[PDF] Charles Halla Musical Life eBook

Author : Jan Swafford
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 37,32 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Composers
ISBN : 9780393317190

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A biography of the American composer examines how his music was shaped by his Yankee background, the influence of his father, and his Yale education.

Author : Stuart Feder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
Release : 1999-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521599313

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Charles Ives grew up in the nineteenth century and composed chiefly in the twentieth. His nostalgia for a simpler life in the New England country town of his youth is revealed in his frequent musical quotation of songs of that earlier time: parlor and patriot songs, hymns and gospel music. He had learned these songs early in his life through his father, a village bandmaster, who remained the most important influence in his life and music. Ives absorbed these influences within an innovative and modern musical style of composition. Stuart Feder's account of Ives's life clarifies the complexities of the man and his music, while his straightforward discussion of this uniquely autobiographical music in turn illuminates the narrative.

Author : Carin T. Ford
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,64 MB
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766027015

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Traces the personal life and musical career of the blind singer, musician, and composer, Ray Charles.

Author : Michael Lydon
Publisher : Riverhead Books
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 44,81 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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1llustrated with 16 pages of black and white photos, this is the first full-length biography of Ray Charles and the definitive portrait of the man called The Genius of Soul'. Colourful, commanding, ruthless, opinionated and dogmatic, Charles stands among the most influential pop musicians of the last half century and his musical innovations have touched everyone from Elvis to Prince, from Aretha Franklin to Billy Joel. A fascinating analytical look at both the man and his art.'

Author : Philip Glass
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 12,94 MB
Release : 2015-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1631490818

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New York Times Bestseller An NPR Best Book of the Year Winner of the Chicago Tribune Literary Award Finalist for the Marfield Prize, National Award for Arts Writing "Reads the way Mr. Glass's compositions sound at their best: propulsive, with a surreptitious emotional undertow." —Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet in Words Without Music, his critically acclaimed memoir, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice, that of a born storyteller and an acutely insightful chronicler, whose behind-the-scenes recollections allow readers to experience those moments of creative fusion when life so magically merged with art. From his childhood in Baltimore to his student days in Chicago and at Juilliard, to his first journey to Paris and a life-changing trip to India, Glass movingly recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that helped shape his creative consciousness. Whether describing working as an unlicensed plumber in gritty 1970s New York or composing Satyagraha, Glass breaks across genres and re-creates, here in words, the thrill that results from artistic creation. Words Without Music ultimately affirms the power of music to change the world.

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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 1969-12
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As the magazine of the Texas Exes, The Alcalde has united alumni and friends of The University of Texas at Austin for nearly 100 years. The Alcalde serves as an intellectual crossroads where UT's luminaries - artists, engineers, executives, musicians, attorneys, journalists, lawmakers, and professors among them - meet bimonthly to exchange ideas. Its pages also offer a place for Texas Exes to swap stories and share memories of Austin and their alma mater. The magazine's unique name is Spanish for "mayor" or "chief magistrate"; the nickname of the governor who signed UT into existence was "The Old Alcalde."

Author : Leonard Maltin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1668 pages
File Size : 37,25 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780452289789

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Offers readers a comprehensive reference to the world of film, including more than ten thousand DVD titles, along with information on performers, ratings, running times, plots, and helpful features.