1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460490603321

Autore

Woodfield James.

Titolo

English theatre in transition 1881-1914 / / James Woodfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-38943-3

1-315-67785-7

1-317-38942-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Victorian Theatre ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

792/.0942

Soggetti

Theater - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1984.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Original Title""; ""Original Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""(A) Nineteenth-Century Background""; ""(B) Realism and Counter-Realism""; ""2 Ibsen, J.T. Grein and the Independent Theatre""; ""3 Elizabeth Robins, the New Century Theatre and The Stage Society""; ""4 Harley Granville Barker: Associations and Achievements, 1900-1914""; ""5 Towards a National Theatre""; ""6 The Censorship Saga""; ""7 Spectacle, Austerity and New Dimensions: The Staging of Shakespeare from Victorian to Modern""

""8 Edward Gordon Craig: Artist of the Theatre""""9 Conclusion""; ""Appendix A - A British ""Theatre Libre""""; ""Appendix B - Independent Theatre Productions 1891-1897""; ""Appendix C - The Stage Society Productions 1899-1914""; ""Appendix D - Toast at Stage Society Dinner, 17 May 1904""; ""Appendix E - The Elizabethan Stage Society Productions 1893-1913""; ""Appendix F - Letter to the Times, 29 October 1907, on Censorship""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793494303321

Autore

Cohen Judah M

Titolo

Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America : Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack / / Judah M. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana, : Indiana University Press, [2019]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021

©[2019]

ISBN

0-253-04023-X

0-253-04024-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 309 pages) : music

Disciplina

781.76/0097309034

Soggetti

Synagoge

Juden

Kirchenmusikpflege

Synagogue music

Jews - Music

Synagogue music - United States - 19th century - History and criticism

Jews - United States - Music - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early strata : of choirs and reform through the mid-nineteenth century -- The sound of German Jewry : hymnals and singing societies in Wilhelm Fischer's zemirot -- Yisrael -- Bildungsmusik : G.M. Cohen, B'nai B'rith, and the voices of American Jewish cultivation -- Musical populists : G.S. Ensel, Simon Hecht, and the quest for the singing congregation -- The 1866 Sulzerfeier : the Viennese model and the grandeur of the urban worship -- A new cantor, a new repertoire : zimrath yah -- The path to the union hymnal -- Conclusion : restoring the soundtrack of Jewish life in nineteenth-century America.

Sommario/riassunto

Jewish Music in Nineteenth Century America looks at key Jewish



American musical figures and texts from the 19th century, demonstrating the significant influence central European traditions had during this period and complicating the notion that American Jewish musical traditions "progressed" from solo chant to canters and choirs.