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Tosca's prism : three moments of western cultural history
- Title
- Tosca's prism : three moments of western cultural history / edited by Deborah Burton, Susan Vandiver Nicassio and Agostino Ziino.
- Publication
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2004.
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- Description
- xviii, 326 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Proceedings of a conference, Tosca 2000, which took place in Rome at the Teatro dell'Opera.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- C. 1800. The Napoleonic legacy in Italy / Alexander Grab. The life and times of Domenico Puccini / Herbert Handt. The protaganists and the principal phases of the Roman republic of 1798-99 / Marina Formica -- C. 1900. From one Tosca to another / Eugen Weber. Victorien Sardou and the legend of Marengo / William Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt. The two Toscas / Julian Budden. Fictional reality : musical and literary imagery in the Toscas of Sardou and Puccini / Dieter Schickling. The political and cultural worlds of Puccini's Tosca : anticlericalism in Italy at the turn of the century / John Anthony Davis. Tosca Act II and the secret identity of F# / Deborah Burton. Guide themes and "reminiscences" in Puccini's Tosca / Marcello Conati. "Ci sarà talamo guizzante gondola" : new sources for the history of the Tosca libretto / Pier Giuseppe Gillio. Puccini's music in the theoretical Italian literature of its day / Giorgio Sanguinetti -- C. 2000. The eternal politics of Tosca / Susan Vandiver Nicassio. Tosca : bivalent harmony and vocal calculations (not respected) / Alfredo Mandelli. "Who is Tosca?" : a discussion among modern interpreters / moderated by William Weaver with Magda Olivero, Giuseppe di Stefano, Luigi Squarzina and Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi -- Appendix : a comparative overview of the structures of the play and the opera / Susan Vandiver Nicassio.
- Call Number
- JMD 05-325
- ISBN
- 1555536166 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004009741
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- Title
- Tosca's prism : three moments of western cultural history / edited by Deborah Burton, Susan Vandiver Nicassio and Agostino Ziino.
- Imprint
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Burton, Deborah, 1954-Nicassio, Susan Vandiver.Ziino, Agostino.
- Research Call Number
- JMD 05-325