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Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface 1 Introduction 3 One The Opera Singer and the Media 11 Two The Arrival of Film 00 Three Art and/or Exploitation: Broadening Definitions of Art in the Popular Setting 00 Four The Performer, the Producer and the Product: Recording the Performance 00 Five Popularization and Accessibility: The Democratization of an Art Form 00 Conclusion 000 Appendix: The Singers and Their Films-Four Case Studies 000 Filmography 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Motion pictures and opera.
Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Musical films -- United States -- History and criticism.