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An Anthology of English Prose 1400–1900
Originally published in 1956, this anthology aims to introduce English prose literature to an audience of new readers.
First Nights at the Opera
A renowned music scholar narrates the social history of European opera during its golden age in the 18th and 19th centuries by taking readers behind the scenes at the premiere performances of five extraordinary and influential operas. 88 illustrations.
Two Rivers from a Common Spring: The Books Council of Wales at 60
A volume celebrating sixty years since the establishment of the Books Council of Wales, comprising sixteen chapters by various scholars and contributors in the field. A Welsh companion volume is available: O'r Hedyn i'r Ddalen (9781914981036).
Stars and Ribbons
Wassail songs are part of Welsh folk culture, but what exactly are they? When are they sung? Why? And where do stars and pretty ribbons fit in? This study addresses these questions, identifying and discussing the various forms of winter wassailing found in Wales in times past and present. It focuses specifically on the Welsh poetry written over the centuries at the celebration of several rituals – most particularly at Christmas, the turn of the year, and on Twelfth Night – which served a distinct purpose. The winter wassailing aspired to improve the quality of the earth’s fertility in three specific spheres: the productivity of the land, the animal kingdom, and the human race. This volume provides a rich collection of Welsh songs in their original language, translated into English for the first time, and with musical notation. It also provides a comprehensive analysis of these poems and of the society in which they were sung.
Llythyrau yn y Llwch
Yn 1942 taflai'r Ail Ryfel byd ei gysgod hir thywyll dros Brydain - ond gyda'r Americanwyr yn ymuno â'r rhyfel, roedd y rhod ar fin troi. Dros nos daeth y milwyr, fel angylion achubiaeth, ac erbyn iddi wawrio roedd pentref cysglyd Llanyborth yn deffro i olygfa ryfeddol. Gyda gwersyll y milwyr gwyn i'r dwyrain a gwersyll y milwyr du i'r gorllewin, roedd trigolion y pentref wedi eu gwasgu mewn dwrn o hiliaeth. Wedi i Sali Lloyd, merch leol, ddechrau perthynas gydag un o'r milwyr du, cafodd y gymuned ei hollti. Yn 1985, mae Tomos, mab Sali, yn dychwelyd i'r pentref i chwilio am atebion, ond yn hytrach na dod o hyd i'r gwir mae'n agor hen friwiau ac yn darganfod dirgelwch tywyll a wal o ddistawrwydd. Dyma frwydr un dyn am wirionedd a chyfiawnder.
H. G. Wells
'Don't interrupt me, ' said Wells, 'can't you see I'm dying!' In this seminal biography, Vincent Brome recounts the rich fantastic cauldron of Wells' life - from his politics and writing to his complex and torn emotional life, and his painful, lingering death. Here was a man 'whose greatness lay in his ordinariness', but who was never truly ordinary.
"Don Giovanni" Captured
Part I. Clouds of feeling: excerpt audio recordings. Imagining excerpts; Rhetorics of seduction; Demons and dandies; All too human -- Part II. Invented works : complete audio records. The visual stage; Cruel laughter; Dancing in time -- Part III. Partial visions : video recordings. Zooming in, gazing back; Trauma retold; Libertines punished.
Musical Opinion
Issues for include section: The Organ world.
