Author: Robert Dwyer Joyce
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: Robert Dwyer JOYCE (Ballad Writer.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Author: Ted Gioia
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199357579
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Uncovers the unexplored history of the love song, from the fertility rites of ancient cultures to the sexualized YouTube videos of the present day, and discusses such topics as censorship, the legacy of love songs, and why it is a dominant form of modern musical expression.

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Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 029278306X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Compiled in 1582, Ballads of the Lords of New Spain is one of the two principal sources of Nahuatl song, as well as a poetical window into the mindset of the Aztec people some sixty years after the conquest of Mexico. Presented as a cancionero, or anthology, in the mode of New Spain, the ballads show a reordering—but not an abandonment—of classic Aztec values. In the careful reading of John Bierhorst, the ballads reveal in no uncertain terms the pre-conquest Aztec belief in the warrior's paradise and in the virtue of sacrifice. This volume contains an exact transcription of the thirty-six Nahuatl song texts, accompanied by authoritative English translations. Bierhorst includes all the numerals (which give interpretive clues) in the Nahuatl texts and also differentiates the text from scribal glosses. His translations are thoroughly annotated to help readers understand the imagery and allusions in the texts. The volume also includes a helpful introduction and a larger essay, "On the Translation of Aztec Poetry," that discusses many relevant historical and literary issues. In Bierhorst's expert translation and interpretation, Ballads of the Lords of New Spain emerges as a song of resistance by a conquered people and the recollection of a glorious past. Announcing a New Digital Initiative http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/utdigital/ UT Press, in a new collaboration with the University of Texas Libraries, will publish an interactive digital adaptation of the Ballads that will expand the scholarly content beyond what is possible to publish in book form. The web site, to launch in conjunction with the book in July 2009, includes all of the printed book plus scans of the original codex, a normative transcription, and space to interact with the author and other scholars, as well as art, audio, a map, and other related material. The digital Ballads will be open access, bringing one of the university’s rare holdings to scholars around the world.

Author: John Davidson
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Author: Popular Poetry and Household Songs of Ireland
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752582898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

Author: Fionnuala Kearney
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000759402X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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A gorgeously romantic novel you will fall in love with and tell all your friends about!

Author: Scott Timberg
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300195885
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Argues that United States' creative class is fighting for survival and explains why this should matter to all Americans.

Author: Filipe Melo
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
ISBN: 1649360142
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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A young journalist prompts a reclusive piano superstar to open up, resulting in this stunning graphic sonata exploring a lifetime of rivalry, regret, and redemption. 1933. In the small French village of Cressy-la-Valoise, a local piano contest brings together two brilliant young players: Julien Dubois, the privileged heir of a wealthy family, and François Samson, the janitor’s son. One wins, one loses, and both are changed forever. 1997. In a huge mansion stained with cigarette smoke and memories, a bitter old man is shaken by the unexpected visit of an interviewer. Somewhere between reality and fantasy, Julien composes, like in a musical score, a complex and moving story about the cost of success, rivalry, redemption, and flying pianos. When all is said and done, did anyone ever truly win? And is there any music left to play?

Author: Hercules Ellis
Publisher:
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Category : Ballads, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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