Project Gutenberg 2006-01-04 Public domain in the USA. 113 Ferris, George T. (George Titus) 1840 Ferris, George Titus Great Italian and French Composers Reading ease score: 53.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Palestrina -- Piccini, Paisiello, and Cimarosa -- Rossini -- Verdi -- Cherubini and his predecessors -- Méhul, Spontini, and Halévy -- Boïeldieu and Auber -- Meyerbeer -- Gounod and Thomas -- Berlioz. Produced by David Widger "Great Italian and French Composers" by George T. Ferris is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book presents detailed sketches of prominent Italian and French composers, emphasizing their contributions to music and their historical significance. Ferris aims to make the information accessible and interesting to the general music-loving public, rather than just to scholars. At the start of the book, Ferris discusses the challenges of summarizing the vast contributions of notable composers in a limited format. He draws on prior works and provides insights into figures like Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, highlighting his life, significant works, and the impact of his music. The narrative illustrates how Palestrina, along with other composers, shaped Italian music and laid the groundwork for future developments in the operatic tradition, portraying a rich historical context for understanding the evolution of musical genres through significant personalities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Musicians -- Italy Musicians -- France ML Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Music 439468 436408 2024-10-07T15:37:33.019277 2023-09-08T05:56:29.647020 text/html text/html 430683 2006-01-04T15:03:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 312452 2006-01-04T15:04:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 325325 2024-10-07T15:37:37.538205 application/epub+zip 334540 2024-10-07T15:37:33.556243 application/epub+zip 219926 2024-10-07T15:37:33.274253 application/epub+zip 446833 2024-10-07T15:37:41.116263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424945 2024-10-07T15:37:37.273211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310566 2022-09-08T11:15:14.894771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420769 420762 2024-10-07T15:37:32.559223 2023-09-08T05:56:29.287006 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 420388 2006-01-04T15:03:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 165237 2006-01-04T15:04:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 420388 2006-01-04T15:03:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 164962 2006-01-04T15:04:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21071 2024-10-07T15:37:41.245186 application/rdf+xml 10290 2024-10-07T15:37:33.353278 image/jpeg 1840 2024-10-07T15:37:33.313265 image/jpeg 314057 2024-10-07T15:37:33.064261 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog