Publications and Research
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
1-9-2020
Abstract
This presentation discusses the findings resulting from the creation of a comprehensive bibliography of English Language children’s opera books published from 1895 to present. Historically opera was often assumed to be an elitist art in the United States and was thus seldom discussed in library collection development literature, and equally rarely highlighted in children’s literature periodicals. Recently, two librarians, supported by a Carnegie Whitney grant from the American Library Association, investigated the impact of opera themed children’s books by compiling a bibliography which documented instances of opera in published English Language children’s literature over the last 125 years. By analyzing what was published, this presentation will provide new insights about the cultural appreciation of opera in the United States
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Music Education Commons, Other Music Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons, Theatre History Commons
Comments
Presented at the 2020 National Opera Association 65th Annual National Conference. Slides also available at http://www.operabooks.info/additional-materials/.