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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Story Adaptation from the Opera by Anthony Burgess. First Paperback Format . Published in 1982 by Little Brown & Co. OP. (Book has clear tape on edges)
Richard Strauss (Music) / Hugo von Hoffmannsthal (Libretto) / Anthony Burgesss (Story Adaptation) George R. Marek (Introduction)
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Little Brown & Co., Boston, MA, 1982
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Da: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.Brothertown Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is "The Metropolitan Opera Classics Library" edition of "Der Rosenkavalier" composed by Richard Strauss. The libretto was written by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; the modern story adaptation was done by Anthony Burgess; there is an Introduction by George H. Marek. "The Metropolitan…Opera Classics Library" was produced under the general editorship of Robert Sussman Stewart. The copy here presented, previously owned (and reinforced by that owner along its edges with tape), is the 1982 Little, Brown and Company First Edition in Paperback format (issued in Boston simultaneously with the hardcover and a Special Edition). From the cover write-up : |> Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier", one of the most beloved comedies of all opera, inaugurates "The Metropolitan Opera Classics Library", a distinguished aeries of books created to honor the one-hundredth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera and to bring to readers a greater appreciation of opera as literature. Hugo von Hofmannsthal's magical story, to which Strauss set his music in the first decade of the twentieth century, has been specially adapted for this volume by Anthony Burgess, himself a master novelist, composer, and literary critic. |> His "Cavalier of the Rose" is, from start to finish, an enchanting and scintillating retelling of Hofmannsthal's witty, satirical - and touching - libretto about beauty, age, and love among the Viennese aristocracy of the mid-eighteenth century. Included is the complete Libretto in German and English, and a wealth of illustrations, featuring the story of "Der Rosenkavalier" in photographs selected from the Metropolitan Opera's current production. there are, as well, photographs from earlier productions, as well as some of Strauss himself. <| (From the cover write-up) SERIES : The Metropolitan Opera Classics Library (No. 1) SERIES EDITOR : Robert Sussman Stewart TITLE : Der Rosenkavalier - Comedy for Music in three Acts MUSIC : Richard Strauss LIBRETTO : Hugo von Hoffmannsthal MODERN STORY ADAPTATION : Anthony Burgess INTRODUCTION : George R. Marek IMPRINT : Little, Brown and Company PLACE : Boston DATE : (1982) EDITION : First Paperback Edition ( First Edition : So Stated ) - (Paperback Format Issued simultaneously with the hardcover and a Special Edition ) STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Illustrated trade paperback, contains numerous drawings, also black-and-white, and color photographs; has a Preface, Acknowledgements, an Introduction, copious notes, and an Discography; [xx] + [204] pages; approx. 6 1/8' x 9 1/8"; color pictorial wraps, glued. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book which remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR : Most clearly, the previous owner attached clear tape at intervals along the spine and edges - likely meant as reinforcement against the wear of reading . This was neatly effected and stillcrisp - but it is there. Else the covers display moderate surface rub. The spine is not creased. Text-block edges are clean. BINDING : Solid INTERIOR : Clean and unmarked throughout. Photographs (illustratore).
RICHARD STRAUSS DER ROSENKAVALIER, Intro by George R Marek.
STRAUSS Richard), BURGESS Anthony (Story Adaptation), HOFFMANNSTHAL Hugo von (Libretto)
Editore: Little Brown, 1982
Da: EYES WIDE OPEN, London, Regno UnitoEYES WIDE OPEN
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Aggiungi al carrelloCloth DW xix + 203pp + 32pp pl.gift dedication on front endpaper otherwise F.
