Verdi : the man revealed / John Suchet.

Giuseppe Verdi remains the greatest operatic composer that Italy, the home of opera, has ever produced. Yet throughout his lifetime he claimed to detest composing and repeatedly rejected it. He was a landowner, a farmer, a politician and symbol of Italian independence; but his music tells a differen...

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Main Author: Suchet, John, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Edition:First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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