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Verdi : requiem / David Rosen.

By: Rosen, David, 1938- [author. ].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Cambridge music handbooks: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Description: ix, 115 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521397677 (paperback).Subject(s): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Messa da RequiemDDC classification: 782.3238
Contents:
The genesis of the Messa da requiem per l'anniversario della morte di Manzoni 22 Maggio, 1874 -- The premiere, subsequent performance history, and performing practices -- Requiem e Kyrie -- Dies irae -- Offertorio -- Sanctus -- Agnus Dei -- Lux aeterna -- The Libera me and its genesis -- Two revisions -- The unita musicale of the Requiem -- A question of genre.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 782.3238 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00168264
General Lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 782.3238 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00103290
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Verdi's Requiem is one of the most frequently performed works of the choral repertoire, and one of Verdi's most important nonoperatic works. In this new handbook, David Rosen discusses the work's composition and performance history, and analyzes each of the seven movements, considering Verdi's interpretation of the liturgical text, with reference to settings by Mozart and Cherubini. Rosen also considers the work's coherence and the controversial issue of its generic status--the degree to which it is "operatic."

Bibliography: (pages 110-111) and index.

The genesis of the Messa da requiem per l'anniversario della morte di Manzoni 22 Maggio, 1874 -- The premiere, subsequent performance history, and performing practices -- Requiem e Kyrie -- Dies irae -- Offertorio -- Sanctus -- Agnus Dei -- Lux aeterna -- The Libera me and its genesis -- Two revisions -- The unita musicale of the Requiem -- A question of genre.

Dr. Geoffrey Spratt Collection.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • 1 The genesis of the Messa da Requiem per Anniversario della morte di Manzoni 22 maggio 1874
  • 2 The premiere, subsequent performance history, and performance practices
  • 3 Requiem e Kyrie
  • 4 Dies irae
  • 5 Offertorio
  • 6 Sanctus
  • 7 Agnus Dei
  • 8 Lux aeterna
  • 9 The Libera me and its genesis
  • 10 Two revisions
  • 11 The +unita musicale+ of the Requiem
  • 12 A question of genre
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This excellent guide to Verdi's Requiem starts with a detailed discussion of the genesis and reception of the composition, which alone is worth the price of the book. Performers will also appreciate Rosen's discussion of performance issues, especially whether or not an operatic vocal technique is appropriate for performing the Requiem. The author manages to discuss such esoteric matters as "Verdi tuning" (a1=435). Rosen outlines and describes the major textual and thematic material for each movement and provides the English translation of the Latin Mass text. Highly recommended for all levels.

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