Bach and Mozart: Essays on the Enigma of Genius (Marshall Robert L.)(Pevná vazba)

Bach and Mozart: Essays on the Enigma of Genius (Marshall Robert L.)(Pevná vazba)

Interpretive and biographical essays by a major authority on Bach and Mozart probe for clues to the driving forces and experiences that shaped the character and the extraordinary artistic achievements of these iconic composers. 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner The essays in this

Exploring the World of J. S. Bach: A Traveler's Guide (Marshall Robert L.)(Paperback)

A singular resource, Exploring the World of J. S. Bach puts Bach aficionados and classical music lovers in the shoes of the master composer. Bach scholar Robert L. Marshall and veteran writer-translator Traute M. Marshall lead readers on a Baroque Era odyssey through fifty towns where Bach resided,

Modernism in the Streets: A Life and Times in Essays (Berman Marshall)(Pevná vazba)

Essays tracing the intellectual life of a quintessential New York City writer and thinker Marshall Berman was one of the great urbanists and Marxist cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and his brilliant, nearly sui generis book All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is a

The Musical Dialogue: Thoughts on Monteverdi, Bach and Mozart (Harnoncourt Nikolaus)(Paperback)

This collection of lectures, talks, and essays focuses on three major composers of the 17th and 18th

The Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers (Kavanaugh Patrick)(Paperback)

Handel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvorak, Stravinsky, Messiaen . . . Men of genius as different as their music - but all inspired by deep spiritual convictions. Peter Kavanaugh uncovers the spirituality of twenty of music's timeless giants, revealing legacies of the soul as

Writings on Art 1980-2005: By Robert Storr (Storr Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The first collection of essays by one of America's decisive and most lucid critical voicesFollowing on from the much-lauded Robert Storr: Interviews on Art, Heni presents the first in a two-volume publication featuring the collected writings of Robert Storr, one of the world's leading art critics

Bach (Schulenberg David)(Pevná vazba)

Bach has remained a figure of continuous fascination and interest to scholars and readers since the original Master Musicians Bach volume's publication in 1983 - even since its revision in 2000, understanding of Bach and his music's historical and cultural context has shifted substantially

Mozart's Letters (Mozart W A)(Pevná vazba)

The 1200 or so letters of Mozart and his family form the most fascinating correspondence by any artist of the eighteenth century or earlier, and Mozart himself ranks high among letter writers of any age or

The Physics of Energy (Jaffe Robert L.)(Pevná vazba)

The Physics of Energy provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the scientific principles governing energy sources, uses, and systems. This definitive textbook traces the flow of energy from sources such as solar power, nuclear power, wind power, water power, and fossil fuels through

Nature and Other Essays (Emerson Ralph Waldo)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including 'Nature,' 'Self-Reliance,' 'Love,' and 'Art.' Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay 'Nature' declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for

The Archetype of Initiation: Sacred Space, Ritual Process, and Personal Transformation (Moore Robert L.)(Pevná vazba)

Robert Frank: Peru (Frank Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The weathered faces and dusty roads of Peru, compiled and sequenced by the master of the American photo-essayIn March 1949, Robert Frank mailed a birthday gift to his mother in Switzerland: A maquette of a series of photographs he had made during a visit to Peru between June and December of the

Flies: The Natural History & Diversity of Diptera (Marshall Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Advance praise for Flies Stephen A. Marshall has delivered one of the most beautiful and useful accounts of insect life ever written. -- Edward O. Wilson, Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University Meticulously researched and illustrated with more than 2000 color photographs taken by the

Essays and Aphorisms (Schopenhauer Arthur)(Pevná vazba)

One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This title includes his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other

Love Letters of Great Men (Various)(Pevná vazba)

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled

Letters of Intent - Selected Essays (Ozick Cynthia (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A selection of essays by the acclaimed and beloved writer Cynthia Ozick, collected by David

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Massie Robert K.)(Pevná vazba)

The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American Democracy (Kuttner Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Communal Nude: Collected Essays (Gluck Robert)(Paperback)

The collected essays of the cofounder of the New Narrative movement, on theory, identity, poetry, and muses from Kathy Acker to Georges Bataille.I read and wrote to invoke what seemed impossible--relation itself--in order to take part in a world that ceaselessly makes itself up, to 'wake up' to the

Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning (Kennicott Philip)(Pevná vazba)

As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began to listen to the music of Bach obsessively. It was the only music that didn't seem trivial or irrelevant, and it enabled him to both experience her death and remove himself from it. For him, Bach's music held the elements of both joy and despair, life

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Lorde Audre)(Pevná vazba)

'Sister Outsider, a collection of essays and speeches by the pioneering feminist Audre Lorde, is one of my all-time-favorite books. It's always great to have an intersectional tome on hand.' --Amanda Gorman Sister Outsider's teachings, by one of our most revered elder stateswomen, should be read by

Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer (Bambach Carmen C.)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive and breathtakingly illustrated presentation of the genius of Michelangelo by the world's leading expert on the artist The Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was especially celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing and conceptual

Men Explain Things to Me - And Other Essays (Solnit Rebecca (Y))(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Caro Robert A.)(Pevná vazba)

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man's incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York. One of the Modern Library's hundred greatest