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American Aria

Author : Sherrill Milnes
Publisher : Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Aria written by Sherrill Milnes and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What's it Like to grow up on a small farm in Illinois only to find yourself, some twenty years later, performing on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House? And then to travel the world, singing in historic theaters from La Scala in Milan to Vienna, Paris, London, and beyond? What does it take to be hailed as one of the great operatic baritones of all times, heir to a tradition of Verdi baritones that stretches back for generations? And how does it feel to face losing your voice and your livelihood and the sometimes mean-spirited nature of the operatic world?...Sherrill Milnes's story is a true American saga. This book tells the entire story in warm, engaging prose. For anyone interested in the mystique of opera - and what really goes on behind and in front of the scenes - it makes fascinating reading. In American Aria Sherrill Milnes opens his artistic and personal life with great candor and considerable heart, revealing himself to everyone." -- Book jacket

The Secret Life of the American Musical

Author : Jack Viertel
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374711259
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of the American Musical written by Jack Viertel and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: “Both revelatory and entertaining . . . Along the way, Viertel provides some fascinating Broadway history.” —The New York Times Book Review Americans invented musicals—and have a longstanding love affair with them. But what, exactly, is a musical? In this book, longtime theatrical producer and writer Jack Viertel takes them apart, puts them back together, sings their praises, and occasionally despairs over their more embarrassing shortcomings. In the process, he shows us how musicals happen, what makes them work, how they captivate audiences, and how one landmark show leads to the next—by design or by accident, by emulation or by rebellion—from Oklahoma! to Hamilton and onward. Beginning with an overture and concluding with a curtain call, with stops in between for “I Want” songs, “conditional” love songs, production numbers, star turns, and finales, Viertel shows us patterns in the architecture of classic shows and charts the inevitable evolution that has taken place in musical theater as America itself has evolved socially and politically. The Secret Life of the American Musical makes you feel like you’re there in the rehearsal room, the front row, and the offices of theater owners and producers as they pursue their own love affair with that rare and elusive beast—the Broadway hit. “A valuable addition to the theater lover’s bookshelf. . . . fans will appreciate the dips into memoir and Viertel’s takes on original cast albums.” —Publishers Weekly “Even seasoned hands will come away with a clearer understanding of why some shows work while others flop.” —Commentary “A showstopper . . . infectiously entertaining.” —John Lahr, author of Notes on a Cowardly Lion “Thoroughly interesting.” —The A.V. Club “The best general-audience analysis of musical theater I have read in many years.” —The Charlotte Observer “Delightful . . . a little bit history, a little bit memoir, a little bit criticism and, for any theater fan, a whole lot of fun.” —The Dallas Morning News

Resist Phony Encores!

Author : Gruff Rhys
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732056114
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book Resist Phony Encores! written by Gruff Rhys and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhys weaves anecdotes from his life in performance through designer and long-term collaborator Mark James' xeroxed graphics and doctored photos, as well as cue cards, which - for the past 15 years - Rhys has used as a part of his live performances. Applause! Louder! Thank You! Etc. These cue cards have gradually become more ambitious and absurd: Wild Abandon! Burger Franchise Opportunity! Generic Festival Reaction! The crowd generally goes wild on cue, prompting Rhys to seek explanations for the unimaginable highs and weirdness of life in music through the lens of crowd psychology. The book will appeal to students of linguistics, propaganda, and graphic design, and anyone interested in music and live performance. 'Suddenly there was little pressure for me to communicate with the audience, when all I was interested in was writing and singing songs. Which was just as well as I had very little in the way of social skills and couldn't speak very clearly or look an audience in the eye, and I wasn't interested in people having a good time.' From minority-language punk rock through crowd psychology and a critique of the buffoonish leaders of our times, the book is a chance to accompany Rhys' singular imagination towards an understanding of our communal need for music, searching gently and comically for the meaning of life itself. This is a roadmap and call to arms for anyone seeking to Resist Phony Encores! Rhys originally performed Resist Phony Encores! as an acclaimed one-man slideshow at the Edinburgh Festival in 2018.

Encore!

Author : Brian Leahy Doyle
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870204300
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Encore! written by Brian Leahy Doyle and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2009 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Encore! The Renaissance of Wisconsin Opera Houses, Brian Leahy Doyle chronicles the histories of ten Wisconsin opera houses and theaters, from their construction to their heydays as live performance spaces and through the periods when many of these stages went dark. All but one of the featured theaters has been restored to its original splendor. Just as the beginnings of these theaters were often the result of the efforts of local citizens, Doyle discovers that their restoration is due to the commitment of dedicated and passionate people. More than one of these revived theaters has spurred the revitalization of its surrounding downtown business district as well.

Into the Woods

Author : Theatre Aquarius Archives (University of Guelph)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Into the Woods written by Theatre Aquarius Archives (University of Guelph) and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encore

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Encore written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Time of the Cuckoo

Author : Arthur Laurents
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573616723
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Time of the Cuckoo written by Arthur Laurents and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1983 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leona Samish, a single American woman of a "certain age" takes a long-planned European vacation from her job as a secretary and finds herself in a pensione in Venice, Italy. At a street market, she meets the handsome proprietor Renato DiRossi, entering into a casual flirtation which turns into an affair. Her complacency is jolted when she discovers he is married, has several children and is quite happy with the arrangement as is. Long-dormant frustrations and anger come to the surface as Leona faces the harsh reality of this new found infatuation and her own romantic notions of love. Shirley Booth and later Katharine Hepburn ("Summertime") played the leading role.

Encore Provence

Author : Peter Mayle
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014024266X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Encore Provence written by Peter Mayle and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ENCORE PROVENCE continues the account of an Englishman's life abroad. Among other curiosities, explore a school for noses in Haute Provence, the mysterious death of an oversexed butcher, the quest for the finest bouillabaisse and an assortment of the characters who lie in wait in bars and on boules courts. And, of course, the essential importance of lunch. BON APPETIT!

The Encore Career Handbook

Author : Marci Alboher
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0761175105
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book The Encore Career Handbook written by Marci Alboher and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-12-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, most Americans equated the end of a successful career with the beginning of retirement. No more. Now they want to stay in the game (or better, change the game). They want to leave a mark. Make a difference—and continue to make money. From Encore.org, the leading organization in the field, comes a road map to every step of the encore career journey. Here’s how to plan the transition. How much you need to make. The pros and cons of going back to school. When to volunteer, and when to intern. How to network effectively and harness the power of social media. Who’s hiring and for what jobs? (Check out the Encore Hot List of 35 viable careers). A comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts guide, filled with inspiring stories and answering—in extensive FAQ sections—the concerns of its readers, this book is everything you need to help you strike a balance between doing good and doing well--in a way that will sustain you through this new stage of life.

Road Show

Author : Stephen Sondheim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Road Show written by Stephen Sondheim and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Sondheim's first new work in over a decade.

The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright

Author : Ann M. Little
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300218214
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright written by Ann M. Little and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening biography of a woman at the intersection of three distinct cultures in colonial America Born and raised in a New England garrison town, Esther Wheelwright (1696-1780) was captured by Wabanaki Indians at age seven. Among them, she became a Catholic and lived like any other young girl in the tribe. At age twelve, she was enrolled at a French-Canadian Ursuline convent, where she would spend the rest of her life, eventually becoming the order's only foreign-born mother superior. Among these three major cultures of colonial North America, Wheelwright's life was exceptional: border-crossing, multilingual, and multicultural. This meticulously researched book discovers her life through the communities of girls and women around her: the free and enslaved women who raised her in Wells, Maine; the Wabanaki women who cared for her, catechized her, and taught her to work as an Indian girl; the French-Canadian and Native girls who were her classmates in the Ursuline school; and the Ursuline nuns who led her to a religious life.

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

Author : Micki Grant
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573680809
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope written by Micki Grant and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1972 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This dynamic mixture of rock, calypso and ballads features a dozen singer-dancers in 20 numbers. In revue-style format, Don't Bother Me ... explores the African American experience through vibrant song and dance."--Publisher

Church Music Review and Official Bulletin of the American Guild of Organists

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 914 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Church Music Review and Official Bulletin of the American Guild of Organists written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encore American & Worldwide News

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Encore American & Worldwide News written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encore

Author : Elisabeth R. Owens
Publisher : UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press
ISBN 13 : 9781893311633
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Encore written by Elisabeth R. Owens and published by UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Musical Courier and Review of Recorded Music

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Musical Courier and Review of Recorded Music written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Musical America

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Musical America written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: