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From the Steeples and Mountains

Author : David Wooldridge
Publisher : New York : Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book From the Steeples and Mountains written by David Wooldridge and published by New York : Knopf. This book was released on 1974 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brusque, inventive, an eccentric loner who created some of the greatest music of our time while getting rich as a New York insurance broker, Charles Ives was an authentic American original. In this major biographical study, the author explores the unlikely drama of the composer's life, from his boyhood in a Connecticut village to his later years when, ignored or derided by the musical community, he shut himself up in angry silence. Then, with a high order of scholarship and crisply edged authority, the author goes on to point out the intelligence and continuity of Ives's major works - the songs, the Concord sonata, the magnificent New England Holidays (which include his famous Fourth of July), and the rest - and to trace their roots in nineteenth-century popular music, in jazz, in the homely transcendentalism of Thoreau and Hawthorne's dark Puritan dreams. Writing with a musician's understanding and sympathy, the author makes plain both the frustrations of Ives's creative life and the inevitability of his ultimate recognition, long after his death, as America's most important composer. In its rich musical insights, in its portrayal of a complex and fascinating artist, this book is a striking contribution to American cultural history.

Charles Ives and His World

Author : J. Burkholder
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691223254
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Charles Ives and His World written by J. Burkholder and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume shows Charles Ives in the context of his world in a number of revealing ways. Five new essays examine Ives's relationships to European music and to American music, politics, business, and landscape. J. Peter Burkholder shows Ives as a composer well versed in four distinctive musical traditions who blended them in his mature music. Leon Botstein explores the paradox of how, in the works of Ives and Mahler, musical modernism emerges from profoundly antimodern sensibilities. David Michael Hertz reveals unsuspected parallels between one of Ives's most famous pieces, the Concord Piano Sonata, and the piano sonatas of Liszt and Scriabin. Michael Broyles sheds new light on Ives's political orientation and on his career in the insurance business, and Mark Tucker shows the importance for Ives of his vacations in the Adirondacks and the representation of that landscape in his music. The remainder of the book presents documents that illuminate Ives's personal life. A selection of some sixty letters to and from Ives and his family, edited and annotated by Tom C. Owens, is the first substantial collection of Ives correspondence to be published. Two sections of reviews and longer profiles published during his lifetime highlight the important stages in the reception of Ives's music, from his early works through the premieres of his most important compositions to his elevation as an almost mythic figure with a reputation among some critics as America's greatest composer.

Steeples

Author : Joe Manning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965868457
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Steeples written by Joe Manning and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Seven Steeples

Author : Sara Baume
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0358628954
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Seven Steeples written by Sara Baume and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most beautiful novels I have ever read.” —New York Times Book Review A stunning, powerful novel about a couple that pushes against traditional expectations, moving with their dogs to the Irish countryside where they embed themselves in nature and make attempts to disappear from society. It is the winter following the summer they met. A couple, Bell and Sigh, move into a remote house in the Irish countryside with their dogs. Both solitary with misanthropic tendencies, they leave the conventional lives stretched out before them to build another—one embedded in ritual, and away from the friends and family from whom they’ve drifted. They arrive at their new home on a clear January day and look up to appraise the view. A mountain gently and unspectacularly ascends from the Atlantic, “as if it had accumulated stature over centuries. As if, over centuries, it had steadily flattened itself upwards.” They make a promise to climb the mountain, but—over the course of the next seven years—it remains unclimbed. We move through the seasons with Bell and Sigh as they come to understand more about the small world around them, and as their interest in the wider world recedes. Seven Steeples is a beautiful and profound meditation on the nature of love and the resilience of nature. Through Bell and Sigh, and the life they create for themselves, Sara Baume explores what it means to escape the traditional paths laid out before us—and what it means to evolve in devotion to another person, and to the landscape.

The Law of the Heart

Author : Sam B. Girgus
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292772947
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Law of the Heart written by Sam B. Girgus and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law of the Heart is a vigorous challenge to the prevailing concept of the “antidemocratic” image of the self in the American literary and cultural tradition. Sam B. Girgus counters this interpretation and attempts to develop a new understanding of democratic individualism and liberal humanism in American literature under the rubric of literary modernism. The image of the individual self who retreats inward, conforming to a distorted “law of the heart,” emerges from the works of such writers as Cooper and Poe and composer Charles Ives. Yet, as Girgus shows, other American writers relate the idea of the self to reality and culture in a more complex way: the self confronts and is reconciled to the paradox of history and reality. In Girgus’ view, the tradition of pragmatic, humanistic individualism provides a foundation for a future where individual liberty is a major priority. He uses literary modernism as a bridge for relating contemporary social conditions to crises of the American self and culture as seen in the works of writers including Emerson, Howells, Whitman, Henry James, William James, Fitzgerald, Bellow, and McLuhan.

Sourdough Culture

Author : Eric Pallant
Publisher : Agate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1572848537
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Sourdough Culture written by Eric Pallant and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sourdough bread fueled the labor that built the Egyptian pyramids. The Roman Empire distributed free sourdough loaves to its citizens to maintain political stability. More recently, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, sourdough bread baking became a global phenomenon as people contended with being confined to their homes and sought distractions from their fear, uncertainty, and grief. In Sourdough Culture, environmental science professor Eric Pallant shows how throughout history, sourdough bread baking has always been about survival. Sourdough Culture presents the history and rudimentary science of sourdough bread baking from its discovery more than six thousand years ago to its still-recent displacement by the innovation of dough-mixing machines and fast-acting yeast. Pallant traces the tradition of sourdough across continents, from its origins in the Middle East’s Fertile Crescent to Europe and then around the world. Pallant also explains how sourdough fed some of history’s most significant figures, such as Plato, Pliny the Elder, Louis Pasteur, Marie Antoinette, Martin Luther, and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and introduces the lesser-known—but equally important—individuals who relied on sourdough bread for sustenance: ancient Roman bakers, medieval housewives, Gold Rush miners, and the many, many others who have produced daily sourdough bread in anonymity. Each chapter of Sourdough Culture is accompanied by a selection from Pallant’s own favorite recipes, which span millennia and traverse continents, and highlight an array of approaches, traditions, and methods to sourdough bread baking. Sourdough Culture is a rich, informative, engaging read, especially for bakers—whether skilled or just beginners. More importantly, it tells the important and dynamic story of the bread that has fed the world.

The Protestant Clergy in the Great Plains and Mountain West, 1865-1915

Author : Ferenc Morton Szasz
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803293113
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book The Protestant Clergy in the Great Plains and Mountain West, 1865-1915 written by Ferenc Morton Szasz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mainline Protestant churches played a vital role in the settlement of the West. Yet historiansøhave, for the most part, bypassed this theme. This account recreates the unique religious and cultural mix that sets this region apart from the rest of the nation. From itinerant circuit riders to powerful urban bishops, western clergy were continually involved in the maturation of their communities. Their duties on the frontier extended far beyond delivering Sunday sermons; they also served as librarians, counselors, social workers, educators, booksellers, peacekeepers, and general purveyors of culture. Weaving together the varied experiences of men and women from the five major Protestant denominations?Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Episcopal?the author discusses their responses to life on the frontier: the violence, the tumultuous growth of the cities, the isolation of farm life, and the widespread hunger, especially among women, for ?refinement.?

"Essays Before a Sonata"

Author : Charles Ives
Publisher : New York : Knickerbocker Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book "Essays Before a Sonata" written by Charles Ives and published by New York : Knickerbocker Press. This book was released on 1920 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mountain Footsteps

Author : Janice Strong
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926855299
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Footsteps written by Janice Strong and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of one of Rocky Mountain Books? bestselling hiking guides contains the latest updates to routes, trails and roads in the areas around Cranbrook, Kimberley, Creston, Invermere, Radium and Fernie, located between the Rocky Mountains in the east and the Purcell Mountains in the west, including the Akamina Kishinena, Top of the World, Elk Lakes, St. Mary?s Alpine and Bugaboo Glacier Provincial Parks. This volume will entice hikers of all abilities. As with previous editions, readers will continue to appreciate the author?s detailed descriptions and personal anecdotes, complete with colour maps and photos, related to one of the most stunning areas in western Canada. Janice Strong continues to enhance the outdoor experience for hiking enthusiasts from across the country and around the world.

The Rural Poetry of the English Language

Author : Joseph William Jenks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Rural Poetry of the English Language written by Joseph William Jenks and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report

Author : Geographic Board of Canada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Report written by Geographic Board of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Annotated "Here" and Selected Poems

Author : Marjorie Welish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Annotated "Here" and Selected Poems written by Marjorie Welish and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A mastery of abstraction in language, deploying an eclectic and playful vocabulary" --Newsweek.

An Account of the Operations Carried Out for Accomplishing a Trigonometrical Survey of England and Wales

Author : William Mudge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Account of the Operations Carried Out for Accomplishing a Trigonometrical Survey of England and Wales written by William Mudge and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Girl on the Mountain

Author : Carol Ervin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781479245529
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Girl on the Mountain written by Carol Ervin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Untrue things are rumored of May Rose, but it's true she's too pretty for her own good. Her husband has disappeared, and now she's on her own in a rough town ruled by one of the lumber companies logging the last of West Virginia's virgin forest. The year is 1899, and a woman alone has few options. With no resources but a litter of pigs and the attachment of an untamed girl, May Rose must find a way to survive with respect. She must also save the girl who sleeps with a doll clutched tight and a knife under her pillow.

The Healing Energies of Music

Author : Hal A. Lingerman
Publisher : Quest Books
ISBN 13 : 0835631036
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book The Healing Energies of Music written by Hal A. Lingerman and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certain types of music can enhance intellectual and spiritual powers and help overcome insomnia, boredom, anger, and stress. Music therapist and teacher Hal Lingerman presents a wealth of resources for choosing just the right music for physical, emotional and spiritual growth and healing. This updated edition offers comprehensive listings of current recordings, including new and remastered CDs, with selections from the classics, contemporary and ethnic compositions, and music composed by and for women. It includes expanded chapters on Women's Music, World Music, the Music of Nature, and Angelic Music.

Sessional Papers

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sessional Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.

Sessional Papers

Author : Canada. Parliament
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sessional Papers written by Canada. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as an addendum to vol. 26, no. 7.