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Yale University Press

Opera and Its Symbols: The Unity of Words, Music and Staging

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Title: Opera and Its Symbols: The Unity of Words, Music and Staging
Author: Robert Donington
ISBN: 9780300047134
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Near Fine
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Music & Performing Arts 1553960

Publisher Description:
The author is a noted musicologist, performer, and writer, known for his book Wagner's Ring and Its Symbols, and for his reference work The Interpretation of Early Music. In this book, he discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. Only in this way, claims the author, can we be faithful to the conscious or unconscious symbolism invested in the work by the composer and librettist.