The book Verdi An Anecdotic History of His Life And Works was written by author Pougin, Arthur, 1834-1921 Here you can read free online of Verdi An Anecdotic History of His Life And Works book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Verdi An Anecdotic History of His Life And Works a good or bad book?
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As such he was bound to write an opera in harmony with the new state of feeling in the year 1848. And this he did. . . . The labours of Italy were ready to arrive at their conclusion when in January, 1849, La Battaglia di Legnano was put on the stage in Rome."^ On the other hand, this is what an Italian journal, // Pungolo, wrote when at the end of 1 86 1 La Battaglia di Legnano, which had not previously been played at Milan, made its first appearance at the theatre of La Scala (the 23rd Novemb...er) : — " The music of La Battaglia di Legnano is certainly not the best among Verdi's compo- sitions. It wants that which forms his characteristic excellenc^^^^cal colour flt^ants something more, tSaZ ensemble, that ' keep- ing,' which make of the music of his different works a sort of logical connection of musical ideas, which succeed each other rapidly with so close a bond, that it is not possible to alter or displace one without destroying the whole idea in its development, and in its synthesis.
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