This is a study of the rich and diverse range of musical responses to Shakespeare that have
taken place from the seventeenth century onwards. Written from a literary perspective, the …

This article examines the process of dynamic building and subsiding in verismo opera.
Departing from groundswell originally drawn from Julian Budden's analysis of bel canto …

First published in 1999, this original and entertaining sociological study takes a
comprehensive and critical view of opera as unique cultural artefact as loss making …

" Verdi's art emerged from a rich array of dramatic and musical practices operative in the Italy
of his day. Drawing the reader into his creative world, this study (translated from the French …

This article applies Hatten's (1994) concept of the 'arrival 6 4 6\atop4'–a cadential 6 4
6\atop4 that resolves tonal or thematic instabilities without necessarily proceeding to V (7) …

This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently
available on Vincenzo Bellini, the Italian opera composer best known for his work Norma …

The operas of Vincenzo Bellini (1801–35) exhibit compositional traits that, in North American
scholarship, have generally been associated with German composers, especially Wagner …

Zusammenfassung Am Ende des 1. Akts von La traviata sieht der Zuschauer Violetta, die—
obgleich scheinbar zynische Lebedame—Zweifel über ihre Gefühle plagen: Alfredo hat ihre …

Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) was Victorian Britain's most celebrated and popular composer,
whose music to this day reaches a wider audience than that of any of his contemporaries …

В статье рассматриваются закономерности формообразования в операх ПИ
Чайковского. Выбран конкретный аспект: принципы композиции pezzo concertato …