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A study of two renowned music scholars that demonstrates that this work, despite the modern climate in which it was written, was a fitting finale for the centuries-old Great Tradition of Italian opera. It provides concrete instances of how a listener might encounter the dramatic and musical structures of Turandot.

Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION. The Contexts, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. The Opera, pg. 12*CHAPTER 2. The Sources, pg. 43*CHAPTER 3. The Genesis, pg. 59*CHAPTER 4. The Four Colors, pg. 89*CHAPTER 5. The Two Duets, pg. 115*CHAPTER 6. Turandot Staged, pg. 141*Appendix, pg. 165*Notes, pg. 169*References, pg. 185*Index, pg. 189

Puccinis Turandot The End of the Great Tradition

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/04/1991
      ISBN13: 9780691027128, 978-0691027128
      ISBN10: 0691027129

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of two renowned music scholars that demonstrates that this work, despite the modern climate in which it was written, was a fitting finale for the centuries-old Great Tradition of Italian opera. It provides concrete instances of how a listener might encounter the dramatic and musical structures of Turandot.

      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION. The Contexts, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. The Opera, pg. 12*CHAPTER 2. The Sources, pg. 43*CHAPTER 3. The Genesis, pg. 59*CHAPTER 4. The Four Colors, pg. 89*CHAPTER 5. The Two Duets, pg. 115*CHAPTER 6. Turandot Staged, pg. 141*Appendix, pg. 165*Notes, pg. 169*References, pg. 185*Index, pg. 189

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