The Man Verdi by Frank Walker

Description: In this classic biography of composer Giuseppe Verdi, Frank Walker reveals Verdi the man through his connections with the individuals who knew him best.“Walker focuses on some of the more significant people in Verdi’s life and carefully scrutinizes his relationships with them. His wife, Giuseppina Strepponi; his student and amanuensis, Emanuele Muzio; the conductor who first fully understood Verdi’s mature art, Angelo Mariani; the great prima donna, Teresa Stolz; the incomparable librettist and friend of his old age, Arrigo Boito—each passes before our eyes in Walker’s meticulous reconstruction. As we learn more about them, we learn more about Verdi. We see him through the eyes of his closest friends, we watch his daily activities, his daily thoughts, his habits, his warmth, his domestic tyranny. The myth dissolves and a human being stands before us.”—Philip Gossett, from the introduction

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Original Language: English

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Book Title: Man Verdi

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 1.1in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Frank Walker

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Features: Reprint

Topic: Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Opera, Individual Composer & Musician

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 2016

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Music

Item Weight: 27.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 544 Pages