ROSSINI AND HIS SCHOOL
Reading edition
BY H. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET 1881 [All Rights Reserved]
LONDON: R Clay, Sons, and Taylor, BREAD STREET HILL, E. C.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE
I. ROSSINI'S CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH1
II. LA PIETRA DEL PARAGONE11
III. ITALIAN OPERA UNTIL THE TIME OF ROSSINI19
IV. TANCREDI27
V. OPERATIC CUSTOMS IN ROSSINI'S TIME33
VI. ROSSINI AT NAPLES42
VII. PREPARATIONS FOR THE BARBER50
VIII.IL BARBIERE59
IX. ROSSINI AND THE COMIC IN MUSIC68
X. FROM OTELLO TO SEMIRAMIDE72
XI. ROSSINI ON HIS TRAVELS79
XII. DONIZETTI89
XIII.VERDI106
LIST OF ROSSINI'S PUBLISHED WORKS113