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Pietro Mascagni and His Operas - Alan Mallach - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=kUCtUcFvr0IC&pg=PA19#v=onepage
Just twenty-six when the electrifying premiere of his Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome catapulted the impoverished musician into sudden fame and fortune, Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) went on to write fifteen more operas, including L'Amico…
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Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership - Naomi Wiener Cohen - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=fpIOia8QxyYC&pg=PA5&dq=Kuhn+Loeb#v=onepage
The life of Jacob Schiff (1847 - 1920), banker, financier, and leader of the American Jewish community from 1880 to 1920, is in many ways the quintessential story of an immigrant's success in America. Born in Frankfurt in 1847, Schiff worked in several…
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Harold Arlen: Rhythm, Rainbows, and Blues - Edward Jablonski - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=XsgCHeS69q8C&pg=PA16&dq=%22Deep+Henderson%22#v=onepage
This engaging biography charts the course of Arlen's brilliant career, from bank leader in his native Buffalo, New York, to songwriter and vocalist in vaudeville, to composer of Broadway musicals and revues at Harlem's Cotton Club, to writer of the…
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Global Pirates: Fraud in the Offshore Insurance Industry - Robert Tillman - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=Rf_mHK98RNwC&pg=PA116&dq=%22Kingdom+of+EnenKio%22#v=onepage
In 1990, a congressional subcommittee warned of "financial knaves and buccaneers" in the insurance industry-unlicensed and largely unregulated companies that operate out of countries like Antigua and the Cayman Islands and sell hundreds of millions of…
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The Vermont Encyclopedia - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=uTBCXqOou0YC&pg=PA109&dq=Josiah+Dunham%2BWindsor&hl=de&sa=X&ei=hiriVMLsPNHfaov6glg&ved=0CCAQ6AE
When outsiders think of Vermont, they conjure up images of pumpkin picking against a backdrop of stunning fall foliage, skiing the Green Mountains in wintertime, harvesting maple syrup in mud season, and canoeing on Lake Champlain in the summer. Ethan…
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The Autumn of Italian Opera: From Verismo to Modernism, 1890-1915 - Alan Mallach - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=foOntoqFSc0C&pg=PA226&dq=1848+%22Enrico+Golisciani%22&hl=de&ei=EoWtTMnPAciSswbYueDPDQ&sa=X&oi=bo
With the passing of giants like Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti, and with Verdi in decline, Italian opera at the end of the nineteenth century appeared to be on the wane. Then, suddenly, with the legendary premiere of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana in…
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Community and Conscience: The Jews in Apartheid South Africa - Gideon Shimoni - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=wRkpQAmnL8oC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=Afrikaner+Party+minister&source=bl&ots=sjIshMjTA4&sig=pYTU2uQu
A fundamental fact underlies this provocative study: the Jews of South Africa shared in the status of the privileged in a society based upon a system of legalized racial discrimination. Viewed in the broad context of Jewish history, this was a highly…
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Mountain Jews: Customs and Daily Life in the Caucasus - Muzeon Yisrael - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=rm59_Rb3SCkC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Oguz+Mountain+Jews+Tat&source=bl&ots=20pMl6-p3P&sig=QANQFy-H_f
According to tradition Caucasian Jews descended from the Ten Tribes exiled from the Kingdom of Israel in the first millenium BCE, making them one of the oldest communities of Jewish people anywhere. This remarkable population preserved its Jewish identity…
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Newport Through Its Architecture: A History of Styles from Postmedieval to ... - James L. Yarnall - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=9sCQ8ixFnXwC&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false
A remarkable coincidence of unplanned historical events has preserved Newport, Rhode Island’s architectural heritage in a way that is rare among American cities. Newport has the largest number of pre-Revolutionary War buildings in North America, with some…
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Eurojazzland: Jazz and European Sources, Dynamics, and Contexts - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=wrv7fX7yQwQC&pg=PA277&dq=%22Leonello+Casucci%22#v=onepage
It is often said that jazz is America's great gift to the world, but while true, this belies the surprising, often crucial role that Europe has played in the development and popularity of jazz throughout the world. Based on a series of symposia attracting…