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Masques Et Bergamasques – Suite, Op 112 Ouverture Menuet Gavotte Pastorale
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Masques et Bergamasques – Suite, Op 112 Ouverture Menuet Gavotte Pastorale Fauré is not usually thought of as a composer for the theatre. Indeed, there is a cartoon showing him literally weaving the score of his opera Pénélope (1913) – it took him so long to finish, in the time left over from his duties as director of the Paris Conservatoire, that he seemed to be adopting his heroine’s ruse. In fact, Fauré’s numerous plans for a full-scale lyric drama foundered on his inability to find a suitable libretto – like most French composers, he longed for a success in the theatre. He appeased this ‘lyric hunger’, as he explained in a letter to his friend Saint-Saëns, in incidental music for plays, ‘the only kind which suits my modest means’. His scores for plays include Caligula (1888), Shylock (1889) and Pelleas and Melisande, for a London production in 1898. The opera Pénélope was premiered in Monte Carlo; shortly after World War I ended, Fauré received a commission from the Prince of Monaco for the same theatre. Fauré’s idea was to take up again the Fête galante theme he had already explored in several songs and choruses. In 1902 an entertainment of this sort using his music had been a great success in the Paris salon of Madeleine Lemaire. Fauré asked the librettist of Pénélope, René Fauchois, to write a lightweight, playful piece in the style of Verlaine’s Fêtes galantes. Fauchois’ own description of the scenario makes clear that it was little more than a pretext: Harlequin, Gilles and Columbine, the masques who often amused the court, in turn amuse themselves at being the spectators of a fête galante at Cythera; without knowing it, the gentlemen and ladies who applaud them give them the impromptu play of their petty coquetteries and their trivial talk. -
The Moral Basis of Family Relationships in the Plays of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: a Study in Renaissance Ideas
The Moral Basis of Family Relationships in the plays of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries: a Study in Renaissance Ideas. A submission for the degree of doctor of philosophy by Stephen David Collins. The Department of History of The University of York. June, 2016. ABSTRACT. Families transact their relationships in a number of ways. Alongside and in tension with the emotional and practical dealings of family life are factors of an essentially moral nature such as loyalty, gratitude, obedience, and altruism. Morality depends on ideas about how one should behave, so that, for example, deciding whether or not to save a brother's life by going to bed with his judge involves an ethical accountancy drawing on ideas of right and wrong. It is such ideas that are the focus of this study. It seeks to recover some of ethical assumptions which were in circulation in early modern England and which inform the plays of the period. A number of plays which dramatise family relationships are analysed from the imagined perspectives of original audiences whose intellectual and moral worlds are explored through specific dramatic situations. Plays are discussed as far as possible in terms of their language and plots, rather than of character, and the study is eclectic in its use of sources, though drawing largely on the extensive didactic and polemical writing on the family surviving from the period. Three aspects of family relationships are discussed: first, the shifting one between parents and children, second, that between siblings, and, third, one version of marriage, that of the remarriage of the bereaved. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 125, 2005-2006
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ARSC Journal
THE MARKETPLACE HOW WELL DID EDISON RECORDS SELL? During the latter part of 1919 Thomas A. Edison, Inc. began to keep cumulative sales figures for those records that were still available. The documents were continued into 1920 and then stopped. While the documents included sales figures for all series of discs time allowed me to copy only those figures for the higher priced classical series. Thus the present article includes the 82,000 ($2.00); 82,500 ($2.50); 83,000 ($3.00) and 84,000 ($4.00) series. Should there be sufficient interest it may be possible to do the other series at a later date. While the document did list some of the special Tone-Test records pressing figures were included for only two of them. I have arbitrarily excluded them and propose to discuss the Edison Tone Tests at a later date. The documents also originally included supplementary listings, which, for the sake of convenience, have been merged into the regular listings. The type copy of the major portion of the listings has been taken from regular Edison numerical catalogs and forms the framework of my forthcoming Complete Edison Disc Numerical Catalog. Several things may be noted: 1) Many of the sales figures seem surprisingly small and many of the records must be classed as rarities; 2) Deletion was not always because of poor sales-mold damage also played a part; 3) Records were retained even with extremely disappointing sales. Without a knowledge of the reason for discontinuance we cannot assume anything concerning records that had already been discontinued. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 50,1930
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Alumni Deaths, Jan/Feb 2020
ALUMNI DEATHS ’36—Reinald Werrenrath Jr. of Evanston, IL, August 8, 2019; TV pioneer; created, 2019; worked at the Cornell Campus Store; home economics teacher; author; enjoyed produced, and directed several early TV shows; produced educational films; televised sewing, reading, traveling, and antiquing; active in community and alumni affairs. the 1964 Nobel Prize Award ceremonies and the World Series of Golf; veteran; human Alpha Omicron Pi. rights advocate; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. ’44—Charles T. Derry of Paoli, PA, November 5, 2018; national sales manager, ’37 BS Ag—John D. Henderson of Vero Beach, FL, formerly of Glen Rock, NJ, and Flintkote Co.; also worked for Monsey Building Products; veteran; enjoyed tennis, Greensburg, PA, September 8, 2019; president, Harder Jersey Pest Control; director, golf, and travel; active in professional affairs. Glen Rock Savings and Loan; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed travel, photography, and raising orchids; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’44—William V. Gaffney of Rush, NY, January 16, 2019; financial manager, classified photography satellite program at Kodak; veteran; active in civic, community, and ’39 BA—Edward J. Moore of Woodbury, NJ, July 3, 2019; analytical chemist, Socony professional affairs. Mobil Co.; also worked at Dugway Proving Ground and Homestead Steel Works; enjoyed golf, bridge, windsurfing, reading, music, and dancing. Theta Chi. ’44 BA, JD ’48—George H. Getman of Sun City Center, FL, February 20, 2019; attorney; NYS tax attorney; veteran; Mason; president, Masonic Medical Research ’40 BME—Paul W. Koenig of Auburn, NY, August 29, 2019; engineer, General Electric; Lab; Shriner; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. -
Fashions at Extremelylow Prices
register of the voice were there sugges¬ on November IB will have Ossip Gabril- BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT tions of tho old lusciousness of tone and owitsch as the soloist. There will be a BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENT BROOKLYN Recollections of thnt Programmes ADVERTISEMENT purity of,intonation which had led Christmas concert on December 13 and Steinwny at the banquet in 1884 to laud on January 3 Mr. Damrosch and the as 'so clear to the heart of an old piano- New York Symphony Orchestra will Of the Week  Famous tuner.' Mme. I'atti out of havo Mischa the distinguished singing tune; Levitzki, Station Mme. Patti gasping for breath; Mme. young American pianist, as the assist- Every I'atti chopping phrases into quivering ing artist. The remaining concerts will SUNDAY on the West bits without thought or compunction; be on January 31, February 21 and Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., recital Side Subway song by Lines is an Start Singer Mine. Patti producing tones in a manner March 6, when the assisting attractions Cyrena Van Gordon, contralto: that ought to be held up na a warning will bo respectively Fritz Kreisler, Adolf Entrance- to Opn» to Mme. Patti Bolm's Ballet Intime Miss Should He Upbraid.Sir H. R. Bishop the A. ft 6. example every novice; and Lucy Come, Beloved .Handel UM. Continued from page 11 devoid of all but a shadow of that tone Gates." A Pastoral .Carey Private Sub¬ of opulent beauty, of that incomparable In addition to the young people's Coucher de Soleil,.René Lenormand way Entrance Close« technical skill which used to make dal- series, children will enter this year Tes Yeux .René Rabey for a 6c Fare. -
Laj:He World of Music And
la J:he World of Music and Art $Vo Opera Companies PRINCIPALS IN COMMONWEALTH ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY Feature of Random Art Notes Opening Season At Home and Abroad Engagement of Sah Carlo Forces at Manhattan Opera House Will Follow Debut of Memorial to an American Artist, the Gallery New Company Erected at Newport Honoring the Late Howard Gushing By Katharine Wright tenors; Alice Gentle, Stella De Mette, Musical New York is awakening from May Barron and Alice Homer, mezzo- By Royal Cortissoz MacMonnies and Mr. Robert Burnsids summer lethargy. Plans for the sopranos; Vincente Ballester, Mario Exhibitions of Potter. It raised the Jts Valla, Arnold pictures have long necessary funds, orchestras are well under way, and Mr. Becker and Nicola been familiar in Newport, but the Art and when the decision was nade te is already putting the Na¬ d'Amico, barytones; Pietro de Biasi Association there now make the memorial an art Bodaniky and Natale has for the first gaii*ry Mr. tional Symphony through preliminary Cervi, bassos; Gaetano time a reaily satisfactory gallery. On Delano and bis partner, Chester Aid«« «aces. Or.e or two concert managers Merola, Fulgcnzio Guerricri and Dirk its own property there has been erected rich, contributed the design. have issued statements regarding the Foeh, conductors. a little in The building is of stone and stucco The building; memory of the late activities of their artista. repertoire for the opening week, Howard Gardiner Cushing which is and is «bout forty feet wide and fifty On September 20 the San Carlo beginning September 20, includas "Car¬ not only an addition to the architec¬ feet deep. -
UNIVERZITA PALACKÉHO V OLOMOUCI FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA Katedra Anglistiky a Amerikanistiky
UNIVERZITA PALACKÉHO V OLOMOUCI FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA Katedra Anglistiky a Amerikanistiky Markéta Byrtusová Development of British Jewish Literature and Analysis of the Novel Disobedience Representing Contemporary British Jewish Writing Bakalářská práce Vedoucí práce: Mrg. Pavlína Flajšarová, Ph.D. Olomouc 2013 Prohlašuji, že jsem svou bakalářskou práci na téma Development of British Jewish Literature and Analysis of the Novel Disobedience Representing Contemporary British Jewish Writing vypracovala samostatně pod odborným dohledem vedoucího práce a veškerou použitou literaturu a jiné podklady jsem řádně ocitovala. V Olomouci dne .......... Podpis .......................... Děkuji Mgr. Pavlíně Flajšarové, Ph.D. za odborné vedení mé práce, užitečné konzultace, veškeré rady, zapůjčení důležitých podkladů a pomoc při získávání zdrojů. Contents: Introduction................................................................................................ 6 Jewish Stereotypical Characters.............................................................. 8 1. Major and Minor Literature, Vicious and Virtuous Jew................. 8 1.1 The Shylock Type...................................................................... 9 1.2 The Mythic Jew......................................................................... 10 The Four Stages of British Jewish Literature......................................... 12 2. The First Stage: Privatization of British Jewish Literature............. 12 2.1. Politics of Assimilation and Apologetic Attitude................... -
THE NAFF COLLECTION (Location: Range 4, Section 5 – NR Workroom)
THE NAFF COLLECTION (Location: Range 4, Section 5 – NR Workroom) The Naff Collection is an accumulation of programs, autographed photographs, posters, folders, booklets, announcements and a few other items which tell the story of professional theater in Nashville between the years 1900 and 1960. This material was collected by the late Mrs. L. C. Naff during the period in which she served as secretary to the Rice Bureau and later as manager of the Ryman Auditorium. She bequeathed the collection to Francis Robinson, assistant manager of the Metropolitan Opera, who began his career as an usher at the Ryman. On March 27, 1967, Mr. Robinson made the formal presentation of the collection to the Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, Charles C. Trabue, chairman of the board, and Marshall Stewart, chief librarian. The public was invited to this ceremony at which the collection was on display. The materials had been listed by chronological periods and arranged by Ann Dorsey, head of the reference department, Edward Durham and Terry Hudson. After the material had remained on exhibit for one month, it was packed for storage. In January 1971, it was decided that the collection should be classified and indexed so that it might be more readily available to researchers and other interested parties. The holdings in the Naff Collection have been classified as follows: NAFF COLLECTION CLASSIFICATIONS Advertising Announcements Descriptive Folders Letters and Telegrams Librettos Newspaper Clippings Photographs Posters Programs: Concerts Dances Lectures Miscellaneous Musical Comedies Operas Operettas Orchestras Plays Recitals Souvenirs Variety Realia Scripts Souvenir Booklets The subject headings of the various collections will most likely lead to desired information, particularly if the medium of a performer is known. -
Forgotten Splendour
FORGOTTEN SPLENDOUR A Chronology of the North Shore Music Festival 1909 to 1939 by Andrew Cottonaro Beginning in 1909 and lasting until 1939, the North Shore Music Festival of Northwestern University was a significant musical and social event in the Chicago area. For a few days each Spring, the campus hosted a diverse body of performers in a series of grand concerts. Naturally, some of that era’s most eminent singers could be heard there. Their presence certainly helped to sell tickets and their artistry helped to sustain the festival as a popular and critical success. Now, sixty years later, the festival hardly even counts as a faded memory. To date, two books (in part), offer a general outline of the festival’s history, but both lack any detailed analysis of who appeared and what was actually sung. This is the first attempt to present a chronology of the vocal offerings (quite distinct from the orchestral offerings) at the festival. Northwestern University, the official sponsor of the festival, is located in Evanston, Illinois (USA). The town is a suburb of Chicago, directly north of the city and on the banks of Lake Michigan. Because of this geographic position, Evanston and the other cities of the area are called the North Shore, hence the origin of the festival’s name. Northwestern University was incorporated in 1850 and gradually won recognition for its academic excellence. The establishment of musical studies, however, was a tangled web of many failed efforts. In a final and desperate attempt to salvage musical education, the university’s board of trustees in 1891 appointed Peter Christian Lutkin (1858-1931) to direct musical studies, a post that he held until his death. -
Bizet – L' Arlésienne
Bizet – L’ ArLésienne Fauré – Masques et Bergamasques Gounod – Faust Ballet Music Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Kazuki Yamada Georges Bizet (1838-1875) L’Arlésienne tHeAtre MUsiC in tHe COnCERT HALL Suite No. 1 When we consider the intrinsic bond between theatre and music, In the course of the 19th century, conceptions changed as to the though opera and ballet are what immediately come to mind, there nature and function of music. As a result, music lost its image as a 1. Prélude is yet another art form that embodies this association, and which subservient art, ultimately coming to be regarded as autonomous, 2. Minuetto especially in the 19th century enjoyed great popularity: incidental elevated, sublime and – in the terminology of writer, composer and 3. Adagietto music. In a period in which all theatres had either a pianist or a music critic E.T.A. Hoffmann – the most ‘romantic’ of all the arts. 4. Carillon smaller or larger orchestra in their employ, stage plays were generally His contemporary, the influential novelist and poet Ludwig Tieck, accompanied by music – much like in today’s films. And just as a was highly critical in respect of the function of incidental music. In Suite No. 2 substantial part of the drama in opera unfolds in the orchestra pit, his view, music should be used to conclude a stage play and, in so Arranged by Ernest Guiraud the music employed in the theatre likewise provided an additional doing, to retell the drama and its outcome without words. Tieck used layer of meaning, rather than mere depictions of mood.