Ticket to the Opera: Discovering and Exploring 100 Famous Works, History, Lore, and Singers, with Re


He became a scholar in residence at the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies.

Discovering and Exploring 100 Famous Works, History, Lore, and Singers, with Recommended Recordings

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It was there that he wrote "Confirm or Deny. He became president in , and worked with clients that included CBS and Exxon. He returned to Washington in to head the Burson-Marsteller public affairs office here, and later became a consultant to Exxon.

In , he was named vice president of the American Petroleum Institute. After he retired in , he turned to writing and lecturing about music. His books included "Classical Music: Goulding claimed to have been a musical know-nothing for most of his adult life.

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He began his musical journey at the age of 64, educating himself, reading composers' biographies and books about music history and theory. Reviewers called his books about his musical experiences funny, entertaining, succinct and informative. Goulding, who also had a home in Brainardsville, N.

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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jun 01, Meen rated it it was amazing Recommended to Meen by: This book enabled me to explore it more intelligently, without having to resort to a "For Dummies" reference. I was listening to a Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy cd this afternoon driving back from voting, having been through a pretty depressing few days, and I realized after all this time what it is that I like about opera--it's BIG!

I have no idea what they are saying, b Ma Madame at the Mississippi University for Women introduced me to the joys of opera via a film Le Maitre de Musique, I have no idea what they are saying, but when they say sing it, they say it in a HUGE way, and somehow that allows me a bit of release.

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Funny how insights just happen randomly Mar 17, Andrew rated it liked it Shelves: Read the first pages or so, which was a good intro to opera history and genres. Apr 11, Jacob rated it liked it. I enjoyed Goulding's book on Classical music more.

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Jan 13, Emily rated it it was amazing. One of the best books about opera, bar none.

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