The Puccini Companion

by William Weaver

Book Overview

This fascinating collection includes Simonetta Puccini's essay full of intimate details about her family, as well as writings by experts on the racist politics behind the creation of Madama Butterfly; Puccini's fascination with American culture as exemplified in Fanciulla del West; his grappling with twentieth-century musical practices in Trittico and Turandot; and the changes that early recording technology sparked in turn-of-the-century operatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393029301
• ISBN13: 9780393029307
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"