Richard Hageman: From Holland to Hollywood

ISBN-13: 9781433155819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

Nico de Villiers; Kathryn Kalinak; Asing Walthaus

Opis

Richard Hageman: From Holland to Hollywood is the first critical biography to reconstruct Hageman's colorful life while recreating the cultural milieu in which he flourished: opera in America during the first half of the twentieth century and film scoring in Hollywood in the heyday of the studio system.

Recenzje

"Richard Hageman remains a cherished but forgotten chapter in the history of American music. With this new in-depth scholarship brilliantly offered by Nico de Villiers, Kathryn Kalinak and Asing Walthaus, Richard Hageman: From Holland to Hollywood explores the cultural history of the beginning of the 20th century through the prodigious and sought after creative talent of Richard Hageman. A welcome journey for music lovers, performers and history buffs alike."-Thomas Hampson, World-renowned Baritone

Spis treści

List of Illustrations - Note on Sources - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Great Expectations - The Metropolitan Years - Opera Conductor and Pioneer - The Caponsacchi Years - Destination Hollywood - Bicycling between Assignments - The War Years - Back on Top in Hollywood - 3 Iconic Westerns - Twilight Years - Conclusion - List of Works - Index.

O autorze

Nico de Villiers, Kathryn Kalinak, and Asing Walthaus met in 2015 in Leeuwarden, Richard Hageman's birthplace, at a celebration of Hageman's life and work. Nico first encountered Hageman as a graduate student and has since written his dissertation on the 69 songs Hageman composed, performing them on the concert stage and under the Richard Hageman Aqueduct in Leeuwarden. Kathryn comes to the project from a background teaching and writing about film music, including her book How the West Was Sung: Music in the Westerns of John Ford, where she first encountered Hageman's film scores. Asing is an investigative reporter and editor at the Leeuwarder Courant, and an authority on the history and cultural life of Leeuwarden who published the first biographical essay on Richard Hageman.