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Rossini’s success in Italy in the early 1820s was certainly not echoed in France, where he was regarded as “an ill-bred parvenu, whose cheap popularity was an insult to a great musical tradition”. Stendhal was the first of his contemporaries to recognize the genius of this important Italian composer. Besides being a fascinating and penetrating account of the Italian composer’s most creative years, and of contemporary musical events and opinions, this work is one of the finest items in the Stendhalian literary canon. Details of Rossini’s early life are followed by penetrating discussions of the operas, libretti, personalities of the period and Rossini’s own character.

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Lovers of Rossini, of Stendhal, even of Mozart, will all be delighted. -- Cyril Connolly
No more informative or thorough book on Rossini is ever likely to be written. * The Guardian *
The best appreciation of Rossini ever written. -- Ernest Newman

The Life of Rossini

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    A Paperback / softback by Stendhal, Richard N. Coe

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      Publisher Alma Classics
      Published 15 January 2015
      ISBN-13 9781847494474
      978-1847494474
      ISBN-10 1847494471
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      Biography: arts and entertainment Entertainment Music

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Rossini’s success in Italy in the early 1820s was certainly not echoed in France, where he was regarded as “an ill-bred parvenu, whose cheap popularity was an insult to a great musical tradition”. Stendhal was the first of his contemporaries to recognize the genius of this important Italian composer. Besides being a fascinating and penetrating account of the Italian composer’s most creative years, and of contemporary musical events and opinions, this work is one of the finest items in the Stendhalian literary canon. Details of Rossini’s early life are followed by penetrating discussions of the operas, libretti, personalities of the period and Rossini’s own character.

      Trade Review
      Lovers of Rossini, of Stendhal, even of Mozart, will all be delighted. -- Cyril Connolly
      No more informative or thorough book on Rossini is ever likely to be written. * The Guardian *
      The best appreciation of Rossini ever written. -- Ernest Newman

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