The Opera Lover's Companion

The Opera Lover's Companion
Author: Charles Osborne
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780300123739

Written by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and more.

Opera for Everyone

Opera for Everyone
Author: Jean Grundy Fanelli
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780810848948

Opera for Everyone is a concise history of opera that concentrates on artistic and cultural aspects and links up to history, art, and literature, rather than potted plots, anecdotes, and biographies of composers and performers. Each of the 25 chapters deals with around three works most representative of the period, and has ample examples of listening or viewing.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1600
Release: 1986
Genre: Arts
ISBN:

A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

The Janáček Opera Libretti: Kát'a Kabanová

The Janáček Opera Libretti: Kát'a Kabanová
Author: Leoš Janáček
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780810850149

This book is the second volume in a series devoted to the Czech operas of Leos Janácek. Word-for-word and idiomatic English translations are provided along with the International Phonetic Alphabet and practical notes on style, to help singers, condcutors, coaches, stages directors, and devoted Janácek fans all to gain an understanding of the opera and how best to perform it in its original language.

The Urmal from the Ice Age

The Urmal from the Ice Age
Author: Max Kruse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1972
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9780340158272

Millions of years ago, Mother Urmal laid an egg on the shore of the great sea. Soon afterwards it began to snow; the weather grew colder and colder. It was freezing. The Ice age had begun