Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface & Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation and Terminology -- 1 Musical Traditions in Nineteenth-Century Italy -- I The Italian Schools -- II An Introduction to the Primary Sources -- III Puccini and the End of the Great Tradition -- 2 Studies in Lucca and Milan -- I Composition as Craft -- II The Istituto musicale in Lucca -- III Scarpia and the Partimento Cadence -- IV The Conservatorio di Milano -- 3 Lessons in Dramatic Composition I: Rhythm -- I Rhythm without Measure, Accent without Beat -- II Rules of Versification, Lippmann's Rhythmic-Musical Types, and Two Case Studies -- III Historical Survey of Writings on Ritmo -- IV Short Case Studies from Bellini and Puccini -- 4 Lessons in Dramatic Composition II: Harmony and Counterpoint -- I The Partimento Tradition -- II Michele Puccini's Corso pratico di contrappunto (1846) -- III The Bolognese Attachment, or "Little Keys for Winding Clocks" -- IV Regular Motions and Melodic Composition -- 5 Lessons in Dramatic Composition III: Affect, Imitation, and Conduct -- I Dominant Affects and Their Movements -- II Physical and Sentimental Imitation -- III Form and Conduct -- IV Case Studies from Verdi, Boito, and Puccini -- 6 Vocalizzi, Solfeggi, and Real (or Ideal) Composition -- I Lessons in Singing and Counterpoint -- II Lessons in Singing and Solfeggio -- III From Solfeggio to Ideal Composition in Puccini (and Bellini) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Concepts -- Index of Names and Works.