Italian Traditions & Puccini Compositional Theory & Practice in Nineteenth-Century Opera

Name: Italian Traditions & Puccini Compositional Theory & Practice in Nineteenth-Century Opera
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ISBN: 9780253356260

ISBN-10: 0253356261

ISBN-13: 9780253356260

Edition: 2011

Authors: Nicholas Baragwanath

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Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 7/8/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.21" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Nicholas Baragwanath is Director of Postgraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Musicology in the Department of Music, University of Nottingham.



Preface & Acknowledgments


A Note on Translation and Terminology



Musical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century Italy



The Italian Schools



An Introduction to the Primary Sources



Puccini and the End of the Great Tradition



Studies in Lucca and Milan



Composition as Craft



The Istituto musicale in Lucca



Scarpia and the Partimento Cadence



The Conservatorio di Milano



Lessons in Dramatic Composition I: Rhythm



Rhythm without Measure, Accent without Beat



Rules of Versification, Lippmann's Rhythmic-Musical Types, and Two Case Studies



Historical Survey of Writings on Ritmo



Short Case Studies from Bellini and Puccini



Lessons in Dramatic Composition II: Harmony and Counterpoint



The Partimento Tradition



Michele Puccini's Corso pratico di contrappunto (1846)



The Bolognese Attachment, or ï¿½Little Keys for Winding Clocksï¿½



Regular Motions and Melodic Composition



Lessons in Dramatic Composition III: Affect, Imitation, and Conduct



Dominant Affects and Their Movements



Physical and Sentimental Imitation



Form and Conduct



Case Studies from Verdi, Boito, and Puccini



Vocalizzi, Solfeggi, and Real (Or Ideal) Composition



Lessons in Singing and Counterpoint



Lessons in Singing and Solfeggio



From Solfeggio to Ideal Composition in Puccini (and Bellini)


Notes


Bibliography


Index of Concepts


Index of Names and Works