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The long trail: my life in the West
By Ian Tyson. 2010
Ian Tyson's journey to the West began in Victoria, BC, where he rode his dad's horses and eventually became a…
rodeo competitor. Laid up after breaking a leg, he learned the guitar, drifted east, and became a songwriter and performer in the folk revival movement. When his first marriage broke up, he retreated to a ranch, soon buying his own and finding a new voice as the Western Revival singer-songwriter and horseman he is today. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2010.The listener's guide to medieval & Renaissance music
By Derrick Henry. 1983
Guide to the recorded world of minstrels and meistersingers, and the chants, love songs, and bawdy tunes of an early…
age. Includes critical evaluations of nearly 200 recordings of music of the Renaissance and Middle Ages. 1983.The life and times of Little Richard: the quasar of rock
By Charles White. 1984
Biography of the original wild man of rock 'n' roll. The singer, who is now a preacher, confesses to homosexuality,…
voyeurism, sexual orgies and drug abuse. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1984.The inheritance of shame: a memoir
By Peter Gajdics. 2017
Author Peter Gajdics spent six years in a bizarre form of conversion therapy that attempted to “cure” him of his…
homosexuality. Kept with other patients in a cult-like home in British Columbia, Canada, Gajdics was under the authority of a rogue psychiatrist who controlled his patients, in part, by creating and exploiting a false sense of family. Juxtaposed against his parents’ tormented past--his mother’s incarceration and escape from a communist concentration camp in post-World War II Yugoslavia, and his father’s upbringing as an orphan in war-torn Hungary--Gajdics explores the universal themes of childhood trauma, oppression, and intergenerational pain. 2017.Still woman enough: a memoir (Biography Ser.)
By Loretta Lynn, Cox. Patsi Bale. 2002
Country singer continues her autobiography begun in "Coal Miner's Daughter" (DC31083). Includes reminiscences of her career and friendship with Conway…
Twitty, Tammy Wynette, and other entertainers; her stormy marriage to her late husband, Doolittle Lynn; and her relationships with her children. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2002.La musique au Québec: 1600-1875 ((Étoile d'or).)
By Willy Amtmann, Michelle Pharand. 1976
Ike's mystery man: the secret lives of Robert Cutler
By Peter Shinkle. 2018
This Cold War narrative takes listeners from top secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages…
of a powerful man's intimate diary to bring new dimension to our understanding of the inner workings of the Eisenhower White House. 2018.In search of pure lust: a memoir
By Lise Weil. 2018
When Lise Weil came out in 1976, lesbian desire was the pulsing center of an entire way of life, a…
culture, a movement. The air throbbed with possibility. But after fifteen years of torrid but ultimately failed relationships, Weil had to admit that desire was also a conduit for childhood wounds--and it tended to trump love, over and over again. When a friend invited her to attend a Zen retreat in the mid-'80s, she was desperate enough to say yes. Her first day of sitting zazen was mostly hell--but, smitten with the (female) roshi, she stuck with it. Ultimately, the dive into Zen practice became a turning point in her quest for love. 2018.Jimmy Neurosis: a memoir
By James Oseland. 2019
Before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the California…
suburbs. Diving headfirst into the churning mayhem of punk, he renamed himself Jimmy Neurosis and journeyed into a vibrant underground world of visionary musicians and artists. With humor and verve, Oseland brings to life the effervescent cocktail of music, art, drugs, and sexual adventure that characterized the end of the seventies. Through his account of how creativity saved his life, he tells a thrilling and uniquely American coming-of-age story. 2019.Edgar Fruitier
By Daniel Rolland. 1992
Sous-titre: une passion nommée musique suivi de considérations de l'auteur sur la musique. Tous les Québécois ou presque connaissent la…
passion que porte Edgar Fruitier à la musique classique. L'auteur questionne l'homme sur la naissance de son amour de la musique, ses débuts comme commentateur, l'évolution de son gout musical. Le livre fourmille aussi d'anecdotes savoureuses sur les compositeurs et leurs interprètes. 1992.Miles: l'autobiographie
By Miles Davis. 1989
Biographie du célèbre musicien de jazz, Miles Davis. D'un caractère indomptable, il raconte ses quarante ans de carrière; comment il…
a su s'imposer malgré le racisme des Blancs, sa lutte contre l'alcool et la drogue, ses rechutes, sa passion pour les femmes et, surtout, comment il a su révolutionner le jazz et en devenir l'une des figures marquantes de notre époque. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 1989.Maria Callas, ma femme
By Renzo Allegri, Isabelle Reinharez, G. B Meneghini. 1983
Le paysage sonore (Musiques et musiciens)
By R. Murray Schafer, Sylvette Gleize. 1979
Les sons forment un paysage. Agréables ou déplaisants, légers ou puissants, audibles ou inaudibles, ils pénètrent de manière décisive les…
communautés humaines. Ce livre raconte leur histoire, c'est-à-dire notre histoire. 1979. Titre uniforme: The tuning of the world.Le voyage inachevé
By Yehudi Menuhin, James Du Mourier. 1977
Un grand violoniste de notre époque raconte sa vie, ses activités musicales, ses interventions comme apôtre de la paix. L'ensemble…
est accessible à un public assez large, mais certaines pages seront mieux comprises des lecteurs initiés à la musique. 1979, c1977.Ma voix et ma vie
By Marion Anderson. 1961
L'auteur, grande artiste lyrique, retrace l'évolution de sa carrière, ses vexations et les difficultés rencontrées à cause de sa couleur.…
Âpres plusieurs années d'efforts, elle entre au Metropolitan Opera, sorte de consécration. 1961.Le piano et son âme
By Marie-Paule Brière. 1977
L'auteure, seule femme spécialiste en pianos au Canada, a poursuivi trois objectifs en rédigeant ce livre, soit en faire un…
guide précieux pour les acheteurs, pour sensibiliser les gens à la musique et son moyen de communiquer sa passion. 1977.My first songs
By Tomie DePaola. 1985
Folk songs of Canada: piano/vocal; Volume 1 (The Waterloo folk songs of Canada series)
By Richard Johnston, Edith Fowke. 1988
A treasury of 67 Canadian folk songs, followed by a second volume (DC29370). Authentic songs of fishermen, farmers, soldiers, voyageurs,…
pioneers and the early settlers of Canada. c1954. 1988. (The Waterloo folk songs of Canada series)Lone star swing: on the trail of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
By Duncan McLean. 1997
Describes how, after finding a scratchy LP recording of Texan Bob Wills in Edinburgh, Scotland, McLean was hooked. He recalls…
his statewide musical quest to track down the spirit of Texas swing, along with his Scotsman's reactions to catfish, chili, honky- tonks, tumbleweed, and the local language. Some strong language. 1997.This guide to developing music appreciation in children provides advice from music educators and suggested activities. Fuller discusses how children…
can learn to enjoy music and how they can learn to play, and includes a month-by-month introduction to classical music, with biographies of composers and suggested pieces of music to listen to. 1994.