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Louise: Musical Romance In Four Acts And Seven Scenes (1907)

Louise: Musical Romance In Four Acts And Seven Scenes (1907)

Charpentier, Gustave
Byrne, Charles Alfred

Paperback

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral World HistoryMusic Reference

ISBN10: 1164831402
ISBN13: 9781164831402
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.17 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Louise: Musical Romance In Four Acts And Seven Scenes is an opera written by the French composer Gustave Charpentier and first performed in 1900. The story is set in Paris in the late 19th century and follows the life of Louise, a young seamstress who dreams of a better life. She falls in love with Julien, a struggling artist, and they begin a passionate but tumultuous relationship. Louise's parents disapprove of the relationship and force her to marry a wealthy older man, but she eventually leaves him to be with Julien. The opera explores themes of love, class, and the struggle for artistic expression. The music is characterized by its lush orchestration and melodic lyricism, with several popular arias and duets. Charpentier's Louise was a critical and commercial success and remains a popular work in the operatic repertoire.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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