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The Real Traviata : The Song of Marie Duplessis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (417 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191018152
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Real TraviataDDC classification:
  • 944.063092
LOC classification:
  • MT956 .W384 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The Real Traviata: The song of Marie Duplessis -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1: Prologue -- Chapter 2: A mother and daughter -- Chapter 3: L'affaire Plantier -- Chapter 4: Working girls in Paris -- Chapter 5: A fair lady meets Pygmalion -- Chapter 6: The baby of a traviata -- Chapter 7: Stallions and flaneurs on the boulevard des Italiens -- Chapter 8: An old count in Baden-Baden -- Chapter 9: Partying in Paris and London with Antinous -- Chapter 10: A summer idyll on a bend in the river -- Chapter 11: Sin and luxury at 11: boulevard de la Madeleine -- Chapter 12: Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez, and Olympe Aguado -- Chapter 13: The pianist, the baroness, and the actress -- Chapter 14: A registry wedding in London -- Chapter 15: A summer sunset in the spas of Europe -- Chapter 16: Agony and death of a maiden -- Chapter 17: Two winter funerals in Montmartre -- Chapter 18: Auction at 11: boulevard de la Madeleine -- Chapter 19: La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils -- Chapter 20: La Dame aux Camélias at the Vaudeville -- Chapter 21: Verdi and the Barezzis -- Chapter 22: La traviata 1853-4 -- Chapter 23: Epilogue -- Main Characters -- Marie Duplessis's life at a glance -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Prologue: a weekend in the country -- Chapter 2 A mother and daughter: 1824-1837 -- Chapter 3 L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837 -- Chapter 4 Working girls in Paris: 1839-1841 -- Chapter 5 A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1841 -- Chapter 6 The baby of a traviata: Versailles, May 1841 -- Chapter 7 Stallions and flaneurs on the Boulevard des Italiens: 1841-1842 -- Chapter 8 An old count in Baden-Baden: July 1842 -- Chapter 9 Partying in Paris and London with Antinous: 1842-1843 -- Chapter 10 A summer idyll on a bend in the river: 1843.
Chapter 11 Sin and luxury at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: 1844-1847 -- Chapter 12 Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez, and Olympe Aguado: 1844-1845 -- Chapter 13 The pianist, the baroness, and the actress: October 1845-February 1846 -- Chapter 14 A registry wedding in London: 21 February 1846 -- Chapter 15 A summer sunset in the spas of Europe: 1846 -- Chapter 16 Agony and death of a maiden: October 1846-3 February 1847 -- Chapter 17 Two winter funerals in Montmartre: February 1847 -- Chapter 18 Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: February 1847 -- Chapter 19 la dame aux camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils : 1848 -- Chapter 20 la dame aux camélias at the Vaudeville: February 1852 -- Chapter 21 Verdi and the Barezzis-the genesis of la traviata: 1823-1852 -- Chapter 22 la traviata 1853-4: the apotheosis of Marie Duplessis -- Chapter 23 Epilogue: memory and myth -- A bibliographical note -- References -- 1. Archives -- 2. Newspapers -- 3. Books and Articles -- Picture credits -- Index.
Summary: The story of Marie Duplessis, the woman who inspired Verdi's La traviata. A rags-to-riches fairytale, from rural poverty to Parisian stardom, which ended in tragedy but gave rise to some of the most heart-wrenching and lyrical music ever composed.
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Cover -- The Real Traviata: The song of Marie Duplessis -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1: Prologue -- Chapter 2: A mother and daughter -- Chapter 3: L'affaire Plantier -- Chapter 4: Working girls in Paris -- Chapter 5: A fair lady meets Pygmalion -- Chapter 6: The baby of a traviata -- Chapter 7: Stallions and flaneurs on the boulevard des Italiens -- Chapter 8: An old count in Baden-Baden -- Chapter 9: Partying in Paris and London with Antinous -- Chapter 10: A summer idyll on a bend in the river -- Chapter 11: Sin and luxury at 11: boulevard de la Madeleine -- Chapter 12: Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez, and Olympe Aguado -- Chapter 13: The pianist, the baroness, and the actress -- Chapter 14: A registry wedding in London -- Chapter 15: A summer sunset in the spas of Europe -- Chapter 16: Agony and death of a maiden -- Chapter 17: Two winter funerals in Montmartre -- Chapter 18: Auction at 11: boulevard de la Madeleine -- Chapter 19: La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils -- Chapter 20: La Dame aux Camélias at the Vaudeville -- Chapter 21: Verdi and the Barezzis -- Chapter 22: La traviata 1853-4 -- Chapter 23: Epilogue -- Main Characters -- Marie Duplessis's life at a glance -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Prologue: a weekend in the country -- Chapter 2 A mother and daughter: 1824-1837 -- Chapter 3 L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837 -- Chapter 4 Working girls in Paris: 1839-1841 -- Chapter 5 A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1841 -- Chapter 6 The baby of a traviata: Versailles, May 1841 -- Chapter 7 Stallions and flaneurs on the Boulevard des Italiens: 1841-1842 -- Chapter 8 An old count in Baden-Baden: July 1842 -- Chapter 9 Partying in Paris and London with Antinous: 1842-1843 -- Chapter 10 A summer idyll on a bend in the river: 1843.

Chapter 11 Sin and luxury at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: 1844-1847 -- Chapter 12 Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez, and Olympe Aguado: 1844-1845 -- Chapter 13 The pianist, the baroness, and the actress: October 1845-February 1846 -- Chapter 14 A registry wedding in London: 21 February 1846 -- Chapter 15 A summer sunset in the spas of Europe: 1846 -- Chapter 16 Agony and death of a maiden: October 1846-3 February 1847 -- Chapter 17 Two winter funerals in Montmartre: February 1847 -- Chapter 18 Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: February 1847 -- Chapter 19 la dame aux camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils : 1848 -- Chapter 20 la dame aux camélias at the Vaudeville: February 1852 -- Chapter 21 Verdi and the Barezzis-the genesis of la traviata: 1823-1852 -- Chapter 22 la traviata 1853-4: the apotheosis of Marie Duplessis -- Chapter 23 Epilogue: memory and myth -- A bibliographical note -- References -- 1. Archives -- 2. Newspapers -- 3. Books and Articles -- Picture credits -- Index.

The story of Marie Duplessis, the woman who inspired Verdi's La traviata. A rags-to-riches fairytale, from rural poverty to Parisian stardom, which ended in tragedy but gave rise to some of the most heart-wrenching and lyrical music ever composed.

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