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By Michael Steinberg. 2005
Essays based on program notes present musical analysis and background of some fifty works for accompanied chorus arranged alphabetically by…
composer. Discusses Handel's Messiah, Bach's Mass in B Minor, Beethoven's Missa solemnis, and compositions by Haydn, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Berlioz, Rachmaninoff, Vaughan Williams, Stravinsky, Adams, and Wuorinen, among others. 2005. Harmonium -- The passions (Saint John Passion, Saint Matthew Passion); Magnificat; Mass in B minor -- Missa solemnis -- Requiem -- A German requiem; The shorter choral works (Schicksalslied = Song of destiny, Nänie = Lament, Gesang der Parzen = Song of the fates) -- War requiem -- Requiem in C minor -- Canti di prigonia = Songs of captivity -- Stabat Mater -- The dream of Gerontius -- Requiem -- Messiah, Der Messias (arr. Mozart) -- Harmoniemesse (Wind-band mass); Two great oratorios (Die Schöpfung = The creation; Die Jahreszeiten = The seasons) -- Le Roi David = King David -- Glagolitic Mass -- Psalmus hungaricus -- Elias = Elijah -- The shorter choral works; Mass in C minor; Requiem -- Carmina burana -- The bells -- Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln = The Book with seven seals -- When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd -- The wedding; Perséphone; Symphony of Psalms; Mass; Canticum sacrum = Sacred canticle; Requiem canticles -- A child of our time -- A sea symphony; Sancta civitas -- Requiem -- Belshazzar's feast -- Genesis.By Nicholas Jennings. 1997
A generation of musicians, from Vancouver to Halifax, were drawn to Toronto's Yorkville district during the sixties. From among this…
group came some of Canada's most well known musicians, both then and now. 1997.By Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan. 1971
Memoirs of the popular TV bandleader of German descent who, though born in North Dakota, only learned to speak English…
at the age of 21. There are some amusing stories of his early career when his band was known as "The Hotsy Totsy Boys" and "The Honolulu Fruit Gum Orchestra." 1971.By Kevin Bazzana. 2003
Sheds new light on Gould's family history, his secretive sexual life, and the mysterious problems that afflicted his hands in…
his later years. Contrasts Gould's distinctive traits - his eccentric interpretations, his onstage demeanour, his resistance to convention - against his religious, upper middle-class Canadian childhood, and the influence of his mother and one piano teacher. Describes his concert career, his 1964 decision to perform only for records, radio, television, and film, and Gould's interests away from the piano. 2003.By Joe Klein. 1980
Poignant life story of the folk hero, singer, and song maker, whose father failed as a speculator, and whose mother…
died in an insane asylum. Some of the famous songs he wrote that have become part of American folklore include "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You," "Lonesome Road Blues," "I Ain't Got No Home," and "This Land Is Your Land." Some strong language. 1980.By Miriam Ali, Jana Wain. 1995
For Miriam, the turning point in her life came with the confirmation that her daughters, Zana and Nadia, aged only…
fifteen and fourteen respectively, had been taken from their home in Birmingham to be sold by their father to 'husbands' in Yemen. She finally took her remaining children and left, beginning the fight to bring Zana and Nadia back home. 1995.By Richard F Thomas. 2017
By Connie Francis. 1984
The autobiography of a popular singing star recalls her upbringing in a very strict Italian family, her ill-fated love for…
Bobby Darin and the other tragedies of her life. Some strong language. 1984.By Mick Wall. 2009
Mick Wall tells the story of the band that wrote the rulebook for on-the-road excess - and eventually paid the…
price for it, with disaster, drug addiction and death. Wall also recounts the life stories of the five individuals that made the dream of Led Zeppelin into reality: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and their infamous manager, Peter Grant. 2009, c2008.By Robert Harris. 1991
Harris analyzes some of Mozart's most popular compositions, discussing Mozart's style and innovations, and presenting clues of what to listen…
for. He also includes an annotated list of Mozart's "top fifty" pieces. 1991.By Robin Cross, Vera Lynn, Jenny De Gex. 1989
Vera Lynn, a British singer during World War II, is best known for her rendition of "The white cliffs of…
Dover". She describes how the war affected every aspect of day-to-day existence in Britain. 1989.By Sally Armstrong. 2002
Denied schooling, employment and adequate health care and confined to their homes unless accompanied by a male relative, the women…
of Afghanistan struggled to survive under the Taliban regime. The author describes the ways these women and girls rebelled against the Taliban. 2002.By Paul Hume. 1977
By Jean-Paul Roux. 2007
Bataille de Poitiers, croisades, prise de Constantinople, guerre d'Algérie: il y a ce conflit armé qui a commencé en l'année…
632. Il n'y a pas d'année, pas de semaine peut-être sans que du sang soit versé par des chrétiens ou par des musulmans. Ne vaut-il pas la peine de le rappeler, de montrer à nos contemporains que les événements qui occupent l'actualité, qui les bouleversent, s'inscrivent dans une longue série de 1375 ans d'événements tout aussi spectaculaires ; que de plus petits faits dont on ne parle guère qu'un jour ou deux ont eu, tous les jours, leurs équivalents pendant 1375 ans ? 2007.By Steven Hyden. 2018
In this mix of personal memoir, criticism, and journalism, Steven Hyden offers an eye-opening and frank assessment of the state…
of classic rock, assessing its past and future, the impact it's had, and what its loss would mean to an industry, a culture, and a way of life. 2018.By James Lester. 1994
The freelance musician and retired psychologist bases this first biography of the 1930s and 1940s jazz great on interviews with…
Tatum's surviving associates. They describe the blind piano player's intimidating virtuosity and fun-loving lifestyle and provide details of his life. Tatum, who loved alcohol and ignored his diabetes, died in 1956 at age forty-seven. 1994.By Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan. 1979
By Idries Shah. 1980
By Irshad Manji. 2003
Irshad Manji considers herself a Muslim, but is at issue with many of its cornerstones: tribal insularity, deep-seated anti-Semitism, and…
an uncritical acceptance of the Koran as the final, superior, manifesto of God. In an open letter to Muslims and non-Muslims alike, she asks pointed questions such as: "Who is the real colonizer of Muslims -- America or Arabia? Why are we squandering the talents of women, fully half of God's creation?" Manji offers a vision of how Islam can undergo a reformation that empowers women, promotes respect for religious minorities, and fosters a competition of ideas, reviving Islam's lost tradition of independent thought. 2003.By Ruby Mercer. 1976