# Puccini Without Excuses

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- Book: [Puccini Without Excuses](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-berger/puccini-without-excuses) ([Puccini Without Excuses.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-berger/puccini-without-excuses.md))
- Authors: [William Berger](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-berger)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0007-778-6
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2005-11-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Puccini is the most beloved composer of opera in the world: one quarter of all opera performances in the U. S. are of his operas, his music pervades movie soundtracks, and his plots have infiltrated our...