"Si ridesti il leon": splendid example of the most popular device of Verdi's early operas: the unison patriotic chorus

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Studies in the history of music: Volume 2
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1988 - Snippet view

And, of course, it is essential to "Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia," the splendid example of the most popular device of Verdi's early operas, the unison patriotic chorus, that Verdi contrived to insert into Hugo's conspiracy scene. ...

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