At the time of the series’s foundation the English musical establishment held opera at a discount (had not Sir Hubert Parry declared that lovers of the genre possessed the lowest taste of all those who considered themselves musical?).Therefore inclusion was limited to opera composers who had distinguished themselves in other ﬁelds, Wagner alone, as the selfproclaimed heir of Beethoven, being excepted hence the belated recognition of Verdi, Bellini, and, most notably, Rossini. T has taken more than a hundred years for Puccini to be admitted to the ranks of the Master Musicians Series. 4 Edgarġ3 Puccini as Man and Artist Appendices A B C DĬalendar. ML410.P 782.1'092-dc21 2002020155ġ 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paperĬontents Preface vii Acknowledgments viii Key to Sigla ixĢ The Student at Milan. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. (The master musicians) “List of Works” : p.

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