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Fred And Dinah Gretsch School Of Music Newsletter, Georgia Southern University
Fred And Dinah Gretsch School Of Music Newsletter, Georgia Southern University
School of Music Newsletters (2017-2023)
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Key Notes: The Newsletter Of The Department Of Music, Georgia Southern University
Key Notes: The Newsletter Of The Department Of Music, Georgia Southern University
School of Music Newsletters (2017-2023)
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NEW MUSIC INDUSTRY DEGREE READY TO LAUNCH
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Georgia Southern Opera "Save the Date"
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STUDENT PERFORMANCES
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FACULTY NEWS
Key Notes: The Newsletter Of The Department Of Music, Georgia Southern University
Key Notes: The Newsletter Of The Department Of Music, Georgia Southern University
School of Music Newsletters (2017-2023)
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Scandalous By Profession: Opera In Eighteenth-Century Europe, Felicity Moran
Scandalous By Profession: Opera In Eighteenth-Century Europe, Felicity Moran
Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
Opera, as one of the most important art forms of the eighteenth century, bequeathed to its singers a strong position of prestige. And yet, a stigma of social disreputability hung over these same performers. This article examines that paradox first by looking at the importance of opera in the cultural centers of Naples, Paris, and London. From this foundation follows a closer study of the origins of stage performers, and from there, an examination of the on and off-stage behavior of opera singers in the eighteenth century that contributed to the negative image they projected onto society. Finally, the article …
Michael Braz Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Michael Braz Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
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This collection consists of materials documenting the career of contemporary American composer and Georgia Southern University Professor Emeritus Michael Braz. Materials span 2004 - 2007, and include professional files, photographs, costume designs, a three-dimensional set model, and articles primarily related to the 2007 production of A Scholar Under Siege. The opera concerns desegregation and racial politics in 1941 Georgia, focusing on the firing of Marvin Pittman, President of Georgia Teachers College, by Georgia governor Eugen Talmadge.
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