I Am Melba

Author: Ann Blainey

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Price : $24.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781863953672
Publisher : Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited
Imprint : Black Inc.
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Weight (g) : 0.368
Publication date : 01 February 2009
Dimensions : 2.2 Centimeters X 13.5 Centimeters X 21 Centimeters
Produced in : Australia
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Description

The story of an Australian girl who defied convention and became the most famous singer of her era.Growing up in Melbourne, Nellie Mitchell dreamed of fame, but her devout father disapproved. When a chance arose to go to Paris, she trusted in her musical talent and hoped for a lucky break.Within a few years, reborn as Nellie Melba, she was performing to overflowing concert halls, hobnobbing with European royalty and collaborating with some of the most renowned composers of the age. Audiences swooned over the 'heavenly pleasures' of her voice, while the public showed an insatiable appetite for news of her sometimes passionate private life.Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's first international superstar. In this important biography, enhanced by new research, Ann Blainey captures the exuberance, controversy and pathos of Melba's remarkable career.Shortlisted for the AgeBook of the Year Award

Awards

Winner of National Biography Award 2009. Shortlisted for ABIA Australian Biography of the Year 2009.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.