice-9780226106595","title":"Verdi's Middle Period: Source Studies, Analysis, and Performance Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Martin Chusid\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Opera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the middle phase of his career, 1849-59, Verdi adopted new compositional procedures to create some of his best-loved and most-performed works. Focusing on the operas he composed during this period, this volume explores Verdi's work from three interlinked perspectives: studies of the original source material, cross-disciplinary analyses of musical and textual issues, and the relationship of performance practice to Verdi's musical and dramatic conception. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to offering new insights into such staples as \u003ci\u003eIl trovatore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa traviata\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUn ballo in maschera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVerdi's Middle Period\u003c\/i\u003e also highlights works which have only recently begun to re-enter public consciousness, such as \u003ci\u003eStiffelio\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as lesser-known works such as \u003ci\u003eLuisa Miller\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLes V�pres siciliennes\u003c\/i\u003e. Comprising major essays by some of the best-known Verdians of our day, as well as articles from up-and-coming scholars, this volume has much to offer readers ranging from musicologists to serious opera buffs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors are Martin Chusid, Markus Engelhardt, Linda B. Fairtile, Philip Gossett, Kathleen Kuzmick Hansell, Elizabeth Hudson, James Hepokoski, Roberta Montemorra Marvin, Carlo Matteo Mossa, Roger Parker, Harold S. Powers, David Rosen, and Mary Ann Smart.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614672109719,"sku":"9780226106595","price":9382.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226106595.webp?v=1775095417","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/verdis-middle-period-source-studies-analysis-and-performance-practice-9780226106595","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}