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1 | Landvatter, Scott Alan | Gustav Holst's Savitri Elucidated by Hindu thought | Gustav Holst, throughout his life manifesting a rather mystic penchant, was, in his early career, quite taken with Hindu writings? it was as a result of his studies in Sanskrit that his chamber opera Savitri , Opus 25, emerged in 1908. Based on a story in the Mahabha - rata, the one act opera tells ... | Opera; Hindu writings; Music | 1984-12 | |
2 | Anderson, Briawna A. | Troubled authenticity amd the romanticized West: reevaluating Charles Wakefield Cadman's 1918 opera Shanewis | In 1918, American composer Charles Wakefield Cadman completed the opera Shanewis or the Robin Woman, which was featured during two consecutive seasons at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. It was the first American opera to receive the honor of a double run and was popular throughout the 1920... | American Music; Cadman; Indianism; Opera; Shanewis; Tsianina | 2013-05 |