The life of Verdi / John Rosselli.

"Verdi's long life spanned Napoleonic rule and the age of broadcasting. He was the last great composer to give direct voice to basic human emotions, yet he was not always as straightforward as the directness of his work suggests: he was neither the uneducated peasant he claimed to be nor t...

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Main Author: Rosselli, John.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Cambridge, [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Musical lives.
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