The Songs of Giacomo Puccini: An Analytical Study of His Style and Self-borrowing
Description:
The songs of Puccini provide another approach to understanding the composer's musical development. The objective of the study is twofold; first to provide a discussion of the musical style of Puccini's songs; and second, to show how Puccini utilized and integrated the preexistent material into the operas. The songs are grouped and characterized in three stylistic periods. In each period, Puccini was concerned with different issues in text setting. They anticipated or corresponded to the musical…
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Date:
August 1997
Creator:
Kim, Soo Hong