Puccini Companion
William Weaver
W. W. Norton & Company
9780393320527
0-393-32052-9
What forces helped shape the output of this high-living, often arrogant, but immensely talented composer? This fascinating collection includes Simonetta Puccini's essay full of intimate details about her.
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family, as well as writings by experts on the racist politics behind the creation of "Madama Butterfly"; Puccini's fascination with American culture as exemplified in "Fanciulla del West"; his grappling with twentieth-century musical practices in "Trittico" and "Turandot"; and the changes that early recording technology sparked in turn-of-the-century operatic performance style.
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