[PDF] Quantum Quirks Of A Quick Quaint Quark eBook

Author : Sharon Mirchandani
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252094492

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This is the first full-length introduction to the life and works of significant American composer Marga Richter (born 1926), who has written more than one hundred works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, dance, opera, voice, chorus, piano, organ, and harpsichord. Still actively composing in her eighties, Richter is particularly known for her large-scale works performed by ensembles such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and for other pieces performed by prominent artists including pianist Menahem Pressler, conductor Izler Solomon, and violinist Daniel Heifetz. Interspersing consideration of Richter's musical works with discussion of her life, her musical style, and the origins and performances of her works, Sharon Mirchandani documents a successful composer's professional and private life throughout the twentieth century. Covering Richter's formative years, her influences, and the phases of her career from the 1950s to the present, Mirchandani closely examines Richter's many interesting, attractive musical works that draw inspiration from distinctly American, Irish/English, and Asian sources. Drawing extensively on interviews with the composer, Mirchandani also provides detailed descriptions of Richter's scores and uses reviews and other secondary sources to provide contexts for her work, including their relationship to modern dance, to other musical styles, and to 1970s feminism.

Author : Michael K. Slayton
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 16,75 MB
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810877481

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In this collection of essays and interviews, nine gifted composers openly discuss their work.

Author : Julie Anne Sadie
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780393034875

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Throughout history women have been composing music, but their achievements have usually gone unrecognized.

Author : Benjamin Bahr
Publisher : Springer
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 3662495090

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Do you love quantum physics, cosmology, and the humor behind the popular television show The Big Bang Theory? Have you been on the lookout for a fun, non-technical explanation of the science behind things like time travel, wormholes, antimatter, and dark energy? You’ll find all of that, and more, inside this fact-filled, cartoon-packed book. In Quirky Quarks: A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics you’ll get: The latest science behind the mysteries of our universe explained in common everyday language. A major dose of cartoons, comics, and humor. A good grasp on the often-bizarre nature of reality. Start reading and you’ll find that hard science does not have to be hard. Whether you’re a teacher, a physicist, or just a lover of the curious, this is the book that delivers the facts in an engaging and entertaining cartoon world inhabited by two dogs, a cat, and some very quirky quarks which you might know from The Particle Zoo. With cutting edge science articles by physicists Boris Lemmer and Benjamin Bahr, and drawings by cartoonist Rina Piccolo, this may be the most fun science reading you’re likely to find out there.