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Author : John Sugden
Publisher : Msr Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Niccolo Paganini, Supreme Violinist Or Devil's Fiddler? written by John Sugden and published by Msr Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maiko Kawabata
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 1843837560
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Paganini written by Maiko Kawabata and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our inherited image of Nicolo Paganini as a 'demonic violinist' has never been analysed in depth. What really made him 'demonic'? In fact, the many perceptions of Paganini as demonic - Faust, magician, devil, rake/libertine, Napoleon - were inter-related but not equivalent. This book investigates the legend of Paganini: separating fact from fiction, it explains how the legendary violinist challenged the very notion of what it meant to be a musician. An understanding of his violin techniques and musical ethos goes some way towards meeting this aim, beyond which an exploration of the wider cultural context is also presented. This book considers Paganini's performance innovations in the light of contemporary attitudes towards music and the supernatural, gender, sexuality, violence, heroism, masculinity, as well conceptions of power. A swirl of cultural factors coalesced in the performer to create that phenomenon of Romanticism, a larger-than- life Gothic villain. Because the mythology surrounding the violinist outlived and outgrew the man to monstrous proportions, so too did the idea of virtuosity inflate out of control, acquiring a potent, overwhelmingly negative aura in the process. An appendix brings together late nineteenth-century British press and literature coverage of Paganini that contributed to the developing myth surrounding the now famous composer and performer."--Publisher's description.
Author : Ken Perlman
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1621900975
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Couldn't Have a Wedding Without the Fiddler written by Ken Perlman and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13. The Role of Radio and Recordings -- 14. The Repertoire -- 15. "It's Amazing How Quick It Did Go Down"--16. "If Everybody Does a Little Bit, Great Things Can Happen" -- 17. "There's Been a Big Revival of Music on the Island" -- Appendix A. Musical Examples -- Appendix B. Lists of Interview Sessions -- Appendix C. Lists of Collected Tunes -- Appendix D. Pronunciation Guide -- Appendix E. Discography and Suggested Listening -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Author : Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1546261095
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Did They Rest in Peace? written by Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. By what miracle can an assortment of seemingly unrelated particles come together and correctly assemble to form a human being? Amazingly, once aggregated, these atoms, molecules, and compounds manage to interact reasonably coherently during our lives but seek to return to their dusty state when death occurs. Of the billions of our species who have existed on earth over the millennia, most have quietly and inexorably returned to ashes and dust when their term of life expired. This book tracks some of the misadventures of selected corpses, including burials that went awry to body snatching, exhumations, human-relic collection, and assorted desecrations. Over the years, it seems that a remarkable number of bodies have failed to enjoy the admonition to “Rest in Peace.” Whether these aberrations in the burial process have disturbed the afterlife of the departed, everyone is dying to discover the answer.
Author : Tatjana Goldberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351167502
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Pioneer Violin Virtuose in the Early Twentieth Century written by Tatjana Goldberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tatjana Goldberg reveals the extent to which gender and socially constructed identity influenced female violinists’ ‘separate but unequal’ status in a great male-dominated virtuoso lineage by focussing on the few that stood out: the American Maud Powell (1867–1920), Australian-born Alma Moodie (1898–1943), and the British Marie Hall (1884–1956). Despite breaking down traditional gender-based patriarchal social and cultural norms, becoming celebrated soloists, and greatly contributing towards violin works and the early recording industry (Powell and Hall), they received little historical recognition. Goldberg provides a more complete picture of their artistic achievements and the impact they had on audiences.
Author : Tim Blanning
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141976454
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Triumph of Music written by Tim Blanning and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once musicians such as Mozart were little more than court servants; now they are multimillionaire superstars wielding more power than politicians. How did this extraordinary change come about? Tim Blanning's brilliantly enjoyable book examines how everything from the cult of the romantic to technology and travel all fed the inexorable rise of music in the West, making it the most dominant and ubiquitous of the art forms. Encompassing balladeers, the great composers, jazz legends and rock gods, this is an enthralling story of power, patronage, creativity and genius.
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 : Paul Metzner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520414276
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Crescendo of the Virtuoso written by Paul Metzner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.
Author : Varadaraja V. Raman
Publisher : Beech River Books
ISBN 13 : 0979377862
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (793 download)
Download or read book Truth and Tension in Science and Religion written by Varadaraja V. Raman and published by Beech River Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An examination of the frameworks of science and religion that provides a multi-cultural view of how they affect our perception of the truth"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Christopher John Murray
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781579584221
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850 written by Christopher John Murray and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Review: "Written to stress the crosscurrent of ideas, this cultural encyclopedia provides clearly written and authoritative articles. Thoughts, themes, people, and nations that define the Romantic Era, as well as some frequently overlooked topics, receive their first encyclopedic treatments in 850 signed articles, with bibliographies and coverage of historical antecedents and lingering influences of romanticism. Even casual browsers will discover much to enjoy here."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
Author : Austin Clarkson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Current Musicology written by Austin Clarkson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Baker Street Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Music, Books on Music, and Sound Recordings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J.B. Muns (Firm)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Catalogue written by J.B. Muns (Firm) and published by . This book was released on with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Preben Opperby
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Leopold Stokowski written by Preben Opperby and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studie over het leven van de Amerikaanse dirigent (1882-1977).
Author : North Texas State University. Music Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book New in the NTSU Music Library written by North Texas State University. Music Library and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Music and Musicians written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
