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ABC-CLIO More Than Drumming
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ABC-CLIO Cecile Chaminade A BioBibliography 15
Book SynopsisThis first scholarly book on Cecile Chaminade, a popular composer, pianist, and one of the few women to attain critical acclaim as a composer in the early twentieth century, contains an extensive biography drawn from a significant collection of primary sources. The study presents basic information, including facts not previously published, on this neglected composer and it offers a discussion of historical and aesthetic issues inherent in her life and career as well as observations about her musical style. The exhaustive bibliography, an annotated listing of her prolific output, contains a selection of reviews of her compositions and first performances, and a brief section identifying her prose works. The up-to-date discography lists every commercially made recording of her individual works, anthologies, and performances, and it includes out-of-print releases.This informative book offers the first detailed presentation of information on the location of Chaminade mTable of ContentsWorks and Performances Discography Bibliography Appendix I: Alphabetical List of Works Appendix II: Classified List of Works Appendix III: Summary of Archival Resources
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ABC-CLIO Lyrics of the AfroAmerican Spiritual A Documentary Collection The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Black Music
Book SynopsisUnder the rubric spirituals are subsumed sorrow songs, jubilee songs, shout songs, chants, homilies, mantras, affirmations, and collective, personal, and historical allegories. Their lyrics tell an impassioned story of an embattled people, while presenting a theology of salvation; in general, they encompass crucial aspects of the Afro-American world view. This research collection contains lyrics of 978 spirituals, including some variants, culled from numerous anthologies and collections. Codes are provided to guide the researcher to an original source with musical notations. The songs are organized in nine thematic categories as follows: lyrics of sorrow, alienation, and desolation; consolation and faith; resistance and defiance; deliverance; jubilation and triumph; judgment and reckoning; regeneration; spiritual progress; and transcendence.Each thematic section is prefaced by an interpretive statement, and the volume introduction discusses the historical backgrouTable of ContentsCodes to the Sources of the Lyrics Introduction and Historical Background Lyrics of Sorrow, Alienation, and Desolation Lyrics of Consolation and Faith Lyrics of Resistance and Defiance Lyrics of Deliverance Lyrics of Jubilation and Triumph Lyrics of Judgment and Reckoning Lyrics of Regeneration Lyrics of Spiritual Progress Lyrics of Transcendence Select Bibliographies Alphabetical Index to First Lines Alphabetical Index to Titles General Index
£64.00
ABC-CLIO Mozart in Person His Character and Health Contributions to the Study of Music Dance 14
Book SynopsisThe real key to this distinctive book lies in its subtitle. The book's core is an astonishingly detailed medical history of Mozart, spanning his entire life, compiled with great ingenuity and skill from varied and sometimes surprising sources. Davies, a British physician specializing in internal medicine, has already established his credentials with a series of substantial journal articles concerning Mozart's final illness and death. Here he expands and consolidates his research, offering a presumably definitive account of the intricate cluster of ailments and disabilities, some stretching back over many years, that eventually contributed to Mozart's early death. After reading Davies, one wonders not at Mozart's early end but, rather, how he survived for so long. . . . Davies advances unexpected medical causes for some Mozartean peculiarities of behavior, and surely these ideas will provoke much interest among Mozart scholars. For college or university libraries that already haTable of ContentsForeword by Stanley Sadie Introduction by Erna Schwerin Medical History Ancestry, Birth, and Early Childhood The First Recorded Illnesses The Grand Tour Illnesses, 1763-1766 The Smallpox Epidemic in 1767 Eighteenth-Century Medicine The Illnesses, 1770-1783 The Illnesses, 1784-1790 The Last Year, 1791 Lifestyles Religious Beliefs and Attitudes The Eternal Feminine Mozartean Economics Extravagance, Generosity, and Debts Mozart's Gambling Enigmatic Personality Mozart's Personality Pastimes and Stresses Mozart's Cyclothymic Disorder Death and Aftermath Terminal Illness and Burial Mozart Was Not Poisoned The Cause of Mozart's Death Bibliography Index
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ABC-CLIO A Readers Guide to the Chopin Preludes
Book SynopsisThis work provides a detailed guide through Chopin's set of 24 interconnected Preludes. It examines the Preludes both individually and as a group, and assesses both technical and expressive means and ends.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Prelude No. 1 in C Major Prelude No. 2 in A Minor Prelude No. 3 in G Major Prelude No. 4 in E Minor Prelude No. 5 in D Major Prelude No. 6 in B Minor Prelude No. 7 in A Major Prelude No. 8 in F# Minor Prelude No. 9 in E Major Prelude No. 10 in C# Minor Prelude No. 11 in B Major Prelude No. 12 in G# Minor Prelude No. 13 in F# Major Prelude No. 14 in E-flat Minor Prelude No. 15 in D-flat Major Prelude No. 16 in B-flat Minor Prelude No. 17 in A-flat Major Prelude No. 18 in F Minor Prelude No. 19 in E-flat Major Prelude No. 20 in C Minor Prelude No. 21 in B-flat Major Prelude No. 22 in G Minor Prelude No. 23 in F Major Prelude No. 24 in D Minor For Further Reading
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ABC-CLIO Dis Here
Book SynopsisChris Sheridan presents a major discographical study of an American jazz giant, Cannonball Adderley, whose career had a significant impact on jazz's development.Table of ContentsPreface Know What I Mean? Bohemia After Dark Milestones Spontaneous Combustion Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Who Bent the Rainbow? Epilogue Appendices: Cannon's Grooves, Sharpshooters, Work Song, Book-Ends Indexes: General Index, Cannon's Groovers, Chordnations
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ABC-CLIO Ol Blue Eyes
Book SynopsisThis reference work details Frank Sinatra's extensive creative accomplishments and includes biographical information as it relates to his art.Table of ContentsThe Voice - The Music of Frank Sinatra; The Songs; The Albums; The Big Screen and the Small - Sinatra on Film, Radio, Television, Video and the Internet; The Films; Small Screens - Radio, Television, Video and the Internet; The Performer and the Citizen - Concerts, Benefit Performances and Awards; Major Concerts and Benefit Performances; Awards and Honours; Appendices - Appendix 1 - The Studio Recordings, Appendix 2 - The V-Discs, Appendix 3 - Sinatra on CD.
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ABC-CLIO Put Your Dreams Away A Frank Sinatra Discography Discographies Discographies Association for Recorded Sound Collections Discographic Reference
Book SynopsisFocusing on Sinatra's presence in the recording studio, this discography catalogues Frank Sinatra's commercial records, V-Discs, and soundtrack film recordings. The first chapter covers Sinatra's early years as a vocalist with the big bands of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Entries then proceed chronologically with separate chapters for each decade. Data was collected from session reports in the files of record companies and from some union contracts. Commercial record and film soundtrack entries include band personnel and composer credits.Frank Sinatra fans, music historians, and discographers will appreciate this comprehensive catalogue of session recordings in which Sinatra either sang or conducted. The sessions span Sinatra's entire career, from his early days through the nineties. Two indexes, of song titles and of artists, complete the book.Table of ContentsIntroduction Bibliography Abbreviations The Band Vocalist The Forties The Fifties The Sixties The Seventies The Eighties The Nineties Index of Tune Titles Index of Artists
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Bernard Herrmanns Vertigo
Book SynopsisThis in-depth musicological and critical study examines how Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo plays a crucial role in the articulation and development of the film's narrative and how it affects readings of the film.Table of ContentsIntroduction Herrmann's Career up to the Composition of Veritgo Overview of Herrmann's Musical Style in Vertigo Context of the Production of Vertigo and Readings of the Film Approaching Vertigo as a Musical and Sonic Text Analysis and Readings of the Score. 1. Madeleine Analysis and Readings of the Score. 2. Eurydice Ressuscitée Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl Sing Sorrow
Book SynopsisOpera has often used classical literature as a means of expressing the most vital concerns of the period in which the operas were written. Sing Sorrow explores the classical roots of many noted operas, illustrating the ways in which the operas reflected the political concerns of their time through these ancient narratives.Table of ContentsPrelude The Birth of Opera and Transmission of Classics Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria: Heroism at Home Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas: Witches and Weddings Mozart's Idomeneo, re di Creta: The King of the Day Berlioz's Les Troyens: Making the Romans Romantic Strauss's Elektra: A Father's Daughter Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex: The King in a Trap The Gospel at Colonus: Black Pearls and Greek Diamonds Theodorakis and Euripides' Medea: The Wife and Mother from Hell Coda Selected Bibliography on Music Index
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ABC-CLIO Choral Composition
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive handbook details the fundamentals and forms of choral composition and expands upon the coverage and number of topics in Archibald T. Early chapters focus on characteristics of voice, notation, text, devices, part writing, a cappella and instrumental accompaniments, and choral forms.Table of ContentsPreface Music Examples Introduction Choral Notation Text and Textual Devices Choral Composition Devices Choral Part Writing, Voicings, Accompaniments and Forms Types of Choruses Soloists with Chorus Keyboard Instruments Chamber and Instrumental Ensembles with Chorus Orchestra with Chorus and Soloists Chorus in Opera, Operetta, Musical Comedy and Music Theater Publication Bibliography Index
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ABC-CLIO From Brass to Gold Volume II
Book SynopsisA&M's affiliates were George Harrison's Dark Horse Records, Windham Hill, Ode Records, IRS Records, Cypress Records, Delos, Denon, Gold Mountain Records, Nimbus Records, Perspective, Tabu, Vendetta Records, and Word Records.From Brass to Gold Vol.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Abbreviations Great Britain Canada Germany Japan Other Countries Indexes
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ABC-CLIO The Character of a Genius
Book SynopsisBeethoven's often-discussed "dark side", marked by paranoia, narcissism, and obsession, is brought into focus by Peter J. Davies, who examines both the composer's genetic roots and the familial cruelty and neglect that defined his childhood.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chronological Calendar Childhood and Adolescence Religious Beliefs and Attitudes Beethoven's Religious Music Work Habits and Pastimes Beethoven's Personality I: Paranoid Character Beethoven's Personality II: Other Traits Stresses Humour and the Eternal Feminine Beethoven's Personality III: Manic-Depressive Tendencies: The Suffering Depressive Composer Beethoven's Personality IV: Manic-Depressive Tendencies, Upswings of Mood, Sanity, Genetics, Creativity Bibliography Index of Beethoven's Works in This Volume General Index
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ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture
Book SynopsisThe British punk movement is thought to have begun in the mid-1970s with bands such as the Clash and the Sex Pistols, and the American punk movement in the early 1970s with bands such as the Ramones, Patti Smith, and Television playing at CBGB's in New York City's Lower East Side.Trade ReviewCogan draws on his long-term involvement with punk culture as writer and musician to create this broad-based, up-to-date guide to the performers, publications, labels, venues, and terminology of punk. The more than 600 entries are alphabetically arranged, and can also be found via a topical guide and analytical index. . . . The work's strength is the analytical discussion of styles (e.g., emo, hardcore, straight edge); city scenes; gender, sexual, and political issues; and influences (e.g., reggae, rockabilly, Captain Beefheart), with coverage inclusive of 1960s protopunk through each evolution of the following 40 years. . . . Recommended. All levels. * Choice *Longtime punk fan, journalist, and academic Cogan takes a highly catholic approach to what is and isn't punk, opting not to restrict the movement to a particular locale or time period. He tries to cover nearly every important band, taking in all manner of subgenres from hardcore to oi with an octopuslike reach. . . . [F]or academic and large public libraries. * Library Journal *[A] fascinating overview of the punk world from its origins in the early 1970s until the present day. Written from the perspective of an insider, writing about outsiders, this is a considerable and comprehensive resource that well captures the spirit and influence of punk and its manifold cultures and subcultures. . . . It should prove a really good starting point for undergraduates across a range of disciplines from musicology to cultural studies, social history to subcultures. . . . Cogan's deep understanding of his subject is reflected in the excellent cross-referencing. The book also presents an interesting counterpoint to the modern music culture of downloads, MTV and MySpace. . . . It is a highly enjoyable, accessible overview and introduction of what is a fascinating and individualistic way of life. * Reference Reviews *Recommended for comprehensive research collections and collections with a significant popular culture emphasis. * Reference & User Services Quarterly` *Brian Cogan captures the spirit of punk music and culture in his detailed descriptions of various bands, songs, genres, and records. Frequently noting musical influences and professional relationships, Cogan succeeds in conveying the contemporary feelings of excitement and experimentation surrounding the movement. In the process, he explores the clubs and locations that set the early scene for the music, the record labels and leading spirits who set the tone for punk culture, as well as the fanzines, books and films that have helped keep the movement alive. Also examined are the relationship of punk to drug use, fashion, parents and politics. Needless to say, Cogan views punk culture as an active development, and he demonstrates it continuing influence in the likes of Fugazi, the Riot Grrrl movement, and Green Day. With nearly 600 entries and selected discographies, this entertaining guide is certain to find an audience in high school, public and academic libraries. * Lawrence Looks at Books *For any reader with an existing interest in punk . . . there will certainly be some appeal, since the author provides a good deal of very obscure information alongside detail concerning all the most well-known punk acts. * Journal of Popular Music *Table of ContentsCONTENTSList of Entries viiGuide to Related Topics xvPreface xxiiiIntroduction xxvThe Encyclopedia 1Selected Bibliography 261Index 267
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ABC-CLIO Music of the Gilded Age
Book SynopsisAs the country continued to develop a musical style apart from Europe, its church and religious music and opera took on new forms. This volume presents the composers, musicians, songwriters, instruments and musical forms that uniquely identify the Gilded Age.Chapters include: Concerts and Symphony orchestras;Trade ReviewBoth respected musicologists, Ogasapian and Orr took up a daunting challenge because they had to run the gamut from art music (and its various supporting institutions) to various types of popular theater and popular music (and their venues) and at the same time show how this huge and diverse body of music both reflected and influenced society. Organized by genre, this compendium draws on a vast amount of information, taken from approximately 175 writings on American music. The authors stress basic social themes of the period: industrialization, acquisition of wealth, population growth, immigration, territorial expansion, communication, race, and religion. No single piece of music is discussed in any detail and even major composers are not treated in depth. The reader will come away from this book with an appreciation of both the quantity and diversity of music that kept pace with the growth of a nation from relative insularity to a world power. Recommended. Lower-/upper-division undergraduates; general readers. * Choice *For general readers, Ogasapian and Orr provide a history of music during the Gilded Age in the US, organized by genre and including both classical and popular music, with chapters on orchestras and concert music, opera, church music, and popular songs, as well as information on important critics, composers, and conservatories, and amateurs and entrepreneurs. Music is described in terms of its basic elements and social, economic, political, technological, and religious influences. * Reference & Research Book News *
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ABC-CLIO Swing Dancing
Book SynopsisTelling a riveting true story of the emergence and development of an American icon, this book traces swing dancing from its origins to its status as a modern-day art form.Table of ContentsSeries Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Swing Dance: Born in the USA Chapter 2: Bred in Minstrelsy, Raised in Rhythm Chapter 3: Ragtime, Jazz, and Swing Dance Gets a Name Chapter 4: It Started at the Savoy Chapter 5: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers Chapter 6: Swingin' in Hollywood Chapter 7: A Dance by Any Other Name …(Various Styles of Partnered Swing) Chapter 8: The Decline Chapter 9: The Road to Resurgence Chapter 10:The Second Era of Swing, and Beyond Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Little, Brown & Company How Music Works
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Little, Brown & Company The Beatles Lyrics The Stories Behind the Music
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Little, Brown & Company George Lucas
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Back Bay Books Paul McCartney
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Little, Brown & Company Last Train to Memphis
Book SynopsisWritten with grace, humor, and affection, Last Train to Memphis has been hailed as the definitive biography of Elvis Presley. It is the first to set aside the myths and focus on Elvis'' humanity in a way that has yet to be duplicated.A New York Times Notable BookWinner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book AwardElvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe. This book cancels out all others. --Bob Dylan From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture.Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend. Based on hundreds of interviews and nearly a decade of research, it traces the evolution not just of the man but of the music and of the culture he left utterly transformed, creating a completely fresh portrait of Elvis and his world.This volume tracks the first twenty-four years of Elvis'' life, covering his childhood, the stunning first recordings at Sun Records (That''s All Right, Mystery Train), and the early RCA hits (Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Don''t Be Cruel). These were the years of his improbable self-invention and unprecedented triumphs, when it seemed that everything that Elvis tried succeeded wildly. There was scarcely a cloud in sight through this period until, in 1958, he was drafted into the army and his mother died shortly thereafter. The book closes on that somber and poignant note.Last Train to Memphis takes us deep inside Elvis'' life, exploring his lifelong passion for music of every sort (from blues and gospel to Bing Crosby and Mario Lanza), his compelling affection for his family, and his intimate relationships with girlfriends, mentors, band members, professional associates, and friends. It shows us the loneliness, the trustfulness, the voracious appetite for experience, and above all the unshakable, almost mystical faith that Elvis had in himself and his music. Drawing frequently on Elvis'' own words and on the recollections of those closest to him, the book offers an emotional, complex portrait of young Elvis Presley with a depth and dimension that for the first time allow his extraordinary accomplishments to ring true.Peter Guralnick has given us a previously unseen world, a rich panoply of people and events that illuminate an achievement, a place, and a time as never revealed before.
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Back Bay Books Careless Love
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Little, Brown & Company Its a Long Story
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Hachette Book Group USA Ill Have What Shes Having
Book SynopsisA backstage look at the making of Nora Ephron''s revered trilogy--When Harry Met Sally, You''ve Got Mail, and Sleepless in Seattle--which brought romantic comedies back to the fore, and an intimate portrait of the beloved writer/director who inspired a generation of Hollywood women, from Mindy Kaling to Lena Dunham. In I''ll Have What She''s Having entertainment journalist Erin Carlson tells the story of the real Nora Ephron and how she reinvented the romcom through her trio of instant classics. With a cast of famous faces including Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Billy Crystal, Carlson takes readers on a rollicking, revelatory trip to Ephron''s New York City, where reality took a backseat to romance and Ephron--who always knew what she wanted and how she wanted it--ruled the set with an attention to detail that made her actors feel safe but sometimes exasperated crew members. Along the way, Carlson examines how Ephron explored in the cinema answers to the questions that plagued her own romantic life and how she regained faith in love after one broken engagement and two failed marriages. Carlson also explores countless other questions Ephron''s fans have wondered about: What sparked Reiner to snap out of his bachelor blues during the making of When Harry Met Sally? Why was Ryan, a gifted comedian trapped in the body of a fairytale princess, not the first choice for the role? After she and Hanks each separatel balked at playing Mail''s Kathleen Kelly and Sleepless'' Sam Baldwin, what changed their minds? And perhaps most importantly: What was Dave Chappelle doing . . . in a turtleneck? An intimate portrait of a one of America''s most iconic filmmakers and a look behind the scenes of her crowning achievements, I''ll Have What She''s Having is a vivid account of the days and nights when Ephron, along with assorted cynical collaborators, learned to show her heart on the screen.
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Back Bay Books Lou Reed
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Little, Brown & Company Waylon
Book SynopsisIn a signed copy of his autobiography, Waylon Jennings penned a personal note to his son, Terry Jennings, ending it with the words, I did my best. Now it''s your turn. It is with this spirit in mind that Terry has finished telling the true story of his father''s remarkable, unvarnished life.Born when Waylon was a mere nineteen years old, Terry had an intimate view of his father''s antics, as the two shared an incredibly close relationship. More like brothers than a father and son, by the time Terry was thirteen he was a regular on the road, smoking marijuana with his dad and observing the wild ways that laid the foundation of the infamous country-music sensation, The Outlaws. When it came to The Outlaws, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson were active players in the debauchery, as Waylon led a reckless lifestyle centered around his music, hard drugs, and women. Critical acclaim, sold-out tours and mob-like pandemonium were unfortunately overshadowed by darker personal
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Hachette Books Heavier Than Heaven A Biography of Kurt Cobain
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Little, Brown & Company Miss D and Me
Book SynopsisFor ten years Kathryn Sermak was at Bette Davis''s side--first as an employee, and then as her closest friend--and in Miss D and Me she tells the story of the great star''s harrowing but inspiring final years, a story fans have been waiting decades to hear.Miss D and Me is a story of two powerful women, one at the end of her life and the other at the beginning. As Bette Davis aged she was looking for an assistant, but she found something more than that in Kathryn: a loyal and loving buddy, a co-conspirator in her jokes and schemes, and a competent assistant whom she trained never to miss a detail. But Miss D had strict rules for Kathryn about everything from how to eat a salad to how to wear her hair...even the spelling of Kathryn''s name was changed (adding the y) per Miss D''s request. Throughout their time together, the two grew incredibly close, and Kathryn had a front-row seat to the larger-than-life Davis''s career renaissance in her later years, as well
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Little, Brown & Company Andy Kaufman Revealed
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Little, Brown & Company Where Dead Voices Gather
Book SynopsisPart mystery, part biography, part meditation on a forgotten singer from the early days of jazz, this is Nick Tosches piecing together of a life - that of Emmett Miller, whose songs prefigured jazz, country, blues and much of the popular music of the 20th century.
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Pan Macmillan Stephen Frys Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
Book SynopsisStephen Fry is a writer, comedian, presenter, actor, half-man, half-demi-god. Tim Lihoreau regularly writes with Stephen Fry and is the muli-award winning scriptwriter for the Classic FM The Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music. He is also Creative Director for Classic FM, and lives in Cambridge.
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Pan Macmillan Stand and Deliver
Book SynopsisAdam was born in north London and became in integral part of the capital's punk scene before creating his own brand of music. He had 13 hits in the top twenty (3 of them number ones), as well as bestselling albums. His music continues to be influential today.
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Pan Macmillan W. Axl Rose
Book SynopsisMick Wall is one of Britain's best known music journalists. Formerly editor in chief of Classic Rock magazine, he still writes for Mojo. His previous books include the bestselling biography John Peel, the authorized biograpy of Iron Maiden, Run to the Hills, and the official biography of Ozzy Osbourne, Diary of a Madman.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Macbeth New Casebooks
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Speech Music Sound
Book SynopsisTHEO VAN LEEUWEN is a filmmaker, jazz musician and semiotician. He is Chair in Language and Communication at Cardiff University. Previously, he worked at the London School of Printing and at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the co-author, with G. Kress, of Reading Images.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Popular Music and Youth Culture Music Identity and Place
Book SynopsisANDY BENNETT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey. Prior to studying for his Ph.D at Durham University between October 1993 and October 1996 he spent two years in Germany working as a music teacher with the Frankfurt Rockmobil project. He has published articles on aspects of youth culture, popular music, local identity and music and ethnicity in a number of journals, including Sociological Review, Media Culture and Society and Popular Music. He is currently co-editing a book on guitar cultures.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Romeo and Juliet New Casebooks
Book SynopsisR. S. WHITE is Professor of English at the University of Western Australia.
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Gothic Modernisms
Book SynopsisThis is the first full length exploration of the relationship between Gothic fiction and Modernism in fiction and film. The contributors explore how the Gothic influences a range of writers including James Joyce, D.H.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Gothic Modernisms: History, Culture and Aesthetics; A.Smith & J.Wallace Hungry Ghosts and Foreign Bodies; D.Punter 'The Spectrality Effect' in Early Modernism; D.Glover 'Physical Cases: Transformations of the Supernatural in Virginia Woolf and May Sinclair; D.Seed The Ghost and the Omnibus: the Gothic Virginia Woolf; J.Wilt Strolling in the Dark: Gothic Flânerie in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood ?; A.Horner & S.Zlosnik 'Thick Within Our Hair': Djuna Barnes's Gothic Lovers; D.Tyler-Bennett 'The Stern Task of Living': Dubliners , Clerks, Money and Modernism; J.Wallace The Modernist Abominations of William Hope Hodgson; K.Hurley Vampirism, Masculinity and Degeneracy: D.H. Lawrence's Modernist Gothic; A.Smith Arctic Masks in a Castle of Ice: Gothic Vorticism and Wyndham Lewis's Self Condemned ; F.Orestano Metropolis and the Modernist Gothic; N.Morris Hollywood Gothic/Gothic Hollywood: The Example of Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard ; J.Wolfreys Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Madness and Cinema Psychoanalysis Spectatorship and Culture
Book SynopsisPATRICK FUERY is Professor of Film and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. He has published a number of books in the fields of film studies and critical theory.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Horror
Book SynopsisIs horror an antiestablishment force an argument for social revolution? Is it a liberating expose of human nature and a peek at the dark side of the unconscious? Or is it pure evil, designed to corrupt and deprave? Starting from such questions about the nature of horror, this book is an accessibly written history of the genre.Table of ContentsHating other - religion, nationhood and identity; mad science - Frankenstein and his monsters; children of the night - vampires and the undead; monsters from the id - horror, madness and the mind; forbidden knowledge - textuality, metafiction and books; them! - narratives of pestilence and invasion; hail Satan! - diabolism, the occult and demonic possession; transformations - body horror.
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Random House Publishing Group PETER BOGDANOVICHS MOVIE WEE 52 Classic Films for One Full Year
Book SynopsisA FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMSDirector, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movies. Now, in this unique new book, he shares his passion with a connoisseur's insight and delight by inviting the reader to join him for a year at the movies--fifty-two weeks, fifty-two films, fifty-two reasons to watch. Which films does Peter Bogdanovich call . . .'The most hauntingly chilling, strangely prophetic science-fiction picture ever made.'(You'll be treated to it on Halloween)'A scintillatingly directed comedy.'(Discover it with someone you love on Valentine's Day)'A bittersweet human comedy of vintage genius [that] only becomes more precious as the years pass.'(Ringing in the New Year with it is reason enough to celebrate)With recommendations specific to the seasons and holidays--from sparkling comedies, timeless musicals, landmark foreign films, powerful dramas and thrillers to l
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Inherit the Wind
Book SynopsisA classic work of American theatre, based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, which pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in defense of a schoolteacher accused of teaching the theory of evolutionThe accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American. One of the most moving and meaningful plays of our generation. Praise for Inherit the WindA tidal wave of a drama.—New York World-Telegram And Sun“Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee were classic Broadway scribes who knew how to crank out serious plays for thinking Amer
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Penguin Random House LLC Dream Come True
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Random House USA Inc Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia Star Wars
Book SynopsisThe definitive, lavishly illustrated reference guide to the universe of the first six films! This comprehensive boxed set of three hefty volumes covers every aspect of Star Wars, from the original six movies to The Clone Wars, radio dramas, comics, novels, cartoons, short stories, and video games. With a treasure trove of information on more than thirty years of Star Wars—and a millennia in the galaxy far, far away—this is the must-have centerpiece for every Star Wars library. Abundantly illustrated with full-color artwork and photos, and now in a new three-volume edition to accommodate its wealth of detailed entries, the Star Wars Encyclopedia encompasses the full measure of George Lucas’s creation. Here’s just a sampling of what’s inside: • character portraits of both the renowned (Luke Skywalker, Queen Amidala, Darth Vader) and the obscure (Tnun Bdu, Tycho Celchu, Bib Fortuna) • the natives and customs of planets as diverse as Tatooine and Hoth, Dagobah and Kashyyyk • the rituals, secrets, and traditions of Jedi Knights and Sith Lords • a timeline of major events in Star Wars history, from the Clone Wars and the inception of the Empire to the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker and the invasion of the monstrous Yuuzhan Vong Scrupulously researched and written by leading authorities Stephen J. Sansweet, Pablo Hidalgo, Bob Vitas, and Daniel Wallace, this landmark work is the must-have centerpiece of every Star Wars library.
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Random House USA Inc The Making of Star Wars The Definitive Story
Book SynopsisA must-have for Star Wars fans—the definitive behind-the-scenes history of the classic film that started it allAfter the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pursue a longtime dream project: a space fantasy movie unlike any ever produced. Lucas envisioned a swashbuckling SF saga inspired by the Flash Gordon serials classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original title: The Star Wars. The rest is history, and how it was made is a story as entertaining and exciting as the movie that has enthralled millions for thirty years–a story that has never been told as it was meant to be. Until now. Using his unprecedented access to the Lucasfilm Archives and its trove of never-before-published “lost” interviews, photos, production notes, factoids, and anecdotes, Star Wars scholar J. W. Rinzler hurtles readers back in time for a one-of-a-kind behind-the-scenes look at the nearly decade-long quest of George Lucas and his key collaborators to make the “little” movie that became a phenomenon. For the first time, it’s all here: • the evolution of the now-classic story and characters–including “Annikin Starkiller” and “a huge green-skinned monster with no nose and large gills” named Han Solo • excerpts from George Lucas’s numerous, ever-morphing script drafts • the birth of Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects company that revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking • the studio-hopping and budget battles that nearly scuttled the entire project • the director’s early casting saga, which might have led to a film spoken mostly in Japanese–including the intensive auditions that won the cast members their roles and made them legends • the grueling, nearly catastrophic location shoot in Tunisia and the subsequent breakneck dash at Elstree Studios in London • the who’s who of young film rebels who pitched in to help–including Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and Brian DePalma But perhaps most exciting, and rarest of all, are the interviews conducted before and during production and immediately after the release of Star Wars–in which George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, composer John Williams, effects masters Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, and John Dykstra, Phil Tippett, Rick Baker, legendary production designer John Barry, and a host of others share their fascinating tales from the trenches and candid opinions of the film that would ultimately change their lives. No matter how you view the spectrum of this thirty-year phenomenon, The Making of Star Wars stands as a crucial document–rich in fascination and revelation–of a genuine cinematic and cultural touchstone.
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Random House Worlds The Making of Star Wars Return of the Jedi
Book SynopsisJust as Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi completed the most successful cinematic trilogy of its generation, perhaps of all time, this splendid thirtieth-anniversary tribute completes New York Times bestselling author J. W. Rinzler’s trio of fascinating behind-the-scenes books celebrating George Lucas’s classic films. Once again, the author’s unprecedented access to the formidable Lucasfilm Archives has yielded a mother lode of extremely informative, vastly entertaining, and often unexpected stories, anecdotes, recollections, and revelations straight from the closely guarded set of a big-screen blockbuster in the making. Brimming with previously unpublished photos, production artwork, script excerpts, exclusive intel, vintage on-set interviews, and present-day commentary, The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi chronicles “how George Lucas and his crew of extroverted artists, misfits, and expert craftspeople
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