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ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Miller's Modern Acting Drama: The butterfly's ball. The king incog. The son of the sun. The revolt of the workhouse. A good looking fellow. The wandering minstrel. Pay for peeping. Force of nature
Author: Roots, Radicals and Rockers
Author: Billy BraggPublisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571327761
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZERoots, Radicals & Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World is the first book to explore this phenomenon in depth - a meticulously researched and joyous account that explains how skiffle sparked a revolution that shaped pop music as we have come to know it. It's a story of jazz pilgrims and blues blowers, Teddy Boys and beatnik girls, coffee-bar bohemians and refugees from the McCarthyite witch-hunts. Billy traces how the guitar came to the forefront of music in the UK and led directly to the British Invasion of the US charts in the 1960s.Emerging from the trad-jazz clubs of the early '50s, skiffle was adopted by kids who growing up during the dreary, post-war rationing years. These were Britain's first teenagers, looking for a music of their own in a pop culture dominated by crooners and mediated by a stuffy BBC. Lonnie Donegan hit the charts in 1956 with a version of 'Rock Island Line' and soon sales of guitars rocketed from 5,000 to 250,000 a year. Like punk rock that would flourish two decades later, skiffle was a do-it-yourself music. All you needed were three guitar chords and you could form a group, with mates playing tea-chest bass and washboard as a rhythm section.
Cantus coronatus: 7 cantigas d'El-Rei Dom Dinis: by King Dinis of Portugal
Author: Dinis (King of Portugal)Publisher: Edition Reichenberger
ISBN: 9783937734095
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Song of the Troubadour
Author: Chris MadsenPublisher: Chris Madsen
ISBN: 0968625525
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Amazing love story set in a medieval era.Filled with beautiful truths, spell binding from start to finish.Both the book and the screenplay are shared.
A Chronological Index to Historical Fiction; Including Prose Fiction, Plays and Poems. Second and Enlarged Edition, Etc
Author: BOSTON, Massachusetts. Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A Day in a Working Life [3 volumes]
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Author: Gary WestfahlPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2543
Book Description
Ideal for high school and college students studying history through the everyday lives of men and women, this book offers intriguing information about the jobs that people have held, from ancient times to the 21st century. This unique book provides detailed studies of more than 300 occupations as they were practiced in 21 historical time periods, ranging from prehistory to the present day. Each profession is examined in a compelling essay that is specifically written to inform readers about career choices in different times and cultures, and is accompanied by a bibliography of additional sources of information, sidebars that relate historical issues to present-day concerns, as well as related historical documents. Readers of this work will learn what each profession entailed or entails on a daily basis, how one gained entry to the vocation, training methods, and typical compensation levels for the job. The book provides sufficient specific detail to convey a comprehensive understanding of the experiences, benefits, and downsides of a given profession. Selected accompanying documents further bring history to life by offering honest testimonies from people who actually worked in these occupations or interacted with those in that field.
The Drama
Author: The Troubadours
Author: Linda M. PatersonPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789149916
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
An engaging and accessible introduction to the music, poetry, and lives of the medieval singer-songwriters. Composing songs of love and war in medieval Western and Southern Europe, troubadours spanned the social spectrum from powerful nobles to penniless minstrels. This book delves into the everyday worlds of these remarkable poet-musicians, famed for their innovative use of language and music as well as the lasting impact of their work on audiences then and now. The troubadours’ songs explored ideas about courtly love as well as medieval perceptions of gender, class, war, and chivalry. Linda M. Paterson examines the troubadours’ music, performance, and legacy, pairing fresh translations with the original texts to highlight the enduring beauty of their songs and poetry.
Class List for English Prose Fiction
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Author: John Rutherford