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Tsar Feodor : Chaliapin in America / Joseph Darsky, Elena Svitavsky, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darskiĭ, Iosif.
- Series:
- Fine arts, music and literature.
- Focus on civilizations and cultures. Music.
- Fine arts, music and literature
- Focus on civilizations and cultures-- music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938--Travel--United States.
- Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich.
- Basses (Singers)--Biography.
- Basses (Singers).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the 1920s and mid 1930s, the great Russian Opera singer Feodor Chaliapin was considered by music critics and opera fans to be the greatest Opera star of the world. This book is a meticulously documented story of Chaliapin's performances and sojourns in North America. It is the first book of its kind about Chaliapin, written in English by an American scholar of Russian descent. It offers a thorough description of opera performances, concerts and recitals, as well as some political and social events associated with the name "Chaliapin" during his many years of performing in North America. The main purpose of this book is to reveal the forgotten and unknown pages of Chaliapin's life and to give a truthful historical depiction of those occurrences.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Expedition
- pt. II. Development : "from California to the New York Islands"
- pt. III. Reprise
- pt. IV. Coda.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-311) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62100-481-3
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