Author: Puttick and SimpsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Catalogue of the Very Select and Valuable Collection of Engravings, the Property of the Late Charles Hodges, Esq. (formerly of Frankfort), Well Known for His Consummate Knowledge, Taste, and Judgment
Author: Puttick and SimpsonCatalogue of the Very Select and Valuable Collection of Engravings, the Property of the Late Charles Hodges,...containing the More Important Works of the Principal Engravers of the Early Italian, German, Dutch, and Flemish Schools...
Author: Charles HodgesCatalogue of a Small But Most Valuable Collection of Engravings ... Formed with Refined Taste and Judgment by the Late D.R. Clarke, Esq
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Life on the Circuit with Lincoln
Author: Henry Clay WhitneyPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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"Originally commenced as a pastime, and to please a circle of friends alone, success, in any degree, can only be hoped for, because of my vantage ground as an intimate and close friend of Mr. Lincoln, and because, by reason of such intimacy, of the novelty of some of the facts and deductions, and not, in any sense, by reason, but in spite of, its literary style or, rather, the lack thereof."--Preface.
Catena Librorum Tacendorum
Author: Henry Spencer AshbeePublisher:
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Category : Erotic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton
Author: Mrs. Russell BarringtonPublisher:
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Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire
Author: Samuel BagshawPublisher:
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Category : Shropshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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Negro Musicians and their Music
Author: Maud Cuney-HarePublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465604782
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
In offering this study of Negro music, I do so with the admission that there is no consistent development as found in national schools of music. The Negro, a musical force, through his own distinct racial characteristics has made an artistic contribution which is racial but not yet national. Rather has the influence of musical stylistic traits termed Negro, spread over many nations wherever the colonies of the New World have become homes of Negro people. These expressions in melody and rhythm have been a compelling force in American music Ð tragic and joyful in emotion, pathetic and ludicrous in melody, primitive and barbaric in rhythm. The welding of these expressions has brought about a harmonic effect which is now influencing thoughtful musicians throughout the world. At present there is evidenced a new movement far from academic, which plays an important technical part in the music of this and other lands. The question as to whether there exists a pure Negro art in America is warmly debated. Many Negroes as well as Anglo-Americans admit that the so-called American Negro is no longer an African Negro. Apart from the fusion of blood he has for centuries been moved by the same stimuli which have affected all citizens of the United States. They argue rightly that he is a product of a vital American civilization with all its daring, its progress, its ruthlessness, and unlovely speed. As an integral part of the nation, the Negro is influenced by like social environment and governed by the same political institutions; thus page vi we may expect the ultimate result of his musical endeavors to be an art-music which embodies national characteristics exercised upon by his soul's expression. In the field of composition, the early sporadic efforts by people of African descent, while not without historic importance, have been succeeded by contributions from a rising group of talented composers of color who are beginning to find a listening public. The tendency of this music is toward the development of an American symphonic, operatic and ballet school led for the moment by a few lone Negro musicians of vision and high ideals. The story of those working toward this end is herein treated. Facts for this volume have been obtained from educated African scholars with whom the author sought acquaintanceship and from printed sources found in the Boston Public Library, the New York Public Library and the Music Division of the Library of Congress. The author has also had access to rare collections and private libraries which include her own. Folk material has been gathered in personal travel.
Camoens
Author: Sir Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia
Author: William MeadePublisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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