I am Melba : A Biography / Ann Blainey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blainey, Ann, 1935- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singers--Australia--Biography.

Singers.

Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931.

Melba, Nellie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Melbourne, Victoria : Black Inc., [2008]

Summary:

The story of an Australian girl who defied convention and became the most famous singer of her era.Growing up in Melbourne, Nellie Mitchell dreamed of fame, but her devout father disapproved. When a chance arose to go to Paris, she trusted in her musical talent and hoped for a lucky break.Within a few years, reborn as Nellie Melba, she was performing to overfl owing concert halls, hobnobbing with European royalty and collaborating with some of the most renowned composers of the age. Audiences swooned over the 'heavenly pleasures' of her voice, while the public showed an insatiable appetite for

Contents:

COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. THE INCOMPARABLE MISS MITCHELL; 2. THE COMING OF KANGAROO CHARLIE; 3. A VOICE IN TEN THOUSAND; 4. MY FIRST GREAT MOMENT; 5. I AM MELBA; 6. AT LAST A STAR; 7. IT IS APPLAUSE I LIVE FOR; 8. MELBA'S DUKE; 9. WHAT SAY THEY? LET THEM SAY; 10. FEAR NOTHING, MELBA; 11. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC; 12. I WON'T SING "HOME SWEET HOME"; 13. BRÜNNHILDE; 14. WITH THE AMERICANS HEART AND SOUL; 15. THERE IS NO MELBA BUT MELBA; 16. MY NATIVE LAND; 17. PATIENCE, DEAR MADAME, PATIENCE; 18. HAMMERSTEIN SWALLOWS THE CANARY

19. NOBODY SINGS LIKE MELBA AND NOBODY EVER WILL20. SO MANY TRIUMPHS AND SO LITTLE HAPPINESS; 21. THE GREATEST MUSICAL EVENT; 22. THE QUEEN OF PICKPOCKETS; 23. SINGING TO THE GHOSTS; 24. AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST DAUGHTER; NOTES & SOURCES; CONCISE DISCOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781921825439

192182543X

OCLC:

898100946