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BATTLE ROYAL; When Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine reunite in 'The Lion in Winter,' it's no ordinary family get-together
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"This role was worth leaving home for," jokes Alison Edwards, who
is playing Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Fulton's production of "The
Lion in Winter," which opens tonight at the Fulton.
Edwards, who is based in New York and has spent a lot of time
working on the road, is getting a little pickier about accepting
roles that take her away from home.
"I spend most of my time outside of New York and I hope to change
that," she says. "I'm getting older, I like my home. The scales are
changing."
But getting another chance to play Eleanor was worth packing her
bags.
"She truly was an extraordinary ...
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Hanns Eisler: A Miscellany.
Magazine article from: Notes
; ...Macmillan, 1980) article on Hanns Eisler, the star pupil of Arnold Schoenberg...translations: a general biography, Hanns Eisler: Political Musician by Albrecht...and the now out-of-print Hanns Eisler: A Rebel in Music, edited by...
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Classical: Revolutionary concepts Hanns Eisler was a stalwart of socialist East Germany, which surely makes his music unpromising material for Heiner Goebbels (right) to update for 21st-century sensibilities. Not so, says ROB COWAN
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Not exactly sexy thoughts but then Hanns Eisler had no stomach for mindless self...the East German national anthem) Eisler held his head high but kept his heart...of the late 1990s. Goebbels takes Eisler at his word, "commenting" by allusion...
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Inventions: Duets for Violin and Cello by J.S. Bach, Hanns Eisler, Karol Beffa, Béla Bartók, Gideon Klein, Bohuslav Martinu, Fritz Kreisler
Magazine article from: Strings
; ...Inventions: Duets for Violin and Cello by J.S. Bach, Hanns Eisler, Karol Beffa, Bla Bartk, Gideon Klein, Bohuslav...affinity for the different styles and national idioms. Hanns Eisler fled Germany for America only to be expelled again as...
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Dept. of Unmade Distinctions.(The Week)(Hanns Eisler outcasted from both Germany and America)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: National Review
; DEPT. OF UNMADE DISTINCTIONS. From a music review in the New York Times: "The Jewish Communist composer Hanns Eisler ... was an outcast in both Nazi Germany and McCarthy-era America."
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Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story.(Review)
Magazine article from: Cineaste
; ...edited by David New; music by Hanns Eisler. Color, 84 mins. Distributed...One of its preeminent artists, Hanns Eisler, was born in Austria, but soon...abstract works. Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story is a straightforward blend...
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Thirties agitprop revisited: The music of Hanns Eisler Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; Eisler is not a household name nowadays - star pupil of Schoenberg, composer...Sinfonietta under the extraordinary Viennese composer, conductor and Eisler enthusiast HK Gruber. Eisler's Kleine Sinfonie, Op 29, had remarkable clarity and concentration...
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Matthias Goerne Sings The Prolific Hanns Eisler
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...International Herald Tribune 10-28-1998 Hanns Eisler is probably best known as one of...cantata and instrumental sections. Eisler studied with Arnold Schoenberg in...in many ways the greatest impact. Eisler and Brecht shared the northerner...
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Classical: Proms: Deutsche girl MARIA FRIEDMAN BRECHT SETTINGS BY EISLER AND WEILL
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...illuminate music we don't know at all. Hanns Eisler was born in 1898, and his life embraced...Ensemble with arrangements of some of Eisler's Brecht settings, as well as...accordions and banjo, but tending to make Eisler sound like Weill, and vice-versa...
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Eisler: Chamber Cantatas, Songs
Magazine article from: Opera News
; EISLER: Chamber Cantatas, Songs Moldenhauer...translations. CPO 999339 The German composer Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) worked much the same cabaret...where he spent the rest of his life. Eisler may not be the major composer he was touted...
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Gordon does Brecht.(new york notebook)(David Gordon choreographs Uncivil Wars: Collaborating with Brecht & Eisler)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine
; ...In Uncivil Wars: Collaborating with Brecht & Eisler, premiering at The Kitchen Dec. 13-15 and 19-22...playwright Bertolt Brecht and his music collaborator Hanns Eisler. Drawn from The Roundheads & The Pointheads...
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