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Roland Hayes : The Legacy of an American Tenor /

Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to reach international fame as a concert performer and one of the few artists who could sell out Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, and Covent Garden. His trailblazing career car...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Brooks, Christopher Antonio, 1957- (Autor), Sims, Robert (Baritone) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A new Jerusalem (1887-1911)
  • Roland's world in Boston (1911-1920)
  • Roland rules Britannia (1920-1921)
  • "Le rage de Paris" (1921-1922)
  • "You're tired, Chile"
  • The Hayes conquest (1923-1924)
  • Roland and the Countess (1924-1926)
  • The conquest slows (1926-1930)
  • "Hard trials, great tribulations" (1930-1935)
  • Return to Europe (1936-1942)
  • Rome, Georgia (1942)
  • "I can tell the world!" (1942-1950)
  • Struggles in remaining relevant (1950-1959)
  • "I wanna go home" (1960-1977)
  • Epilogue : the Hayes legacy.