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Author Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.

Title Interpreters and interpretations [by] Carl Van Vechten.

Imprint New York, A. A. Knopf, 1917.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Haldeman-Julius Collection  780.904 V375i    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 368 p. 20 cm.
Note Several of these essays have appeared in the Bellman, the Musical quartely, the Seven arts, and Vanity fair. "However all of these have been considerably altered and expanded."
Contents Interpreters: Olive Fremstad. Geraldine Farrar. Mary Garden. Feodor Chaliapine. Mariette Mazarin. Yvette Guilbert. Waslav Nijinsky.--Interpretations: The problem of style in the production of opera. Notes on the Armide of Gluck. Erik Satie. The great American composer. The importance of electrical picture concerts. Modern musical fiction. Why music is unpopular.
Subject Nijinsky, Waslaw, 1890-1950.
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925.
Music.
Singers.
Opera.
Musical fiction -- History and criticism.

 
    
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