4 Saints in 3 Acts : A Snapshot of the American Avant-Garde in the 1930s Paperback / softback
Edited by Patricia Allmer, John Sears
Paperback / softback
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Four Saints in Three Acts by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson was a major avant-garde phenomenon of the 1930s, an experimental opera that nonetheless achieved remarkable popular success.
Photography was a key element of that success, but its complex roles in the construction, representation and dissemination of the opera have hitherto received little critical attention.
The photographic recording of the all-African American cast in particular affords a unique insight into the complexities of Four Saints in relation to the Harlem Renaissance and the New York avant-gardes of the time.
This book, published in collaboration with The Photographers' Gallery, London, presents a wide selection of photographs of the cast, performances, and other material – many images reproduced for the first time – alongside essays by an international range of scholars exploring different aspects of the opera, including dance, fashion, music, and avant-garde writing, as well as photography. -- .
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 133 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:24/10/2017
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- ISBN:9781526113030
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 133 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:24/10/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526113030