The concise Oxford companion to the theatre. The museum exhibits, which include a rich deposit of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French stage designs, are housed in the former royal apartments. The theatre is now used for occasional summer seasons of early opera. The eighteenth-century stage machinery on the Carriage-and-Frame system (q.v.) is still in working order, and there are more than thirty sets of usable scenery of the same period. The stage is about 57 feet deep and 27 feet wide at the footlights. Agne Beijer, the only alteration being the substitution of electric light for the former wax candles. In the nineteenth century it fell into disuse, but its employment as a lumber-room saved it from demolition or modernization, and in 1921 it was restored under Dr. It had its most brilliant period during the reign of Gustaf III (1772-92), when a Frenchman, Louis-Jean Desprez, designed scenery and costumes for it. Until 1771 it was used by a French company resident in Stockholm, and in the summer by courtiers for amateur productions, becoming, with the palace, State property in 1777. This is a Baroque theatre with marked Neo-Classical elements.ĭrottningholm Theatre and Museum is a part of a royal palace on an island near Stockholm, built in 1766. Almost all of the furnishings are original. The stage machinery of the theatre is still functional and includes waves, storms and a flying machine most commonly used for the effect of deus ex machina. The theatre was not used for a long period of time and thus has remained almost completely preserved. original purely Baroque décor of the theatre eventually succumbed to the French influence of the Rococo. SKANDINAVISKA CD-BUTIKER / SCANDINAVIAN CD SHOPS: Townsend Records ('leading independent UK music store chain') REC REC Shop & Mailorder (Swiss Alternative & rare CDs/LPs text in German only) Pulsewave Records (synth specialist in Sweden) Music Obsession (formerly called 'Vinyl Vendors') Mellotronen ('Progressive and Symphonic rock, Jazz, Soul, Hardrock, Blues & Heavy Metal, DVD, CD, Vinyl') Matt's CD Singles ('CD Single Specialist - Over 10,000 rare and deleted CD Singles available to order online') Mara Records (Brazilian rare pressings - LPs, CDs, 12" and 7". Internet Music Shop (sheet music, tutor methods, midi files, videos etc) Hot Stuff (Swedish specialists in synth, electro, techno etc) Horizon Music (offers rare and hard-to-find EM CDs from around the world, as well as releases from it's own label by such artists as Steve Jolliffe and Lightwave) Groove Unlimited (Dutch shop specializing in Electronic Music) 'Electronic Obsession' (80's, wave, electro, EBM and other forms of electronic music)Įnergy Rekords/October ('The home for Scandinavian Electro Music')įormic Distribution ('Sound of Cologne' specialists - 12" vinyl, electro, house and techno)įuture Beat Music ('UK dance music specialist') Vinyl Exchange ('Manchester's largest secondhand record shop' - vinyl & CD)ĪB-CD ('Import, independent and hard to find releases')Īlternative Music (Alternative and rare CDs)ĬD Baby ('a little CD store with the best new independent music')ĬD Singles (Mike Best's UK CD Singles Shop) Used CD search 'A used CD search engine - search from hundreds of CD stores worldwide' Timeless Music (hard to find and rare vinyl/CD) Sweet Memories Vinyl Record Shop (UK Over 10,000 rare vinyl records from 1950 til now) Sister Ray Records (UK deletions, rarities, used CDs and vinyl) Record Palace Stockholm ('Swedish Internet store for used and rare records, vinyl and CD) PREX - Princeton Record Exchange (USA buy and sell new and used LPs and CDs) (UK record shop - secondhand vinyl and CD) Hard To Find Records (Rare and deleted vinyl dance records 1970 to present) Golden Grooves Records (UK second hand CDs & vinyls) JP Trading (Japanese CDs published in USA)Ĭhapters (Canada's biggest music & book store)īacktrack Records - Vintage Music (old and new vinyl)Ĭ.uk ("hard to find, vintage and collectible music")Įsprit (huge list of new and used CD and vinyl) ('a wide range of Irish CD's, DVD's, Books etc')Īudiophile International ("13 successful years buying and selling the best-sounding records to music lovers worldwide") World of Music (Germany) OTHER UK CD SHOPS: Super Records (Italy - "alternative music: from vinyl rarities to new releases, international import/export") UniSquare (Music Marketplace - similar to eBay)
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