The St James Opera Encyclopedia

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:901479819

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St. James Opera Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Guinn,Les Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 958 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : 0787610356

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The St. James Opera Encyclopedia by John Guinn,Les Stone Pdf

The history of opera, in all its drama and pageantry, is thoroughly explored in thoughtful text and dramatic illustration. Covering the art from its beginnings to the present, The St. James Opera Encyclopedia presents 600 in-depth entrie covering 2,000 operas, composers, performers, conductors, librettists, designers, directors, and producers. 100 photos.

Author : Scott L. Balthazar
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810879430

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Historical Dictionary of Opera by Scott L. Balthazar Pdf

Opera has been around ever since the late 16th century, and it is still going strong in the sense that operas are performed around the world at present, and known by infinitely more persons than just those who attend performances. On the other hand, it has enjoyed periods in the past when more operas were produced to greater acclaim. Those periods inevitably have pride of place in this Historical Dictionary of Opera, as do exceptional singers, and others who combine to fashion the opera, whether or not they appear on stage. But this volume looks even further afield, considering the cities which were and still are opera centers, literary works which were turned into librettos, and types of pieces and genres. While some of the former can be found on the web or in other sources, most of the latter cannot and it is impossible to have the whole picture without them. Indeed, this book has an amazingly broad scope. The dictionary section, with about 340 entries, covers the topics mentioned above but obviously focuses most on composers, not just the likes of Mozart, Verdi and Wagner, but others who are scarcely remembered but made notable contributions. Of course, there are the divas, but others singers as well, and some of the most familiar operas, Don Giovanni, Tosca and more. Technical terms also abound, and reference to different genres, from antimasque to zarzuela. Since opera has been around so long, the chronology is rather lengthy, since it has a lot of ground to cover, and the introduction sets the scene for the rest. This book should not be an end but rather a beginning, so it has a substantial bibliography for readers seeking more specific or specialized works. It is an excellent access point for readers interested in opera.

Author : Guy Graybill
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527524422

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Italy's Primacy in Musical History by Guy Graybill Pdf

This remarkable revelatory reference work, written in a conversational style that is witty and fast-paced, argues that the Italian people did more for the development and propagation of music than any other people in the world. The book is filled with supporting data that prove this claim, showing that the first written music was an Italian creation, and that the vocabulary of music is primarily Italian. It also notes that the primary instruments were either devised or thoroughly improved by the Italians, the great musical forms, including the opera, ballet, operetta, and symphony, and that the great body of musical geniuses who were the early composers, musicians, conductors and vocalists were Italian. The book eventually closes with a telling of the great musical story to come out of the Italian-American communities.

Author : Guy Graybill
Publisher : Branden Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 0937832499

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Bravo! by Guy Graybill Pdf

The Italians were so busy creating and performing superb music that they neglected to tell the great epic story of their wondrous achievement. With BRAVO! we hope to tell that story. The 1,000-year-old story begins, basically, with the work of a humble monk from the city of Arezzo. And this story has no ending. If, on one hand, we will never know the music of the Egyptians, of the Greeks, and of the Romans, on the other, we have come to know and to enjoy the music of every composer from the 12th Century to the Present day thanks to Guido's invention of the musical scale. As the story unfolds, we are rewarded with the many convincing superlatives forever tied to Italian musical endeavors. The first ten chapters deal with the Italian musical geniuses who theorized, made superb instruments, composed, performed, orchestrated, conducted and sang for the enjoyment of listeners worldwide, and the closing chapter gives a comprehensive look at the beautiful things that have happened in the Italian and American world of music. While each page of BRAVO! is full of surprising and fascinating details, the title reminds us that the term, BRAVO! is reserved only for topnotch performances. Book jacket.

Author : M. Owen Lee
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781574670653

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The Operagoer's Guide by M. Owen Lee Pdf

Offers brief summaries of the plots of one hundred operas, and includes background commentary and recommendations for favorite recordings of each opera.

Author : Udo Kultermann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015040615141

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St. James Modern Masterpieces by Udo Kultermann Pdf

"From Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn Monroe to Maya Ying Lin's Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C., and from a photographic portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe to the Porsche 911 automobile, each of the 200 works featured within have achieved the status of "classic" or "masterpiece."" "International in scope, St. James Modern Masterpieces presents an exciting overview of the finest in art, architecture, photography and design created since 1945. Experts in each of the four disciplines, led by distinguished art and architecture scholar Udo Kultermann, discuss the works at length, assessing the importance of the pieces in their artistic and cultural context."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Jerry L. McBride
Publisher : A-R Editions, Inc.
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 089579666X

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Douglas Moore by Jerry L. McBride Pdf

MLA Index and Bibliography Series vol. 36 Additional information online at https://www.areditions.com/books/IB036.html

Author : Victor Lederer
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781574674729

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Verdi by Victor Lederer Pdf

(Unlocking the Masters). Giuseppe Verdi's career forms one of the loveliest arcs in musical history. The passion of his works resonates universally, while the sophistication of his middle and late operas satisfies demanding ears and tastes. In Verdi: The Operas and Choral Works , Victor Lederer surveys every one of the master's 28 operas and his greatest choral pieces, showing Verdi's growth as a musical dramatist he would revolutionize the hidebound conventions of 19th-century Italian opera and his single-minded pursuit of dramatic truth. After describing the chaotic milieu in which Verdi learned his craft, the book provides act-by-act analyses of the early masterpieces Nabucco , Ernani , and Macbeth . The neglected operas from the composer's self-described "years in the galleys" are covered together. Lederer then takes readers through the magnificent sequence of Verdi operas from Luisa Miller onward, including the fine but underrated Stiffelio . Each of the late operas Don Carlo , Aida , and Otello and Falstaff , the twin Shakespearean masterworks that crown Verdi's oeuvre is discussed at length in its own chapter. Lederer also examines Verdi's monumental Requiem along with the choral Quattro pezzi sacri , Verdi's sublime final achievement. The book comes with audio of musical selections representing highlights from throughout Verdi's long, remarkable career.

Author : Victor Lederer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538135594

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Berlioz by Victor Lederer Pdf

Victor Lederer surveys the music of Hector Berlioz, one of the most pioneering orchestrators in history, and introduces the general music lover to both his masterpieces such as Les Troyens and lesser known gems. A bold innovator in the 19th century, Berlioz was a musical dramatist with an output that is less familiar than it should be and often misunderstood. His most famous and popular pieces are the thrilling programmatic symphonies, the Symphonie fantastique and Harold en Italie. The “dramatic symphonies” Roméo et Juliette and La damnation de Faust are both driven by conflict and excitement, which contrast his piercing, long-limbed melodies and startling harmonic shifts. Berlioz’s strongly profiled musical style possesses high rhythmic energy, and manic outbursts that are instantly identifiable as his, and he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and effective orchestrators in history. The book is accompanied by online audio tracks to select Berlioz works from the Naxos library.

Author : Zenia S. DaSilva
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313085277

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The Hispanic Connection by Zenia S. DaSilva Pdf

DaSilva draws together key essays dealing with the span of Spanish and Latin American arts, ranging from literature, music, film, and ballet to painting. Scholars and researchers involved with the scope of Spanish and Spanish American arts will find this collection of particular value. The selections center on basic themes including the icons of Spain, the use of characters from classic Spanish literature in performing and visual arts, romantic and modern Spanish writers and their influences, and the fusion of Mexican and Spanish culture. The selections center on ten basic themes: The early icons of Spain; the uses of Don Quixote from operas to painting; Don Juan is given a similar treatment, with theater, film, and ballet in addition to literature and opera; an examination of areas of fusion of Spanish and Mexican culture; Spanish Romantics in opera and ballet; modern writers whose work appears in musical transcription; modern writers whose novels appear in film; an examination of works that parody earlier pieces; a survey of the interrelationship between painting and its literary sources; and a look at the variegated artistic peregrinations of such contemporaries as Marquez, Puig, Skarmeta, and others. Scholars and researchers involved with the scope of Spanish and Spanish American arts will find this collection of particular value.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789401205863

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Turgenev and Russian Culture by Anonim Pdf

The present volume has as its central aim a reassessment of the works of Ivan Turgenev for the twenty-first century. Against the background of a decline in interest in nineteenth-century literature the articles gathered here seek to argue that the period in general, and his work in particular, still have much to offer the modern sensibility. The volume also offers a great variety of approaches. Some of the contributors tackle major works by Turgenev, including Rudin and Smoke, while others address key themes that run through all his creative work. Yet others address his influence, as well as his broader relationship with Russian and other cultures. A final group of articles examines other key figures in Russian literary culture, including Belinskii, Herzen and Tolstoi. The work will therefore be of interest to students, postgraduates and specialists in the field of Russian literary culture. At the same time, they will stand as a tribute to the life and work of Professor Richard Peace, a long-standing specialist in nineteenth-century Russian literature, in whose honour the volume has been compiled.

Author : LEONARD GREENBERG
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781469159133

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF LEONARD WANNABE by LEONARD GREENBERG Pdf

“The Collected Works of Leonard Wannabe” tells of the professional trials and tribulations experienced by one of today’s most-talented, least-published author/songwriters, Leonard Greenberg. The first section, Remembrances of Encounters Past, recounts the author’s dealings with three icons of modern American culture: Isaac Asimov, Stephen Sondheim, and Beverly Sills. The second section, Short Stories, describes three episodes of a strictly fictional nature, each with a memorable, somewhat shocking ending. The third and last section, Poems and Songs, contains the lyrics to some forty of the over 200 musical compositions that Mr. Wannabe (oops, Greenberg) has produced in the past number of years.

Author : Francesca Saggini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030988906

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Frances Burney and the Arts by Francesca Saggini Pdf

This collection of essays by leading scholars in Burney studies provides an innovative, interdisciplinary critical consideration of the relationship of one of the major authors of the long English Romantic period with the arts. The encounter was not devoid of tensions and indeed often required a degree of wrangling on Burney’s part. This was a revealing and at times contentious dialogue, allowing us to reconstruct in an original and highly focused way the feminine negotiation with such key concepts of the late Enlightenment and Romanticism as virtue, reputation, creativity, originality, artistic expression, and self-construction. While there is now a flourishing body of work on Frances Burney and, more broadly, Romantic women authors, this book concentrates for the first time on the rich artistic and material context that surrounded, supported, and shaped Frances Burney’s oeuvre.

Author : Clifford Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3189 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135939618

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Contemporary World Musicians by Clifford Thompson Pdf

Music lovers, researchers, students, librarians, and teachers can trace the personal and artistic influences behind music makers from Elton John to Leontyne Price. Individual entries on over 400 of the world's most renowned and accomplished living performers, composers, conductors, and band leaders in musical genres from opera to hip-hop. Also includes an in-depth Index covering musicians of all eras, so that readers can learn which artists, alive or dead, influenced the work of today's most important figures in the music industry.