Rossini (Master Musicians Series)

Type

Book

Authors

Richard Osborne

ISBN 10

0460031791

ISBN 13

9780460031790

Tags

History & Criticism, Opera

Description

A classical musician by training and a conservative by inclination, Rossini, nevertheless, broke the mold of the old Italian operatic order and laid the foundations for a new generation of romantically inspired music-dramatists. One of the most influential of nineteenth-century composers, in touch with many leading musicians of his day, Rossini was also the most complex of men--a mixture of affability and reserve, industry and indolence, wit and melancholy. This detailed biography also includes a survey of Rossini's choral works, and the vocal and solo piano music written during the last decade of his life. - from Amzon

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