Puccini's La fanciulla del West and American musical identity /
Kathryn M. Fenton.
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- xi, 208 p.
- Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera .
- Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Arrivals -- 3. Puccini and the Frontier Melodrama -- 4. Music "Of the Soil," or, How to Sound American -- 5. Departures -- 6. Conclusions.