TY - BOOK AU - Giger,Andreas ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Verdi and the French aesthetic: verse, stanza, and melody in nineteenth-century opera SN - 9780521878432 (hardback) AV - ML410.V4 G53 2008eb U1 - 782.10944/09034 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Verdi, Giuseppe, KW - Music KW - Philosophy and aesthetics KW - Opera KW - France KW - 19th century KW - Italy KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p, [271]-286) and index; Versification and melodic aesthetics. Rhythm and stanza in French and Italian librettos ; French and Italian melodic aesthetics and practice ca. 1830-1870 ; Episode: Design, middleground rhythm, and phrase -- French melody in Verdi's operas. J�erusalem and its influence on the subsequent Italian operas ; Les V�epres siciliennes and its influence on the subsequent Italian operas ; Don Carlos and after; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alfaisal/Doc?id=10240319 ER -