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Learn how to make even the noisiest gear dead quiet, getting instruments to sound crisp and distinct in a mix,…
making drum programs and sequences sound like they were played live, getting the most out of a limited number of tracks or mixer channels, blending tracks together into a professional-sounding mix, and how to avoid the most common mistakes amateur recordists make. Some descriptions of sex. 2005.How to enjoy opera (Melvyn Bragg's arts series)
By Charles Osborne. 1987
Written concisely for the non-opera goer, the author covers the development of opera to the present century and lists 100…
popular operas with their stories, from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" in 1689 to "Sweeney Todd" by Stephen Sondheim in 1978. 1987.I am a camera: a play in three acts
By Christopher Isherwood, John Van Druten. 1952
An English writer and his amoral lover pursue their personal relationships in Berlin in the 1930s, almost oblivious to the…
rise of the Nazis. Adapted from "The Berlin stories of Christopher Isherwood." 1971, c1952.How Nashville became Music City, U.S.A: 50 years of Music Row
By Michael Kosser. 2006
How a single studio in a tiny house in Nashville became Music Row, a ten-block area populated by hundreds of…
talented people whose job is to simply make music. It's the place where Elvis ushered in rock 'n' roll with "Heartbreak Hotel," Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, and Willie Nelson taught America to love soulful ballads, and Bob Dylan recorded three of his most important albums. Features stories from publishers, songwriters and others who describe the evolution of this fabled centre of music. 2006.Hear the wind blow: American folk songs
By Scott R Sanders. 1985
Handel's Messiah: a celebration
By Richard Luckett. 1992
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the first performance of this popular oratorio, Lucket has drawn on a variety…
of scholarly sources to piece together a picture of what took place in Dublin in 1742. He describes Handel's eager acceptance of the invitation to Ireland, his problems with a crotchety librettist, the original soloists, the initial audience, and the appreciation that surrounds the work to this day. 1992.For the love of music: interviews with Ulla Colgrass
By Ulla Colgrass. 1988
In interviews with 22 of the world's finest musicians, Pinchas Zukerman discusses conducting, Yo-Yo Ma reminisces about his musical training,…
Teresa Stratas reflects on artistic temperament, and Glenn Gould defends Muzak. 1988.Elizabeth Rex
By Timothy Findley. 2000
This drama brings together William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I, as they and the members of Shakespeare's acting troupe discuss…
what makes a man a man and a woman a woman. Much of the dialogue is between Elizabeth, who has reigned in essence as a man, and Ned, one of the actors who throughout his career has played women. On the eve of the execution of the Queen's former lover, the characters come to unexpected conclusions about identity, sex, humanity and love. Some strong language. Winner of the 2000 Governor General's Award for Drama. 2000.Based on commentaries originally presented during the first intermissions of Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. Father Lee, a professor of…
classics, analyzes and interprets works by Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Strauss. 1995.Ends and odds: plays and sketches
By Samuel Beckett. 1977
Dead white writer on the floor
By Drew Hayden Taylor. 2011
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By Sharon Pollock. 1984
Early jazz: its roots and musical development (History of jazz ; #1)
By Gunther Schuller. 1968
Jazz from its beginnings through the early 1930s. Schuller explores sound recordings made since the advent of jazz and responds…
to hypothetical questions a musician might ask. He shows how elements of jazz grew out of African music, stresses the shift of emphasis from the music to the performer, and notes the difficulty of studying something as ephemeral as improvised sounds. Followed by "Swing Era". 1986. (History of jazz ; 1)Divo: great tenors, baritones, and basses discuss their roles
By Helena Matheopoulos. 1986
Presents in-depth interviews with leading international male singers. Includes such artists as Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Simon…
Estes, and analyzes their interpretations from both the musical and the dramatic angles. 1986.A collection of conversations with seven of the world's greatest conductors: Claudio Abbado, Carlo Maria Giulini, Herbert von Karajan, James…
Levine, Riccardo Muti, Eugene Ormandy and Sir Georg Solti. They discuss their lives as well as their musical technique and interpretation. 1990.Complete works: one : 1954 - 1960 (Pinter, Harold Ser.)
By Harold Pinter. 1976
Contains the first five of Pinter's plays, including "The birthday party", his first full-length drama, and two short stories. In…
typical Pinter style, they all include an exacting and complex use of language and the features that mark his 'comedies of menace'. 1976. Uniform title: Works.Complete works, Vol. IV
By Harold Pinter. 1981
Contains five of Pinter's plays, including "Old times", "No man's land", and "Family voices". These works echo many of his…
earlier themes and techniques - struggles for power and an ambience of menace - while finding fresh subject matter and ways to express ideas. 1981. Uniform title: Works.Complete works, Vol. III
By Harold Pinter. 1998
Contains such Pinter plays as "The homecoming" and "Landscape", as well as six revue sketches, the memoir "Mac", and the…
short story "Tea party". Pinter's work compels the reader to analyze the efficiency of language and its ability to convey meaning. 1998. Uniform title: Works.Complete works, Vol. II
By Harold Pinter. 1990
Contains five of Pinter's plays, including "The Caretaker", and revue sketches. The characters and settings in these plays become more…
realistic, as opposed to the absurdist atmosphere of his first works. Also includes an introductory essay by Pinter, "Writing for myself". 1990. Uniform title: Works.Begins with the oboe: a history of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
By Richard S Warren. 2002
The Toronto Symphony orchestra has been a part of the arts scene in Toronto for eighty years, and this history,…
compiled by its former archivist, details its challenges, achievements and trials. It includes stories of artists who performed with the orchestra, such as Glenn Gould, Maureen Forrester, and Seiji Ozawa, its tours throughout the world, and information about its musicians, visiting artists, directors, and administrative personnel. 2002.