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Book Jenny Lind in America

Download or read book Jenny Lind in America written by Charles G. Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book When Jenny Lind Came to America

Download or read book When Jenny Lind Came to America written by Peggy Robbins and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The country cheered wildly when Jenny Lind came to America.

Book Jenny Lind s America

Download or read book Jenny Lind s America written by Frances Cavanah and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the "Swedish Nightingale" whose vocal range and tone quality made her one of the leading opera stars of the mid-nineteenth century.

Book Jenny Lind in America

Download or read book Jenny Lind in America written by Charles G. Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book E Pluribus Barnum

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bluford Adams
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780816626311
  • Pages : 278 pages

Download or read book E Pluribus Barnum written by Bluford Adams and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to consider the career of P. T. Barnum from a cultural studies perspective. Phineas Taylor Barnum lived from 1810 until 1891, and in the eighty-one years of his life he created show business as we know it. In E Pluribus Barnum, Bluford Adams investigates the influence Barnum had on American popular culture of the nineteenth century, and expands our understanding of the ways he continues to influence us today. Beginning with a discussion of Barnum's early shows, Adams demonstrates the dynamic interplay between Barnum's increasingly "respectable" aspirations for his entertainments and his active cultivation of middle-class sensibilities in his audiences. In his discussion of the 1850-51 concert tour of the "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind, Adams explores the role played by women's rights and class issues in Barnum's management of these concerts. Barnum's American Museum and the "moral dramas" presented in its theater are examined, as well as the later circuses. Adams relates the rise of Barnum to the emergence of a new U.S. society, one riven by conflicts over slavery, feminism, immigration, and capitalism, and considers his career as a crucial moment in the on-going struggle over the politics of U.S. commercial entertainments.

Book The Life of Jenny Lind  Oct  6  1820 Nov  2  1887

Download or read book The Life of Jenny Lind Oct 6 1820 Nov 2 1887 written by Ernest Albert Spångberg and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jenny Lind in America

Download or read book Jenny Lind in America written by C. G. Rosenberg and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the story of Jenny Lind's American tour in the mid-19th century with this captivating book. C G Rosenberg's account of the renowned soprano's performances throughout the United States offers a fascinating glimpse into the entertainment culture of the era. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Jenny Lind in America

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  • Author : Charles Rosenberg
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018-07-18
  • ISBN : 9781723244735
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Jenny Lind in America written by Charles Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenny Lind in America 240 pages

Book Jenny Lind in America  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Jenny Lind in America Classic Reprint written by Charles G. Rosenberg and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Jenny Lind in America At length the vessel reached Canal street; and here the crowd, who had been patiently waiting the arrival of the Northern Nightingale, was immense. Some thirty or forty thousand people must have been collected together on the adjacent piers and shipping, as well as on all the roofs and in all the windows fronting the water. The Spars and rig ging of the vessels, the bulkheads along the wharves, and the very fenders of the Hoboken Ferry House were covered with eager gazers; while from every quarter of the city crowds might be seen hurrying toward the dock of the Atlantic, and in creasing the thronging and almost countless multitude already waiting there. As the steamer slowly glided into her place. 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.

Book Life of P  T  Barnum

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  • Author : Phineas Taylor Barnum
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1855
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 426 pages

Download or read book Life of P T Barnum written by Phineas Taylor Barnum and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jenny Lind and Her Listening Cat

Download or read book Jenny Lind and Her Listening Cat written by Frances Cavanah and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on real events, a little cat, owned by Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightengale," helped Jenny on her way to fame and fortune.

Book Donizetti s Opera  La Fille Du Regiment

Download or read book Donizetti s Opera La Fille Du Regiment written by Gaetano Donizetti and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Barnum

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  • Author : Robert Wilson
  • Publisher : Simon & Schuster
  • Release : 2020-08-11
  • ISBN : 1501118714
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book Barnum written by Robert Wilson and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Robert Wilson’s Barnum, the first full-dress biography in twenty years, eschews clichés for a more nuanced story…It is a life for our times, and the biography Barnum deserves.” —The Wall Street Journal P.T. Barnum is the greatest showman the world has ever seen. As a creator of the Barnum & Baily Circus and a champion of wonder, joy, trickery, and “humbug,” he was the founding father of American entertainment—and as Robert Wilson argues, one of the most important figures in American history. Nearly 125 years after his death, the name P.T. Barnum still inspires wonder. Robert Wilson’s vivid new biography captures the full genius, infamy, and allure of the ebullient showman, who, from birth to death, repeatedly reinvented himself. He learned as a young man how to wow crowds, and built a fortune that placed him among the first millionaires in the United States. He also suffered tragedy, bankruptcy, and fires that destroyed his life’s work, yet willed himself to recover and succeed again. As an entertainer, Barnum courted controversy throughout his life—yet he was also a man of strong convictions, guided in his work not by a desire to deceive, but an eagerness to thrill and bring joy to his audiences. He almost certainly never uttered the infamous line, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” instead taking pride in giving crowds their money’s worth and more. Robert Wilson, editor of The American Scholar, tells a gripping story in Barnum, one that’s imbued with the same buoyant spirit as the man himself. In this “engaging, insightful, and richly researched new biography” (New York Journal of Books), Wilson adeptly makes the case for P.T. Barnum’s place among the icons of American history, as a figure who represented, and indeed created, a distinctly American sense of optimism, industriousness, humor, and relentless energy.

Book Jenny Lind

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  • Author : Sarah Jenny Dunsmure
  • Publisher : Reddoor Press
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9781910453100
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Jenny Lind written by Sarah Jenny Dunsmure and published by Reddoor Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, was a household name in 1950 - as world-famous then as Beyonce is now. She was renowned not just as a singer but also for her charity, her generosity and, at a time when the terms 'singer' and 'actress' had scandalous overtones, her virtuous life. In this fascinating biography, Jenny Lind's great grand-daughter uncovers an extraordinary story, from the register of illegitimate births in Stockholm, to discovery by the Swedish Royal Theatre at just nine years old, to honour in the courts of Europe and a phenomenal tour of America. Jenny's story is one of huge professional triumph, offering her fame and fortune and even the interest of kings, princes and the rich and famous, yet she experienced searing heartbreak before finally finding happiness in love. A truly fascinating story, essential reading for everyone interested in music, theatre and general history.

Book P T  Barnum

Download or read book P T Barnum written by A. H. Saxon and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I believe hugely in advertising and blowing my own trumpet, beating the gongs, drums, to attract attention to a show, Phineas Taylor Barnum wrote to a publisher in 1860. "I don't believe in 'duping the public,' but I believe in first attracting and then pleasing them." The name P.T. Barnum is virtually synonymous with the fine art of self-advertisement and the apocryphal statement, "There's a sucker born every minute." Nearly a century after his death, Barnum remains one of America's most celebrated figures. In the Selected Letters of P.T. Barnum, A.H. Saxon brings together more than 300 letters written by the self-styled "Prince of Humbugs." Here we see him, opinionated and exuberant, with only the rarest flashes of introspection and self-doubt, haggling with business partners, blustering over politics, and attempting to get such friends as Mark Twain to endorse his latest schemes. Always the king of showmen, Barnum considered himself a museum man first and was forever on the lookout for "curiosities," whether animate or inanimate. His early career included such outright frauds as Joice Heth, the "161-year-old nurse of George Washington," and the Fejee Mermaid-the desiccated head and torso of a monkey sewn to the body of a fish. Although in later years he projected a more solid, respectable image-managing the irreproachable "legitimate" attraction Jenny Lind, becoming a leading light in the temperance crusade, founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus-much of his daily existence continued to be unabashedly devoted to manipulating public opinion so as to acquire for himself and his enterprises what he delightedly termed "notoriety." His famous autobiography, The Life of P.T. Barnum, which he regularly augmented during the last quarter century of his life, was itself a masterpiece of self-promotion. "Will you have the kindness to announce that I am writing my life & that fifty-seven different publishers have applied for the chance of publishing it," he wrote to a newspaper editor, adding, "Such is the fact-and if it wasn't, why still it ain't a bad announcement." The Selected Letters of P.T. Barnum captures the magic of this consummate showman's life, truly his own "greatest show on earth."

Book Memoranda of the Life of Jenny Lind

Download or read book Memoranda of the Life of Jenny Lind written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Life Of Jenny Lind  Oct  6  1820 nov  2  1887

Download or read book The Life Of Jenny Lind Oct 6 1820 nov 2 1887 written by Ernest Albert Spångberg and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive look at the life and legacy of Jenny Lind, the legendary Swedish opera singer. Drawing on a variety of sources, including personal reminiscences, historical documents, and critical analysis, it paints a vivid portrait of this influential cultural figure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.