Verdi : a documentary study / compiled, edited, and translated by William Weaver.
Contributor(s): Weaver, William [translator.]
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General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 VER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00101545 |
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780.92 VAU R.V.W. : a biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams / | 780.92 VAU Working with Vaughan Williams : the correspondence of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Roy Douglas / | 780.92 VER Verdi / | 780.92 VER Verdi : a documentary study / | 780.92 VER The man Verdi / | 780.92 VER The man Verdi / | 780.92 VER Verdi : his life and times / |
Includes index.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
William Weaver was born on July 24, 1923. During World War II, he joined the American Field Service and was sent to Africa and then to Italy as an ambulance driver. As a senior at Princeton University, he had a short story published in Harper's Bazaar. After graduation, he taught at the University of Virginia for a year before returning to Italy.He was a translator of modern Italian literature into English. He translated the works of numerous authors including Italo Calvino, Umberto Eco, Giorgio Bassani and Primo Levi. He also studied opera and wrote several books on the subject including The Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini. He taught at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York in the 1990s. He died on November 12, 2013 at the age of 90.
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