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Nevertheless, the Festival was a crucial event in the development of the European theatre: while Bayreuth established the paradigm for all modern theatre and music festivals, the Festival Theatre itself has provided the most widely imitated architectural configuration in twentieth-century theatre building.

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Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer. He set out to redefine opera as a 'total work of art' combining the highest aspirations of drama, poetry, the symphony, the visual arts, even religion and philosophy. This book examines his works.

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Explores the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture. This book argues that Richard Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and Fritz Lang's 1920s film "Die Nibelungen" exploits contrasts between good and bad aesthetics to address the question of what is German and what is not.

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A detailed and annotated study of Widmark's life and career in radio, stage, television and film. He established himself as a durable leading man in over 60 full-length films of various genres, though never quite achieving the top flight of stardom.

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This stage history of "Richard III" covers all major English and American interpretations and some foreign-language productions to the present day, examining the stage in the context of prevailing theatrical practices within each era.

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"The most imposing figure in jazz writing today" (JazzTimes) on artists from Duke Ellington to Elvis Presley to Irving Berlin--all with that pervasive "blue note" of jazz in common.

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A collection of classic writings on the Man in Black, Johnny Cash, by a stellar list of music writers, including Ralph Gleason, Robert Johnson, Nick Tosches, Alanna Nash, Jon Pareles, and Ben Ratliff

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Robert Mitchum's bad boy reputation that colors his public profile has been both earned and undeserved. The final word here on various rumors and stories comes from the confirmations, clarifications and corrections made by Robert Mitchum during an interview with the author and in correspondence with several members of the Mitchum family.

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Presents the life and works of the American composer, Robert Russell Bennett, whose prolific career as composer and arranger spanned much of the 20th century. The author provides a lengthy biographical profile, followed by a complete list of works and selected performances.

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This study of the career of Robert Wise, the director of such classic films as "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music" combines cast and crew credits, critical responses, awards and nominations, production notes and comments from the director himself.

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This descriptive and analytic study examines how 1950s rock 'n' roll dancing illuminates the larger cultural context out of which the dancing arose.

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In a novel look at rock 'n' roll lyrics, psychologist Barry Farber highlights those that rise above the rest because they are not only clever, but also wise in their psychological themes and conclusions.

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This book uses archival research and analyses of musical performances and original oral histories to explore the uncertain legacies of the civil rights movement and early rock and roll music in a supposedly post-civil rights era.

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Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture, edited by Elizabeth Barfoot Christian, explores how different genres of popular music are branded and marketed today. The authors provide research explaining how established mainstream artists and bands, from Christian h...

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This book presents an analysis of 100 rock concert performances and answers the question "What makes a truly great rock performance" Peter Smith delves into his own recollections of experiencing rock performances and covers themes of icons, persona, energy, fandom, venues, communities, politics, art-rock, authenticity and maturity.

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Rock Hudson rose to stardom as the virile hero of adventure films, and he then gained a flurry of female fans by starring in melodramas, like Magnificent Obsession. He also had a successful stage and television career.

This book charts Rock Hudson's rise as a celebrity until his death from AIDS.

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It provides links among the various areas of rock music scholarship, thus imposing bibliographic control across a wide body of research that treats rock music in a serious manner.

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Identities how "dangerous" 1980s heavy metal can be analyzed through literary criticism, how heavy metal helps us understand what's dangerous about literature, and why metal music matters.