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How to enjoy opera (Melvyn Bragg's arts series)
By Charles Osborne. 1987
Written concisely for the non-opera goer, the author covers the development of opera to the present century and lists 100…
popular operas with their stories, from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" in 1689 to "Sweeney Todd" by Stephen Sondheim in 1978. 1987.Howard Hughes: the secret life
By Charles Higham. 2004
Howard Hughes had various personas: aviator, film producer, entrepreneur and recluse. Revealing the private scandals, his affairs with Hollywood stars…
and his involvement in Watergate, this book ties in with the release of a film about Hughes' early life - 'The Aviator' starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Includes strong language. 2004.How Nashville became Music City, U.S.A: 50 years of Music Row
By Michael Kosser. 2006
How a single studio in a tiny house in Nashville became Music Row, a ten-block area populated by hundreds of…
talented people whose job is to simply make music. It's the place where Elvis ushered in rock 'n' roll with "Heartbreak Hotel," Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, and Willie Nelson taught America to love soulful ballads, and Bob Dylan recorded three of his most important albums. Features stories from publishers, songwriters and others who describe the evolution of this fabled centre of music. 2006.Howard Hughes: the untold story
By Peter H Brown, Pat H Broeske. 1996
Drawing on interviews and recently-revealed documents, this biography of the billionaire, aviator and Hollywood mogul spans seven decades. It provides…
insight on his secretive life, his love affairs, his bizarre behaviour and his eventual descent into madness. 1996.Hear the wind blow: American folk songs
By Scott R Sanders. 1985
Harvests of joy: my passion for excellence
By Robert Mondavi, Paul Chutkow. 1998
Autobiography of a California wine maker who changed the industry in the United States. Recalls how in 1965, at fifty-two,…
Mondavi bitterly broke away from the family firm and established his own vineyard. His innovations helped Napa Valley wines challenge those of France. 1998.Handel's Messiah: a celebration
By Richard Luckett. 1992
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the first performance of this popular oratorio, Lucket has drawn on a variety…
of scholarly sources to piece together a picture of what took place in Dublin in 1742. He describes Handel's eager acceptance of the invitation to Ireland, his problems with a crotchety librettist, the original soloists, the initial audience, and the appreciation that surrounds the work to this day. 1992.Canadian Tire was founded by A.J. and John Billes in 1922 and grew to become a national institution. In 1986,…
one of A.J.'s sons decided to sell his company shares to a group of Canadian Tire dealers, sparking a feud with his sister, Martha. 1990 winner of the National Business Book Award. Strong language.For the love of music: interviews with Ulla Colgrass
By Ulla Colgrass. 1988
In interviews with 22 of the world's finest musicians, Pinchas Zukerman discusses conducting, Yo-Yo Ma reminisces about his musical training,…
Teresa Stratas reflects on artistic temperament, and Glenn Gould defends Muzak. 1988.Based on commentaries originally presented during the first intermissions of Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. Father Lee, a professor of…
classics, analyzes and interprets works by Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Strauss. 1995.Financier, the biography of André Meyer: a story of money, power, and the reshaping of American business
By Cary Reich, André Meyer. 1983
Portrait of the legendary financial wizard and art connoisseur. Meyer emigrated from France to New York during World War II…
and established himself as one of the most successful capitalists of the post-war era. 1983.Fayed: the unauthorized biography
By Tom Bower. 1998
Mohamed Al Fayed has become Britain's most controversial tycoon. Few men enjoy so much publicity and provoke so many questions…
about themselves as the Egyptian owner of Harrods, bereaved father of Dodi, and instigator of the "cash for questions" row that ocurred during the last Tory government. 1998.Dark genius of Wall Street: the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons
By Edward Renehan. 2006
Edward J. Renehan, Jr. presents a biography of one of the most hated and most admired American entrepreneurs of all…
time. Here, he sheds light on Wall Street magnate Jay Gould and his frequently overshadowed creativity. Gould was the quintessential robber baron and the original modern businessman whose financial examples persist even today. 2006.Distilled: a memoir of family, Seagram, baseball, and philanthropy
By Howard Green, Charles Bronfman. 2016
Born in 1931 to the fabulously wealthy Bronfmans, Charles grew up in a 20-room mansion with many staff. Via their…
control of the distilling giant Seagram, the Bronfman family dominated the liquor business with brands such as Crown Royal, V.O. and Chivas Regal. By the 1980s, Seagram was also the biggest shareholder of DuPont and by the 1990s, the family’s wealth was in the billions, culminating in the $35-billion sale of Seagram to France’s Vivendi, which turned into a financial and family disaster. Charles reflects on his relationship with his parents, his brother Edgar, working in the family business, landing Canada’s first big league baseball franchise (the Montreal Expos), leading a philanthropic life by promoting Canadian identity through Heritage Minutes and supporting Israel through countless innovative initiatives including the globally respected Birthright Israel - and to how the Bronfman family splintered over the sale of Seagram. 2016.Dynasty: the Astors and their times
By David Sinclair. 1984
The bold, unscrupulous ventures of John Jacob Astor into fur trading and Manhattan real estate made him wealthy. The author…
follows the rise of the family's fortune and influence in the 19th century to the decline of the Astors in the 20th century. 1984.E. P. Taylor: the biography of Edward Plunket Taylor
By Richard H Rohmer. 1978
An account of Taylor's first business ventures, his major role in World War II, financial dealings, vast interests in real…
estate, and his leadership in international horse racing and breeding. 1978.Driving force: the McLaughlin family and the age of the car
By Heather Robertson. 1995
Robertson presents the story of the McLaughlin family, entrepreneurs who began as poor immigrants and went on to create General…
Motors of Canada. The family members are portrayed, as well as the major events in the life of their company. 1995.Early jazz: its roots and musical development (History of jazz ; #1)
By Gunther Schuller. 1968
Jazz from its beginnings through the early 1930s. Schuller explores sound recordings made since the advent of jazz and responds…
to hypothetical questions a musician might ask. He shows how elements of jazz grew out of African music, stresses the shift of emphasis from the music to the performer, and notes the difficulty of studying something as ephemeral as improvised sounds. Followed by "Swing Era". 1986. (History of jazz ; 1)Divo: great tenors, baritones, and basses discuss their roles
By Helena Matheopoulos. 1986
Presents in-depth interviews with leading international male singers. Includes such artists as Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Simon…
Estes, and analyzes their interpretations from both the musical and the dramatic angles. 1986.Commodore: the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
By Edward Renehan. 2008
Draws on previously unreleased documents to deliver what is arguably the definitive biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the nineteenth-century transportation tycoon…
who accumulated the largest private fortune in United States history. 2008.