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Here is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova.
Tracing the lives and friendship of these two dancers...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-06-07
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A practical guide to starting a successful career in a music department in higher education, this book thoroughly details the application, interview, and negotiation processes. It offers a wealth of practical information on getting a post, your first days in the post,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-05-24
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In this compelling biography, Christopher Sandford explores the full, inside story of Kurt Cobain. From the disruptive childhood which had such a crucial impact on Cobain's personality to the ambitious career musician who, as a friend said, "lunged for success", and...
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Orion
Parution :
2013-05-23
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Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, A Love Supreme is widely considered John Coltrane's magnum opus and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time.
In Beyond A Love Supreme, Tony Whyton explores both the musical complexities of A Love Supreme and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-05-21
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Beyond Sound is a must-read for anyone who loves music technology and wants to build a career in this competitive, fast-paced world. Author Scott L. Phillips draws on his seventeen-year career as a technology trainer and educator, and his extensive network of music...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-05-15
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"Industrial" is a descriptor that fans and critics have applied to a remarkable variety of music: the oildrum pounding of Einstürzende Neubauten, the processed electronic groans of Throbbing Gristle, the drumloop clatter of Skinny Puppy, and the synthpop songcraft of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-05-08
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Ausgehend von der Musica poetica Joachim Burmeisters werden in dieser Arbeit musikalisch-rhetorische Figuren als verbreitetes Phänomen schon des 16. Jahrhunderts untersucht. Dabei läßt sich ein Bogen schlagen von der frankoflämischen Schule über die beiden Gabrieli in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-02
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Der berühmteste Komponist Italiens war auf mehrfache Weise mit Wien verbunden. Die meisten seiner Opern wurden kurz nach ihren Uraufführungen in Italien, Paris oder London bereits in Wien gespielt. Giuseppe Verdi war über das Musikleben in Wien informiert und dirigierte...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-02
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1983 - the summer of ABBA, first love and shared secrets for four teenage friends high on life and music. Over three decades on, when Maggie decides to reform the old crowd for an ABBA reunion concern in Stockholm, much has changed.Mother and wife Maggie is coping -...
Editeur :
Hachette Books Ireland
Parution :
2013-05-01
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Diese Arbeit beleuchtet die intensive Auseinandersetzung Anton Weberns mit dem österreichischen Heimatschriftsteller Peter Rosegger. Sie beruhte auf Parallelen in ihrer beider Lebensgeschichte, in der Geisteshaltung sowie auf einer tiefen Sehnsucht Weberns nach einem...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-01
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What role did music play in the United States during World War II? How did composers reconcile the demands of their country and their art as America mobilized both militarily and culturally for war?
Annegret Fauser explores these and many other questions in the first...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-04-19
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It is common to hear talk of how music can inspire crowds, move individuals and mobilise movements. We know too of how governments can live in fear of its effects, censor its sounds and imprison its creators. At the same time, there are other governments that use music...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-17
Collection :
Contemporary Political Communication
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The last of the Spanish Romantics, composer, conductor, and impresario Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) left his mark on virtually every aspect of Spanish musical culture during a career that spanned six decades and saw tremendous political and cultural upheavals....
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-04-12
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The twenty-two essays in this volume are contributed by Belgian, French, and American scholars to honor the memory and work of Adrienne Fontainas (1929-2010).The interdisciplinary scholarship this community of international scholars has produced is of lasting importance...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-04-11
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La musica napoletana conosce uno straordinario successo europeo fin dai primi decenni del Settecento. I contributi raccolti in questo volume presentano le fonti e la fortuna dei Napoletani, e di Pergolesi in particolare, a Dresda, in Boemia e in Slesia. Le fonti...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-04-11
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Sound film captivated Sergey Prokofiev during the final two decades of his life: he considered composing for nearly two dozen pictures, eventually undertaking eight of them, all Soviet productions. Hollywood luminaries such as Gloria Swanson tempted him with...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-04-04
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Take your ukulele playing to the next level - fast! - with hundreds of fun exercises, drills and practice tunes You have a ukulele, you know just enough to be dangerous, and now you're ready to do something with it. You're in luck: Ukulele Exercises For Dummies helps...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2013-03-29
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James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix is the most famous and perhaps the most innovative guitarist in music history. He died aged 27.In this thought-provoking mini-biography, acclaimed author Chris Salewicz attends not just to Hendrix's virtuoso skill, but also to his enigmatic...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2013-03-28
Collection :
The 27 Club Series
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Janis Joplin, singer-songwriter, counterculture icon, the Queen of rock and roll, died aged just 27. During a short four-year career, blighted by alcoholism and drug abuse, she changed the face of music, carving out opportunities for a generation of female talent. Her...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2013-03-28
Collection :
The 27 Club Series
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Playing Beyond the Notes: A Pianist's Guide to Musical Interpretation demystifies the complex concepts of musical interpretation in Western tonal piano music by boiling it down to basic principles in an accessible writing style. Author and veteran piano instructor...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-03-14
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