60 Results for : gaiety
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American Legends: The Life of Carole Lombard , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 80min
Carole Lombard's tragic death means that something of gaiety and beauty have been taken from the world at a time they are needed most. (Errol Flynn) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. On January 16, 1942, just a few weeks after Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, the nation suffered what were considered the first civilian deaths of the war when a plane crashed into the side of a mountain southwest of Las Vegas. Aboard the plane were 15 servicemen, but the plane was also carrying one of Hollywood's biggest stars: actress Carole Lombard. Although Lombard's death and her marriage to Gone with the Wind star Clark Gable have overshadowed her career, her untimely death in 1942 cut short the life of one of Hollywood's most prominent stars at the time. In fact, Lombard's platinum look and her unique mannerisms had helped her become the biggest star of the screwball genre by the end of the 1930s, and her movies were so successful that she was the highest paid actress in Hollywood by the start of the 1940s. As English critic Graham Greene said of her, "Platinum blonde, with a heart-shaped face, delicate, impish features and a figure made to be swathed in silver lamé, Lombard wriggled expressively through such classics of hysteria as Twentieth Century and My Man Godfrey." Indeed, despite dying at the age of 33, the American Film Institute recognized her as one of the biggest film icons of the 20th century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wendy Almeida. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038405/bk_acx0_038405_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 670min
This is an exuberant group portrait of four extraordinary writers, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, and Edna Ferber, whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors captured the spirit of the 1920s. Marion Meade re-creates the aura of excitement, romance, and promise of the 1920s, a decade celebrated for cultural innovation, the birth of jazz, the beginning of modernism, and social and sexual liberation, bringing to light, as well, the anxiety and despair that lurked beneath the nonstop partying and outrageous, unconventional behavior. The literary heroines in Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin did what they wanted, said what they thought. They drank gallons of cocktails and knew how to have fun in New York, the Riviera, and Hollywood, where they met and played with all the people worth knowing. They kicked open the door for 20th-century female writers and set a new model for every woman trying to juggle the serious issues of economic independence, political power, and sexual freedom. In a style and tone that perfectly captures the jazzy rhythms and desperate gaiety that defined the era, Meade tells the individual stories of Parker, Fitzgerald, Millay, and Ferber, traces the intersections of their lives, and describes the men, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, Harold Ross, and Robert Benchley, who influenced them, loved them, and sometimes betrayed them. She describes their social and literary triumphs (Parker's Round Table witticisms appeared almost daily in the newspapers and Ferber and Millay won Pulitzer Prizes) and writes movingly of the penances they paid: the crumbled love affairs, abortions, depression, lost beauty, nervous breakdowns, and, finally, overdoses and even madness. A vibrant mixture of literary scholarship, social history, and gossip, Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin is a rich evocation of a period that continues to intrigue and captivate listeners. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lorna Raver. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/000917/bk_blak_000917_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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American Legends: The Life of Josephine Baker , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 91min
I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad. - Josephine Baker "Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul, when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood." - Josephine Baker From a young girl growing up in the slums of Missouri who hired herself out as a maid at 12 to provide for her younger siblings to the lead dancer in the Folies Bergere idolized by Parisians, Josephine Baker danced to the beat of her own drum. Undeniably she possessed an innate charisma, but she also went out of her way to make an audience notice her. As a chorus girl in Harlem, she might have remained a bit player, but Josephine would break out of the line, crossing her eyes and mugging funny faces, all the while ignoring the other girls' synced steps, to dance in her own wild and unique style. She faced injustice and discrimination at many junctures of her life, but Josephine Baker, rather than succumbing to these setbacks, determinedly fought against them. During World War II, she enlisted as a member of the Resistance, mysteriously turning up in Morocco when many thought she had died. She also joined the fight for Civil Rights in the US, becoming such an instrumental figure that soon after Martin Luther King's assassination, his widow asked her to return to the US and serve as the new leader of the movement. Josephine fought oppression, but she never lost her gaiety or joie de vivre. She was devoted to her career, but she was equally devoted to the 12 children of various ethnicities she adopted, dubbed the "Rainbow Tribe". In the 1960s, Josephine suffered illnesses and setbacks that left in dire financial straits, and in 1968, the wo ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bambi Lynn Augustin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/085913/bk_acx0_085913_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Goddess and the Gaiety Girl
The Goddess and the Gaiety Girl: ab 5.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Songs from the shows
Catherine Bott (Sopran) - Richard Suart (Bariton) - New London Light Opera Chorus // Lionel Monckton was among the very finest British melodists, ranking as such with the likes of Arthur Sullivan, Eric Coates and Ivor Novello. His music encapsulates the gaiety of the Edwardian age, and it is our great loss that we hear so little of it these days. This new recording, with the New London Orchestra under Ronald Corp, is the perfect introduction to his charming songs.- Shop: odax
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Soledad-L`Oceano Ci Chiama
ENTHÄLT LIEDER WIE:MAIN TITLE,BRIDAL PROCESSION,PACO'S DISAPPOINTMENT,WORK AND GAIETY,THE LAST DAY OF MAY(MEETING),FLAMENCO,IDYLL,FANFARE UND VIELE MEHR...!- Shop: odax
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On the Fly
Why "On the fly"... We went to Gigi to record some songs for a "demo", without having prepared any list or any arrangement, to feel really free to decide at the moment what to do... That morning there was a cold fog outside, but in the studio the atmosphere was warm and sunny, with gaiety and lightness that make you feel good and even better. Gigi is a wonderful host, we were on vacation: no hurry, no programs. So we went on freely, we get carried away by our feeling that has marked the rhythm of songs we have never trained before ... and, with some 'coffee break' and that special kind of chocolate we ate when we were kids, we found that it was already dark outside. Just a few takes, no corrections, the background noise of those who voluntarily beat the rhythm as one sings or plays, slide notes and smiles on faces through the glass: this record was born in this way, 'right at first time', totally improvised and recorded as if we were on stage. We had fun and emotion, the music can give even this magic, too ... Note: in current language "on the fly' means "improvised, unplanned, done on time, something created when needed and desired. In short, you do it because you want to do it, without much thought. In fact, even in the coldest computer language "on the fly' is the burning process that occurs directly from the source data to destination, without the support of any temporary files. MARCO DETTO is surely one of the greatest jazz pianists in Italy, his art is recognized all around the world thanks to the numerous collaborations with international musicians such as Peter Erskine, Palle Danielsson, Eddie Gomez, Lenny White, Jeremy Steig, in addition to an endless list of Italian musicians such as Bruno De Filippi, Franco Cerri and his association with the historic Marco Antonio Ricci. Many works to his credit: in 1992 he recorded his first CD, followed by other 11 ones, the last one published in the spring of 2010 ('In the meantime'). Composer and pianist of great talent and sensibility, combining musical imagination, passion, energy, romance, a surprising creative improvisation. In 2000, Eddie Gomez wants with it in three concerts in his group with L. White and J. Steig, replacing Mc.Tyner and Chick Corea, the 'IV International festival of classical music and jazz on the Elba Island, after this happy meeting in 2001, he goes to New York to record 'What a Wonderful World' which will be followed by a tour in Italy. The song 'Lasciarsi andare' from the CD 'Bluestones' (2005) won the Honorable Mention in the Jazz category at the International Songwriting Competition 2006 (ISC). Participated in several radio broadcasts on RAI Radio Tre. BEATRICE ZANOLINI is a natural talent with a different way of making music, with new and refined interpretations: a true 'vocal music', from the great classics of of Brazilian, jazz, pop and soul standards, to new compositions and extraordinary authors. She also writes lyrics (presented during concerts and recordings). Her relationship with music has been cultivated and enriched over the years through dance, even by teaching it, for over 10 years. In 2003 she released her first CD of international covers, 'Aro'a nui'. Since 2004, her voice joined other artists looking for new musical languages. Her album 'You make me feel better' was released in 2007, in Italy and abroad, in over 30,000 copies, in 2008 great success of the show / concert 'Canto, quindi sono" at Strehler Theatre. She has performed, among the others, the Blue Note in Milan, in Villa Arconati, at Strehler, Carcano, Sala Fontana and Manzoni Theatres, at Spazio Zazie, during the International Festival of Besana Brianza, at the Vigorelli Stadium of Milan, at Castle of Inverno. She has some important musical projects: a jazz & soul quintet of excellence (WhiteBlack), a duo piano and voice Duo with Marco Detto, a guitar and voice Duo with Riccardo Bianchi, the Maribè Trio with Riccardo Bianchi and Marco Antonio Ricci (doublebass), she is working on a project with Paolo Pilo, guitarist and composer. She sang, among the others, with Franco Cerri Bruno de Filippi, Marco Antonio Ricci, Marco Detto, Giulio Visibelli, Riccardo Bianchi, Paolo Alderighi, Walter Calloni, Nick the Nightfly, Paolo Costa, Marco Brioschi, Lele Melotti, Fabrizio Bernasconi, Tommy Bradascio, the Soloists of Accademia delle Opere Symphony Orchestra. The upcoming a refined CD of songs with acoustic arrangements made and executed in quartet with Riccardo Bianchi (guitar), Marco Antonio Ricci (doublebass), Giulio Visibelli (sax and flute). '... there is not only strength .. Marco Detto turns out to be a great musician for his melody, he is simple and Latin, deeply influenced by blues and gospel when you least expect it. Artistically he deserves: 10' - Carlo Peroni, journalist for 'La Libertà' 'Beatrice, a wonderful mix of sensitivity and creativity, a caressing voice that knows too well how to interpret the lyrics, which is soul and melody, with a rare' feel 'that reaches you, envelops you and takes you away' - Larry McWilliams, Musician and Professor at Ball Street University, Indiana USA Play music in Duo is a wonderful training, often 'magical', whatever instruments are involved, it is evocative, intimate, delicate and charming. Perhaps because the basic elements of music, all music in general, are three (harmony, melody and rhythm), while the elements of the Duo are just only two. But when each element in a Duo helps the other to perform at his best it means that the harmony is no longer just a musical status but it is also, and especially, an emotional value, it is complicity, understanding, empathy. For this reason, performing as a Duo is certainly much more difficult because you risk to feel there's always something missing... You must rely upon the balance between the elements in the arrangements, the ability to interact and improvise. And when one of the two is the voice, it is very important that this is not too dominant, because in the Duo the 'vocal music' wins if it blends perfectly with the other instrument, expressing harmony, melody and rhythm, in perfect balance. Produced by Marco Detto & Beatrice Zanolini Arrangements by Marco Detto Management and marketing by Beatrice Zanolini Recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Gigi de Martino at Wardencliff Recording Studio Graphics by Annalisa Parisii Photos by Dario Tettamanzi.- Shop: odax
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Oktett/Nonett/Klarinettenkonzert 1
Gervase de Peyer (Klarinette) - LSO - Colin Davis (Dir) - New York Wind Quintet // Nonet, "The players contribute much to these apparent qualities in the music of affability, gaiety and good balance, and such a modestly-priced version is very welcome." (Gramophone)- Shop: odax
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