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Scandal and Scholarship.
- Source :
- New Republic; 7/2/2001, Vol. 225 Issue 1, p23-32, 10p, 2 Color Photographs
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Focuses on the debate over whether critical editions or the composers' actual autograph manuscripts should determine the way 19th-century Italian opera is performed. International scandal ignited by a 1958 article by musician Denis Vaughan detailing discrepancies between Giuseppe Verdi's autograph manuscripts and printed editions of his work produced by Casa Ricordi; Reasons why Vaughan's campaign for scholarly authenticity fizzled out; Problem of performing an opera exactly as it was conceived.
- Subjects :
- OPERA
MUSICAL performance
NINETEENTH century
COMPOSERS
MUSIC publishing
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00286583
- Volume :
- 225
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- New Republic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 4678921