The Puccini Companion [Paperback]

What forces helped shape the output of this high-living, often arrogant, but immensely talented composer? This fascinating collection includes Simonetta Puccini's essay full of intimate details about her family, as well as writings by experts on the racist politics behind the creation ofThis informative volume offers 27 photographs and drawings, select bibliographies, a chronology of Puccinis life and works, a