4 saints in 3 acts : a snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s

4 saints in 3 acts : a snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s /

Explores Virgil Thomason's 1934 opera Four Saints in Three Acts, focusing on the hitherto neglected significance of photography in documenting the opera and its all-African American cast, and examining the roles of fashion, dance, literature, and music in the opera's popular success; inclu...

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Other Authors: Allmer, Patricia (Editor), Sears, John, 1965- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : London : Manchester University Press ; In collaboration with The Photographers' Gallery, 2017.
Subjects:
Thomson, Virgil, > 1896-1989. > Four saints in three acts.
Miller, Lee, > 1907-1977.
Van Vechten, Carl, > 1880-1964.
Lynes, George Platt, > 1907-1955.
White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Four saints in three acts (Thomson, Virgil)
1900-1999
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > United States > History > 20th century.
Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions.
African American singers > 20th century.
Opera > United States > 20th century.
Music.
African American singers.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Intellectual life.
Opera.
Photography, Artistic.
Race relations.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

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