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Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci / by Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945

Table of Contents: “…A prelude to "Cav" and Pag" -- Verisimo : tryuth and realism -- Cavalleria rusticana provenance -- Principal characters in Cavalleria rusticana -- Brief synopsis -- Story narrative : with music highlight examples -- Commentary and analysis -- Libretto -- I Pagliacci provenance -- Principal characters in I Pagliacci -- Brief synopsis -- Story narrative with music highlight examples -- Commentary and analyis -- Libretto -- Discography (Cavalleria) -- Discography (I Pagliacci) -- Videography -- Dictionary of opera and musical terms.…”
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Lloyd George at war, 1916-1918 by Cassar, George H.

Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage -- The home front: The search for a manpower policy ; The challenge of labor ; Controlling shipping and food -- Strategy and the war: The first attempt at a unified command ; Facing the submarine menace ; Prelude to catastrophe ; The horror of Passchendaele ; The peripheral war ; The quest for a negotiated peace ; The creation of the Supreme War Council ; The plans for 1918 ; Before the storm ; Crisis on the western front ; The Maurice Affair ; The origins of intervention in Russia ; The German advance halted ; The turn of the tide ; The road to the armistice -- Conclusion.…”
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