Author: Denis StevensPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393005363
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Story of almost a thousand years of song, from the time of the troubadours, to the present day.
A History of Song
Author: Denis StevensPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393005363
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Story of almost a thousand years of song, from the time of the troubadours, to the present day.
The Song of the Flea
Author: Gerald KershMusorgsky
Author: David BrownPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199772924
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Modest Musorgsky was one of the towering figures of nineteenth-century Russian music. Now, in this new volume in the Master Musicians series, David Brown gives us the first life-and-works study of Musorgsky to appear in English for over a half century. Indeed, this is the largest such study of Musorgsky to have appeared outside Russia. Brown shows how Musorgsky, though essentially an amateur with no systematic training in composition, emerged in his first opera, Boris Godunov, as a supreme musical dramatist. Indeed, in this opera, and in certain of his piano pieces in Pictures at an Exhibition, Musorgsky produced some of the most startlingly novel music of the whole nineteenth century. He was also one of the most original of all song composers, with a prodigious gift for uncovering the emotional content of a text. As Brown illuminates Musorgsky's work, he also paints a detailed portrait of the composer's life. He describes how, unlike the systematic and disciplined Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky was a fitful composer. When the inspiration was upon him, he could apply himself with superhuman intensity, as he did when composing the initial version of Boris Godunov. Sadly, Musorgsky deteriorated in his final years, suffering periods of inner turmoil, when his alcoholism would be out of control. Finally, unemployed and all but destitute, he died at age forty-two. His failure to complete his two remaining operas, Khovanshchina and Sorochintsy Fair, Brown concludes, is one of music's greatest tragedies. Written by one of the leading authorities on nineteenth-century Russian composers, Musorgsky is the finest available biography of this giant of Russian music.
There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea
Author: Jennifer WardPublisher: Cooper Square Pub
ISBN: 9780873588980
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Set in the desert southwest, this variation on the traditional, cumulative rhyme looks at the consequences of a coyote's strange diet.
Acid for the Children
Author: Flea (Musician)Publisher:
ISBN: 9781538751299
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
"The co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers chronicles his life from his birth in Australia and upbringing on the streets of Los Angeles through his rise to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee." --
Игорь Стравинский
Author: Igor StravinskyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bilingual books
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
On Connection
Author: Kae TempestPublisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571354041
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Beneath the surface we are all connected . . .'An authentically soothing, powerful, thought-provoker.'MATT HAIG'On Connection is medicine for these wounded times.'MAX PORTER'On Connection came to me when I needed it most, and reminded me that the links we have to places, people, words, ourselves, are what keep us alive.'CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMSThis is a book about connection. About how immersing ourselves in creativity can help us cultivate greater self-awareness and bring us closer to each other.Drawing on two decades of experience as a writer and performer, Kae Tempest champions the role of creativity - in whatever form we choose to practice it - as an act of love, helping us establish a deeper relationship to our true selves, and to others and the world we live in.Honest, hopeful and written with piercing clarity, On Connection is an inspiring personal meditation that will transform the way you see the world.'Persuasive and profound.' OBSERVER'Tempest's prose is crisp and thoughtful.' NEW STATESMAN
My Dog Has Fleas
Author: Bob BarnerPublisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823446425
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Grab a ukulele and sing along as a dog-owner tries to help a pack of itchy dogs, with tips on how to tune and play your uke and more! I play ukulele and my dog sings along Her friends all wag to our rocking song A ukulele-playing dog owner sings about a group of sad flea-bitten dogs as they flee from their treatment and cause comical havoc. By the end of the song, order is restored, and itches abated. As the pack starts to feel better, the furry friends overwhelm the singer with gratitude. Written by an author-musician, the book features a mnemonic device and other tips for how to tune and play a ukulele. Sheet music and a brief history of ukes are also included.
The Second Book of the Gramophone Record, Giving Advice Upon the Selection of Fifty Good Records from Shubert to Stravinsky
Author: Percy A. ScholesPublisher: London ; Toronto : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Story of Diva and Flea
Author: Mo WillemsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781338244793
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Diva, a small yet brave dog, and Flea, a curious streetwise cat, develop an unexpected friendship in this unforgettable tale of discovery. For as long as she could remember, Diva lived at 11 avenue Le Play in Paris, France. For as long as he could remember, Flea also lived in Paris, France-but at no fixed address. When Flea passed Diva's courtyard one day, their lives were forever changed. Together, Diva and Flea explore and share their very different worlds, as only true friends can do.