Performing Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera

FAIN: FA-22045-82

Philip Gossett
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)

Research on 19th-century Italian operas and how they came to be staged, to result in a monograph.

Associated Products

Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera (Book)
Title: Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera
Author: Philip Gossett
Abstract: This is an account of how opera comes to the stage, with the problems, and occasionally the scandals, that attend the production of some of the most favorite operas. The volume begins by tracing the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked. This then illuminates the often hidden but crucial negotiations opera scholars and opera conductors and performers: What does it mean to talk about performing from a critical edition? How does one determine what music to perform when multiple versions of an opera exist? What are the implications of omitting passages from an opera in a performance? In addition, the volume also tackles issues of ornamentation and transposition in vocal style, the matters of translation and adaptation, and even aspects of stage direction and set design.
Year: 2006
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/divas-and-scholars-performing-italian-opera/oclc/304668954&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo3751189.html
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: Book
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780226304885

Prizes

Otto Kinkeldey Award
Date: 1/1/2007
Organization: American Musicological Society
Abstract: This award was inaugurated in 1967 to recognize the most distinguished book in musicology published during the previous year. It is named after Otto Kinkeldey, Honorary President of the Society until his death in 1966. He held the first chair in musicology at a university in the United States at Cornell University between 1930 and 1946, was a charter member of the American Musicological Society, and served as its President in 1935–36 and 1941–42.

Deems Taylor/ Virgil Thomson Award
Date: 1/1/2007
Organization: The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
Abstract: The ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards program recognizes books, articles, broadcasts and websites on the subject of music selected for their excellence. The Awards were established in 1967 to honor the memory of composer, critic and commentator Deems Taylor, who died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included six years as President of ASCAP. The Awards have been renamed in 2014 to also honor the memory of Virgil Thomson (1896 – 1989), one of the leading American composers and critics of the 20th Century, and a former member of the ASCAP board of directors.

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