The Art of Writing Opera-Librettos: Practical Suggestions

by Edgar Istel

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Genres: Music

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1914

Reviews

[Geoffreyjen]

One of a very few books about writing opera librettos, and therefore valuable for this alone. Contains some useful remarks of a general nature, but is not so useful to contemporary opera writing (post 2000).

[Pedro Proença]

With the exception of all the Wagner dick sucking and some old fashioned ideas, this is a fairly useful book.
That being said, we need a new book on the subject, ASAP