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  • Chapter 21 - Memorialisation and Biography

  • from Part V - Image and Reputation
  • Edited by Alexandra Wilson, Oxford Brookes University
  • Book:
    Puccini in Context
    Published online:
    31 August 2023
    Print publication:
    14 September 2023, pp 170-178

  • Summary

    This chapter considers how Puccini has been commemorated through biographies and obituaries. It begins with a discussion of biographies or studies of the composer published during his own lifetime, in Britain, Italy, and Germany – some flattering, some decidedly hostile. The author then discusses international responses to Puccini’s death, via press obituaries, remembrance ceremonies, and other tributes. Puccini’s memorialisation in Italy was effusive; that abroad somewhat less so, with some French obituaries verging on the disparaging. Obituarists attempted to weigh up Puccini’s significance within music history and to assess the extent to which he represented a quintessentially Italian style. The chapter then discusses books of various types that were published about Puccini after his death, including biographies and collections of letters. It considers how Puccini was remembered on the occasion of various significant anniversaries and how Puccini’s reputation was reappraised over the century since his death.