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Churchill’s Promised Land

Churchill’s Worlds “The Lord Deals with the Nations as the Nations Dealt with the Jews,” 1874-1914 “Zionism versus Bolshevism,” 1914-1921 “Smiling Orchards,” 1921-1929 Together in the Wilderness, 1929-1939 Champion in War, 1939-1945 Zionist at the End, 1945-1955

Wagner and the Art of the Theatre

Part I Wagner and the theatre of the early nineteenth century The art of the future – by royal command Staging the Ring at Bayreuth Parsifal and beyond Part II The inheritors: Cosima and Siegfried Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Alfred Roller Adolphe Appia: the opened eye of the score Wagner in Russia, 1890-1940 Travail and …

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W. A. Mozart

Childhood Travels of the child prodigy Works from the Grand Tour Studies in Salzburg First operas in Vienna Gesellschaftsmusik and church music in Salzburg, 1769 First Italian journey Second and third Italian journeys Opera seria Early operas and the oratorio La Betulia liberata Church and instrumental works, 1769-1773 On the way to La finta giardiniera …

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Interpreting Wagner

Romance The romance of opera Myths of the artist Enchantment Disenchantment Revolution Writing the future Staging the future Writing the past Staging the past Exile The art of transition Desire Nirvana Politics and fantasy Religion Purity Bühnenweihfestspiel Transformation music The Grail

Music with Words

A Formal Introduction to the Subject Word-Groups Occasions for Singing Making Everything Clear Helping the Performers The Longs and Shorts in Singing Instrumental Helps and Hindrances The “Musical Idea” Both Words and Emotions Are Important Opera in the Vernacular The Nature of Opera After All

Kander and Ebb

Foreword   Geoffrey Block Introduction Forty-Two Years of Musicals The Divinely Decadent Lives of Cabaret Chicago: Broadway to Hollywood Fred Without John and John Without Fred Kiss of the Spider Woman: Sex, Politics, and the Diva Musical Flops and Second Chances: Flora, the Red Menace; The Happy Time; Zorbá; 70, Girls, 70; The Rink; and Steel …

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On Opera

Editorial Preface   Patricia Williams Introduction    Michael Tanner

Opera and its Symbols

Part One: Principles Introduction A Totality of Symbols Words, Music, Staging Compatibility on Stage Part Two: Practice The Start of Opera Monteverdi The Age of Reason The Enlightenment A Masonic Vision The Romantic Movement Verdi Early Wagner Wagner’s Ring Further Wagner The Last of Wagner Realism Strauss The Twentieth Century Conclusion Appendix: Musical Examples from …

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Bayreuth

‘Strong and fair, see it stand’ ‘The eternal work is done’ ‘Here I sit, on alert, guarding the home’ ‘Oh, Siegfried! I was always yours’ ‘Thus evil enters this house’ ‘All that lives and soon must die’ ‘Marvel upon marvel now appears’ ‘It’s mine and I’m keeping it’ ‘Do you know what you saw?’

The Anthology of Rap

Foreword   Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Introduction The Anthology of Rap Rap’s Poetic Form Rap as Music, Rap as Poetry The Language of Rap Principles of Selection The Anthology’s Structure Editorial Procedures 1978-1984: The Old School 1985-1992: The Golden Age 1993-1999: Rap Goes Mainstream 2000-2010: New Millennium Rap Lyrics for further study

Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520

Introduction: Approaching the economic history of medieval Britain Part One: Origins of the medieval economy, c. 850-c.1100[rtoc] Living on the land, c.850-c.1050 Farming Expansion Estates and lords Peasants Crisis and new directions, c. 850-c.1050 The Viking invasions The growth of the state The origins of towns Conquest, c.1050-c.1100 Old Aristocracy New Aristocracy England in 1086[/rtoc] …

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