"Don Giovanni" Captured

Author: Richard Will
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2022-06-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0226815412

Part I. Clouds of feeling: excerpt audio recordings. Imagining excerpts; Rhetorics of seduction; Demons and dandies; All too human -- Part II. Invented works : complete audio records. The visual stage; Cruel laughter; Dancing in time -- Part III. Partial visions : video recordings. Zooming in, gazing back; Trauma retold; Libertines punished.

The Original Portrayal of Mozart’s Don Giovanni

The Original Portrayal of Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Author: Magnus Tessing Schneider
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2021-11-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1000510530

The Original Portrayal of Mozart’s Don Giovanni offers an original reading of Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s opera Don Giovanni, using as a lens the portrayal of the title role by its creator, the baritone Luigi Bassi (1766–1825). Although Bassi was coached in the role by the composer himself, his portrayal has never been studied in depth before, and this book presents a large number of new sources (first- and second-hand accounts), which allows us to reconstruct his performance scene by scene. The book confronts Bassi’s portrayal with a study of the opera’s early German reception and performance history, demonstrating how Don Giovanni as we know it today was not only created by Mozart, Da Ponte and Luigi Bassi but also by the early German adapters, translators, critics and performers who turned the title character into the arrogant and violent villain we still encounter in most of today’s stage productions. Incorporating discussion of dramaturgical thinking of the late Enlightenment and the difficult moral problems that the opera raises, this is an important study for scholars and researchers from opera studies, theatre and performance studies, music history as well as conductors, directors and singers.

Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 2 - Symphony Themes, Opera Gems and Classical Favorites

Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 2 - Symphony Themes, Opera Gems and Classical Favorites
Author: Nancy Faber
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2017-05-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1616779195

(Faber Piano Adventures ). In this inspiring collection, late-elementary to early-intermediate pianists will find appealing arrangements that advance skills while exploring masterworks of Western music. The famous orchestral, keyboard, and operatic repertoire here spans four periods of music history. In the Baroque & Classical section, discover the elegance of Bach, the beauty of Mozart and the passion of Beethoven. Through the pages of the Romantic & Impressionistic section, sample the lyricism of Chopin, the drama of Grieg, and the atmosphere of Debussy. May the melodies of these and many other composers open an enduring world of expression and sound.

Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher
Total Pages: 47
Release: 1979
Genre: Operas
ISBN: 9780844626253

Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart

Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart
Author: Wye Jamison Allanbrook
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2016-05-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 022643771X

Wye Jamison Allanbrook’s widely influential Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart challenges the view that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music was a “pure play” of key and theme, more abstract than that of his predecessors. Allanbrook’s innovative work shows that Mozart used a vocabulary of symbolic gestures and musical rhythms to reveal the nature of his characters and their interrelations. The dance rhythms and meters that pervade his operas conveyed very specific meanings to the audiences of the day.

The Wager

The Wager
Author: Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2010-04-22
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1429946814

Don Giovanni was once the wealthiest and handsomest young man in Messina. Then a tidal wave changed everything. When a well-dressed stranger offers him a magical purse, he knows he shouldn't take it. Only the devil would offer a deal like this, and only a fool would accept. Don Giovanni is no fool, but he is desperate. He takes the bet: he will not bathe for 3 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Beauty is a small price to pay for worldly wealth, isn't it? Unless he loses the wager—and with it his soul. Set against the stunning backdrop of ancient Sicily, Donna Jo Napoli's new novel is a powerful tale about discovering what truly matters most.

W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni

W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Author: Julian Rushton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1981-10-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521296632

A study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, one of the best known and most often performed opears of the last 200 years.

Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni
Author: Jonathan Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 127
Release: 1991
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780801843327

Mad About Perfect Puppies and Cute Kittens is part of afantastic new series of books designed to satisfy inquisitive minds andfuel children's curiosity about the world. With fast facts and stunningphotography, this book is sure to entertain and fascinate youngreaders. Inside the book, children will also find a fun stickeractivity spread, with two sheets of bright stickers.

Three Mozart Libretti

Three Mozart Libretti
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486277264

Handy practical guide to three of Mozart's most popular operas. Excellent line-for-line English translations face the Italian texts. Also introductions, plot synopses, and lists of characters for each opera.