The Music of Frederick Delius: Style, Form and Ethos (Dibble Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

The Music of Frederick Delius: Style, Form and Ethos (Dibble Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines Delius's individual approaches to genre, form, harmony, orchestration and literary texts which gave the composer's musical style such a unique voice. Frederick Delius' (1862-1934) music has proved impervious to analytical definition. Delius's approaches to genre, form, harmony,

The Edinburgh Companion to Literature and Music (Da Sousa Correa Delia)(Pevná vazba)

Provides a pioneering interdisciplinary overview of the literature and music of nine centuries Offers research essays by literary specialists and musicologists that provides access to the best current interdisciplinary scholarship on connections between literature and music Includes five

Delius and His Music (Lee-Browne Martin)(Pevná vazba)

There are many biographies and articles about Frederick Delius's life (1862-1934), but there has never been a comprehensive book about his music until now. Everything he wrote, from his earliest compositions right up to his final works, is analysed here; the history and background of each work and

The Encyclopedia of Country Music (The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museu)(Pevná vazba)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Douglass Frederick)(Pevná vazba)

Uncensored, original 1845 text of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The passionate man labeled as the 'most influential African American of the nineteenth century.' This is his voice. This is his story.Eleven chapters give the factual account of his life up to that point. 'My mother was

Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music - The Story of My Life and My Music (Roach Archie)(Pevná vazba)

Plant Teachers: Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge (Narby Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

The Young Punks (Rock Sheila)(Pevná vazba)

As the 1970s drew to a close and changes in music, fashion and attitudes collided to form Punk, Sheila Rock was right at the heart of the electrifying youth

Profane Parables: Film and the American Dream (Rindge Matthew S.)(Pevná vazba)

The sacred ethos of the American Dream has become a central pillar of American civil religion. The belief that meaning is fashioned from some mixture of family, friends, a stable career, and financial security permeates American culture. Profane Parables examines three films that assault this

Mediated Millennials (Schulz Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), Volume 19 of Emerald Studies in Media and Communications draws on global case studies that examine media use by millennials. By bringing together contributors and

BY RAIL TO THE MUSIC HALLS - Recollections of the relationship between rail travel and trips to music halls and theatres across the country (Hindle David)(Pevná vazba)

Appetites: A Cookbook (Bourdain Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

Written with the no-holds-barred ethos of his beloved series, No Reservations and Parts Unknown, the celebrity chef and culinary explorer's first cookbook in more than ten years--a collection of recipes for the home cook.Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a

History of the Second World War in 100 Maps (Black Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

In this highly original work Jeremy Black, one of world's leading military and cartographic historians, shows how fundamental maps were to the conflict as he charts its historical sweep across each of the major

Ray Gun: The Bible of Music and Style (Scott Jarrett Marvin)(Pevná vazba)

The first, comprehensive monograph on the legendary, rule-breaking magazine Ray Gun, featuring the most iconic names in 90s music and culture, and the eye-catching design that inspired generations to

Lagom - The Swedish Art of Balanced Living (Dunne Linnea)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the Swedish ethos of balanced living with

The Harmony of the Spheres: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music (Godwin Joscelyn)(Pevná vazba)

Professor of Music at Colgate University and a widely respected musicologist, Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that the whole cosmos, with its circling planets and stars, is in some way a musical or harmonious entity. The author shows how this concept has continued

Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales (Biggs Frederick M.)(Pevná vazba)

A possible direct link between the two greatest literary collections of the fourteenth century, Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, has long tantalized readers because these works share many stories, which are, moreover, placed in similar frames. And yet, although he identified

The Little Book of Country Music Wisdom (Parton Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

The Little Book of Country Music Wisdom offers the wise, unvarnished words of country stars past and present on a variety of topics like love, family, fun, work, health, heartache and even death to offer the full, big-picture view of country wisdom. Country music wisdom can be uplifting, funny, or

Delia's Complete Cookery Course (Smith Delia)(Pevná vazba)

Delia is renowned for her tried-and-tested, foolproof recipes. The Complete Cookery Course is the book that has taken pride of place in kitchens for over 30 years. It's a cookbook that you will return to again and again, including recipes for all-time classics like Taramasalata, Boeuf

Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World (Moore Kathleen Dean)(Pevná vazba)

After Debussy: Music, Language, and the Margins of Philosophy (Johnson Julian)(Pevná vazba)

Classical music shows a close relationship to language, and both musicology and philosophy have tended to approach music from that angle, exploring it in terms of expression, representation, and discourse. This book turns that idea on its head. Focusing on the music of Debussy and its legacy in the

Sicily: Island of Beauty and Conflict (Dummett Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

This book delves into the fascinating and diverse history and culture of Sicily. With settlers from early tribes to the Greeks and Romans, through the Arabs, Normans, French, Spanish and finally Italians, the island's culture has been changed dramatically by each of the foreign powers. In this

Berserk: Kentaro Miura: The Manga and the Anime (Robinson Jeremy Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Roald Dahl Collected Stories (Treglown Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki. This volume includes the stories in chronological order as established by Dahl's biographer, Jeremy Treglown, in consultation with the Dahl