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Louis Armstrong. "Satchmo." To millions of fans, he was just a great entertainer. But to jazz aficionados, he was one of the most important musicians of our times--not only a key figure in the history of jazz but a formative influence on all of 20th-century popular...
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Oxford University Press
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1985-10-10
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Art as Experience by John Dewey (1859-1952), public domain.
Based on John Dewey's lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, ''Art as Experience'' has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2025-07-25
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For an instrument whose origins date back to the 16th Century, the stirring sound of the violin plays a huge part in music being composed and played this very moment. From classical to country, from jazz to rock and even rap, the violin has always been a popular choice...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2025-03-22
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Beethoven's eating habits, his growing deafness and ill-health, his tendency to be suspicious of friends, his daily schedule of work, his famous contempt for etiquette, his daily walks in all weathers, his brilliant abilities as composer and conductor - all these traits...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2021-11-06
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A brilliant analysis of the music of the twenties and thirties, also discusses the music of composers like Stravinsky, Satie, Gershwin, and considers the contributions of jazz and other pop music of the time with classical music.
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2021-11-05
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In 1951, musician Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000) secured a contract from the National Museum of Canada (today the Canadian Museum of History) to collect folksongs in Newfoundland. As the province had recently joined Confederation, the project was deemed a goodwill gesture,...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
2016-12-12
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This Awareness of Beauty is the first book to consider the orchestral and wind band music of Canadian composer Healey Willan, who was known primarily for his choral work. A succinct biography accompanies historical, analytical, and critical investigations of Willan’s...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2014-07-07
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Mapping Canada’s Music is a selection of writings by the late Canadian music librarian and historian Helmut Kallmann (1922–2012). Most of the essays deal with aspects of Canadian music, but some are also autobiographical, including one written during retirement in which...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2013-05-25
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This book examines the impact place and displacement can have on the composition and interpretation of Western art music, using as its primary objects of study the work of István Anhalt (1919–2012), György Kurtág (1926–), and Sándor Veress (1907–92). Although all three...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-08-06
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Canadian composer John Beckwith recounts his early days in Victoria, his studies in Toronto with Alberto Guerrero, his first compositions, and his later studies in Paris with the renowned Nadia Boulanger, of whom he offers a comprehensive personal view. In the memoir’s...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-04-01
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Life Writing
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Over a decade after the release of their first album, The Dears have weathered the indie fringes, the collapse of the music industry as we knew it and the near implosion of the band itself, with their creative vision and gang dynamic intact. The Dears: Lost in the Plot...
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Invisible Publishing
Parution :
2011-10-15
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Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts is a tribute to the ethnomusicologist Beverley Diamond in recognition of her outstanding scholarly accomplishments. The volume includes essays by leading ethnomusicologists and music scholars as well as a biographical...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2010-04-19
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In 1844, Mrs. Frederick Widder held a soirée musicale in her lavish Toronto home. Both the music and program were standard fare for the time but, for the author, it has implications beyond a single drawing-room extravaganza. Through the study of this elaborate domestic...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
2004-01-01
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The performance of sacred song often involves the talents of cantors, chanters, precentors, and criers – also known as chantres, djaky, psalem-sbebniki, bazanim, prolopsalti, and muezzins. This book explores a unique class of musicians from a variety of perspectives to...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
2000-01-01
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This study provides a cultural analysis of power and performance in Gros Ventre war expedition songs. Symbolic content of Gros Ventre myth and ritual is elicited as a tool for analyzing particular social relationships that motivate war expeditions as action and value....
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1990-01-01
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A musical exploration of the repertoire of Ottawa Valley fiddler, Dawson Girdwood. Transcripts of the tunes, including variations, embellishments, and bowing indications are provided. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1985-01-01
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A compilation of thirty-four songs of differing ethnicity from the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies folklore collections. The songs are presented in their original language with English translation. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1984-01-01
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An examination of the practice of mummery in Newfoundland including a discussion of mummering time, groups, costumes, and behaviour. The author argues that mummery reflects cultural values and is a ritual response to a liminal state.Published in English
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1984-01-01
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This volume constitutes a catalogue of one hundred and seventy-four chordophones from a wide range of cultures in the collections of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1984-01-01
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