Pietro Mascagni: A Bio-Bibliography

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Bringing together a vast amount of information on Pietro Mascagni and his works, this volume in the Greenwood Press series Bio-Bibliographies in Music includes a catalogue of the composer's works and performances, bibliography, discography, and brief biographical sketch. Mascagni is best known for Cavalleria Rusticana, but he wrote fifteen other stage works and over 100 other compositions, including sacred music, songs and film scores. Overshadowed by his contemporary Puccini and tainted by association with the fascist regime of Mussolini, Mascagni is both a famous and neglected opera composer. This volume charts the decline in performances of Mascagni's operas other than Cavalleria Rusticana and reveals a growing interest in and changing attitude toward the composer. The discography includes more than 2,500 recordings, and the annotated bibliography includes 361 titles. This research tool will appeal to Mascagni and to opera scholars. Each section is cross-referenced throughout. An appendix includes a chronology of Mascagni's conducting career.

Reviews

.,."a must have for anyone interested in Mascagni and for record collectors."-FOSOLT online
.,."easily the best piece of English-language writing its subject has inspired, and which also--lest that should appear thin praise--transcends most if not all of recent Italian-language Mascagni scholarship....a comprehensive tour de force."-The New Criterion
.,."excellent and most valuable volume."-The Record Collector
.,."this work will remain an enduring gold mine of information for all researchers digging into the life and music of Pietro Mascagni."-The Opera Quarterly
.,."Highly recommended."-The Opera Journal
...a must have for anyone interested in Mascagni and for record collectors.-FOSOLT online
...easily the best piece of English-language writing its subject has inspired, and which also--lest that should appear thin praise--transcends most if not all of recent Italian-language Mascagni scholarship....a comprehensive tour de force.-The New Criterion
...excellent and most valuable volume.-The Record Collector
...this work will remain an enduring gold mine of information for all researchers digging into the life and music of Pietro Mascagni.-The Opera Quarterly
...Highly recommended.-The Opera Journal
...excellent and most valuable volume.The Record Collector
...Highly recommended.The Opera Journal
..."a must have for anyone interested in Mascagni and for record collectors."-FOSOLT online
..."excellent and most valuable volume."-The Record Collector
..."this work will remain an enduring gold mine of information for all researchers digging into the life and music of Pietro Mascagni."-The Opera Quarterly
..."Highly recommended."-The Opera Journal
..."easily the best piece of English-language writing its subject has inspired, and which also--lest that should appear thin praise--transcends most if not all of recent Italian-language Mascagni scholarship....a comprehensive tour de force."-The New Criterion

Author Bio

ROGER FLURY is the Senior Librarian with the National Library of New Zealand. He is Artistic Director of Academy Opera and broadcasts regularly on music for Radio New Zealand's Concert FM network.