The man Verdi

the long version

Based on voluminous research, this biography attempts to depict the composer "as he was seen, at different periods of his life, by his benefactor and father-in-law Antonio Barezzi, by his adoring pupil Emanuele Muzio, by Giuseppina Strepponi, by Mariani, Teresa Stolz, Boito and others. The plan of the book takes us, on a broadly chronological basis, through the whole of his life, and permits full discussion of various controversial matters." Introduction.