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With the terms «visionary» and «despot», the author seeks to circumscribe the multilayered personality of Gustav Mahler. Opening up a terra incognita, he draws a comprehensive map of the various aspects of Mahler’s inner biography: his unshakable belief in the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-13
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This book focuses on three aspects in Glenn Gould’s (1932-1982) musical thought and practice: Gould’s embrace of music technology, his notions of the ontology of music and musical interpretation, and the place of his thought in Canadian intellectual history. Focusing...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-10
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Mit Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski wird ein Gegenwartskomponist vorgestellt, dessen Werke, anders als die der meisten Zeitgenossen, auf einem romantischen Lebensgefühl basieren. Sie umfassen alle Gattungen außer Oper und Filmmusik. Entscheidend für sein Komponieren ist zudem...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-09
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Die Kompositionen von Joseph Strauß (1827-1870) als klingendes Buch seines Jahrhunderts, seiner persönlichen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Beziehungen, Träume und Hoffnungen im Spiegel seiner mehr als 280 Kompositionen. Der geniale Musiker war «ausgelassen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-06
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The fun and easy way to learn to play the mandolin The newest addition to the highly successful Dummies instrument-instruction line, Mandolin For Dummies gives you easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction on learning to play the mandolin. Following the time-tested...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2012-08-03
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Teachers and flutists at all levels have praised Nancy Toff'sThe Flute Book, a unique one-stop guide to the flute and its music. Organized into four main parts--The Instrument, Performance, The Music, and Repertoire Catalog--the book begins with a description of the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-08-02
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Brian Jones, multi-instrumentalist, visionary and the 'golden boy of the '60s', was, at the age of 27, the first rock casualty of his generation.A strange, somewhat impenetrable character,Brian Jones was a founding member and guiding spirit of The Rolling Stones. Adored...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2012-08-01
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The 27 Club Series
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The 1970s heartthrob who remains just as popular as ever finally reveals all in this 'emotionally raw and startlingly candid autobiography'By the time Donny Osmond's first solo single, 'Puppy Love', hit Number One in the summer of 1972, the 14-year-old was already a...
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Orion
Parution :
2012-07-26
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Music education takes place in many contexts, both formal and informal. Be it in a school or music studio, while making music with friends or family, or even while travelling in a car, walking through a shopping mall or watching television, our myriad sonic experiences...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-07-15
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Music education takes place in many contexts, both formal and informal. Be it in a school or music studio, while making music with friends or family, or even while travelling in a car, walking through a shopping mall or watching television, our myriad sonic experiences...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-07-11
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In Chances and Choices, Stephanie Pitts surveys the aims and impact of formative musical experiences, evaluating the extent to which music education of various kinds provides a foundation for lifelong involvement and interest in music. Pitts draws upon rich qualitative...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-07-11
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Joel Sachs offers the first complete biography of one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American music. Henry Cowell, a major musical innovator of the first half of the century, left a rich body of compositions spanning a wide range of styles. But as...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-07-11
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The period from the 1850s to the 1890s in Paris marked a key turning point for poets and composers, as they grappled with the new ways in which poetry and music could intersect. Under the particular conditions of the time and place, both art forms underwent significant...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-06-19
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Few musicals have had the impact of Lerner and Loewe's timeless classic My Fair Lady. Sitting in the middle of an era dominated by such seminal figures as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, and Leonard Bernstein, My Fair Lady not only enjoyed critical success...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-06-08
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The Jazz Standards, a comprehensive guide to the most important jazz compositions, is a unique resource, a browser's companion, and an invaluable introduction to the art form. This essential book for music lovers tells the story of more than 250 key jazz songs, and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-06-07
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Community musicians move in many diverse settings, and facilitate local music activities in a wide array of community contexts including schools, hospitals, places of worship, music festivals, and prisons. Underscoring the importance of active participation and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-06-06
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Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narratives of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century opera. And for contemporary audiences, many of these characters--and the celebrated women who played them--still define opera at its finest and most searingly...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-06-01
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Music education thrives on philosophical inquiry, the systematic and critical examination of beliefs and assumptions. Yet philosophy, often considered abstract and irrelevant, is often absent from the daily life of music instructors. In The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-06-01
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The music industry is undergoing immense change. This book argues that the transformations occurring across the various music industries - recording, live performance, publishing - can be characterised as much by continuity as by change, raising complex questions about...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-05-29
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From singing to the postman when she was two years old to her annual sell-out tours in the 2000s, Barbara Dickson has been captivating her fans for the best part of sixty years. In her autobiography she describes the joys of growing up in Fife with her talented brother...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2012-05-24
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