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Vincenzo Bellini, Norma

David R. B. Kimbell c1998 © Cambridge University Press
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Series
  • Cambridge Opera Handbooks
ISBN(s)
  • 9780511092794 (ebook)
  • 9780521480369 (hardcover)
  • 9780521485142 (paper)
Subject
  • Dance & Performance History
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  • Frontmatter
  • List of plates (page vi)
  • General preface (page vii)
  • Preface (page ix)
  • A note on Italian prosody (page xi)
  • A note on the vocal score (page xiii)
  • 1 The composition of the opera (page 1)
  • 2 Medea—Velleda—Norma: Romani's sources (page 16)
  • 3 Synopsis and musical frame (page 29)
  • 4 Music and poetry (page 42)
  • 5 A glimpse of the genesis of the opera (page 67)
  • 6 Some variant readings (page 83)
  • 7 Contemporary reactions to Norma (page 89)
  • 8 Critical fortunes since the Unification of Italy (page 97)
  • 9 Five prima donnas: contributions to a performance history (page 107)
  • Appendices
    • I Borrowings (page 120)
    • II The total plan of Norma (page 122)
    • III Liszt's 'Réminiscences de Norma' (page 126)
  • Notes (page 131)
  • Bibliography (page 135)
  • Index (page 139)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
MAL 80.4 (Nov. 1999): 631-634 http://www.jstor.org/stable/855001
MT 140.1867 (Summer 1999): 73-74 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1193903
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