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Author Hutcheon, Linda, 1947- author.

Title Four last songs : aging and creativity in Verdi, Strauss, Messiaen, and Britten / Linda Hutcheon, Michael Hutcheon
Published Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015
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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
Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 -- Last years
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 -- Last years
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 -- Last years
SUBJECT Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 fast
Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 fast
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 fast
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 fast
Subject Composers -- Biography
Aging -- Psychological aspects.
Creative ability in old age.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
Aging -- Psychological aspects
Composers
Creative ability in old age
Last years of a person's life
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Hutcheon, Michael, 1945- author.
ISBN 9780226255620
022625562X
022625562X