Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccini's Late Style

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Giacomo Puccini is one of the most frequently performed and best loved ofall operatic composers. In Il Trittico, Turandot, and Puccini's Late Style, AndrewDavis takes on the subject of Puccini's last two works to better understand how thecomposer creates meaning through the juxtaposition of the conventional and theunfamiliar -- situating Puccini in past operatic traditions and modern Europeanmusical theater. Davis asserts that hearing Puccini's late works within the contextof la solita forma allows listeners to interpret the composer's expressivestrategies. He examines Puccini's compositional language, with insightful analysesof melody, orchestration, harmony, voice-leading, and rhythm and meter.

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