The Life of Music. New Adventures in the Western Classical Tradition, Paperback - Nicholas Kenyon

Inclusive, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic, Kenyon shows that no matter how great the crisis, music has the power to bring us togetherPublisher: Ya...

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressNumber of pages: 424Publication date: 1987Dimensions: 229 x 151 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s...

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Three men wish to try out their luck in finding a hidden treasure in the unyielding Canadian Wilderness while a young Indian Princess is kidnapped ...

Reducere. How did castrati manage to amaze their eighteenth-century audiences by singing the same aria several times in completely different ways? And how co...

Drawing on rediscovered source material, as well as on extensive familiarity with the Western spiritual tradition, Javier Melloni casts an importan...

DescriptionAbout the Contributor(s): Louis Markos (www.Loumarkos.com), Professor in English and Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University,...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Music remains something of a mystery to many people--ephemeral sounds floating invisibly through the air--here, and then gone. This book begins wit...

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Applicable for both qualitative and quantitative researchers who work within a critical theory paradigm, Dialectical Research Methods in the Classi...

A pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both the spiritual and the ...

Reducere. 1. How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us 4: 302. The Wake-Up Bomb 5: 083. New Test Leper 5: 264. Undertow 5: 095. E-Bow The Letter 5: 246. Leave...

Charting a sweeping history of evil within the Western philosophical tradition, Gavin Rae shows that the problem of evil - as a conceptual problem ...

Contributor(s): Author: Nicholas DawidoffIn a series of indelible portraits of country music stars, Dawidoff reveals, among others, Jimmie Rodgers,...

Arthur Barrow shares stories of his life as a performer, composer, studio musician, and producer. He vividly describes his work with a wide range o...

Reducere. Professor of Music at Colgate University and a widely respected musicologist, Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that...

Reducere. Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Richard (Professor of musicology, Professor of musicology, University of California, Berkeley) Tar...

Reducere. A re-issue of a classic work by a formidable priestess, pupil of Dion Fortune and working partner of Charles Seymour, F.P.D., the 'Forgotten Mage'....

Reducere. CD 1: RemasteredHow The West Was Won And Where It Got Us - 4: 30The Wake-Up Bomb - 5: 07New Test Leper - 5: 25Undertow - 5: 08E-Bow The Letter - 5:...

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Reducere. Vinyl 1Side A: How The West Was Won And Where It Got UsThe Wake-up BombNew Test LeperSide B: UndertowE-bow The LetterLeaveVinyl 2Side C: DepartureB...

Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland t...

Macroeconomic Analysis in the Classical Tradition explains how the influence of Keynes's macroeconomics, including his changed definitions of some ...

This collection of fourteen essays explores how the dominant media of our time - film and television - have engaged with the golden age as formulat...

The Very First Book on Camping in America and the Great Benefits of Wilderness TravelThis deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of original camp...

This beautiful book will help you discover the joys of camping in the great outdoors. With camping hacks, delicious recipes, wild camping advice, b...

DescriptionA complete, illustrated guide to the ancient tradition of reading the face to gain insight into health, personality, relationships, and ...

Reducere. (Faber Piano Adventures ). Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 1 celebrates great masterworks of Western music, including symphony themes, opera g...

Description(Faber Piano Adventures ). In this inspiring collection, late-elementary to early-intermediate pianists will find appealing arrangements...

Reducere. In the 1980s small groups of experienced magicians experimented with the secret techniques of the Western Mystery Tradition. They produced a renais...

The Veda in Kashmir presents a detailed history and the current state of Veda tradition in Kashmir. Included in this two-volume set is a DVD that c...

Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?

Jack Howland is an engineer from Chicago who is sent to build the rail route in the remote and unforgiving terrains of the Canadian wilderness. But...

The younger son of a youngest son, Captain William Hawksmoor of the Royal Navy never expected to inherit a marquessate, and is none too pleased whe...

The ultimate classical music companion, a beautifully illustrated page-a-day guide to the year in classical music.

A witty and magical collection of essays that investigates western culture through the broadest spectrum of literature, media and popular phenomeno...