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Welcome to the website of Baskerville Publishers, Inc. The complete Baskerville catalog is available for purchase online here in our webstore at significant discounts from retail prices. Feel free to browse our selection, or use the search box on the left to find a specific title or author.
NOW SHIPPING: RISE STEVENS & CORELLI, REVISED 2ND EDITION
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After Franco Corelli's unfortunate death, this biography has been completely rewritten, revised, and expanded. Unrivalled in his time as Caruso was before him, Corelli lived an ascetic life away from the theatre, pushing himself relentlessly to gain complete mastery of his voice, reaching new frontiers of technical virtuosity. Ms. Boagno clears up the mysteries and misunderstandings that arose throughout Corelli's career, revealing much about the man along the way. Corelli is a frank celebration of a voice that defined a period of operatic history, a voice that will always be an inspiration to people who love singing - and of a man who lived his life for art, whose example is another important aspect of his legacy.
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Baskerville is proud to announce the 10th title in its Great Voices Series, Risë Stevens: A Life in Music. Risë Stevens was a force of nature on the stage. Her talent, determination and heart carried her from humble beginnings in New York to the greatest stages in the world. Whether she was on the radio, television, the silver screen, or stunning audiences at the Met, her vocal presence was unforgettable. In Carmen, Stevens ascended to the level of legendary performers. The author, John Pennino, has taken special care to document her amazing life, struggles and achievements. Included in this volume is a detailed chronology, discography, and a CD of rare recordings.
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The ninth title in Baskerville's Great Voices Series, George London: Of Gods and Demons is a biography of the late George London, the great bass-baritone of the 20th century, written by his wife, Nora London. George London combined a great voice, superb musicianship, and a commanding stage presence as few singers ever have. This new biography chronicles the life of a talented, driven man who fell in love with opera as a boy, and achieved greatness in America and all over the world. Yet the book does not shy away from the difficulties of his youth, the troubles with his voice that ended his singing career prematurely, nor his tragic last years.
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Brodsky by Ludmila Shtern (Leaving Leningrad, Brandeis Univ. Press, 2001) is the first memoir of life with Joseph Brodsky. Shtern was a family friend of Brodsky and part of the circle of friends to whom Brodsky read his first poems. Shtern's memoir can thus be called, without exaggeration, "Russian literary history in the making."
The book is illustrated with pictures of Brodsky and his friends and includes original poetry that has not been translated into English before.
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Like other books in our Opera series, Marilyn Horne: The Song Continues memorializes a great singer's achievements-in particular, Marilyn Horne's range of characterization (extensive, as our photos will testify), and her stylistic fluency in operas by composers as different as Handel and Leoncavallo, Rossini and Verdi, Vivaldi and Berg (as revealed by her discography and the attached CD); finally, her life story shows us the artist and teacher, mother and friend, in words that are frequently generous, but sometimes harsh, in keeping with the unabashed honesty that is one of her outstanding personal qualities.
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Also fresh off the press is Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy, by Armando Cesari with a preface by Placido Domingo. As the culmination of thirty years of research and writing, Lanza is the definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest tenors and one of opera's greatest tragedies. Includes audio CD with rare recordings.
"He had a voice of enormous dramatic impact." - Placido Domingo
"His magnificent voice enriched our lives and introduced us to a wide spectrum of classical and popular music." - José Carreras
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