{"product_id":"verdi-composers-across-cultures","title":"Verdi (Composers Across Cultures)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this third edition of the classic Verdi  renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man and the artist  tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy  whose cause he had done much to promote  and demonstrating the gradual enlargement over the years of his artistic vision. This concise study is an accessible  insightful  and engaging summation of Verdi scholarship  acquainting the non-specialist with the personal details Verdis life  with the operatic world in which he worked  and with his political ideas  his intellectual vision  and his powerful means of communicating them through his music. In his survey of the music itself  Budden emphasizes the unique character of each work as well as the developing sophistication of Verdis style. He covers all of the operas  the late religious works  the songs  and the string quartet. A glossary explains even the most obscure operatic terms current in Verdis time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984630542389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195323424","price":51.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195323429.jpg?v=1770839947","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/verdi-composers-across-cultures","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}