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Verdi and the Germans: From Unification to the Third Reich - New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism Kreuzer, Gundula (Yale University, Connecticut)
Verdi and the Germans: From Unification to the Third Reich - New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism
Kreuzer, Gundula (Yale University, Connecticut)
Drawing on an exceptionally broad range of sources, in this book Kreuzer explores how Italian opera, epitomised by Giuseppe Verdi, influenced ideas of German musical and national identity from the mid nineteenth century onwards. The book discusses the changing image of Verdi and the transnational dissemination, reception and political appropriation of his works.
384 pages, 13 b/w illus. 1 table
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 26, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521519199 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 182 × 257 × 24 mm · 820 g |
| Language | English |