Books by Roberta Montemorra Marvin

This study unpacks the history of Verdi's composition from its creation, performance, and publication in the 1860s through its appropriation as social and political commentary and its perception by American broadcast media as a 'weapon of art' in the mid-twentieth century.

Takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying a range of subjects associated with the creation, performance and reception of 'opera' in varying social and historical contexts from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. This book is useful to those working in the field of music, literary and cultural studies.