Author: Robert C. Toll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Blacking up : the minstrel show in nineteenth-century America
Author: Robert C. Toll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Roland the Minstrel Pig
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1250112141
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Roland the pig plays the lute and sings so sweetly that his friends never have enough of listening to him. He has bigger dreams, though, so he decides to take his show on the road and share his music with the world. He has a hard time finding an audience and is lonely at first, but then a fox named Sebastian appears and offers to take him to perform before the King. Little does Roland know, Sebastian actually plans on eating him. Just as Sebastian starts to lower Roland over a firepit to roast him and all seems lost, the King appears to save the day, and both Sebastian and Roland get the ending they deserve. Roland the Minstrel Pig is a classic picture book by Shrek creator William Steig.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1250112141
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Roland the pig plays the lute and sings so sweetly that his friends never have enough of listening to him. He has bigger dreams, though, so he decides to take his show on the road and share his music with the world. He has a hard time finding an audience and is lonely at first, but then a fox named Sebastian appears and offers to take him to perform before the King. Little does Roland know, Sebastian actually plans on eating him. Just as Sebastian starts to lower Roland over a firepit to roast him and all seems lost, the King appears to save the day, and both Sebastian and Roland get the ending they deserve. Roland the Minstrel Pig is a classic picture book by Shrek creator William Steig.
The Minstrel in the Tower
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307538443
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
An adventurous rescue set in the time of medieval knights, castles, bandits, and music. Before their father returns to France from the Crusades, daring Alice and musical Roger set off on their own journey: to find their long-lost uncle. But on the way, the siblings are kidnapped and locked in an ancient hidden tower. To finish their quest, they need to escape—and fast! Can Alice use her courage to slip away and find help? And can Roger use his musical talents to guide her back before it’s too late? History Stepping Stones now feature updated content that emphasizes Common Core and today’s renewed interest in nonfiction. Perfect for home, school, and library bookshelves!
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307538443
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
An adventurous rescue set in the time of medieval knights, castles, bandits, and music. Before their father returns to France from the Crusades, daring Alice and musical Roger set off on their own journey: to find their long-lost uncle. But on the way, the siblings are kidnapped and locked in an ancient hidden tower. To finish their quest, they need to escape—and fast! Can Alice use her courage to slip away and find help? And can Roger use his musical talents to guide her back before it’s too late? History Stepping Stones now feature updated content that emphasizes Common Core and today’s renewed interest in nonfiction. Perfect for home, school, and library bookshelves!
The Ancient Minstrel
Author: Jim Harrison
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802190219
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A collection of novellas from the New York Times–bestselling author—“arguably America’s foremost master of the novella . . . A force of nature on the page” (The Washington Post). The Mark Twain Award–winning author of Legends of the Fall delivers three novellas that highlight his phenomenal range as a writer, shot through with his trademark wit and keen insight into the human condition. Harrison has fun with his own reputation in the title novella, about an aging writer in Montana who weathers the slings and arrows of literary success and tries to cope with the sow he buys on a whim and the unplanned litter of piglets that follows soon after. In Eggs, a Montana woman reminisces about collecting eggs at her grandparents’ country house. Years later, having never had a child, she attempts to do so. And in The Case of the Howling Buddhas, retired Detective Sunderson—a recurring character from Harrison’s New York Times bestseller The Great Leader and The Big Seven—is hired to investigate a bizarre cult that achieves satori by howling along with howler monkeys at the zoo. “Still independent, fierce and feral,” The Ancient Minstrel confirms Jim Harrison as one of the most cherished and important writers in modern America (David Gates, The New York Times).
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802190219
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A collection of novellas from the New York Times–bestselling author—“arguably America’s foremost master of the novella . . . A force of nature on the page” (The Washington Post). The Mark Twain Award–winning author of Legends of the Fall delivers three novellas that highlight his phenomenal range as a writer, shot through with his trademark wit and keen insight into the human condition. Harrison has fun with his own reputation in the title novella, about an aging writer in Montana who weathers the slings and arrows of literary success and tries to cope with the sow he buys on a whim and the unplanned litter of piglets that follows soon after. In Eggs, a Montana woman reminisces about collecting eggs at her grandparents’ country house. Years later, having never had a child, she attempts to do so. And in The Case of the Howling Buddhas, retired Detective Sunderson—a recurring character from Harrison’s New York Times bestseller The Great Leader and The Big Seven—is hired to investigate a bizarre cult that achieves satori by howling along with howler monkeys at the zoo. “Still independent, fierce and feral,” The Ancient Minstrel confirms Jim Harrison as one of the most cherished and important writers in modern America (David Gates, The New York Times).
Inside the Minstrel Mask
Author: Annemarie Bean
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819563002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A sourcebook of contemporary and historical commentary on America's first popular mass entertainment.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819563002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A sourcebook of contemporary and historical commentary on America's first popular mass entertainment.
The Blackface Minstrel Show in Mass Media
Author: Tim Brooks
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476676763
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The minstrel show occupies a complex and controversial space in the history of American popular culture. Today considered a shameful relic of America's racist past, it nonetheless offered many black performers of the 19th and early 20th centuries their only opportunity to succeed in a white-dominated entertainment world, where white performers in blackface had by the 1830s established minstrelsy as an enduringly popular national art form. This book traces the often overlooked history of the "modern" minstrel show through the advent of 20th century mass media--when stars like Al Jolson, Bing Crosby and Mickey Rooney continued a long tradition of affecting black music, dance and theatrical styles for mainly white audiences--to its abrupt end in the 1950s. A companion two-CD reissue of recordings discussed in the book is available from Archeophone Records at www.archeophone.com.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476676763
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The minstrel show occupies a complex and controversial space in the history of American popular culture. Today considered a shameful relic of America's racist past, it nonetheless offered many black performers of the 19th and early 20th centuries their only opportunity to succeed in a white-dominated entertainment world, where white performers in blackface had by the 1830s established minstrelsy as an enduringly popular national art form. This book traces the often overlooked history of the "modern" minstrel show through the advent of 20th century mass media--when stars like Al Jolson, Bing Crosby and Mickey Rooney continued a long tradition of affecting black music, dance and theatrical styles for mainly white audiences--to its abrupt end in the 1950s. A companion two-CD reissue of recordings discussed in the book is available from Archeophone Records at www.archeophone.com.
Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date
Author: Edward Le Roy Rice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Goblins in the Castle
Author: Bruce Coville
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671727117
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
When William's new friend, Igor, accidentally releases a horde of goblins, the two must journey to Goblin Land to undo the damage.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671727117
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
When William's new friend, Igor, accidentally releases a horde of goblins, the two must journey to Goblin Land to undo the damage.
The English Medieval Minstrel
Author: John Southworth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780851155364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
As a popular history (it) has considerable merits and offers a number of interesting suggestions. SPECULUM
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780851155364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
As a popular history (it) has considerable merits and offers a number of interesting suggestions. SPECULUM
The Minstrel Boy
Author: A J Cronin
Publisher: Boxtree
ISBN: 174354104X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Desmonde Fitzgerald is handsome, charming and blessed with a marvellous singing voice – he is the Minstrel Boy. He becomes a priest, winning the coveted Golden Chalice for his singing when in seminary school abroad. But the duality of nature threatens to destroy the brilliant future that lies before him. Beloved of his parishioners and canon, he is devastatingly attractive to women, in particular the wealthy patron of his church at Kilbarrack, Ireland. But it is not until her wayward and sensual niece, Claire, arrives that disaster strikes . . . In the magnificent narrative tradition of The Citadel, The Stars Look Down and Cronin’s other classic novels, The Minstrel Boy is a great book by a much-loved author
Publisher: Boxtree
ISBN: 174354104X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Desmonde Fitzgerald is handsome, charming and blessed with a marvellous singing voice – he is the Minstrel Boy. He becomes a priest, winning the coveted Golden Chalice for his singing when in seminary school abroad. But the duality of nature threatens to destroy the brilliant future that lies before him. Beloved of his parishioners and canon, he is devastatingly attractive to women, in particular the wealthy patron of his church at Kilbarrack, Ireland. But it is not until her wayward and sensual niece, Claire, arrives that disaster strikes . . . In the magnificent narrative tradition of The Citadel, The Stars Look Down and Cronin’s other classic novels, The Minstrel Boy is a great book by a much-loved author