Record Number: 20694
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The music of "La Boheme" having taken special hold of me, I read the libretto in the Mitchell Library, and as much as I could find about Murger and his world, and the people he knew who lived on black coffee and little else in romantic Paris, and was saddened and perplexed by the opera's alloy of sordidness and sentimentality'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1929 and 1 Oct 1939
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Glasgow
specific address: Mitchell Library
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Apr 1916
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:factory worker, later economist
Religion:Jewish
Country of Origin:England of Lithuanian heritage
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Scenes de la Vie de Boheme
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Mitchell Library
Source Information:
Record ID:20694
Source:Ralph Glasser
Editor:n/a
Title:Gorbals Voices, Siren Songs
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:n/a
Page:158
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Ralph Glasser, Gorbals Voices, Siren Songs, (London, 1990), p. 158, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20694, accessed: 17 February 2025
Additional Comments:
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