Formal Convention in Verdi's Falstaff

Falstaff (premiered in 1893) draws more explicitly on primo ottocento formal conventions for duets, arias, and central finales than scholars have previously argued. A description of those conventions (generally referred to as the solita forma) is followed by the analytical application of those conv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: La Rosa, Joseph Salvatore
Other Authors: David Smyth
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2006
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-05152006-113602/