Christopher A Brooks, Robert Sims, Portia K Maultsby, Lawrence Brownlee, Paul Spencer Adkins

Roland Hayes

The Legacy of an American Tenor

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Produktbeschreibung

Christopher A. Brooks is Professor of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is author (with Shirley Verrett) of I Never Walked Alone: The Autobiography of an American Singer and several other publications. Robert Sims is Professor of Voice in the School of Music at Northern Illinois University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780253015365
• ISBN-10: 0253015367
• Artikelnr.: 40844061

Autorenporträt

Christopher A. Brooks is Professor of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is author (with Shirley Verrett) of I Never Walked Alone: The Autobiography of an American Singer and several other publications. Robert Sims is Professor of Voice in the School of Music at Northern Illinois University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction: "I'll Make Me a Man"
Prologue
1. A New Jerusalem (1887-1911)
2. Roland's World in Boston (1911-1920)
3. Roland Rules Britannia (1920-1921)
4. "Le Rage de Paris" (1921-1922)
5. You're Tired, Chile (1923)
6. The Hayes Conquest (1923-1924)
7. Roland and the Countess (1924-1926)
8. The Conquest Slows (1926-1930)
9. Hard Trials, Great Tribulations (1930-1935)
10. Return to Europe (1936-1942)
11. Rome, Georgia-1942
12. "You can tell the World about This!" (1942-1950)
13. Struggles in Remaining Relevant (1950-1959)
14. I Wanna Go Home (1960-1977)
Epilogue: The Hayes Legacy (1977- )
Afterword
Roland Hayes: Repertoire
Bibliography
Notes
Index