Author:
Schwandt, Christoph, 1956-
Imprint:Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, 2013.
Descriptioniii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Translated from the German edition: Georges Bizet : Eine Biografie, 2011.
Note:Eclipsed by His Own Masterpiece -- The Boy at the Conservatory, 1848-1855 -- Skill, Knowledge, and Ideas, 1855-1856 -- Off to Rome for Clovis and Clotilde, 1856-1859 -- Instead of a Mass, an Opera Buffa, 1859 -- Vasco da Gama and Roma, 1859-1860 -- Back in the Capital, 1861-1862 -- Ivan the Terrible and Lela, 1863-1865 -- Arrangements and Rhine Romanticism, 1865-1866 -- A Gypsy in Scotland, 1866-1868 -- No New Opera, but Marriage and War, 1868-1871 -- Masterpieces -- Jeux d'enfants and Djamileh, 1871-1872 -- Successful Music for a Failed Play, 1872-1873 -- Carmen, an Opra Comique.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and indexes.
