ISBN10: 0193132044, ISBN13: 9780193132047, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Hardcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0193132044, ISBN13: 9780193132047, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, London, New York, Toronto, &c.] Hardcover First Edition BRILLIANT: ILLUMINATIONG: DETAILED: THOROUGH: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1993) Fourth Printing (1996), NEW handsomely-illustrated mylar-protected jacket (no price shown), NEW Oxford-blue library-durable buckram-over-boards cover w/ titles & Oxford crest BEAUTIFULLY gilt-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT unmarked smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures, PRSITINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.24" x 9.50" x 2.30", 1.70 kg, xxx+941 (971) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: On October 9, 1813, in the small town of Roncole, Italy, a baby by the name of Giuseppe Verdi was born. Little did his parents know that this child, born in the auspicious week of the Feast of San Donnino, would grow up to be not only a national hero of Italy, but also one of the most successful composers of all time. Many books have been written about Verdi's music, yet few have sufficiently covered Verdi the man. In "Verdi: A Biography" Mary Jane Phillips-Matz brings us the result of more than 30 years' research on the life of this colossus of Italy. Drawing on numerous original documents provided by Verdi's descendants, the Carrara-Verdi family, this long awaited biography reexamines Verdi's ...