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Life of Rossini

Stendhal

出版	Criterion Books, 1957
主題	Music / Genres & Styles / Opera
ISBN	05987203089780598720306
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mSAIAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

"This is the first complete translation of Stendhal's great study, which has been called by Ernest Newman the best appreciation of Rossini ever written. A layman with a passion for music, Stendhal was the first to recognise the genius of this important composer who again today has resumed his place among the most popular of Italian composers. Stendhal's introduction gives a history of the interregnum between the departure of Cimarosa and the coming of Rossini. Details of the early life of Rossini are followed by penetrating discussion on the operas, libretti, personalities of the period and on Rossini's own character. A whole chapter is devoted to his wild sense of humor. Written by a layman for laymen, this is not only a book for music lovers, but also for lovers of great literature, who will find in this book a faithful translation of one of the great flowers of French prose writing."--Book jacket.