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Chinese Tunes in Puccini's Turandot
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:15:30
Publish Date: 2010-08-03 12:31:07
Description:

Thanks to an Italian diplomat who'd spent some time in China and gave a Chinese music box to the composer, Puccini was able to discover and then use actual folk tunes within the fabric of his score for the opera Turandot.  This podcast will introduce you to those tunes as they are utilized by Puccini in order to help you get to know more about the opera.  Have fun!
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