Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. History’s Muse: The Spectacle of Poetic Improvisation 16
5. 2. Corinna’s Crown: Improvisation and Authority in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims 43
6. 3. Divinely Inspired: Incantation and the Making of Melody in Bellini’s Norma 75
7. 4. Saffo’s Lyre: Improvising Operatic Authorship 100
8. 5. A Sapphic Orpheus: Pauline Viardot and the Sexual Politics of Operatic Collaboration 128
9. Acknowledgments 161
10. Notes 165
11. Bibliography 187
12. Index 197