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(Paperback)
By: Conrad Wilson
ISBN: 9780714832913
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1997
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), composer of such popular operas as La Boheme and Madame Butterfly, is renowned for his gift as a melodist. The author draws attention to his music, countering the view held during Puccini's lifetime that he was a retrogressive who aimed to shock.
