Hamilton, Ian
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Hamilton, Ian (1938–2001), poet, editor, biographer, and essayist, educated at Keble College, Oxford. He published collections of poetry,
The Visit (1970),
Returning (1976), and
Fifty Poems (1988). Other works include
The Little Magazines (1976); a life of R.
Lowell (1983); and
In Search of J. D. Salinger (1988), a compelling account of the difficulties he encountered in writing about his elusive subject, which he described as ‘a kind of
Quest for Corvo', with
Salinger as quarry’. This investigation lead to
Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography (1992). He edited the
New Review (1974–79) and
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English (1994).
Walking Possession (1994) collects essays and reviews from 1968 to 1993.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer: Eine Biographie nach Dokumenten.
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...A full-length biography of Giacomo Meyerbeer is badly needed. Although he...correspondence and diaries (Giacomo Meyerbeer: Briefwechsel und Tagebucher...spanning the whole of his career (Giacomo Meyerbeer: Ein Leben in Briefen [Wilhelmshaven...
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Meyerbeer Studies: A Series of Lectures, Essays, and Articles on the Life and Work of Giacomo Meyerbeer.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Articles on the Life and Work of Giacomo Meyerbeer. By Robert Ignatius Letellier...Great Enigma," and subtitled "Giacomo Meyerbeer: Neglected Master of Grand...and "Hector Berlioz and Giacomo Meyerbeer" are based almost exclusively...
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Vocal music.(Giacomo Meyerbeer)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2002; 700+ words
; Greenwald, Helen M. Giacomo Meyerbeer. Opern-Arien: Sopran. Editor...BA 7544. [euro]20.] Giacomo Meyerbeer. Opern-Arien: Alt/Mezzo...7543. [euro]19.90.] Giacomo Meyerbeer. Opern-Arien: Tenor. Editor...
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The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Vol. 1, 1791-1839. Translated...Letellier's translation of the Meyerbeer diaries is the most important work...relief. Until now, students of Giacomo Meyerbeer and his music have relied on the...
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Meyerbeer's L'Africaine: French grand opera and the Iberian exotic.(Giacomo Meyerbeer)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; This article looks at Meyerbeer's last grand opera, L'Africaine...operas from the same period by Meyerbeer himself, Verdi, and the Brazilian...Carlos Gomes. ********** Giacomo Meyerbeer's valedictory L'Africaine was...
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Giacomo Meyerbeer; a guide to research.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2008; 515 words
; 9781847181251 Giacomo Meyerbeer; a guide to research. Letellier...and diaries to materials from the Meyerbeer and Scribe Archives,general studies...German Jew. They include materials on Meyerbeer's works, including his operas...
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Meyerbeer Studies: a Series of Lectures, Essays, and Articles on the Life and Work of Giacomo Meyerbeer.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 470 words
; 083864063X Meyerbeer studies; a series of lectures, essays...and articles on the life and work of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Letellier, Robert Ignatius. Fairleigh...essays he has written about composer Meyerbeer (1791-1964) over the past quarter...
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Giacomo Meyerbeer and music drama in nineteenth-century Paris.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 492 words
; 0860789152 Giacomo Meyerbeer and music drama in nineteenth-century Paris. Everist, Mark...written over the last ten years, along with two new essays, on Giacomo Meyerbeer, French music drama and Italian opera. Everist follows a variety...
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The operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2006; 460 words
; 9780838640937 The operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Letellier, Robert Ignatius. Fairleigh Dickinson...Cambridge, UK) studies the operas of composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), aiming to bring more focus to those...
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The mirror of Romanticism: images of music, religion and art criticism in George Sand's eleventh 'Lettre d'un Voyageur' to Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Magazine article from: The Romanic Review; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Letter Eleven, addressed to the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, is ostensibly about music in general and Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots in particular...letter in which the author recounts to Meyerbeer `une journee de mon voyage, journee...
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Giacomo Meyerbeer The four grand operas composed for Paris by the German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) set a style that...Europe for a generation afterward. Giacomo Meyerbeer began life as Jakob Liebmann Beer...
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Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Meyerbeer, Giacomo [ Beer, Jakob Liebmann ] ( b Berlin...named Meyer converted his name into Meyerbeer, 1810. Child prodigy pianist, playing...xC9;toile du Nord . The success of Meyerbeer's pageant-like operas irked Wagner...
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Sutherland, Joan
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...operas by Mozart, Handel, Donizetti, Bellini, Gioacchino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jules Massenet, Franz Lehár, Richard Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, and Jacques Offenbach. Retired in 1990. Awards: Australia...
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Georges Bizet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...and three operas bearing the earmarks of the gaudy tradition of French grand opera established 30 years before by Giacomo Meyerbeer. Ivan le terrible (1865), which was not performed until 1946, and La Jolie fille de Perth (1866) suffered...
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Mädler, Johann Heinrich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...extensive astronomical observations until he met the rich Berlin banker Wilhelm Beer, half-brother of the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. Beer maintained a private observatory in Berlin; and he and M ä dler worked there together, mainly on...
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