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Music's modern muse : a life of Winnaretta Singer, princesse de Polignac /

"The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Living in Paris, she quickly became active in musical life there, holding the premier avant-garde musical salon in her home f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kahan, Sylvia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2003.
Colección:Eastman studies in music.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Prelude
  • An international child
  • Life with mother
  • A woman of the world
  • The sewing machine and the lyre
  • Marriage and music
  • La belle époque
  • Renovations
  • Modern times
  • The astonishing years
  • Shelter from the storm
  • The magic of everyday things
  • Cottages of the elite, palaces of the people
  • A pride of protégés
  • Mademoiselle
  • All music is modern
  • The beautiful kingdom of sounds
  • Postlude.