Anti-Da Ponte by De Alwis, Lisa

Anti-Da Ponte (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781517421861)

Vendor: Lisa De Alwis
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Anti-Da Ponte by De Alwis, Lisa

Anti-Da Ponte

$20.00
Anti-Da Ponte by De Alwis, Lisa

Anti-Da Ponte

$20.00
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
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In 1791, an anonymous author wrote a scathing and vicious pamphlet attacking the work and character of Mozart's most famous librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte. Anti-Da Ponte is translated here for the first time in its entirety from the German with facing pages of the book showing the two languages next to each other for convenient comparison. The first part of the pamphlet is a response to an actual letter that Da Ponte wrote to emperor Leopold II, while the second part takes the form of a mock trial in which famous figures such as Mozart and Salieri denounce the librettist. The introduction and notes are helpful for understanding the context as well as the unusual references and turns of phrase that abound in Anti-Da Ponte.

Author: Lisa De Alwis
ISBN-10: 1517421861
ISBN-13: 9781517421861
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2015
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.15d
By Lisa De Alwis
By Lisa De Alwis
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Lisa de Alwis is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her work deals with late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Viennese music and culture, and she specializes in topics surrounding opera and theatrical censorship.

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