Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccini's Late Style [Hardcover]

Andrew Davis (Author)

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Hardcover: 309 pages
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Sep 9 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0253355141
ISBN-13: 978-0253355140
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 907 g

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In this expertly written study, Davis defines the core quality of GiacomoPuccini's last four operas as a plurality of styles employed strategically towardformal and expressive ends. His conclusion--that Puccini's late style is essentiallyepisodic, relying for its greatest impact on the juxtaposition of a traditionallyric, primarily vocal style (familiar to the audience of Puccini's day) and a moremodern, international style--resonates in particular in reference to the organizingschemata of 19th-century Italian opera known as la solita forma. Davis lays out histheories in chapters devoted to each of Puccini's last four works. Absent anextensive knowledge of these operas, readers will want to have at hand a score tolocate the many references cited in order to appreciate the full import and eleganceof Davis's theories. Potentially contentious questions of composer's intent andaudience reception are dealt with in sophisticated and convincing ways, as is theextent to which Puccini's pers

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Giacomo Puccini is one of the most frequently performed and best loved of all operatic composers. In Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccini's Late Style, Andrew Davis takes on the subject of Puccini's last two works to better understand how the composer creates meaning through the juxtaposition of the conventional and the unfamiliarosituating Puccini in past operatic traditions and modern European musical theatre. Davis asserts that hearing Puccini's late works within the context of la solita forma allows listeners to interpret the composer's expressive strategies. He examines Puccini's compositional language, with insightful analyses of melody, orchestration, harmony, voice-leading, and rhythm and meter.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Explication of Puccini, Mar 3 2012

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Puccini's operas, especially the later ones, are often regarded as being composed with little attention to the "solita forma" or usual form, the basic structural pattern of ottocento operas. Mr. Davis demonstrates convincingly that close examination of il Trittico (il Tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi) and Turandot reveals many remnants of the solita forma, and how our experience of these works is transformed by this insight. There are many beautifully made charts laying out where these remnants occur in the libretti, how they converge with the older forms and where and how Puccini fuses--and seperates--them for his own purposes. There are many pages of musical examples. The writing is often dense (how could it be otherwise?) but amply rewards close reading. There are 36 pages of notes, a 22 page bibliography, and a 9 page index. Highly recommended to serious students of this much loved but often misunderstood composer.

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