TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - 4 saints in 3 acts : a snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s A2 - Allmer, Patricia, toimittaja A2 - Sears, John, 1965- toimittaja LA - eng PP - Manchester : London PB - Manchester University Press YR - 2017 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.3117155 AB - Explores Virgil Thomson'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; includes photographs by Lee Miller, Carl Van Vechten, George Platt Lynes, the White Studio and others. NO - Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Photographers' Studio, London. SN - 978-1-5261-1303-0 nidottu KW - Thomson, Virgil, : 1896-1989. : Four saints in three acts. KW - Miller, Lee, : 1907-1977. KW - Van Vechten, Carl, : 1880-1964. KW - Lynes, George Platt, : 1907-1955. KW - White Studio (New York, N.Y.) KW - 1920-luku KW - 1930-luku KW - Avant-garde (Aesthetics) : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Photography, Artistic : Exhibitions. KW - African American singers : 20th century. KW - Opera : United States : 20th century. KW - oopperat KW - valokuvataide KW - puvustus KW - afroamerikkalaiset KW - avantgarde KW - historia KW - musiikinhistoria KW - United States : Intellectual life : 20th century. KW - United States : Race relations : History : 20th century. KW - Yhdysvallat ER -