Philip Gossett (1941–2017)

Author of Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera

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About the Author

Philip Gossett was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 27, 1941. He received a bachelor's degree from Amherst College and a doctorate from Princeton University. He joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1968, where he remained for the rest of his academic career. He was a show more musicologist who helped bring long-lost operas back to the stage. His book, Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera, was published in 2006. He died on June 13, 2017 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Philip Gossett

The New Grove Masters of Italian Opera: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini (1983) 55 copies

Anna Bolena and the Artistic Maturity of Gaetano Donizetti (1985) 5 copies

The Tragic Finale of Rossini's Tancredi; Il finale tragico Del Tancredi Di Rossini 1 copy

Maestros de la ópera italiana (1988) 1 copy

Mestres da Ópera Italiana 1: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini (1989) 1 copy

[Dissertation] The Operas of Rossini: Problems of Textual Criticism in Nineteenth-Century Opera 1 copy

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Associated Works

Treatise on Harmony (1722) — Translator, some editions — 153 copies

English National Opera Guide : Rossini : The barber of Seville + Moses (1985) — Contributor — 21 copies

English National Opera Guide : Rossini : La Cenerentola (1980) — Contributor — 15 copies

L'elisir d'amore (Opera di Roma 13-V-2014) — Contributor — 1 copy

Overture Opera Guides : Rossini : La Cenerentola (2011) — Contributor — 1 copy

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