Author: Neal Hellman Publisher: Mel Bay Publications ISBN: 1610657993 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 105
Book Description
In folk tradition, stories of love lost, betrayal, jealousy, conflict, emigration, and the supernatural are often immortalized in songs of many traditions, demonstrating that singing has been a universal vehicle for the human condition. the criteria for this wonderful collection of prose and melodies is from Celtic traditions that have been with us for hundreds of years. These compositions have been arranged so that each will work both as an air and as a song. All of the selections in the book appear on the companion CD.
Author: Anna Beer Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1780748574 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
A companion to the Classic FM series Francesca Caccini. Barbara Strozzi. Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Marianna Martines. Fanny Hensel. Clara Schumann. Lili Boulanger. Elizabeth Maconchy. Since the birth of classical music, women who dared compose have faced a bitter struggle to be heard. In spite of this, female composers continued to create, inspire and challenge. Yet even today so much of their work languishes unheard. Anna Beer reveals the highs and lows experienced by eight composers across the centuries, from Renaissance Florence to twentieth-century London, restoring to their rightful place exceptional women whom history has forgotten.
Author: Clinton Heylin Publisher: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 1569762686 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 497
Book Description
A comprehensive book on Bob Dylan's song lyrics, this volume arranges the more than 300 songs by the date they were actually written rather than when they appeared on albums.
Author: Neal Hellman
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Author: Francis Pilkington (d. 1638)