Search Results - "Woman"

One woman in a hundred Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra / by Welsh, Mary Sue

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Emblems of eloquence opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / by Heller, Wendy Beth

Table of Contents: “…The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- 'Disprezzata regina' : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan.…”
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My Lord, what a morning : an autobiography. by Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

Chanteuse in the city the realist singer in French film / by Conway, Kelley, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Caf-conc' : the rise of the unruly woman -- Music hall Miss -- Voices from the past -- The revue star and the realist singer : the return of the unruly woman -- Violent spectatorship : mechanical reproduction, the female voice, and the imaginary of intimacy -- Conclusion.…”
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Group analytic music therapy by Ahonen-Eerikäinen, Heidi

Table of Contents: “…"Too scared to be visible" : Mary, a case study of a voiceless woman who found her identity in a hall of mirrors.…”
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Jerry Herman poet of the showtune / by Citron, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…If you believe -- Early days -- College and beyond -- Milk and honey -- A damned exasperating woman -- Hello, Dolly! -- Mame -- Mame--and its movie -- Dear world -- Mack and Mabel -- The grand tour -- La cage aux folles -- After La cage -- The road ahead.…”
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Recognition in Mozart's operas by Waldoff, Jessica Pauline, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Operatic enlightenment in Die Zauberflöte -- Recognition scenes in theory and practice -- Reading opera for the plot -- Sentimental knowledge in La finta giardiniera -- Recognition denied in Don Giovanni -- Sense and sensibility in Cosi fan tutte -- Fiordiligi : a woman of feeling -- The sense of the ending in La clemenza di Tito.…”
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Whiskey river (take my mind) the true story of Texas honky-tonk / by Bush, Johnny

Table of Contents: “…I love you so much it hurts -- The pipeliner blues -- Forever and always -- Crazy arms -- Night life -- Devil's disciple -- The other woman -- The sound of a heartache -- Undo the right -- You gave me a mountain -- Whiskey river -- Man with no soul at all -- Time changes everything -- Please talk to my heart -- Home to Texas.…”
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The games black girls play learning the ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop / by Gaunt, Kyra Danielle

Table of Contents: “…: women, hip-hop, and the power of language -- Double forces has got the beat : reclaiming girls' music in the sport of double-dutch -- Let a woman jump : dancing with the Double Dutch Divas.…”
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Princess Noire the tumultuous reign of Nina Simone / by Cohodas, Nadine

Table of Contents: “…: September 1947-May 1950 -- Prelude to a fugue : June 1950-May 1954 -- The arrival of Nina Simone : June 1954-June 1956 -- Little girl blue : July 1956-December 1958 -- A fast rising star : 1959 -- Simone-ized : 1960 -- You can't let them humiliate you : January 1961-December 13, 1961 -- Respect : December 14, 1961-December 1962 -- Mississippi goddam : 1963 -- Don't let me be misunderstood : 1964 -- My skin is black : 1965 -- Images : 1966 -- My only groove is moods : 1967 -- Black gold : 1968 -- To be young, gifted and black : 1969 -- I have become more militant : 1970 -- Definite vibrations of pride : 1971 -- This ain't no Geraldine up here : 1972 -- Where my soul has gone : 1973-1976 -- I am not of this planet : 1977-1978 -- Loving me is not enough : 1979-1981 -- Fodder on her wings : 1982-1988 -- Nina's back-- again : 1989-1992 -- A single woman : 1993-1999 -- The final curtain : 2000-2003.…”
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Musical theatre, realism and entertainment by Taylor, Millie

Table of Contents: “…Musical characterisation in HMS Pinafore and the Rocky horror show -- Encoding the voice : Show boat, Guys and dolls, and musical theatre post-1960 -- Integration and distance in musical theatre : the case of Sweeney Todd -- Layers of representation and the creation of irony : Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Merrily we roll along and The last 5 years -- Alternatives to linearity : Cabaret, Kiss of the spider woman and Assassins -- Illusions of realism in West Side story and actor-musician performances -- Experiencing live musical theatre performance : La Cage aux Folles and Priscilla, queen of the desert -- I've heard that song before : the jukebox musical and entertainment in Jersey boys, Rock of ages, Mamma mia and We will rock you.…”
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The man that got away / by Rimler, Walter

Table of Contents: “…-- The wizard of Oz -- An itinerant songwriter -- Writing with Johnny Mercer -- "One for my baby" -- "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive" -- St. Louis woman -- Descent into misery -- "She was sweet and adorable and then she went mad" -- A star is born -- House of flowers -- In search of fame -- An opera -- Two debacles -- The 1960s -- Waiting.…”
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Kate Bush and Hounds of love by Moy, Ron, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…-- The society of the spectacular -- Pop video : history and developments -- An overview of Kate Bush's early videos -- Hair of the hound -- Coming to terms with video -- The sensual world : the video -- The line, the cross and the curve -- Her later work -- The whole story -- The period leading up to The sensual world -- This woman's work -- The period leading up to The red shoes -- The red shoes -- The period leading up to Aerial -- Aerial : a sea of honey -- A sky of honey -- Coda : we become panoramic.…”
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Ronnie Gilbert : a radical life in song / by Gilbert, Ronnie

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Sounding Like a No No : Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post Soul Era / by Royster, Francesca T.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : eccentric performance and embodied music in the post-soul moment -- Becoming post-soul : Eartha Kitt, the Stranger, and the melancholy pleasures of racial reinvention -- Stevie Wonder's "Quare" teachings and cross-species collaboration in Journey through the secret life of plants and other songs -- "Here's a chance to dance our way out of our constrictions" : P-Funk's black masculinity and the performance of imaginative freedom -- Michael Jackson, queer world making, and the trans erotics of voice, gender, and age -- "Feeling like a woman, looking like a man, sounding like a no-no" : Grace Jones and the performance of "Strange" in the post-soul moment -- Funking toward the future in Meshell Ndegeocello's The world has made me the man of my dreams -- Epilogue : Janelle Monáe's collective vision.…”
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Aboriginal music in contemporary Canada echoes and exchanges /

Table of Contents: “…The sound of what I hear on earth / Sadie Buck, with a preface by Beverley Diamond ; Reflecting on reflexivity : teaching and conducting research in an Inuit community / Mary Piercey ; Moose trails and buffalo tracks : Métis music and aboriginal education in Canada / Annette Chrétien ; One strong woman : finding her voice, finding her heritage / interview, Beverly Souliere with Anna Hoefnagels ; Learning about and supporting aboriginal music and culture : a personal journey / interview, Jimmy Dick with Anna Hoefnagels -- Part three : cultural interactions and negotiations. …”
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