| Messa Da Requiem: Critical Edition Study Score Contributor(s): Verdi, Giuseppe (Author), Rosen, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 022642541X ISBN-13: 9780226425412 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $47.52 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Music | Printed Music - Opera & Classical Scores - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Series: Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Series III: Sacred Music |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 8.5" W x 10.9" (2.85 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Works of Giuseppe Verdi is the first critical edition of the composer's oeuvre. Together with his operas, the series presents his songs, his choral music and sacred pieces, and his string quartet and other instrumental works. This edition of Messa da Requiem is based on Verdi's autograph score and other original sources. The appendices include two pieces from the compositional history of the Requiem: an early version of the Libera me, composed in 1869 as part of a collaborative work planned as a memorial to Rossini; and the Liber scriptus, which in the original score of the Manzoni memorial Requiem was composed as a fugue for chorus. The introduction to the score traces the complex compositional and performance histories of the Requiem and discusses the work's problems of instrumentation and notation, while the critical commentary gives a full description of the sources and an account of all editorial decisions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rosen, David: - David Rosen is professor emeritus of music at Cornell University and the author of Verdi: "Requiem, " as well as numerous articles on Verdi and Puccini. |