Music's modern muse : a life of Winnaretta Singer, princesse de Polignac / Sylvia Kahan.
Språk: Engelska Serie: Eastman studies in musicUtgivning: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2003Beskrivning: xxii, 547 s. illISBN:- 1580461336
- 780/.92 21
- ML429.P645 K34 2003
- Lz Polignac, Winnaretta
- Ijb-j.47
- Ijb-j.5
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A | B24.684 | 1 | Available | 26201805670 |
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Prelude -- An international child -- Life with mother -- A woman of the world -- The sewing machine and the lyre -- Marriage and music -- La belle époque -- Renovations -- Modern times -- The astonishing years -- Shelter from the storm -- The magic of everyday things -- Cottages of the elite, palaces of the people -- A pride of protégés -- Mademoiselle -- All music is modern -- The beautiful kingdom of sounds -- Postlude.
The American-born Winnaretta Singer was a millionaire at eighteen, inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. She became a patron of musicians, companies and composers. Those she supported included Boulanger, Rubinstein, Horowitz, the Ballets russes, Stravinsky, Falla, Satie and Poulenc.