The impresario / by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

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The saints' impresarios : dreamers, healers, and holy men in Israel's urban periphery / by Bilu, Yoram

Table of Contents: “…The folk-veneration of saints in Morocco and Israel -- Dream portal -- Roots in the west : the cult of saints in Morocco -- From west to east : Moroccan jewry in Israel -- Native saints and immigrant saints : the sacred geography of Moroccan Jews in Israel -- Avraham Ben-Ayyim and Rabbi David u-Moshe -- A dream journey to the saint -- A saint in the next room : Rabbi David u-Moshe and the Ben-Ayyim family -- The abode of Rabbi David u-Moshe at the dawn of the 21st century -- Ya'ish O'ana, Elijah the prophet and the gate of paradise -- The road to paradise -- Dreamers in paradise -- Paradise lost -- Alu Ezra and Rabbi Avraham Aouriwar -- Early and late revelations -- Life-story as folktale the cinderella of Beit Shean -- Years later -- The folk veneration of saints in Morocco and Israel -- Esther Suissa and Rabbi Shimon bar-Yorai -- From patient to healer -- Written in the egg yolk : the healing art of female -- Saints' impresarios -- Esther and Rabbi Shimon : a return visit -- The cult of saints from a comparative perspective : symbol, narrative, gender, and identity -- Crosscutting stories : the saints' impresarios from a comparative perspective -- Personal symbols and mythic narratives -- Gender and sanctity : the female way to the Tsaddiq -- Migrating traditions : the historic timing and the "shelf life" of the new shrines -- The cult of saints as an Israeli and local phenomenon.…”
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan : the Impresario in Political and Cultural Context. by DeRochi, Jack

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Bel Canto Bully : the Life of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja. by Eisenbeiss, Philip

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My life in music by Hughes, Owain Arwel

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Strange duets : impresarios and actresses in the American theatre, 1865-1914 / by Marra, Kim, 1957-

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Cafe Society : the wrong place for the right people by Josephson, Barney

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Performing operas for Mozart : impresarios, singers and troupes / by Woodfield, Ian

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Niki Goldschmidt : a Life in Canadian Music. by Setterfield, Gwenlyn

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A Vision of Voices John Crosby and the Santa Fe Opera. by Smith, Craig A.

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Niki Goldschmidt : a Life in Canadian Music. by Setterfield, Gwenlyn

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The great orchestrator : Arthur Judson and American arts management by Doering, James M.

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The great orchestrator : Arthur Judson and American arts management by Doering, James M.

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Classical Seattle : maestros, impresarios, virtuosi, and other music makers / by Bargreen, Melinda, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Milton Katims : the Toscanini protégé ; Rainer Miedel and Cordelia Wikarski Miedel : the maestro and the maestra ; Gerard Schwarz : the consummate music director ; Ludovic Morlot : the symphonic innovator ; Peter Erös : the old-school maestro ; Vilem Sokol : the patron saint of the podium ; Stephen Stubbs : the early-music innovator ; George Shangrow : the people's maestro ; Resident conductors : the vital links in the music community -- The impresarios. Glynn Ross : the bantam of the opera -- Speight Jenkins : the ring master ; Toby Saks : the impresaria ; Louis Richmond : the chamber orchestra pathfinder -- The virtuosi. …”
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The conscience of the folk revival : the writings of Israel "Izzy" Young by Young, Izzy, 1928-2019

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Five lives in music : women performers, composers, and impresarios from the baroque to the present / by Porter, Cecelia Hopkins

Table of Contents: “…Duchess Sophie-Elisabeth : composer, harpsichordist, and impresario in the North German baroque -- Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre : Versailles and Paris in the twilight of the ancien régime -- Josephine Lang : the music of romanticism in South German cultural life -- Maria Bach : Vienna from imperial splendor to the Second Republic -- Ann Schein : an American concert pianist in today's world.…”
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Five lives in music : women performers, composers, and impresarios from the baroque to the present / by Porter, Cecelia Hopkins

Table of Contents: “…Duchess Sophie-Elisabeth : composer, harpsichordist, and impresario in the North German baroque -- Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre : Versailles and Paris in the twilight of the ancien régime -- Josephine Lang : the music of romanticism in South German cultural life -- Maria Bach : Vienna from imperial splendor to the Second Republic -- Ann Schein : an American concert pianist in today's world.…”
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Norman Granz : the Man Who Used Jazz for Justice. by Hershorn, Tad

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Early Puerto Rican cinema and nation building : national sentiments, transnational realities, 1897-1940 by García-Crespo, Naida, 1984-

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1650-1850 : ideas, aesthetics, and inquiries in the Early Modern era

Table of Contents: “…Ian Woodfield, Performing Operas for Mozart: Impresarios, Singers and Troupes --…”
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The notorious John Morrissey : how a bare-knuckle brawler became a Congressman and founded Saratoga Race Course by Nicholson, James C.

Table of Contents: “…Wharf rat -- Fighter -- Champion -- Saratoga -- Congressman -- Impresario -- Vindication.…”
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Teaching as the art of staging : a scenario-based college pedagogy in action by Weston, Anthony, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…A different kind of teaching -- Neither sage nor guide -- Scenarios -- Impresarios -- Dimensions and families of scenarios -- Daily scenarios from my classes -- Adventures in role-playing -- Whole-course scenarios -- Under the open skies.…”
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Black velvet art by Eliason, Eric A. (Eric Alden), 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The history and significance of black velvet painting -- Black velvet people profiles -- Romero, Felix, and Chuy, the artists -- William Travis Robison, impresario of velvet -- Rick Smith, the collector -- Themes. …”
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Christianity and the transformation of the book : Origen, Eusebius, and the Library of Caesarea by Grafton, Anthony, Williams, Megan Hale, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Cast of Characters -- Introduction : Scholars, Books, and Libraries in the Christian Tradition -- Origen at Caesarea : A Christian Philosopher among His Books -- Origen's Hexapla : Scholarship, Culture, and Power -- Eusebius's Chronicle : History Made Visible -- Eusebius at Caesarea : A Christian Impresario of the Codex -- Coda : Caesarea in History and Tradition.…”
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The two Frank Thrings by Fitzpatrick, Peter, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Part I: Frank the Father; Chapter 1: This Man's Father; Chapter 2: The Great Dexter; Chapter 3: The Operator; Chapter 4: The General Manager; Chapter 5: The Speculator; Chapter 6: The Impresario; Chapter 7: The Legacy; Photographs; Part II: Frank the Son; Chapter 8: The Succession; Chapter 9: He That Plays the Thring; Chapter 10: These Foolish Thrings; Chapter 11: Return of the Prodigal; Chapter 12: Frankly Thring; Chapter 13: A Thring of Shreds and Patches; Epilogue: My Father's Son; Appendix; Index.…”
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The two Frank Thrings by Fitzpatrick, Peter, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Part I: Frank the Father; Chapter 1: This Man's Father; Chapter 2: The Great Dexter; Chapter 3: The Operator; Chapter 4: The General Manager; Chapter 5: The Speculator; Chapter 6: The Impresario; Chapter 7: The Legacy; Photographs; Part II: Frank the Son; Chapter 8: The Succession; Chapter 9: He That Plays the Thring; Chapter 10: These Foolish Thrings; Chapter 11: Return of the Prodigal; Chapter 12: Frankly Thring; Chapter 13: A Thring of Shreds and Patches; Epilogue: My Father's Son; Appendix; Index.…”
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Apostles and agitators : Italy's Marxist revolutionary tradition by Drake, Richard, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Karl Marx: The word -- Carlo Cafiero: Prophet of anarchist communism -- Antonio Labriola: The philosopher of Praxis -- Arturo Labriola: The revolutionary betrayed -- Benito Mussolini: The indispensable revolutionary -- Amadeo Bordiga: The revolutionary as anti-realpolitiker -- Antonio Gramsci: The revolutionary as centrist -- Palmiro Togliatti: The revolutionary as cultural impresario -- Coda: Revolution and terrorism in contemporary Italy.…”
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Virtuosi abroad : Soviet music and imperial competition during the early Cold War, 1945-1958 by Tomoff, Kiril

Table of Contents: “…Shostakovich and the iron curtain : intellectual property and trans-imperial integration -- Dueling pianos : imperial and national dynamics in postwar music competitions -- From the Moscow musical holiday to the first Tchaikovsky Competition -- Oistrakh on tour, Richter at home : display, control, and the style of global empire -- Oistrakh and the impresario : Soviet concert tours and trans-imperial integration.…”
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Understanding Susan Sontag by Rollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund)

Table of Contents: “…Understanding Susan Sontag -- Chapter 2: Writer: Early Novels and Essays -- Chapter 3: Photography and Film -- Illness and Its Metaphors -- Chapter 5: The Voices of Fiction: Stories and Later Novels -- Chapter 6: Experiments in Theater -- Chapter 7: Impresario of Modern Literature -- Chapter 8: The Diaries -- Chapter 9: The Legacy -- Appendix: The Uncollected Susan Sontag.…”
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A bigger prize : how we can do better than the competition by Heffernan, Margaret, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Keeping Score; PART II: THE CASE OF THE PURDUE CHICKENS; 6. Only the Impresarios Thrive; PART III: THE BUSINESS OF WINNING; 7. …”
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Coward, the playwright by Lahr, John, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Noel Coward: Chronology -- Introduction: Impresario of himself -- 1. The politics of charm -- The young idea -- The vortex -- Easy virtue -- Present laughter -- 2. …”
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Post Black : how a new generation is redefining African American identity by Womack, Ytasha

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: identity theft -- The generation gap: the young Black professional -- The African diaspora: new immigrants in African America -- Bridges: biracial, bicultural identity -- Black, gay, lesbian, and proud: GLBT in Black America -- Spirituality: the new Black religious experience -- The hip-hop factor: Black art in a commercial landscape -- Black entrepreneurs: new urban impresarios and postracial shopkeepers -- Talented tenth revisited: capitalism versus social responsibility -- Neofeminism: womanist values in the age of the video girl -- The Obama factor: redefining possibility.…”
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The Business of Staying Young.

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Ottomaticake

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Alexander Gumberg & Soviet-American relations, 1917-1933 by Libbey, James K.

Table of Contents: “…Gumberg and Russian-American Trade; 9. The Impresario; 10. Recognition; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.…”
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Localizing Caroline drama : politics and economics of the early modern English stage, 1625-1642

Table of Contents: “…McLuskie -- Reading triumphs : localizing Caroline masques / Lauren Shohet -- Exeunt fighting : poets, players, and impresarios at the Caroline Hall theaters / Martin Butler -- The St. …”
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A community of writers : Paul Engle and the Iowa Writers' Workshop

Table of Contents: “…Preface; The Writer and the Place; Paul Engle, Impresario; Recollections of the Iowa Writers' Workshop; Some Recollections; Paul at Stone City; A Miranda's World; My Time; When Literary Life Was Still Piled Up in a Few Places; A Crisis of Sorts; Dear Hualing; "I'll Make Your Career"; Engle's Workshop; He Made It Possible; Every Shut-Eye Ain't Asleep; A Tale of Two Fathers; The Fellowship; Thank You, Paul; "Next Year You Can See for Yourself"; New World Symphony; Mentors, Fomenters, and Tormentors; Mentors, Fomenters, and Tormentors; Far from the Ocean: Robert Lowell at Iowa, 1953.…”
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Rockin' in the ivory tower : rock music on campus in the sixties by Carter, James M., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…"I Blundered My Way Through": The College Impresario, Fall 1965-Fall 1967 -- 4. "They're Rockin' in the Ivory Tower": Fall 1967-Fall 1968 -- 5. …”
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Videofashion men. Volume 23, Episode 1, Mad men

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The medical messiahs : a social history of health quackery in twentieth-century America by Young, James Harvey

Table of Contents: “…Proprietary Advertising and the Wheeler-Lea Act; 15. Medicine Show Impresario; 16. ""You Are What You Eat""; 17. ""The Most Heartless""; 18. …”
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