The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie

A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie -- revised and updated edition Agatha Christie was the author of over 100 plays, short story collections and novels which have been translated into 103 languages; she is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Many have tried to copy her but none has succeeded. Attempts to capture her personality on paper, to discover her motivations or the reasons for her popularity, have usually failed. Charles Osborne, a lifelong student of Agatha Christie, has approached this most private of persons above all through her books, and the result is a fascinating companion to her life and work. This 'professional life' of Agatha Christie provides authoritative information on each book's provenance, on the work itself and on its contemporary critical reception set against the background of the major events in the author's life. Illustrated with many rare photographs, this comprehensive guide to the world of Agatha Christie has been fully updated to include details of all the publications, films and TV adaptations in the 25 years since her death.

The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie

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Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins Pb

Shows and discusses previous productions of each of Wagner's operas around the world and identifies singers and the roles they played

The World Theatre of Wagner: A Celebration of 150 Years of Wagnerian Productions

Arts & Literature

Macmillan Pub. Co.

A thorough exposition of the general elements of music precedes essays on virtually every form of classical music, from extinct instruments and ancient vocal patterns through the immense variety of music available today

The Musical Companion

Arts & Photography

JOHN GARDNER

Robert Layton

David Atherton

Alan Blyth

Hugo Cole

Roger North

john-mccabe

Music

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Victor Gollancz

The Concert Song Companion: A Guide to the Classical Repertoire

W HAT I H A V E attempted in this book is a survey of song; the kind of song which one finds variously described as 'concert', 'art', or sometimes even 'classical song'. 'Concert song' seems the most useful, certainly the least inexact or misleading, of some descriptions, especially since 'art song' sounds primly off putting, and 'classical song' really ought to be used only to refer to songs written during the classical period, i. e. the 18th century. Concert song clearly means the kind of songs one hears sung at concerts or recitals. Addressing myself to the general music-lover who, though he possesses no special knowledge of the song literature, is never theless interested enough in songs and their singers to attend recitals of Lieder or of songs in various languages, I have naturally confined myself to that period of time in which the vast majority of these songs was composed, though not necessarily only to those composers whose songs have survived to be remembered in recital programmes today. I suppose this to be roughly the three centuries covered by the years 1650-1950, though most of the songs we, as audiences, know and love were composed in the middle of this period, in other words in the 19th century.

Da Capo

The Bel Canto Operas

Methuen Publishing, Ltd.

Originally written in the dark days of 1941, Coward's Blithe Spirit captured the imagination of the world, going on to become both a blockbuster movie, and one of the enduring staples of the British theatre. In this brilliant adaptation of Coward's most popular stage-play, we make a welcome return visit to the home of the psychic Madame Arcati in an escapist comedy about relationships on both sides of the grave.

Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

The Complete Operas of Verdi

The Complete Operas Of Verdi

The Complete Operas of Puccini

Gollancz

In this volume, every Verdi opera is explored from four points of view: Verdi's life at the time each was written; the story, and the way it links with the music; the libretto and librettist, and Verdi's relations with his publishers; and the music itself, analyzed with examples from the score.

The Complete Operas of Verdi: A Critical Guide (The Complete Opera Series)

INDIGO

The Collins Book Of Best-loved Verse

HARPER/COLLINS

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