The Complete Opera Book: The Stories of the Operas, Together With 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Complete Opera Book: The Stories of the Operas, Together With 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical NotationThrough the thoughtfulness of William J. Henderson I was asked to supply-material for The Complete Opera Book, which was missing at the time of Mr. Kobbé's death. In performing my share of the work it has been my endeavor to confine myself to facts, rather than to intrude with personal opinions upon a Work which should stand.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.