TY - BOOK AU - Arsenty,Richard AU - Letellier,Robert Ignatius TI - Giacomo Meyerbeer: A Discography of Vintage Recordings 1889 - 1955 SN - 9781443864336 AV - ML156.7 -- .A77 2013eb U1 - 016.78092 PY - 2013/// CY - Newcastle-upon-Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Meyerbeer, Giacomo, -- 1791-1864 -- Discography KW - Meyerbeer, Giacomo, -- 1791-1864 KW - Composers -- Germany (Prussia) -- Discography KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES CONSULTED -- INDEX N2 - This book presents a discography of recordings made from the works of Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) - from the inception of recording techniques in 1889 until the dominance of the long-playing record in 1955. It is a testimony to the once-universal fame of the composer and the esteem in which in his works were held. During that period some nearly 2000 artists (at least 1065 of them singers) recorded arias and ensembles from all six of the French operas of Meyerbeer's maturity (Robert le Diabl UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1753151 ER -