Author: Church of EnglandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Music with the Form and Order of the Service to be Performed at the Coronation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the Abbey Church of Westminster on Tuesday the 2nd Day of June, 1953
Author: Church of EnglandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Memory Palace
Author: Edward HollisPublisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619025620
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
A brilliant, ambitious follow–up to The Secret Lives of Buildings, in which Hollis turns his focus from the great architectural constructions of the past to the now–vanished chambers they once contained. The rooms we live in are always more than just four walls. As we decorate these spaces and fill them with objects and friends, they shape our lives and become the backdrop to our sense of self. one day, the structures will be gone, but even then, traces of the stories and the memories they contained will persist. In this dazzling work of imaginative reconstruction, edward Hollis takes us to the sites of great abodes now lost to history and piecing together the fragments that remain, re–creates their vanished chambers. From Rome's palatine to the old palace of Westminster and the petit Trianon at Versailles, from the sets of MGM studios in Hollywood to the pavilions of the Crystal palace and the author's own grandmother's sitting room, The Memory Palace is a glittering treasure trove of luminous forgotten places and the alluring people who lived in them.
Dictionary Catalog of the Music Collection
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular
Author: The Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980
Author: British Library. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
William Walton
Author: Neil TierneyPublisher: Robert Hale
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
"Sir William Walton's character was both complex and baffling. Although hailed as one of the musical giants of the twentieth century, he often seemed to regard his own achievements with a brooding unease and scepticism. He could, by turns, be aggressive or gentle, moody or high-spirited, with a satirical humour that spared neither his friends nor his enemies. In his younger days he loved two beautiful, aristocratic women--one a German baroness, the other a chatelaine of English society--yet he was born of middle-class parents in Oldham and, until the Sitwells 'adopted' him, knew little of the glittering, sophisticated world which they inhabited. In the realm of music he was largely self-taught and remained all his life an indifferent performer on the piano, but his technical brilliance in such works as Belshazzar's Feast and the Violin Concerto rivalled that of the greatest masters of the art. Although he made no attempt to create a new compositional style or language, his music, spiced by harmonic asperities and many ingenious touches, came to be regarded as belonging to the European mainstream. At its best it was never less than magnificent. The need for a carefully researched and clear-sighted biography of Walton cannot be exaggerated. Neil Tierney has provided one, giving a vivid, often extremely moving portrait of Sir William as composer and man. His book draws upon a wide range of material, including previously unpublished letters--some written by Walton himself--and the reminiscences of friends and collaborators who knew him intimately. With its comprehensive analyses of all Walton's works this book will not only captivate the general reader, but also provide a valuable source of information for the musical scholar or student."--Dust jacket.
General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Author: