Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of his time

Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of his time / Siegfried Kracauer ; translated by Gwenda David and Eric Mosbacher ; foreword by Gertrud Koch.

Author/creator	Kracauer, Siegfried, 1889-1966 author.
Other author/creator	David, Gwenda, translator.
Other author/creator	Mosbacher, Eric, 1903-1998, translator.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First paperback edition.
Publication Info	New York : Zone Books, 2016.
Description	415 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Composers--France --Biography. Paris (France)--Civilization --19th century.

Uniform title	Jacques Offenbach und das Paris seiner Zeit. English
Contents	Foreword -- Preface -- Part one. Liberty leading the people -- Infant prodigy -- Material for operettas -- The first waltz -- The salons -- The boulevards, home of the homeless -- Virtuoso's marriage -- Ennui -- Entr'acte 1848. Part two. Coup d'etat -- Joy and glamour -- The bouffes -- The Mozart of the Champs-Elysées -- Orpheus in the underworld -- Operetta world -- Two types of frivolity -- Courtesans, rakes, journalists -- Helen of Troy -- La vie Parisienne -- Sunset glory -- Vive la République! -- Entr'acte 1870 -- Part three. Pantomimes -- Skyscrapers -- The pact with death.
General note	Translation of: Jacques Offenbach und das Paris seiner Zeit, published Amsterdam: Verlag Allert de Lange, 1937.
General note	Originally published: Orpheus in Paris : Offenbach and the Paris of his time. First American edition. New York, 1938.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-404) and index.
LCCN	2001054005
ISBN	1890951315
ISBN	9781890951313

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Music	Music Stacks	ML410.O41 K892 2016	✔ Available	Place Hold