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- Puccini in Context
- Composers in Context
- Puccini in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Formative Influences
- Part II Puccini’s Places
- Part III Influences and Interests
- Part IV Bringing Puccini to the Stage
- Part V Image and Reputation
- Chapter 19 Puccini in Pictures
- Chapter 20 Puccini’s Italian Critics
- Chapter 21 Memorialisation and Biography
- Part VI Puccini through a Political Lens
- Part VII Interpreting Puccini
- Part VIII Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 21 - Memorialisation and Biography
from Part V - Image and Reputation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2023
- Puccini in Context
- Composers in Context
- Puccini in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Formative Influences
- Part II Puccini’s Places
- Part III Influences and Interests
- Part IV Bringing Puccini to the Stage
- Part V Image and Reputation
- Chapter 19 Puccini in Pictures
- Chapter 20 Puccini’s Italian Critics
- Chapter 21 Memorialisation and Biography
- Part VI Puccini through a Political Lens
- Part VII Interpreting Puccini
- Part VIII Legacy
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter considers how Puccini has been commemorated through biographies and obituaries. It begins with a discussion of biographies or studies of the composer published during his own lifetime, in Britain, Italy, and Germany – some flattering, some decidedly hostile. The author then discusses international responses to Puccini’s death, via press obituaries, remembrance ceremonies, and other tributes. Puccini’s memorialisation in Italy was effusive; that abroad somewhat less so, with some French obituaries verging on the disparaging. Obituarists attempted to weigh up Puccini’s significance within music history and to assess the extent to which he represented a quintessentially Italian style. The chapter then discusses books of various types that were published about Puccini after his death, including biographies and collections of letters. It considers how Puccini was remembered on the occasion of various significant anniversaries and how Puccini’s reputation was reappraised over the century since his death.
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- Puccini in Context , pp. 170 - 178Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023