| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 151 pages) |
| Contents |
Setting the stage -- Creative responses to the challenges of aging -- Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : a generational tale of cultural nationalism -- Richard Strauss (1864-1949) : a life review in music -- Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) : faith in God and art -- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) : the life narratives of the ever-young "working composer" -- Conclusion : the particularities of aging and creativity |
| Summary |
Linda Hutcheon is university professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at the University of Toronto and the author of many books on contemporary culture and theory. Michael Hutcheon is a pulmonologist and professor of medicine at the University of Toronto. Together they have written several books on opera and medical culture, most recently Opera: The Art of Dying |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 -- Last years
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Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 -- Last years
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Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 -- Last years
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 -- Last years
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 |
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Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 |
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Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 |
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 |
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Composers -- Biography
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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Creative ability in old age.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects
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Composers
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Creative ability in old age
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Last years of a person's life
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hutcheon, Michael, 1945- author.
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| ISBN |
9780226255620 |
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022625562X |
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022625562X |
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