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Overview"On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances ""above the Forties,"" of a new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great European capitals, the world of fashion was still content to reassemble every winter in the shabby red and gold boxes of the sociable old Academy. Conservatives cherished it for being small and inconvenient, and thus keeping out the ""new people"" whom New York was beginning to dread and yet be drawn to; and the sentimental clung to it for its historic associations, and the musical for its excellent acoustics, always so problematic a quality in halls built for the hearing of music." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wharton Edith Wharton , Edith Wharton , 1stworld LibraryPublisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society Imprint: 1st World Library - Literary Society Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9781421896373ISBN 10: 1421896370 Pages: 388 Publication Date: 01 December 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |