Alfredo Catalani - Composer of Lucca (Paperback, 2nd edition)

The full, tragic story of Puccini's great rival, now available in English for the first time. Born in Lucca four years before Puccini, Alfredo Catalani (1854-93) was the main hope of Italian opera in the 1880s. Alarming conservative critics with the sophisticated modernism of his music, he nonetheless won steadily increasing popularity with the opera-going public. But Catalani's entire adult life was a grim and increasingly hopeless battle with tuberculosis; the year after his greatest triumph with La Wally (1892), he died at just 39, leaving the future of Italian opera to other men, all of whom had been influenced by his innovations. This is the story of the man and his music, as told by friends and contemporaries. Revised 2nd edition.

General

Imprint:	Durrant Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	June 2011
Authors:	Domenico Luigi Pardini • Giovanni Battista Nappi • Raffaello Barbiera
Editors:	David Chandler
Translators:	Valentina Relton
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	172
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-905946-28-0
Subtitles:	Italian
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Music > Composers & musicians
LSN:	1-905946-28-7
Barcode:	9781905946280

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