How Operas Are Created by Composers and Librettists: The Life of Jack Beeson, American Composer - Softcover

Beeson, Jack

 
9780773408487: How Operas Are Created by Composers and Librettists: The Life of Jack Beeson, American Composer

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In this work Jack Beeson, the composer of ten operas, recounts his search for subjects and the writing of five of their librettos, his collaboration with the librettists of the other five (William Saroyan, Richard Plant, Kenward Elmslie, and Sheldon Harnick), and the varied and tangled events leading to their premieres in theatres and on television here and abroad. This book contains eighteen black and white photographs.

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In this work Jack Beeson, the composer of ten operas, recounts his search for subjects and the writing of five of their librettos, his collaboration with the librettists of the other five (William Saroyan, Richard Plant, Kenward Elmslie, and Sheldon Harnick), and the varied and tangled events leading to their premieres in theatres and on television here and abroad. This book contains eighteen black and white photographs.

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9780779911936: How Operas Are Created by Composers and Librettists: The Life of Jack Beeson, American Composer

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ISBN 10:  0779911938 ISBN 13:  9780779911936
Verlag: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008
Softcover