Meyerbeer Studies

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Meyerbeer Studies is written by Robert Ignatius Letellier and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 083864063X (ISBN 10) and 9780838640630 (ISBN 13).

"In 1936 Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots achieved its 1,120[superscript th] performance at the Paris Opera. This extraordinary record is an indication of the vast fame and influence of its composer who was once a household name, like Verdi or Puccini. Now he is unknown to the ordinary opera lover. These essays represent something of an odyssey to seek out and know the shadowy figure behind so much divided opinion and long neglect. They represent attempts, at various stages over thirty years, to find Meyerbeer and enter the world of his remarkable operatic creations that once so characterized the musical life of European civilization."--Jacket.