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Autore: | Brooks Christopher Antonio <1957-> |
Titolo: | Roland Hayes : the legacy of an American tenor / / Christopher A. Brooks and Robert Sims |
Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
Disciplina: | 782.42168092 |
Soggetto topico: | Tenors (Singers) - United States |
Persona (resp. second.): | SimsRobert (Baritone) |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | A new Jerusalem (1887-1911) -- Roland's world in Boston (1911-1920) -- Roland rules Britannia (1920-1921) -- "Le rage de Paris" (1921-1922) -- "You're tired, Chile" -- The Hayes conquest (1923-1924) -- Roland and the Countess (1924-1926) -- The conquest slows (1926-1930) -- "Hard trials, great tribulations" (1930-1935) -- Return to Europe (1936-1942) -- Rome, Georgia -- "I can tell the world!" (1942-1950) -- Struggles in remaining relevant (1950-1959) -- "I wanna go home" (1960-1977) -- Epilogue : the Hayes legacy. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to reach international fame as a concert performer and one of the few artists who could sell out Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, and Covent Garden. His trailblazing career carved the way for a host of African American artists, including Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson. Performing the African American spirituals he was raised on, Hayes's voice was marked with a unique sonority which easily navigated French, German, and Italian art songs. A multiculturalist both on and of |
Titolo autorizzato: | Roland Hayes |
ISBN: | 0-253-01539-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910787004703321 |
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