Publication date: 2001-10-01
Dewey code: 780
Price: $18.95
Review Free At Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company / SAF Publishing Ltd:Rock journalist Steven Rosen goes way back with both bands - he once drove singer Paul Rodgers to an Elvis Presley concert in his Triumph Herald, and covered Bad Company's formation in Rolling Stone. One of the greatest rock outfits of the early seventies, Free peaked with the seminal hit "All Right Now". When Free disbanded, due amongst other things to Paul Kossoff's spiralling heroin addiction, Rodgers and Free drummer Simon Kirke combined with Mick Ralphs to form one of the seventies best-known supergroups - Bad Company. Steven Rosen has written major features and cover stories for virtually every important music magazine including Rolling Stone, Musician, Creem, Circus and Guitar Player.
Publication date: 2006-01
Price: $263.43
Review Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs & Stories / Penumbra Press:
Publication date: 2006-10-30
Dewey code: 782.1092
Price: $54.00
Review Operas of Leonardo Vinci, Napoletano (Opera Series (Pendragon Press), No. 2.) / Pendragon Press:The Neapolitan composer Leonardo Vinci represented to posterity by two jovial caricatures and a grisly 19th century portrait, produced a string of successful operas during a brief career of little more than a decade. He died mysteriously amid rumors of poison, and was hailed by connoisseurs of the later 18th century as one of the originators of the modern Classical styleAccording to Charles Burney, Vinci seems to have been the first opera composer who, without degrading his art, rendered it the friend, though not the slave to poetry, by simplifying and polishing melody and calling the audience's attention to the voice part by liberating it from "fugue, complication, and labored contrivance. "Further, Burney maintained that Vinci's strong commitment to poetry caused him to forge a new musical style, making him one of the most innovative and influential composers of the 18th century. It was with the ultimate poet of the dramma per musica (in italics), Pietro Metastasio, that Vinci produced his greatest works: Didone abbandonata, Siroe re di Persia, Catone in Utica, Semiramide riconosciuta, Alessandro nell'Indie, and Artaserse. After the composer's death in 1730, his mantel was taken up by his disciple Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, whose music carried the Vinci style to all corners of the world. In this comprehensive and seminal study of one the early geniuses of opera, Kurt Markstrom describes in careful and loving detail, the qualities in Vinci's work that reflected the monumental stylistic changes occurring in the early 1700s in Italy. This important volume should take its place on the shelves of all scholars and amateurs of opera.
Creator: M. Thomas Inge
Publication date: 1999-06
Dewey code: 813.52
Price: $45.00
Review Conversations With William Faulkner (Literary Conversations Series) / Univ Pr of Mississippi (Txt):"When a writer passes through the wall of oblivion, he will even then stop long enough to write something on the wall, like 'Kilroy was here. '" William Faulkner was not keen on giving interviews. More often than not, he refused, as when he wrote an aspiring interviewer in 1950, "Sorry but no. Am violently opposed to interviews and publicity. " Yet during the course of his prolific writing career, the truth is that he submitted to the ordeal on numerous occasions in the United States and abroad. Although three earlier volumes were thought to have gathered most of Faulkner's interviews, continued research has turned up many more. Ranging from 1916, when he was a shabbily dressed young Bohemian poet to the last year of his life when he was putting finishing touches on his final novel The Reivers, they are collected here for the first time. Many of these articles and essays provide descriptions of Faulkner, his home, and his daily world. They report not only on the things that he said but on the attitudes and poses he adopted. Some capture him making up tall tales about himself, several of which gained credibility and became a part of the Faulkner mythology. [+]Included too are the interviews from Faulkner at West Point. Taken together, this material provides a revealing and lively portrait of a Nobel Prize winner that many acclaim as the century's greatest writer. M. Thomas Inge, the Robert Emory Blackwell Professor of English and Humanities at Randolph- Macon College, is the author or editor of more than fifty books in American literature and in American popular culture.
Publication date: 1988-11-10
Dewey code: 759.81
Price: $295.00
Review Johan Christian Dahl 1788-1857: Life and Works Volumes 1-3 (cased set) (Scandinavian University Press Publication) / A Scandinavian University Press Publication:This three volume set represents a breakthrough in research on Johan Christian Dahl (1788-1857), the first Norwegian painter to achieve international renown. Volume 1 surveys his life and work, including a section of quotations from the artist's statements on art and excerpts from contemporary writings. Volumes 2 and 3 present a catalogue raisonne of Dahl's oil paintings, comprising 1300 entries, with full lists of doubtful attributions. This invaluable reference on Norwegian art is available as a cased set or in separate volumes.
Creator: Gregory B. Kaplan
Publication date: 2005-09-09
Dewey code: 860.900303
List Price: $254.00
Price: $261.10
Review Sixteenth-Century Spanish Writers: Dictionary Of Literary Biography / Gale Cengage:
Creator: Coeli Fitzpatrick
Publication date: 2008-12-05
Dewey code: 892.716
List Price: $254.00
Price: $254.00
Review Twentieth-Century Arabic Writers (Dictionary of Literary Biography) / Gale Cengage:
Creator: Merritt Moseley
Publication date: 2006-07-14
Dewey code: 823.91409
List Price: $254.00
Price: $253.39
Review Dictionary of Literary Biography: Booker Prize Novels 1969-2005 / Gale Cengage:
Creator: Samia I. Spencer
Publication date: 2005-06-03
Dewey code: 840.9005
List Price: $254.00
Price: $249.99
Review Writers of the French Enlightenment, II (Dictionary of Literary Biography) / Gacl:
Publication date: 2007-04-30
Dewey code: 780
Price: $28.00
Review Death of a Bebop Wife / Cadence Jazz Books:
Creator: Kira Perov
Publication date: 2003-03-20
Dewey code: 700.92
Price: $75.00
Review Bill Viola: The Passions / Getty Publications:Human emotions are the subject of "The Passions", a series of 20 video works made by the contemporary artist Bill Viola (b. 1951). Since the mid-1970s, Viola's video installations have dealt with themes of perception, memory and self-knowledge. In these new works he has grappled with one of the oldest problems in art: how to convey the power and complexity of emotion by depicting the facial expressions and body language of models or, in Viola's case, of performers. Written to accompany an exhibition on view at the Getty Museum from 24th January to 27th April 2003, and which will unveil "Emergence" - a new, commissioned work in the "Passions" series -this is an exploration of the genesis and meaning of this extraordinary suite of works. In an opening essay, John Walsh traces Viola's career and examines the intellectual and psychological concerns that have preoccupied Viola over the years. Walsh then offers a first-person account of Viola's filming of "Emergence". A conversation between Viola and Hans Belting reveals Viola's current interests and the role that older works of art have played in his development. Peter Sellars explores the spiritual foundation of Viola's work. In addition, Viola presents both images and texts that served as sources for many of the "Passions" works. [+]Finally, selected frames from the "Passions" works are reproduced, with explanatory notes by the artist.
Publication date: 2009-04-03
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $254.00
Price: $254.00
Review Black British Writers (Dictionary of Literary Biography) / Gacl:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2000-06-06
Dewey code: 782.42164092
Price: $5.99
Review Livin' on Country: The Alan Jackson Story / Ballantine Books:HONKY-TONK MANAlan Jackson is a working man's artist and a down-home megastar. From his early days working in the mailroom of the Nashville Network through his rise to superstardom, Alan has never lost sight of the things that matter: his family, his friends, and the pure country music that made him a star. Alan Jackson is a symbol of the simple truths and homespun values that are the heart of country music. With songs that are personal yet universal, his music speaks to fans around the world. Alan has sold millions of albums, had more than a dozen #1 hits, won numerous Academy of Country Music Awards, and was named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. There's no denying that Alan Jackson is one of country music's greatest stars. LIVIN' ON COUNTRY is the complete story of Alan Jackson's journey from small-town Georgia to big-time success. Don't miss this rare glimpse into the life of the coolest guy in country! An Unauthorized Biography.
Publication date: 2009-05-15
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $254.00
Price: $254.00
Review Stephen Crane Documents (Dictionary of Literary Biography) / Gacl:
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 1997-08
Price: $39.95
Review Aby Warburg: An Intellectual Biography / Phaidon Press:
Publication date: 1993-08
Dewey code: 809
Price: $14.95
Review George Washington Never Slept Here: The History of Street Names in Washington, D.C. / Bonus Books:
Publication date: 2006-07-17
Dewey code: 782.421660922
List Price: $49.95
Price: $272.00
Review Endless Enigma: A Musical Biography of Emerson, Lake and Palmer (Feedback Series) / Open Court:Throughout the 1970s, no style of pop music was more controversial than progressive rock, and no progressive rock band was more controversial than Emerson, Lake and Palmer. The group’s imaginative fusion of rock, jazz, and classical motifs with cutting-edge technology, breathtaking virtuosity, and monumental stage shows made them hugely popular on both sides of the Atlantic — and gave rise to a host of detractors. In Endless Enigma, Edward Macan argues that ELP was an important contributor not only to progressive rock, but to 1970s rock in general. Besides a magisterial band biography, Macan provides a comprehensive critical examination of the band’s music and, in particular, its best albums, such as Brain Salad Surgery, which addressed technology's role in fostering societal alienation and totalitarianism. His analyses are so perceptive, precise, and detailed, that listening to the recordings in conjunction with his comments opens new avenues of thought about the band and its music.
Creator: George S. Bozarth
Publication date: 1991-05-09
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $264.00
Price: $257.65
Review Brahms Studies: Analytical and Historical Perspectives / Oxford University Press, USA:Collecting the work of the foremost American, British, and German music scholars, this volume presents studies that discuss important aspects of Brahms's musical life. Subject areas include Brahms and musical tradition, Brahms the progressive, performance practice, Brahms as editor, Brahms as song composer, and Brahms's symphonic music.
Creator: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publication date: 2005-01
Price: $263.43
Review Chanel / Metropolitan Museum of Art New York:This splendid book examines the legacy of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, one of the twentieth century's great icons of style. While Chanel mythologized her glamorous life through relentless self-invention, the bare facts of her biography are no less worthy than her legend: born of a poor family in the provinces and raised in a convent, she was an entertainer and the mistress of men of impeccable social standing, and she began her career not as a dressmaker but as a milliner. Chanel's enduring influence is necessarily based on the long shadow cast over fashion by her maison couture. Chanel examines the history of the House of Chanel both thematically and chronologically, introducing ideas and elements of biography as they were expressed in her collections. Period examples are juxtaposed with the work of Karl Lagerfeld, who, beginning in 1983, just over ten years after Chanel's death, reinvented and revolutionized the House's identity. It is in Lagerfeld's masterful and often irreverent interpretations of Chanel's work, as well as his mixing of influences from high and low culture, that the historic importance of Chanel and the resonance of her image as the independent, elegant modern woman are both defined and reasserted for the contemporary world.
Creator: Otto Erich Deutsch
Publication date: 1899-11-30
Dewey code: 780
Price: $35.00
Review Schubert: Memoirs by his Friends / Oxford University Press, USA:This volume, first published in English in 1958 by A. & C. Black, brings together a mass of contemporary accounts of memoirs of Schubert by a wide variety of friends and acquaintances. It is here reprinted, with a new Foreword by Walther Durr, Director of the International Schubert Society and Chief Editor of the New Schubert Edition. The volume includes obituary notices, biographical material of various kinds, personal records and memoirs, and correspondence on Schubert's posthumous works. A glossary, an index of works, and several illustrations are included.
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