204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Politics of Verdi's Cantica treats a singular case study of the use of music to resist oppression, combat evil, and fight injustice. Cantica, better known as Inno delle nazioni / Hymn of the Nations, commissioned from Italy's foremost composer to represent the newly independent nation at the 1862 London International Exhibition, served as a national voice of pride and of protest for Italy... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Verdi’s Cantica: behind the scenes; The public face of Verdi’s Cantica; Toscanini’s ’weapon of art’; Toscanini’s film: voices of protest and veiled messages; Appendices; Bibliography of sources consulted; Index.
Biography
Roberta Montemorra Marvin is co-editor of six books, most recently Music in Print and Beyond (2013), and author of Verdi the Student - Verdi the Teacher (2010). She is also editor of The Cambridge Verdi encyclopedia (2013), and series editor for Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera and the Ashgate Library of Essays in Opera Studies.
