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Changing the Score: Arias, Prima Donnas, and the Authority of Performance (AMS Studies in Music)

hardcover – August 26, 2009
by Poriss, Hilary
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ISBN-13: 9780195386714 ISBN-10: 019538671X
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Binding
hardcover
Published
August 26, 2009
Weight
1.1 lbs
Dimensions
15.70×2.30×23.60 cm

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Changing the Score: Arias, Prima Donnas, and the Authority of Performance (AMS Studies in Music) by Poriss, Hilary. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780195386714.

This study is the first to explore the significance of aria insertion, the practice that allowed singers to introduce music of their own choice into productions of Italian opera during the nineteenth century. Each chapter investigates this practice from varying perspectives and through the experiences of some of the centurys most famous prima donnas.