In order to get more accurate results, our search has the following Google-Type search functionality:
If you use '+' in front of a word, then that word will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry +Potter will return results with the word 'Potter'.
If you use '-' in front of a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry -Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
If you use 'AND' between two words, then both of those words will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry AND Potter will return results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'OR' between two words, then bth of those words may or may not be present in the search results.
ex: Harry OR Potter will return results with just 'Harry', results with just 'Potter' and results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'NOT' before a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry NOT Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
Placing '""' around words will perform a phrase search. The search results will contain those words in that order.
ex: "Harry Potter" will return any results with 'Harry Potter' in them, but not 'Potter Harry'.
Using '*' in a word will perform a wildcard search. The '*' signifies any number of characters. Searches can not start with a wildcard.
ex: Pot*er will return results with words starting with 'Pot' and ending in 'er'. In this case, 'Potter' will be a match.
Amy Castles was a simple girl from Bendigo with a rich powerful voice. Nellie Melba was the most conspicuous Australian in 1899. Could Amy displace the world-famous diva?
Melba was at the zenith of her career but was yet to return home to Australia when, in 1899, Amy Castles was vigorously promoted to topple her. Even before taking serious lessons to build her technique, Amy was touted as 'the New Melba' and her promoters within the Catholic Church and the Catholic press built for her an image of a virginal convent girl in vivid contrast to the worldly scarlet they attributed to Melba. Non-Catholic papers doubted their boasts, turning an artistic question into a sectarian free-for-all. The Castles boom of 1899 began the Melba bashing that exposed Australia’s cultural insecurities. It also condemned Amy to a life of tragically futile efforts to overtake and displace the great diva.
Amy Castles was a simple girl from Bendigo with a rich powerful voice. Nellie Melba was the most conspicuous Australian in 1899. Could Amy displace the world-famous diva?
Melba was at the zenith of her career but was yet to return home to Australia when, in 1899, Amy Castles was vigorously promoted to topple her. Even before taking serious lessons to build her technique, Amy was touted as 'the New Melba' and her promoters within the Catholic Church and the Catholic press built for her an image of a virginal convent girl in vivid contrast to the worldly scarlet they attributed to Melba. Non-Catholic papers doubted their boasts, turning an artistic question into a sectarian free-for-all. The Castles boom of 1899 began the Melba bashing that exposed Australia’s cultural insecurities. It also condemned Amy to a life of tragically futile efforts to overtake and displace the great diva.