The Elocutionists
The Elocutionists

Author: Marian Wilson Kimber

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2017-01-19

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 025209915X

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Emerging in the 1850s, elocutionists recited poetry or drama with music to create a new type of performance. The genre--dominated by women--achieved remarkable popularity. Yet the elocutionists and their art fell into total obscurity during the twentieth century. Marian Wilson Kimber restores elocution with music to its rightful place in performance history. Gazing through the lenses of gender and genre, Wilson Kimber argues that these female artists transgressed the previous boundaries between private and public domains. Their performances advocated for female agency while also contributing to a new social construction of gender. Elocutionists, proud purveyors of wholesome entertainment, pointedly contrasted their "acceptable" feminine attributes against those of morally suspect actresses. As Wilson Kimber shows, their influence far outlived their heyday. Women, the primary composers of melodramatic compositions, did nothing less than create a tradition that helped shape the history of American music.

Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments and for the Use of Schools, Colleges and Public Readers
Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments and for the Use of Schools, Colleges and Public Readers

Author: Robert McLean Cumnock

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-17

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 9781528174404

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Excerpt from Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments and for the Use of Schools, Colleges and Public Readers: With Elocutionary Advice The great wrong practiced upon our youth is that they are led to imitate an interpretation given to them by some person whom they admire, rather than to ascertain and apply the princi ples which govern the vocal expression of all sentiments and emo tions that are conveyed by words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments, and for the Use of Schools, Colleges and Public Readers, with Elocutionary Advice
Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments, and for the Use of Schools, Colleges and Public Readers, with Elocutionary Advice

Author: Robert McLean Cumnock

Publisher: Arkose Press

Published: 2015-10-26

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9781345414028

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

CHOICE READINGS FOR PUBLIC & P
CHOICE READINGS FOR PUBLIC & P

Author: Robert McLean 1844-1928 Cumnock, Ed

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9781360817750

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.