Music's Obedient Daughter: The Opera Libretto from Source to Score

By: Edited by Sabine Lichtenstein

This volume offers an approach to the libretto through the discussion of its attributes. It explores what may be expected of a librettist in response to the demands of the genre's characteristics. In this way the volume clarifies the fundamental differences between the libretto and other literary genres.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 904203808X
• ISBN13: 9789042038080
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"