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I Am Melba
Author | : Ann Blainey |
Publsiher | : Black Inc. |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2009-01-31 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781921825439 |
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The story of an Australian girl who defied convention and became the most famous singer of her era. Growing up in Melbourne, Nellie Mitchell dreamed of fame, but her devout father disapproved. When a chance arose to go to Paris, she trusted in her musical talent and hoped for a lucky break. Within a few years, reborn as Nellie Melba, she was performing to overflowing concert halls, hobnobbing with European royalty and collaborating with some of the most renowned composers of the age. Audiences swooned over the 'heavenly pleasures' of her voice, while the public showed an insatiable appetite for news of her sometimes passionate private life. Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's first international superstar. In this important biography, enhanced by new research, Ann Blainey captures the exuberance, controversy and pathos of Melba's remarkable career. Winner of the 2009 National Biography Award. Shortlisted, 2008 Age Book of the Year Awards. ‘Blainey ... writes with clarity and panache. This is an entertaining biography. Everyone should read it and be reminded of what a remarkable singer we once had in our midst.’ —Sydney Morning Herald ‘There have been five biographies of Melba, together with her own rather fanciful memoirs; but the present one by Ann Blainey is superior to them all.’ —The Age ‘Thoroughly researched, excellently written and beguilingly human biography of Nellie Melba’ —Australian Book Review ‘Blainey brings a freshness to the story, giving us the feeling that we are reading about a life in progress.’ —Good Reading ‘Welcome and timely, shedding new light on the diva’ —Courier Mail ‘This is a gripping story of triumph and sorrow.’ —Sun-Herald ‘Meticulously researched biography’ —The Australian Ann Blainey is the author of I Am Melba. She has written five biographies, and her most recent biography of Dame Nellie Melba reflects her fascination with singing and opera. She has served on the council of two Australian opera companies and of the Percy Grainger Museum in Melbourne, where she lives.
Melba A Biography
Author | : Agnes G. Murphy |
Publsiher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2021-11-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : EAN:4066338093202 |
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"Melba: A Biography" is the first biography of Dame Nellie Melba, an Australian operatic soprano and one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century. The biography was written by the British writer and journalist Agnes G. Murphy, who worked as a secretary for Dame Melba for two years.
Marvelous Melba
Author | : Ann Blainey |
Publsiher | : Ivan R. Dee |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2009-03-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781615780068 |
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Nobody sings like Melba, and nobody ever will, proclaimed the impresario Oscar Hammerstein in 1908. Like many others of his time, he considered her the world's greatest singer. The wild acclaim showered on her by American fans led to the coining of the word Melbamania. Year after year she toured America on the Melba train, bringing opera and concerts to out-of-the-way cities and towns; thanks to the new gramophone, she could also be heard in the remotest locales. Ann Blainey's beguiling life of Nellie Melba tells the story of a woman who-in an era when no woman was prime minister, chief justice, head of a church or financial firm, or a universal film star-became perhaps the most famous woman in the world. Ms. Blainey's Marvelous Melba punctures many of the myths surrounding Melba's life and career, and offers a new portrait of the great diva.
Melba
Author | : John Hetherington |
Publsiher | : Melbourne University Press Aus |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0522846971 |
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It wasn't enough for Melba to become one of the greats of the Golden Age of Grand Opera. She wanted to be the greatest. her glorious voice took her to the top; her ruthless determination to overthrow any rival kept her there long after the voice had begun to decline. Revealed in this relentlessly candid yet sympathetic study is Melba the drama queen, the monstrous prima donna, the canny businesswoman, the generous and kindly friend, the unique star who refused to fade. 'There are lots of duchesses but only one Melba' -- Nellie Melba
Melba A Biography
Author | : Agnes G. Murphy |
Publsiher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2015-06-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1330121538 |
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Excerpt from Melba: A Biography There is happily no longer quite the same feeling of hopelessness that there used to be in attempting to place on record the impression made by a singers voice, for the gramophone and phonograph, with all their inherent defects, can still reproduce so much of the main characteristics of a great performance that some idea can be conveyed of what was the effect produced by the original. There is no need, either, to anticipate, for many a long day yet, the time when Melba's voice shall be no longer heard in its full perfection; but still, it is not without interest for those who may never be able to hear Melba to know in what consisted her wonderful power over her hearers. The parts she has favoured have been mostly the typical examples of conventionalized opera, and it is in respect of her voice, without any external help, that she has attained her great position. To describe the quality of that voice has been attempted in many passages quoted in this book; and it is interesting to compare the various ideas it has called up in various musical minds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Melba A biography With plates including portraits
Author | : John Aikman HETHERINGTON |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:251837206 |
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