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The Distin Legacy
The Rise of the Brass Band in 19th-Century Britain
While the relevance of the Distin Family to the brass band movement is known, extensive new research reveals their true impact. This book examines the Distin projects as the main reason why today's brass bands are established in their current form.
While the relevance of the Distin Family to the brass band movement is known, extensive new research reveals their true impact. This book examines the Distin projects as the main reason why today’s brass bands are established in their current form.
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The Global Reach of the Fandango in Music, Song and Dance
Spaniards, Indians, Africans and Gypsies
This book lays the foundations for learning about the fandango, an 18th century dance and music craze across Spain and the Americas. It describes how the dance became a conduit for the syncretism of music, dance and people and how it signified freedom of movement and expression.
This book lays the foundations for learning about the fandango, an 18th century dance and music craze across Spain and the Americas. It describes how the dance became a conduit for the syncretism of music, dance and people and how it signified freedom of movement and expression.
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The Impact of the British Oboist Léon Goossens
A Breath in Time
This study reassesses Léon Goossens’ contribution to British oboe playing. It explores his pivotal role as a catalyst for new compositions that created a library of British oboe music, addressing a void in the repertoire and ultimately restoring the instrument’s status.
This study reassesses Léon Goossens’ contribution to British oboe playing. It explores his pivotal role as a catalyst for new compositions that created a library of British oboe music, addressing a void in the repertoire and ultimately restoring the instrument’s status.
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The Intertwining of Culture and Music
Love and the Times
Salamone examines various kinds of love and the way music reflects them. His text is about romantic love, ethnic pride and love, love and the media, and various other loves we have, especially love for popular culture.
Salamone examines various kinds of love and the way music reflects them. His text is about romantic love, ethnic pride and love, love and the media, and various other loves we have, especially love for popular culture.
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The Israeli Defence Forces’ Representation in Israeli Cinema
Did David Betray His Soldiers?
This title looks at whether Israeli art and film now place a focus on soldiers not as fighters, but as victims, and discusses the relationship between King David as an adult and the State of Israel half a century after its establishment.
This title looks at whether Israeli art and film now place a focus on soldiers not as fighters, but as victims, and discusses the relationship between King David as an adult and the State of Israel half a century after its establishment.
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The Jewish Experience in Classical Music
Shostakovich and Asia
Shostakovich, a 20th-century Russian composer under Soviet rule, and Daniel Asia, a contemporary Jewish-American, are two highly dissimilar composers connected by the common thread of Jewish music. This book explores their use of it to express Jewish suffering and faith.
Shostakovich, a 20th-century Russian composer under Soviet rule, and Daniel Asia, a contemporary Jewish-American, are two highly dissimilar composers connected by the common thread of Jewish music. This book explores their use of it to express Jewish suffering and faith.
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This book traces the development of music in the late 20th and 21st centuries through the work of six women composers. It integrates cultural contexts with their biographies and provides in-depth analyses of how they developed their own distinctly personal musical styles.
This book traces the development of music in the late 20th and 21st centuries through the work of six women composers. It integrates cultural contexts with their biographies and provides in-depth analyses of how they developed their own distinctly personal musical styles.
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The Life and Work of Pauline Viardot Garcia
The Years of Grace, Volume 2, 1863-1910
Pauline Viardot was a seminal 19th-century opera singer, composer, and teacher whose friends included Chopin, Liszt, and Wagner. Loved by Ivan Turgenev, she was a fascinating woman at the heart of her age. This volume covers her later years.
Pauline Viardot was a seminal 19th-century opera singer, composer, and teacher whose friends included Chopin, Liszt, and Wagner. Loved by Ivan Turgenev, she was a fascinating woman at the heart of her age. This volume covers her later years.
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The Life and Work of Percy Aldridge Grainger
Till Life Become Fire
Creative genius Percy Grainger documented his life to explore how music can uplift humankind. This book is the first to detail his life and music using his own words, unpublished documents, and musical examples in a study that is both accessible and detailed.
Creative genius Percy Grainger documented his life to explore how music can uplift humankind. This book is the first to detail his life and music using his own words, unpublished documents, and musical examples in a study that is both accessible and detailed.
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The Lute in the Netherlands in the Seventeenth Century
Proceedings of the International Lute Symposium Utrecht, 30 August 2013
The articles brought together here provide a broad and many-layered overview of the significance of the lute in the seventeenth century Netherlands, highlighting its central role in the rich musical culture of the ‘Golden Age’ of the Dutch Republic.
The articles brought together here provide a broad and many-layered overview of the significance of the lute in the seventeenth century Netherlands, highlighting its central role in the rich musical culture of the ‘Golden Age’ of the Dutch Republic.
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The Marriage between Perfume and the Lyric Stage
The Essence of Opera
The role of scents in opera and its influence on perfumery has long been neglected. In the first book-length study on the topic, Professor Mary May Robertson explores the previously undiscussed connection between the two, revealing their ultimate marriage in Operatic Perfumes.
The role of scents in opera and its influence on perfumery has long been neglected. In the first book-length study on the topic, Professor Mary May Robertson explores the previously undiscussed connection between the two, revealing their ultimate marriage in Operatic Perfumes.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
Grand Opéra 3 Le Prophète
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
Italian Operas 3 (L'Esule de Granata, Il Crociato in Egitto)
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
Grand Opéra 4 L'Africaine
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
German Operas 2 (Ein Feldlager in Schlesien, Vielka)
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
Italian Operas 1 (Romilda e Costanza, Semiramide, Emma di Resburgo, Margherita d'Anjou)
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
Grand Opéra 1 Robert le Diable
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
Grand Opéra 2 Les Huguenots
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
Opéra Comique 1 L'Étoile du Nord
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Meyerbeer Libretti
Italian Operas 2 (Emma di Resburgo, Margherita d'Anjou)
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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