Pages from my life : an autobiography / by Feodor Ivanoitch Chaliapine (authorized translation by H. M. Buck) ; revised, enlarged and edited by Katharien Wright.
| Author/creator | Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich |
| Other author | Buck, H. M., translator. |
| Other author | Wright, Katharine, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York and London : Harper & Brothers, 1927. |
| Description | 345 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1 : Early childhood ; My parents ; I learn to read ; Yashka mamonov, the clown ; I become a choir boy, acquire a violin and compose a trio -- 2 : School days ; Hardships as an apprentice ; Scarlet fever ; My pals ; I develop an interest in literature ; My introduction to the theatre ; At the pawnbroker's -- 3 : A boyhood sweetheart and a duel ; Meditations on love ; A barbaric custom ; I espouse the cause of woman ; Pastimes ; My first role ; I become a copyist ; We move to Astrakham -- 4 : Astrakham and the "Arcadia" ; Life on the Volga ; I join the chorus of an operetta company and sign my first contract ; Promotion and debut ; I begin my concert career ; Barnstorming ; An attack by Cossacks -- 5 : More barnstorming ; My mother's death ; I leave the little Russians ; In the underworld at Baku ; Starving in Tiflis ; Diphtheria ; Usatov's lessons in singing and manners ; I move towards success ; Moscow -- 6 : Petrograd ; I become an artist of the imperial theatres ; Dalsky ; First appearances at the Mariensky ; New acquaintances ; Hotel Palais Royal ; Nijny Novgorod and Manontov ; An Italian ballet troupe ; I join Mamontov's company at Moscow ; Pskovitianka ; Paris ; Marriage ; Boris Godounov ; Friendship with Stassov -- 7 : My return to the imperial theatres ; First appearance in "Mefistofele" at La Scala, Milan ; Italian audiences ; Meetings with Arrigo Boito and Angelo Mazzini -- 8 : Return to Russia ; New Year's Eve at Yar's ; Working under difficulties ; Monte Carlo and Raoul Gunsbourg -- 9 : My first visit to America ; Diaghilev's seasons of Russian music in Paris ; "Boris Godounov" at La Scala ; "Khovanstchina" at the imperial theatres -- 10 : South America ; I sing in a London drawing-room ; "Mefistofele" at Orange ; My operatic debut in London ; English hospitality ; A meeting with the king ; Freedom in England ; "Don Quixote" ; Berlin and Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm ; August, 1914 -- 11 : Russia in wartime and revolution ; I leave home after seven years ; En route to England ; London once more! -- 12 : Return to America ; My first concert in New York ; "Boris" at the metropolitan ; American womanhood ; Impressions and experiences during subsequent American seasons ; California ; Christmas at sing-sing. |
| General note | "First edition." |
| LCCN | 27026978 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML420 .C451 1927 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |