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Avidly Reads Opera

Author : Alison Kinney
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479811769
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Avidly Reads Opera written by Alison Kinney and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Opera is community, comfort, art, voice, breath, life. It’s hope.” All art exists to make life more bearable. For Alison Kinney, it was the wild, fantastical world of opera that transformed her listening and her life. Whether we’re listening for the first time or revisiting the arias that first stole our hearts, Avidly Reads Opera welcomes readers and listeners to a community full of friendship, passion, critique—and, always, beautiful music. In times of delirious, madcap fun and political turmoil, opera fans have expressed their passion by dispatching records into the cosmos, building fairy-tale castles, and singing together through the arduous work of social activism. Avidly Reads Opera is a love letter to the music and those who love it, complete with playlists, a crowdsourced tip sheet from ultra-fans to newbies, and stories of the turbulent, genre-busting, and often hilarious history of opera and its audiences. Across five acts—and the requisite intermission—Alison Kinney takes us everywhere opera’s rich melodies are heard, from the cozy bedrooms of listeners at home, to exclusive music festivals, to protests, and even prisons. Part of the Avidly Reads series, this slim book gives us a new way of looking at culture. With the singular blend of personal reflection and cultural criticism featured in the series, Avidly Reads Opera is an homage to the marvelous, sensational world of opera for the casual viewer.

Avidly Reads Opera

Author : Alison Kinney
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479811734
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Avidly Reads Opera written by Alison Kinney and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In times of delirious, madcap fun and political turmoil, opera fans have expressed their passion by dispatching records into the cosmos, building fairy-tale castles, and singing together through the arduous work of social justice. OPERA welcomes readers and listeners to a community full of friendship, passion, critique-and always, beautiful music"--

Avidly Reads Poetry

Author : Jacquelyn Ardam
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479813583
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Avidly Reads Poetry written by Jacquelyn Ardam and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More Americans are reading poetry in the 21st century than ever before. This books asks: how do poems come to us? How do they make us feel and think and act when they do? Who and what is poetry for? Who does poetry include and exclude, and what can we learn from it? Each chapter links a reason why we might read poetry (to want, to learn, to resist, to soothe) with a type of poem (the sonnet, the alphabet poem, the documentary poem, the internet poem). Through readings of poems written in English from Shakespeare through today, and through reading the American cultures in which we read them, the book thinks about how poems are embedded in our lives: in our loves, our educations, our politics, and our social media, sometimes in spite of, and sometimes very much because of the nation we live in"--

Avidly Reads Screen Time

Author : Phillip Maciak
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147982058X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Avidly Reads Screen Time written by Phillip Maciak and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when screen time is all the time? In the early 1990s, the phrase “screen time” emerged to scare parents about the dangers of too much TV for kids. Screen time was something to fret over, police, and judge in a low-grade moral panic. Now, “screen time” has become a metric not only for good parenting, but for our adult lives as well. There’s even an app for it! In the streaming era—and with streaming made nearly ubiquitous during COVID-19—almost every aspect of our day is mediated by these bright surfaces. Whether it was ever the real villain in the first place, or merely a convenient proxy for unaddressed familial, social, and institutional failures, screen time is now all the time. Avidly Reads Screen Time is a funny, insightful work of cultural criticism and history about how we define screens, and how they now define us. From Mad Men to iCarly, Vine to FaceTime, binge-watching to doom-scrolling, Phillip Maciak leads us on a sometimes heartwarming, sometimes harrowing tour of the media that brings us together and tears us apart.

Cinema's Illusions, Opera's Allure

Author : David Schroeder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474291414
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Cinema's Illusions, Opera's Allure written by David Schroeder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invention of cinema was ingenious, so much so that virtually no-one quite knew what to do with it. In its earliest stages, especially with the advent of the feature film, it needed models, and opera proved to be especially useful in that regard. The allure of opera to cinema early in the twentieth century held up through the silent era, into sound films, through the golden age of movies, and beyond. This book explores the numerous ways – some predictable, some unexpected, and some bizarre – in which this has happened. The influence of Richard Wagner on filmmakers has been especially striking, and some have even devised visual images that seem to emerge from a kind of non-verbal Wagnerian essence – a formative, musical urge that can underlie a cinematic idea, defying explanation and remaining purely sensory. Directors like Griffith, DeMille, Eisenstein, Chaplin, Bunuel or Hitchcock have intuited this possibility. Schroeder provides a fascinating, well-researched and always entertaining account of the influence of one medium on another, and shows that opera can often be found lurking in the background (or booming in the foreground) of an impressive range of films.

Pompeo Batoni

Author : Edgar Peters Bowron
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300126808
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Pompeo Batoni written by Edgar Peters Bowron and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventive storytelling: the early subject pictures -- Batoni's British patrons and the grand tour -- Painter of princes and prince of painters -- Restorer of the Roman school: final years and reception -- Drawings, working methods, and studio practices.

Opera

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Opera written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ukiyo-e

Author : Frederick Harris
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462906141
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Ukiyo-e written by Frederick Harris and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of Japanese woodblock printing, known as ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world"), reflects the rich history and way of life in Japan hundreds of years ago. Ukiyo-e: The Art of the Japanese Print takes a thematic approach to this iconic Japanese art form, considering prints by subject matter: geisha and courtesans, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, erotica, nature, historical subjects and even images of foreigners in Japan. An artist himself, author Frederick Harris—a well-known American collector who lived in Japan for 50 years—pays special attention to the methods and materials employed in Japanese printmaking. The book traces the evolution of ukiyo-e from its origins in metropolitan Edo (Tokyo) art culture as black and white illustrations, to delicate two-color prints and multicolored designs. Advice to admirers on how to collect, care for, view and buy Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints rounds out this book of charming, carefully selected prints.

The Christian Invention of Time

Author : Simon Goldhill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316512908
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Christian Invention of Time written by Simon Goldhill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With trademark flair, Simon Goldhill shows how Christianity transformed humanity's relationship with time in ways that resonate today.

Picture History of the Modern World

Author : Michael Rheta Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Picture History of the Modern World written by Michael Rheta Martin and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Turgenev and Russian Culture

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9401205868
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Turgenev and Russian Culture written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume has as its central aim a reassessment of the works of Ivan Turgenev for the twenty-first century. Against the background of a decline in interest in nineteenth-century literature the articles gathered here seek to argue that the period in general, and his work in particular, still have much to offer the modern sensibility. The volume also offers a great variety of approaches. Some of the contributors tackle major works by Turgenev, including Rudin and Smoke, while others address key themes that run through all his creative work. Yet others address his influence, as well as his broader relationship with Russian and other cultures. A final group of articles examines other key figures in Russian literary culture, including Belinskii, Herzen and Tolstoi. The work will therefore be of interest to students, postgraduates and specialists in the field of Russian literary culture. At the same time, they will stand as a tribute to the life and work of Professor Richard Peace, a long-standing specialist in nineteenth-century Russian literature, in whose honour the volume has been compiled.

Electric Eden

Author : Rob Young
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571258425
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Electric Eden written by Rob Young and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob Young's Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music is a seminal book on British music and cultural heritage, that spans the visionary classical and folk tradition from the nineteenth-century to the present day. 'A thoroughly enjoyable read and likely to remain the best-written overview for a long time.' GUARDIAN 'A perfectly timed, perfectly pitched alternative history of English folk music . . . wide-ranging, insightful, authoritative, thoroughly entertaining.' NEW STATESMAN 'A stunning achievement.' SIMON REYNOLDS 'A masterpiece.' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER 'Excellent . . . blissfully quotable.' NEW YORK TIMES 'An authoritative account.' THE TIMES 'Consistently absorbing.' INDEPENDENT 'An impassioned and infectious rallying cry of a book.' SUNDAY TIMES In this groundbreaking survey of more than a century of music making in the British Isles, Rob Young investigates how the idea of folk has been handed down and transformed by successive generations - song collectors, composers, Marxist revivalists, folk-rockers, psychedelic voyagers, free festival-goers, experimental pop stars and electronic innovators. In a sweeping panorama of Albion's soundscape that takes in the pioneer spirit of Cecil Sharp; the pastoral classicism of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Peter Warlock; the industrial folk revival of Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd; the folk-rock of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Shirley Collins, John Martyn and Pentangle; the bucolic psychedelia of The Incredible String Band, The Beatles and Pink Floyd; the acid folk of Comus, Forest, Mr Fox and Trees; The Wicker Man and occult folklore; the early Glastonbury and Stonehenge festivals; and the visionary pop of Kate Bush, Julian Cope and Talk Talk, Electric Eden maps out a native British musical voice that reflects the complex relationships between town and country, progress and nostalgia, radicalism and conservatism. An attempt to isolate the 'Britishness' of British music - a wild combination of pagan echoes, spiritual quest, imaginative time-travel, pastoral innocence and electrified creativity - Electric Eden will be treasured by anyone interested in the tangled story of Britain's folk music and Arcadian dreams. 'A treat.' TIME OUT 'Young is a fine writer.' MOJO 'Young's immense narrative is both educative and gripping.' UNCUT 'A multitudinous, fascinating and beautifully written account.' TLS

Musical Visitors to Britain

Author : David Gordon
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780713040524
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Musical Visitors to Britain written by David Gordon and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book paints a broad picture of musical life in Britain over the last three centuries, charting the rise of the celebrity composer, the opening of public halls and growth of music festivals, the rapid influx of composers, and new musical forms.

The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women

Author : Richard Hunter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521836845
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women written by Richard Hunter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-14 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays offers an exploration of the meaning and significance of the Catalogue of Women, attributed to Hesiod.

Manuel de Falla and Modernism in Spain, 1898-1936

Author : Carol A. Hess
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226330389
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Manuel de Falla and Modernism in Spain, 1898-1936 written by Carol A. Hess and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although studies of Modernism have focused largely on European nations, Spain has been conspicuously neglected. As Carol A. Hess argues in this compelling book, such neglect is wholly undeserved. Through composer Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Hess explores the advent of Modernism in Spain in relation to political and cultural tensions prior to the Spanish Civil War. The result is a fresh view of the musical life of Spain that departs from traditional approaches to the subject and reveals an open and constantly evolving aesthetic climate.

Country Life

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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The New Yorker

Author : Harold Wallace Ross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The New Yorker written by Harold Wallace Ross and published by . This book was released on 1986-11 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: