Alexandra Wilson is Professor of Music and Cultural History at Oxford Brookes University. Her books include The Puccini Problem (2007), Opera in the Jazz Age (2019), and Puccini's La bohème (2021).
Télécharger le livre :  Someone Else's Music

In Britain today, opera is routinely called elitist. But things were not always so. Examining shifting cultural attitudes over the century from 1920 to 2020, Someone Else's Music reveals a hidden history of popular opera-going in Britain, which defies the opera-elitism...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2025-07-02

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Télécharger le livre :  The Witness

'An intelligent and immersive courtroom drama, a compelling new voice in legal crime fiction' ANDREA MARATHERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY MURDER.A young black man is arrested for murder. The case against him is strong - a mum and a teacher saw him standing over a body in a...
Editeur : Sphere
Parution : 2024-06-20

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Télécharger le livre :  Puccini's La Bohème

Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. But how did it come to be so adored? In this book, author Alexandra Wilson traces La Bohème's rise to fame and demonstrates that its success grew steadily through stage...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-11-20

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**NOW WITH NEW AFTERWORD AND READING GROUP QUESTIONS**'An absolute triumph; a compelling and courageous memoir forcing the legal profession to confront uncomfortable truths about race and class. Alexandra Wilson is a bold and vital voice. This is a book that urgently...
Editeur : Endeavour
Parution : 2020-08-13

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Télécharger le livre :  Opera in the Jazz Age

Jazz, the Charleston, nightclubs, cocktails, cinema, and musical theatre: 1920s British nightlife was vibrant and exhilarating. But where did opera fit into this fashionable new entertainment world? Opera in the Jazz Age: Cultural Politics in 1920s Britain explores the...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2018-12-04

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