Bøger af Robert Donington

This book makes available for the time in paperback the fruit of a lifetime's research into baroque performing practice. Drawing on the encyclopaedic wealth of material in the author's classic studies 'The Interpretation of Early Music' and 'A Performer's Guide to Baroque Music', it supplies a basic grounding for students, performers and all early music enthusiasts.

Discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. Donington's analysis includes scenes and characters from operas by Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Puccini, Debussy, Strauss, Stravinsky, Berg and others.