This is an opera reference covering four volumes, with over 1300 contributions. The 11,000 articles are cross-referenced and deal with all of the varied aspects of the operatic experience, from the composer, librettist and their cultural background, through singers, conductors and directors, to cities, opera houses, costume, choreography and set design. The dictionary features: over 1750 articles on operas; over 2500 articles on singers and conductors; over 3000 articles on composers; more than 400 articles on cities; and ...
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This is an opera reference covering four volumes, with over 1300 contributions. The 11,000 articles are cross-referenced and deal with all of the varied aspects of the operatic experience, from the composer, librettist and their cultural background, through singers, conductors and directors, to cities, opera houses, costume, choreography and set design. The dictionary features: over 1750 articles on operas; over 2500 articles on singers and conductors; over 3000 articles on composers; more than 400 articles on cities; and further articles covering producers, designers, patrons and impressarios, and history and terminology of opera. The work includes indices of character names and first lines of arias and ensembles.
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Very Good+ 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Burgundy soft covers with gold lettering and blue trim on front covers and spines, covers show light creasing and edge wear. Bindings tight, corners curl a bit, text pages very clean, no markings. Slip case is also Very Good+ with light edge wear. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. This set will require extra postage for priority or international shipment.
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Very Good- 0333734327. 4 volume set; books have mild shelfwear, slight toning, vol. 3 and 4 have slight separation at bottom corner of front cover, vol. 4 has light moisture mark around edges of last 20 pages w/some light wrinkling, otherwise this is a clean set; 5323 pages.