Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) in Full Score [Paperback]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Author), Opera and Choral Scores (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1979

Mozart's beloved comic romp, reprinted from a late (C. F. Peters, 1941) but beautifully engraved and highly regarded edition, which preserves Mozart's autograph manuscript and early translations of the libretto and includes passages that are often cut in other editions.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Nobody could make voices and instruments work so perfectly together as Mozart, and it's fascinating to read through a full orchestral score to see how he did it. Like all of Dover's scores, this one is a reprint of another publishing house's work. This particular house, C.F. Peters of Leipzig, gives the text in the original Italian -- and in a German translation from 1941 that's still sung in Germany and Austria today.

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Here are two more of the world's best loved operas bringing the popular Black Dog Opera Library to a total of 12 titles. Each includes world-class recordings of the complete operas on two CDs bound in protective sleeves inside the covers of an informative full-color 144-page book. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (September 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486237516
• ISBN-13: 978-0486237510
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Clear music, poor words, June 13, 2008

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T. J. Anderson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) in Full Score (Paperback)

Full score is clear and reasonably accurate and easy to read. Words for vocal parts don't always line up clearly, and the choice to place German on top, with Italian below and italicized was a poor one. Reading the original language musically is thus a challenge, and non-German or Italian speakers won't have a meaningful translation close at hand either as there is no english through the score.

16 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete Effort, April 27, 2003

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MICHAEL ZIZZA (STONEHAM, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Marriage of Figaro (Black Dog Opera Library) (Hardcover)

The performers in this opera are excellent, as well as the orchestra. The problem lies in the fact that the "recitativi" are missing. As a result, you are not actually listening to the opera, but rather a series of highlights from the opera. It is very difficult to follow the opera as it develops, since the recitativi provide the opportunity to develop the plot line.
If you are interested in hearing highlights from this opera, then you will be pleased with this CD and booklet. However, if you would like to listen to the complete opera as composed by Mozart, please look elsewhere.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nicely printed score, October 9, 2001

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Jay Jeon (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) in Full Score (Paperback)

This complete musical score to one of the greatest works of art by mankind comes in quality paper and print that I find quite satisfying. The lack of an English translation is no problem for me personally, because I have separate libretti with translations I can refer to when needed, and I use this book when I want to follow the musical score and sing along with the original Italian verses. One disappointment is that the German verses are in normal print, directly underneath the musical score, while the original Italian is in italics and under the German (therefore harder to read and follow), almost as if the book is intended more for people who want to follow the German, not the Italian. Since the opera is originally in Italian, it makes more sense to me that the German text and Italian text should be switched in terms of location and font. Nevertheless, I'm highly satisfied with the overall quality of this book, and it is definitely one of my favorite books within my music-related library.