Years in prison: Giuseppe Verdi and censorship in pre-unification Italy
Years in prison: Giuseppe Verdi and censorship in pre-unification Italy
This chapter examines censorship in pre-unification Italy by focusing on opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. Before explaining how Verdi’s thorough involvement in the creative process of his works makes him a central figure in the discourse on censorship of the period, the chapter analyzes what he meant when he wrote the words “From Nabucco onward I haven’t had, one can say, an hour of peace. Sixteen years in prison!” in a May 12, 1858 letter to his close friend, the Milanese countess Clarina Maffei. More specifically, it discusses the censorship of some of his operas, including Rigoletto and Un ballo in maschera, and its musical implications. It also considers Verdi’s reactions to the censorship of several of his works
Izzo, Francesco
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Izzo, Francesco
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Izzo, Francesco
(2014)
Years in prison: Giuseppe Verdi and censorship in pre-unification Italy.
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Hall, Patricia
(ed.)
Oxford Handbook of Music Censorship.
New York, US.
Oxford University Press.
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(doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199733163.013.15).
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This chapter examines censorship in pre-unification Italy by focusing on opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. Before explaining how Verdi’s thorough involvement in the creative process of his works makes him a central figure in the discourse on censorship of the period, the chapter analyzes what he meant when he wrote the words “From Nabucco onward I haven’t had, one can say, an hour of peace. Sixteen years in prison!” in a May 12, 1858 letter to his close friend, the Milanese countess Clarina Maffei. More specifically, it discusses the censorship of some of his operas, including Rigoletto and Un ballo in maschera, and its musical implications. It also considers Verdi’s reactions to the censorship of several of his works
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