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010 a| 84060802;

020 a| 0961573511 (pbk. : v. 1);

020 a| 096157352X (pbk. : v. 2);

020 a| 0961573503 (pbk. : set);

035 a| (Sirsi) o11398043;

035 a| (OCoLC)11398043;

049 a| EREM;

050 00 a| MT100.M255b| S2 1984a| ML410.M41;

082 0 a| 782.1/092/42| 19;

100 1 a| Salzer, Otto T.=| ^A209654;

245 14 a| The Massenet compendium /c| researched, compiled, and edited by Otto T. Salzer.;

300 a| 2 volumes :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Includes indexes.;

500 a| Volume 1 examines the first twelve Massenet operas produced between the years of 1867 and 1894. Volume 2 comprises all of the remaining Massenet operas produced between the years of 1897 and 1922.;

500 a| Limited edition of 500 copies.;

520 a| This compendium examines Massenet's operas from the vantage point of those for whom the operas were written. It searches the libretti for the dramatic elements which serve as a vehicle for both languorous and virile music of which, incidentally, so much has escaped the superficial listener. It searches for the poetic imagery which has inspired some of the most passionate musical scores of operatic literature. It examines the historical circumstances that surrounded the genesis, production, and sometimes the revival of Massenet's operas. It spends a fleeing moment with some of the creators of the principal roles who have made operatic history during the latter part of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th centuries.;

600 10 a| Massenet, Jules,d| 1842-1912.t| Operas.=| ^A25447;

919 a| BOOK;

596 a| 3;

998 a| 290913;

999 a| ML410.M41 S35 1984 V. 1w| LCc| 1i| 30372004423866d| 6/30/2016e| 3/2/2004f| 4/2/2025g| 4l| MCSm| JMUSICn| 3r| Ys| Yt| MCSSBKu| 2/20/1989x| BOOKz| MCIRCo| .STAFF. .note. Temporary transfer #1 to HSL Temporary transfer #2 to HSLo| .STAFF. enhanced, changed classification from MT100 to ML410 -jjab 6/17/24o| .STAFF. Copy Statement : v.1 c.1;

999 a| ML410.M41 S35 1984 V. 2w| LCc| 1i| 30372004423874d| 6/30/2016e| 3/2/2004f| 4/2/2025g| 4l| MCSm| JMUSICn| 5r| Ys| Yt| MCSSBKu| 1/23/1989x| BOOKz| MCIRCo| .STAFF. .note. Temporary transfer #1 to HSL Temporary transfer #2 to HSLo| .STAFF. enhanced, changed classification from MT100 to ML410 -jjab 6/17/24o| .STAFF. Copy Statement : v.2 c.1;

The Massenet compendium / researched, compiled, and edited by Otto T. Salzer.

Author/creator	Salzer, Otto T.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Fort Lee, N.J. : Massenet Society, American Branch, ©1984.
Description	2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Operas.

Contents	V. 1. Foreword -- Introduction -- La grand'tante -- Don Cesar de Bazan -- Le roi de Lahore -- Herodiade -- Manon -- Le cid -- Esclarmonde -- Le mage -- Werther -- Thais -- Le portrait de Manon -- La navarraise.
Contents	V. 2. Sapho -- Cendrillon -- Griselidis -- Le jongleur de Notre Dame -- Cherubin -- Ariane -- Therese -- Bacchus -- Don Quichotte -- Roma -- Panurge -- Amadis -- Cleopatre.
Abstract	This compendium examines Massenet's operas from the vantage point of those for whom the operas were written. It searches the libretti for the dramatic elements which serve as a vehicle for both languorous and virile music of which, incidentally, so much has escaped the superficial listener. It searches for the poetic imagery which has inspired some of the most passionate musical scores of operatic literature. It examines the historical circumstances that surrounded the genesis, production, and sometimes the revival of Massenet's operas. It spends a fleeing moment with some of the creators of the principal roles who have made operatic history during the latter part of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th centuries.
General note	Includes indexes.
General note	Volume 1 examines the first twelve Massenet operas produced between the years of 1867 and 1894. Volume 2 comprises all of the remaining Massenet operas produced between the years of 1897 and 1922.
General note	Limited edition of 500 copies.
LCCN	84060802
ISBN	0961573511 (pbk. : v. 1)
ISBN	096157352X (pbk. : v. 2)
ISBN	0961573503 (pbk. : set)

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