Amália Rodrigues’s Amália at the Olympia

Amália Rodrigues’s Amália at the Olympia
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9781501346224
ISBN-13 : 1501346229
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Book Synopsis Amália Rodrigues’s Amália at the Olympia by : Lila Ellen Gray

Download or read book Amália Rodrigues’s Amália at the Olympia written by Lila Ellen Gray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The voice of Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999), the “Queen of Fado” and Portugal's most celebrated diva, was extraordinary for its interpretive power, soul wrenching timbre, and international reach. Amalia à l'Olympia (1957) is an album made from recordings of her first performances at the fabled Olympia Music Hall in Paris in 1956. This album, which was issued for multiple national markets (including: France; USA; Japan; Britain; the Netherlands) catapulted Amália Rodrigues into the international limelight. During its time, this album held the potential for international listeners, outside of Portugal, to represent Portugal, while also standing in for cosmopolitanism, the glamorous city of Paris, and to present a sonorous voyage in sound. This book introduces readers to the voice of Amália Rodrigues and to the genre of the Portuguese fado, offering a primer in how to listen to both. It unpacks this iconic album and the voice, sound, style, and celebrity of Amália Rodrigues. It situates this album within a historical context marked by cold war Atlanticist diplomacy, Portugal's dictatorial regime, and the emergence of new forms of media, travel, and tourism.In so doing, it examines processes that shaped the internationalization of peripheral popular musics and the making of female vocal stardom in the mid-20th century.


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