- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd; 1st Edition edition (24 Aug 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747002304
- ISBN-13: 978-0747002307
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,986,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a collection of letters by Meyerbeer, the operatic composer who died in 1864. Critics have recently re-evaluated his work, recognizing his musical craftmanship, his dramatic sense and his influence on later operatic composers. His operas - "Il Crociato", "Robert le diable", "Les Huguenots", "Le Prophete" and "L'etoile du nord" - were extremely successful in Paris at the time of his death. However, the fashionable anti-semitism of the late 19th century meant that his reputation faded quickly. Heinz and Gudrun Becker, the editors of Meyerbeer's "Letters and Diaries", have selected representative letters from all periods of his life to provide a well balanced picture of the composer's personality and place in history.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
An eye opener and very informative.
27 April 1998
Format:Hardcover
It is not often that one comes across a book on Giacomo Meyerbeer in English..even though this work is a translation from the German. The author follows a chronological portrait of the composer interspersing background information as it relates to the letters. I found that these comments were too few in number and left more questions unanswered, but recognize that this book is a good beginning and look forward to a sequel.
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