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Author : David William Barber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780585223063
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Bach, Beethoven and the Boys written by David William Barber and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David William Barber
Publisher : Sound & Vision Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780920151105
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Bach, Beethoven and the Boys written by David William Barber and published by Sound & Vision Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous overview of classical music and composers presents a mixture of fact and trivia from the early music era to today.
Author : David W. Barber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980916713
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (167 download)
Download or read book Bach, Beethoven and the Boys written by David W. Barber and published by . This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David W. Barber has delighted readers around the world with Accidentals on Purpose, When the Fat Lady Sings and other internationally bestselling books of musical humor. His bestselling Bach, Beethoven and the Boys chronicles the lives of the great (and not-so-great) composers as you've never read them before - exploring their sex lives, exposing their foibles and expanding on our understanding of these all-too-human creatures. Filled with information, interesting facts and trivia, this hilarious history covers music from Gregorian chant to the mess we're in now. From Bach's laundry lists to Beethoven's bowel problems, from Gesualdo's kinky fetishes to Cage's mushroom madness, Barber tells tales out of school that ought to be put back there. (Think how much more fun it would be if they taught this stuff.) As always, Dave Donald had provided witty and clever cartoon illustrations to accompany the text.
Author : David W. Barber
Publisher : Indent Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780987849212
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)
Download or read book Getting a Handel on Messiah written by David W. Barber and published by Indent Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chances are you've probably heard Handel's Messiah at least once, if not many times. Maybe you've even performed it, as have countless musicians around the world. After all, it's probably one of the best-loved, and certainly one of the best-known, musical works in the standard repertoire. But if you thought you knew all there was to know about the great composer's famous oratorio, think again. For example, it may surprise you to learn that: Handel's first impulse to compose the work came not from religious or even musical inspiration. It had a whole lot more to do with money. The first performance of Messiah took place not in London but in Dublin - and not with a huge choir and orchestra but with only a relative handful of musicians. Although church groups and clergy members now praise Messiah as a fine example of religious music at its best, Handel had to disguise his oratorio for its first performance in London in order to sneak it past the church authorities. The Hallelujah chorus wasn't originally called that at all, but had a different name. Although Handel was proud of Messiah, he didn't think it was his best work. His favorite oratorio is one hardly anyone has ever heard of, much less heard. All these and many more entertaining (and entirely true!) facts await your discovery as internationally bestselling author David W. Barber takes you on another delightful romp through the pages of music history - as it ought to be taught!
Author : David William Barber
Publisher : Sound & Vision Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book If it Ain't Baroque written by David William Barber and published by Sound & Vision Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Barber teaches the general public the historical truth of music with laughter.
Author : David W Barber
Publisher : Indent Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780987849274
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)
Download or read book When the Fat Lady Sings written by David W Barber and published by Indent Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David W. Barber has delighted readers all around the world with the quirky definitions of Accidentals on Purpose: A Musician's Dictionary, the irreverent history of Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, a hilariously offbeat history of dance and ballet in Tutus, Tights and Tiptoes and a host of other internationally bestselling books of musical humor. With When the Fat Lady Sings, the popular author and musical humorist turns his attention to what Dr. Johnson called that "exotick and irrational entertainment," the world of opera. Here are stories of love and lust, jealousy, intrigue, murder and tragic death - and that's just the stuff happening off stage, in the composers' personal lives. Wait till you read about the opera plots. Informal yet informative, witty yet wise, this book will both enlighten and entertain you. As always, Dave Donald has provided witty and clever cartoons that perfectly complement the text. This completely revised and expanded edition includes new material and an index, to make it easier for readers to find all their favorite references. "This is a very humorous book, but at the same time it tells it like it is, or was. David's not really fabricating anything, he just manages to give you the gist of the history while leaving out all the boring bits." - Maureen Forrester
Author : David Bruce
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595378986
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Funniest People in Books and Music written by David Bruce and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Funniest People Who Write Books and Make Music" contains such anecdotes as these: When Peg Bracken started writing, she would often type the first page of a famous short story for inspiration. Often, she discovered that the page did not look as impressive typed on a sheet of paper as it did printed on a page in a book, so sometimes she would imitate her English professor and write on the sheet of paper: 'You can do better than this, Mr. Faulkner." Andri Previn played jazz with a couple of American-African musicians. Afterwards, he went into a diner, where two white men asked him, 'Why the hell don't you play with your own kind?" Mr. Previn replied, 'To tell you the truth, I wanted to, but I couldn't find two other Jews who swing." Soccer and Cup Final day are important in England. Once, the noted conductor Sir Thomas Beecham held a rehearsal on Cup Final day. The rehearsal had been going on for only a short time when a giant television was delivered to the rehearsal area. Sir Thomas then said, 'Now, gentlemen, let's get down to the most important business of the day-watching the match."
Author : Charles Barnard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.P/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Beethoven and Bach written by Charles Barnard and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gavin Curtis
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613336697
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Bat Boy and His Violin written by Gavin Curtis and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues. But when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's pas
Author : Tim Rayborn
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1510712720
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Beethoven's Skull written by Tim Rayborn and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beethoven’s Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it presents tales of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange fates that span more than two thousand years. Highlights include: A cursed song that kills those who hear it A composer who lovingly cradles the head of Beethoven’s corpse when his remains are exhumed half a century after his death A fifteenth-century German poet who sings of the real-life Dracula A dream of the devil that inspires a virtuoso violin piece Unlike many music books that begin their histories with the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries, Beethoven’s Skull takes the reader back to the world of ancient Greece and Rome, progressing through the Middle Ages and all the way into the twentieth century. It also looks at myths and legends, superstitions, and musical mysteries, detailing the ways that musicians and their peers have been rather horrible to one another over the centuries.
Author : Susan Hammond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (858 download)
Download or read book Bach, Beethoven and the Integrated Curriculum written by Susan Hammond and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David W. Barber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780987849281
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)
Download or read book If It Ain't Baroque written by David W. Barber and published by . This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not content with having hilariously skewered the lives of great composers in Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, in If It Ain't Baroque musical humorist David W. Barber takes aim at their works as well. From symphonies to solo songs, from motets to madrigals to masses, Barber wittily yet informatively tells readers everything they need to know (and more!) about the various different genres of classical music. (And if you're not sure what a genre is, don't worry - Barber will explain that too.) As always, the facts are true and the information is accurate, it's just that Barber has a particularly wicked way of looking at things and a knack for finding out obscure facts and presenting them in a light-hearted way. So if you like to laugh while you learn, you've come to the right place. And again as always, Barber's clever prose is perfectly accompanied by the delightful illustrations of cartoonist Dave Donald.
Author : Joseph W. Lewis, Jr., M.D.
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1452034389
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)
Download or read book What Killed the Great and Not So Great Composers? written by Joseph W. Lewis, Jr., M.D. and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-04-23 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a personally assembled database of 13,859 classical musicians, What Killed the Great and not so Great Composers delves into the medical histories of a wide variety of composers from both a musical and medical standpoint. Biographies of musicians from Johann Sebastian Bach of the Baroque period to Benjamin Britten of the Modern era explore in depth their illnesses and the impact their diseases had on musical productivity. Other chapters referenced to specific composers are devoted to such diverse ailments as deafness, mental disorders, sexually transmitted diseases, surgery and war injuries, to name a few. A unique section of statistics and demographics analyzes various aspects of composers’ lives such as their longevity related to contemporaneous nonmusical populations, the incidence of various illnesses they experienced over the centuries and the type of medical problems suffered by the so-called top 100 classical musicians. Although a precise and complete accounting of the great composers’ ailments may never be possible, a general understanding of the medical problems experienced by these unique individuals, nevertheless, can heighten one’s appreciation of their creative processes despite the hardships imposed by their physical and mental illnesses. Although some individuals surrendered to their disabilities for a variety of reasons, others were able to rise above their infirmities and produce the wonderful music mankind has enjoyed through the centuries.
Author : Kathleen Krull
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152480103
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Lives of the Musicians written by Kathleen Krull and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1993 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are musicians really like?
Author : Rebecca Rupp
Publisher : Three Rivers Press (CA)
ISBN 13 : 0609801090
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook written by Rebecca Rupp and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 1998 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.
Author : Bonnie Blanchard
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253003350
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Making Music and Having a Blast! written by Bonnie Blanchard and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-26 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her follow-up to Making Music and Enriching Lives: A Guide for All Music Teachers, Bonnie Blanchard offers students a set of tools for their musical lives that will help them stay engaged, even during the challenging times in their musical development. Blanchard discusses issues such as finding an instructor, selecting the right instrument, and choosing a college or conservatory. The book includes lessons on music theory and history as well as a guide to finding additional materials in print and online. Blanchard's strategies for making practice productive and preparing for auditions are useful tips students can return to again and again.
Author : Maxim Vengerov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Bach, Beethoven written by Maxim Vengerov and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
