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The Life of Rossini

by H. Sutherland Edwards

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Part I — Rossini and His Early Works
  3. 3Chapter II — Italian Opera Until “Tancredi”
  4. 4Chapter III — Four Historical Operas
  5. 5Chapter IV — Mozart and Rossini
  6. 6Chapter V — Rossini’s Reforms in Serious Opera
  7. 7Chapter VI — Rossini’s Reforms in Comic Opera
  8. 8Chapter VII — Rossini’s Reforms in Writing for the Voice
  9. 9Chapter VIII — From Milan to Naples
  10. 10Part II — Rossini at Naples
  11. 11Chapter II — Elisabetta — Rossini’s Début at Naples
  12. 12Chapter III — Rossini Visits Rome — Torvaldo E Dorliska
  13. 13Chapter IV — Beaumarchais, Paisiello, and Rossini
  14. 14Chapter V — “The Barber of Seville”
  15. 15Chapter VI — “The Barber of Seville.” — First Representation
  16. 16Chapter VII — Otello: Further Reforms in Opera Seria
  17. 17Chapter VIII — Rossini’s Reproductions From Himself
  18. 18Chapter IX — “La Gazza Ladra”: The Contralto Voice
  19. 19Chapter X — Armida, Adelaida, and Adina
  20. 20Chapter XI — “Mosè in Egitto:” Reforms in Opera Seria
  21. 21Chapter XII — Three Unfamiliar Works
  22. 22Chapter XIII — Sacred and Secular Subjects
  23. 23Chapter XIV — “La Donna del Lago”
  24. 24Chapter XV — End of Rossini’s Italian Career
  25. 25Part III — Rossini’s French Career
  26. 26Chapter II — Rossini’s Opera for the King’s Theatre
  27. 27Chapter III — Rossini in Paris
  28. 28Chapter IV — Rossini and His Critics
  29. 29Chapter V — Rossini at the Italian Opera of Paris
  30. 30Chapter VI — Rossini at the Académie
  31. 31Chapter VII — “Guillaume Tell”
  32. 32Chapter VIII — Rossini After “William Tell”
  33. 33Chapter IX — The “Stabat Mater”
  34. 34List of Rossini’s Works, With the Date of Their Production in Public

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