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008			171107s19931993nyca 000 u eng d
020			_a0-19-313204-4
082	1		_a92 VER _2
100	1		_aPhillips-Matz, Mary Jane
245	1	0	_aVerdi _b: a biography _c/ Mary Jane Phillips-Matz
260			_aNew York _b: Oxford University Press _c, c1993.
300			_a941 p. _b: illus. _c; 25 cm.
520			_aVerdi is revealed as an energetic, rigorous composer of tireless creativity, as a national hero, and as an upright, austere man much loved by his family and friends. The first major biography of Verdi for a generation, Mary Jane Matz's new work studies one of the greatest, the most successful, and the longest-lived of all composers. Nearly a century after his death, many of his operas remain in the standard repertory, and some, such as Rigoletto, La Traviata,and Aida, are among the most popular of all operas. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this is an authoritative account of a long, vigorous, and varied life. The author captures the s complexities involved in the composition and production of Verdi's operas. She also explores his possessive love for his home region and his tireless devotion tohis farmlands, and examines Verid's professional and personal relationships, particularly with Guiseppina Strepponi, his mistress and later his wife. The first major biography of Verdi for a generation, this is a fitting study of a great composer.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aVerdi, Guiseppe _d(, 1813-1901)
650		4	_aComposers _z-Italy _v--Biography
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