The Conservatoire Américain
Subtitle: a history
By: Kendra Preston Leonard
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780810857322
Subjects: Conservatoire américain de Fontainebleau -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255) and index
Table of contents: title: The institution without precedent. The institution without precedent (1921-1928) ; The age of opulence (1929-1939) ; Interlude: Elizabeth Saylor (1939); title: Exile and war. At home in exile (1940-1945) ; Reconstruction (1946-1948) ; Interlude 2: Gaby Casadesus (1946); title: "La belle dame sans merci."  A new era (1949-1957) ; La belle dame sans merci (1958-1979) ; Interlude 3: Emile Naoumoff (1970s); title: "Après elle le deluge."  "Après elle le deluge" (1980-1987) ; The schism opens (1988-1993); title: The frog rodeo. The frog rodeo (1994-present)