The Pocket Guide to Opera

The Pocket Guide to Opera
Author: Anna Selby
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2011-06-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1844685349

Everything you need to know about opera in one handy guide. Part of our best-selling Pocket Guide series, The Pocket Guide to Opera contains A-Z synopses of operas and biographies of the characters, lyricists and composers. The book features the history of opera, setting it in the context of its day and discussing the influence of world events and influences such as the Freemasons and the composers patrons. With factboxes highlighting surprising, little known and often quirky operatic facts, this fascinating book is a must-buy guide for everyone who loves opera.

The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera

The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera
Author: Rupert Christiansen
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0571307833

This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Adès and George Benjamin. Whether you are a first-timer at La Boheme or a seasoned Wagnerian, every opera-goer can benefit from a little background information, and this book aims to provide just that. Accessible and easy-to-use, it contains entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar.

The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera

The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera
Author: Rupert Christiansen
Publisher: Faber & Faber Classical Music & Dance
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Opera
ISBN: 9780571306824

An expertly-written guide that is also extremely readable and accessible.

A Pocket Guide to Opera

A Pocket Guide to Opera
Author: Rupert Christiansen
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2002
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780571209002

A concise beginners guide to the opera presents the major themes, historical developments, performers, and operas in a surprisingly comprehensive "pocket guide" format. Original.

The New Penguin Opera Guide

The New Penguin Opera Guide
Author: Amanda Holden
Publisher: Penguin USA
Total Pages: 1142
Release: 2001
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780140514759

Provides biographical sketches for nearly 850 composers along with articles on approximately 2,000 works.

Sing Me a Story

Sing Me a Story
Author: Jane Rosenberg
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1996-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780500278734

An illustrated retelling of the plots of fifteen well-known operas.

The HTML Pocket Guide

The HTML Pocket Guide
Author: Bruce Hyslop
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2010-05-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0321703510

This handy low-priced book is packed with HTML/XHTML definitions and tips, including those for HTML5 elements in depth. Snappy writing and illustrative code samples walk readers through HTML uses and element definitions. Handy pocket size provides a convenient reference for HTML coders. A true companion to standards-compliant design. The HTML Pocket Guide is for both beginning users, who want an introduction to HTML, and more advanced users, who are looking for a convenient reference. While HTML5 is still under development, browser manufacturers are already supporting many of its features in Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and the upcoming Internet Explorer 9. So, now is the time to start learning about it. The HTML Pocket Guide is a valuable companion to creating standards-compliant markup that will help Web designers and developers quickly define content and meaning. Accessible, convenient, and inexpensive, this pocket guide is exactly what web designers and developers need.

The Monster I Am Today

The Monster I Am Today
Author: Kevin Simmonds
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0810143747

Overture -- Performance -- Postlude.

The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner

The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner
Author: Michael Tanner
Publisher: Faber & Faber Classical Music & Dance
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Opera
ISBN: 9780571237364

Richard Wagner remains, almost 130 years after his death, the most controversial composer in the history of music. Creator of huge & hugely ambitious operas, which have an immense immediate impact, as well as providing food for endless thought & discussion, Wagner has had an influence on many fields outside music.

The Faber Pocket Guide to Handel

The Faber Pocket Guide to Handel
Author: Edward Blakeman
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2011-02-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0571268803

The Faber Pocket Guide to Handel offers a detailed but accessible exploration of George Frederick Handel, his composition, and his legacy. A larger-than-life figure in his time, Handel's reputation has been less than steady since his death in 1759. Was he (in the words of Berlioz) just 'a great barrel of pork and beer', or (as Handel himself claimed) truly 'the master of us all'? Now, more than 250 years after his death, there is more interest in Handel than ever before, with his operas (such as Rinaldo and Agrippina) experiencing fantastic renewed popularity. This lively new Pocket Guide goes in search of the composer who wrote the Messiah, Water Music - and much more. Handy for browsing and reference, key features include: - Handel's life: year by year - Handel's operas: a complete guide - Essential Handel - Picturing Handel - Handel on CD and DVD - Handel Online Edward Blakeman assesses how Handel's works - incredibly influential in their context of baroque music - have stood the test of time and why they can still speak thrillingly to us today. With recommendations throughout for listening, further reading, and web surfing, this is the ideal guide for music lovers who want to discover the great composer for themselves.