John Charles Thomas

Author : Michael J. Maher
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 0786483873

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John Charles Thomas by Michael J. Maher Pdf

Buoyant, irrepressible and hot-tempered, John Charles Thomas captivated audiences worldwide with his incredible voice. The son of a minister, he studied voice at the Peabody Conservatory under the tutelage of Adelin Fermin, one of the few voice teachers in America capable of training Thomas in the French operatic style. By 1915, Thomas had become a leading performer on Broadway, and ten years later had embarked on a trans-Atlantic career in opera and concerts. At the height of his popularity from 1934 through 1946, he was a popular star of radio, phonographs, and the Metropolitan Opera, a favorite of both popular and classical audiences. His decision to leave opera and focus on his radio career during the Second World War cost him his reputation as a serious artist. The singer who introduced “Home on the Range” and launched many other American standards has been largely forgotten today. This thorough biography details Thomas’s life and career. Beginning with his school days at the Peabody, it traces his Broadway career as the star of Step This Way and Maytime and his highly successful career as a concert, recording, and opera star. Appendices provide a discography of his recordings, a list of operatic appearances in Brussels and the United States, and the songs he performed on radio broadcasts from 1934 to 1948.

Author : Dan Dietz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538150283

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The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz Pdf

The 1910s shaped the future of the American musical. While many shows of the decade were imports of European operettas, and even original Broadway musicals were influenced by continental productions, the musicals of the 1910s found their own American voice. In The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz covers all 312 musicals that opened on Broadway during this decade. Among the shows discussed are The Balkan Princess, The Kiss Waltz, Naughty Marietta, The Firefly, Very Good Eddie, Leave It to Jane, Watch Your Step, See America First, and La-La-Lucille. Dietz places each musical in its historical context, including the women’s suffrage movement and the decade’s defining historical event, World War I. Each entry features the following: Plot summary Cast members Creative team, including writers, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, and producers Opening and closing dates Number of performances Critical commentary Musical numbers and the performers who introduced the songs Numerous appendixes include a chronology, discography, filmography, Gilbert and Sullivan productions, Princess Theatre musicals, musicals with World War I themes, and published scripts, making this book a comprehensive and significant resource. The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals will captivate and inform scholars, historians, and casual fans about this influential decade in musical theatre history.

Author : James H. North
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Conductors (Music)
ISBN : 9780810877320

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Andre Kostelanetz on Records and on the Air by James H. North Pdf

An important extra in the book is a survey of Kostelanetz's career and on evaluation of his achievements, contributed by noted radio historian Dick O'Connor. A foreword by Barbara Haws, archivist and historian of the New York Philharmonic, completes this invaluable reference. --Book Jacket.

Author : Dan Dietz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538112823

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The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz Pdf

During the Twenties, the Great White Way roared with nearly 300 book musicals. Luminaries who wrote for Broadway during this decade included Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Rudolf Friml, George Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg, and Vincent Youmans, and the era’s stars included Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, and Marilyn Miller. Light-hearted Cinderella musicals dominated these years with such hits as Kern’s long-running Sally, along with romantic operettas that dealt with princes and princesses in disguise. Plots about bootleggers and Prohibition abounded, but there were also serious musicals, including Kern and Hammerstein’s masterpiece Show Boat. In The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines in detail every book musical that opened on Broadway during the years 1920-1929. The book discusses the era’s major successes as well as its forgotten failures. The hits include A Connecticut Yankee; Hit the Deck!; No, No, Nanette; Rose-Marie; Show Boat; The Student Prince; The Vagabond King; and Whoopee, as well as ambitious failures, including Deep River; Rainbow; and Rodgers’ daring Chee-Chee. Each entry contains the following information: Plot summary Cast members Names of creative personnel, including book writers, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors Opening and closing dates Number of performances Plot summary Critical commentary Musical numbers and names of the performers who introduced the songs Production data, including information about tryouts Source material Details about London productions Besides separate entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes, including ones which cover other shows produced during the decade (revues, plays with music, miscellaneous musical presentations, and a selected list of pre-Broadway closings). Other appendixes include a discography, filmography, a list of published scripts, and a list of black-themed musicals. This book contains a wealth of information and provides a comprehensive view of each show. The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in the history of musical theatre.

Author : United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1290 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : United States
ISBN : CORNELL:31924112812205

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Official Register of the United States by United States. Department of the Interior Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106544943

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Parliamentary Papers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Admiralty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015025976484

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The Navy List by Great Britain. Admiralty Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : London (England)
ISBN : MINN:31951002249413P

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The Post Office London Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. War Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1802
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015076639908

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A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines by Great Britain. War Office Pdf

Author : Great Britain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1018 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Gazettes
ISBN : IOWA:31858045361791

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The London Gazette by Great Britain Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Civil service
ISBN : UOM:39015035100299

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Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Burma
ISBN : UCAL:B3140770

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The India Office List by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jan M. Ziolkowski
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783745371

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The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity by Jan M. Ziolkowski Pdf

This ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first incarnation in a medieval French poem through its prolific rebirth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Juggler of Notre Dame tells how an entertainer abandons the world to join a monastery, but is suspected of blasphemy after dancing his devotion before a statue of the Madonna in the crypt; he is saved when the statue, delighted by his skill, miraculously comes to life. Jan Ziolkowski tracks the poem from its medieval roots to its rediscovery in late nineteenth-century Paris, before its translation into English in Britain and the United States. The visual influence of the tale on Gothic revivalism and vice versa in America is carefully documented with lavish and inventive illustrations, and Ziolkowski concludes with an examination of the explosion of interest in The Juggler of Notre Dame in the twentieth century and its place in mass culture today. In this volume Jan Ziolkowski follows the juggler of Notre Dame as he cavorts through new media, including radio, television, and film, becoming closely associated with Christmas and embedded in children’s literature. Presented with great clarity and simplicity, Ziolkowski's work is accessible to the general reader, while its many new discoveries will be valuable to academics in such fields and disciplines as medieval studies, medievalism, philology, literary history, art history, folklore, performance studies, and reception studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Law
ISBN : CORNELL:31924060625336

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The Law Times by Anonim Pdf

Author : Trade Board of
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555078055

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The Mercantile navy list. 1848 [4 issues], 49 [2 issues], 50-53,57-61,64-71,80,81,92-1939 by Trade Board of Pdf