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This book is a study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, his second opera to a libretto by da Ponte. Although it is one of the handful of best-known and most often performed operas of the last two hundred years, Don Giovanni is seldom given in an authentic form and arguments persist as to its nature. Julian Rushton takes the view that, notwithstanding the tragic nature of certain scenes, it must be regarded as an opera buffa. He gives a brief summary of its history and life in the theatre, but the chief historical essay (by Edward Forman) concerns the subject-matter before it reached da Ponte. The book includes a very detailed synopsis which forms the basis of an extended commentary on the librettist's handling of a plot constructed of both original and inherited ideas. Bernard Williams contributes an essay on Don Giovanni as an idea in literature and philosophy since Mozart. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography, and a discography of complete recordings compiled by Malcolm Walker.
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The major portion of this study is concerned with the subject matter of the opera before it reached the librettist da Ponte and considers his handling of a plot constructed of original and inherited ideas. The musical personalities of Anna, Elvira and Giovanni are examined as well.
This book is a study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, his second opera to a libretto by da Ponte. Although it is one of the handful of best-known and most often performed operas of the last two hundred years, Don Giovanni is seldom given in an authentic form and arguments persist as to its nature. Julian Rushton takes the view that, notwithstanding the tragic nature of certain scenes, it must be regarded as an opera buffa. He gives a brief summary of its history and life in the theatre, but the chief historical essay (by Edward Forman) concerns the subject-matter before it reached da Ponte. The book includes a very detailed synopsis which forms the basis of an extended commentary on the librettist's handling of a plot constructed of both original and inherited ideas. Bernard Williams contributes an essay on Don Giovanni as an idea in literature and philosophy since Mozart. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography, and a discography of complete recordings compiled by Malcolm Walker.
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The major portion of this study is concerned with the subject matter of the opera before it reached the librettist da Ponte and considers his handling of a plot constructed of original and inherited ideas. The musical personalities of Anna, Elvira and Giovanni are examined as well.
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Unique individuals as they are, not one of Mozart's great operas is without precedent, and Don Giovanni has complex relationships with two of its immediate predecessors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
preliminary libretto, scena ultima, due della notte, mezzo carattere, dal vino, first finale, second finale, mio tesoro, dramma giocoso, first tableau, supper scene, opera buffa, second tableau, graveyard scene, half stage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Giovanni, Don Juan, Donna Anna, Don Ottavio, Neue Mozart Ausgabe, Donna Elvira, Mlle Falcon, Tirso's Juan, Thomas Corneille New!
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- Don Giovanni in Full Score (Opera Libretto Series) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 70 pages
- Don Juan by Wolfgang Ama Mozart on 27 pages
- Life of Mozart by Otto Jahn on 9 pages
- Signifier and the Signified: Studies in the Operas of Mozart and Verdi by F. Noske on 6 pages
- The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven by Charles Rosen on 5 pages
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- Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna (Cambridge Studies in Opera) by Mary Hunter on 4 pages
- The Cambridge Companion to Mozart (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Simon P. Keefe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by James A. Hepokoski in Front Matter, and Back Cover
- Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Paul Griffiths in Front Matter, and Back Cover
- Schenker Studies 2 (Cambridge Composer Studies) (Vol 2) by Carl Schachter on page 310
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