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008    040427s2004    vtua     bk   001 0 eng   
010      2004009965 
020    1570762805 
035    (OCoLC)55078845 
035    (Sirsi) i1570762805 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC 
042    pcc 
049    CKEA 
050 00 ML1700|b.S65 2004 
082 00 782.1|222 
100 1  Smith, Peter Fox. 
245 12 A passion for opera :|blearning to love it : the greatest 
       masters, their greatest music /|cPeter Fox Smith. 
246 30 Opera 
264  1 North Pomfret, Vt. :|bTrafalgar Square Pub.,|c2004. 
300    xiii, 706 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [695]-696), 
       discography (pages [693]-694), and index. 
505 0  Monteverdi to Mozart: the beginnings of opera -- Mozart : 
       the father of modern opera -- Bel canto operas : Rossini, 
       Donizetti, and Bellini -- Early 19th century German opera 
       : Beethoven and Weber -- Wagner I : three early 
       masterpieces -- Verdi I : the first masterworks -- Wagner 
       II : the big music dramas -- Verdi II : Aida, Otello, and 
       Falstaff -- 19th century French opera : six favorites -- 
       19th century Slavic opera : Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky -- 
       The great age of operetta -- The incomparable Puccini -- 
       German opera after Wagner : Richard Strauss -- Opera in 
       the 20th century : six major dramas. 
650  0 Opera. 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/
       ecip0417/2004009965.html 
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994    90|bCKE