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Ally Hauptmann-Gurski's samizdat novel LA PLEVITSKAYA tells the story of this Gypsy singer in full for the first time. As long as Stalin was alive, the Plevitskaya story was taboo, and then she became forgotten.
The historical samizdat novel is geared to the young (14+) and the oldish, who are interested in music, Gypsies, the Russian Revolution or simply just want to learn how their migrant ancestors lived in Russia.
Like the great opera singer Fyodor Chalyapin, Gypsy singer Plevitskaya was accredited Soloist to His Imperial Majesty Tsar Nicolas II.
Plevitskaya's life is retold from a backstage view and takes us into the era between 1899 and 1938.
In the picture, Ally Hauptmann-Gurski shows off her Plevitskaya tambourine, which she bought on one of the many tours she did with Russian musicians.
Part 1 of - LA PLEVITSKAYA - A Gypsy Singer in Tsarist Russia and in exile - will be available in German (= Nadeschda Plewitzkaja) very soon.
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LA PLEVITSKAYA
Extraordinary life-story of Gypsy singer Nadezhda Plevitskaya (1884 - 1940) who rose from the camps to become the inspiration of composers Serguey Rakhmaninoff and Yigor Stravinsky. As Plevitskomania swept over Russia she became accredited to the Tsar’s Court. For the first time told in full, this historical novel offers an insight into the life of a revered performer, who fell from grace in exile. The book was written to entertain, astound, and enjoy. ‘La PLevitskaya’ is meant for a readership between 12 and 82, contains a glossary and relationship diagram of the movers and shakers in Plevitskaya’s lifetime.
Print: $16.09
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Plevitskaya - Volume I
Large Print (17 pt) edition of historical Novel about Russian Gypsy singer Nadezhda Plevitskaya. Volume I is 263 pages, Volume II is 318 pages. The Plevitskaya story, based on actual people and events, is set between 1899 and 1909 (Volume I) and 1919 to 1938 (Volume II). It is written with a backstage view by an ex-AP-journalist who has been associated with Russian music for many years. When Plevitskaya ('Kursk Nightingale') was so famous that Plevitskomania swept over Russia she was the darling of High Society, from the last Tsar to Rakhmaninoff, Stravinsky to the Pasternaks. How she lived, how she rose from the Gypsy camps to sing in Lipkin's Gypsy Music Hall and then in Nizhni is in Volume I. Volume II covers her time in the Civil War to her court case in Paris. It is meant for a readership beteen 12 and 82, including the many descendents of those who fled the Tsar's Empire to the US around 1900.
Volume I contains a glossary and relationship diagramm of historic personalities.
Print: $12.10
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Plevitskaya Volume II
Volume II, Large Print (17 pt) edition of historical novel about Russian Gypsy singer Nadezhda Plevitskaya, 318 pages, The Plevitskaya story, based on actual people and events, is set between 1899 and 1909 (Volume I) and 1919 to 1938 (Volume II). It is written with a backstage view by an ex-AP-journalist who has 'lived' Russian music for many years. When Plevitskaya ('Kursk Nightingale') was so famous that Plevitskomania swept over Russia she was the darling of High Society, from the last Tsar to Rakhmaninoff, Stravinsky to the Pasternaks. How she lived, how she rose from the Gypsy camps to sing in Lipkin's Gypsy Music Hall and then in Nizhni Novgorod is in Volume I. Volume II covers her time in the Civil War to her court case in Paris. LA PLEVITSKAYA is meant for a readership beteen 12 and 82, including the many descendents of those who fled the Tsar's Empire to the US around 1900. German language edition in preparation.
Print: $18.43
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Cherry Orchard Waltz
Written and used for the 100th anniversary of Anton Chekhov's 'Cherry Orchard' play.
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Duelling Dombras
DUELLING DOMBRAS features the Prima and Alto Dombras, which are Russian instruments with three strings. The Dombra is said to be from the Mongolian steppes but the melody here is from the other end of the former Russian Empire, Moldova.
With breakneck speed the dombras vy for first position in this exciting recording. This recording is by Dieter Hauptmann whose new group HOT ZAKUSKI issued a CD 'Romantic Russia' (available through their website bigpond/artifex2/zakuski).
The Russophile will recognise, that the Zhivago sound is a lot more Dombra than her more famous cousin, the triangular Balalaika.
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Good Luck Wishes (1)
Good Luck card with Russian proverb
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Good Luck in new venture (2)
Good Luck card. Walk on water!
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Romanow Zitat
Nachdem Zar Nikolas II abdanken musste, notierte sein jüngerer Bruder Mikhail diese Zeilen in seinem Tagebuch, das ihn und die Revolution in England überdauerte. Ausgegraben von der in Australien lebenden Autorin des Romans 'La Plevitskaya' (Erstausgabe auf Englisch), der das Leben der russischen Zigeunersaengerin N.V. Plevitskaya schildert.
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Gurski_G_Parents
Gurski Grandparents in 1906 Berlin with virtual vintage curtain
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Romanov Quote
After the abdication of Tsar Nicolas II, his younger brother Grandduke Mikhail put these thoughts in his diary which survived him and the Revolution in Britain. Unearthed by the Australian writer Ally Hauptmann-Gurski in her research for her novel 'La Plevitskaya', the life story of Russian Gypsy Singer N.V. Plevitskaya.
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Sons
In a warring world, we pause to think -why?
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Corruption is not a victimless crime
Insiders sport a foxy smile. Officials sweep it under the carpet. Those who won't, and those who can't are the victims, through missing out.
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Nadeschda Plewitzkaja
Ihr Bild ist verblasst, ihre Stimme, die ganz Russland vom Bauern bis zum Zaren und Stalin verzauberte, verstummt, aber ihre Lieder leben fort.
Wer war diese Frau, Nadeschda Wassiljewna Plewitzkaja (1884 - 1940)?
Der historische Samizdat-Roman 'Nadeschda Plewitzkaja' zeichnet ihre Wege zwischen 1899 und 1938 nach.
Die Autorin Almuth Hauptmann-Gurski lebte jahrelang in russischen Exilkreisen, für die das Plewitzkaja Repertoire tägliches Brot war.
In Großdruck legt die ehemalige Asociated Press Redakteurin hier ihre eigene Übersetzung vom ersten Teil des Plewitzkaja Romans vor.
Der russische Journalist Valeri Filatow schrieb in seiner Kritik: „Der aufmerksame Leser wird das Werk als in der deutschen Literatur und Intellektualität verwurzelt erkennen. Ein Wagnerisches Leitmotiv durchzieht das Werk. Dennoch ist es polyphonisch wie ein Rachmaninow 'Vocalise'. In ihrem Vorwort verspricht die Autorin, dass das Werk erfreuen, unterhalten, und erstaunen soll. Dieses Versprechen ist eingehalten.“
Print: $28.60
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