{"product_id":"9781936411436","title":"Early 20th Century Opera Singers: Their Voices and Recordings from 1900-1949","description":"Historical recordings by opera singers have proven since 1900 to offer much reward to the singer, student, listener, and collector alike.\u003cp\u003eIn the first book of this kind to appear in decades, Nicholas Limansky explains why critical listening is important and describes the merits of analyzing and comparing the recordings of previous generations of singers with those of the present. He also recounts how markedly record collecting has changed through the decades-especially in large cities like New York-mainly due to technological advance. He not only treats collecting 78 rpm disks, but LPs and CDs as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpired copyright now enables many of these early recordings to easily be acquired and collected, enabling the broad-scale comparison of style, technique, and vocal quality among the famous performers of earlier eras. The author points out what to look for among these differences in style, technique, and ability-both good and bad. (On occasion, the most famous are not the best!)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith emphasis on today's student and collector, Limansky provides information about where, how, and on what labels given recordings can be found. He discusses printed resources that offer the interested even more information. Beginners and veterans alike will find much of interest in this far-ranging book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Limansky\u003c\/b\u003e studied voice at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and has a performance degree from the University of West Virginia. He has sung with major professional choral groups in New York City that include The Bach Aria Group, Musica Sacra, New York Choral Artists (NY Philharmonic), Opera Orchestra of New York, The Netherlands Ballet, and Alvin Ailey (Revelations, Rainbow). \u003cbr\u003eHe has written performance reviews for the Italian publication, \u003ci\u003eRassegna Melodrammatic\u003c\/i\u003e, and reviewed new vocal releases of historical singers for \u003ci\u003eOpera News, The Record Collector, Classical Singer,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpera Quarterly.\u003c\/i\u003e He lectures at the New York Vocal Record Collectors Society and is a member of its board of directors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YBK Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039648792816,"sku":"9781936411436","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936411436_p0.jpg?v=1763659447","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936411436","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}