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Heart berries: a memoir
By Terese Marie Mailhot. 2018
Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in…
the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for Mailhot's mother, a social worker and activist who had a thing for prisoners; a story of reconciliation with her father--an abusive drunk and a brilliant artist--who was murdered under mysterious circumstances; and an elegy on how difficult it is to love someone while dragging the long shadows of shame. Mailhot trusts us to understand that memory isn't exact, but melded to imagination, pain, and what we can bring ourselves to accept. Her unique and at times unsettling voice graphically illustrates her mental state. As she writes, she discovers her own true voice, seizes control of her story, and, in so doing, re-establishes her connection to her family, to her people, and to her place in the world. Bestseller. 2018.The complete lyrics of Cole Porter
By Robert Kimball, Cole Porter. 1992
For the love of music: invitations to listening
By Michael Steinberg, Larry Rothe. 2006
Articles from the San Francisco Symphony's program books covering various musical subjects. Includes music-appreciation essays such as "How I Fell…
in Love with Music" and "Loving Memories of Movie Music," and examinations of specific composers in "Thinking of Robert Schumann" and "Sibelius and Mahler: What More Could There Be?" 2006.The music teaching artist's bible: becoming a virtuoso educator
By Eric Booth. 2009
Filled with practical advice on the critical issues facing the music teaching artist - from the economic and time-management issues…
of being a musician and teacher to communicating effectively with students. Includes advice on becoming a mentor, succeeding in school environments, partnering with other teaching artists, advocating for music and arts education, and private lessons. 2009.Choral masterworks: a listener's guide
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.Before the gold rush: flashbacks to the dawn of the Canadian sound
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.Wunnerful, wunnerful: the autobiography of Lawrence Welk
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.Wondrous strange: the life and art of Glenn Gould
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.Woody Guthrie: a life
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.Why Bob Dylan matters
By Richard F Thomas. 2017
Who's sorry now?: Connie Francis Tells Her Own Story
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.When giants walked the Earth: a biography of Led Zeppelin
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.What to listen for in Mozart
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.We'll meet again
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.Verdi: the man and his music (Metropolitan Opera Guild composer series)
By Paul Hume. 1977
Up Ghost River: a chief's journey through the turbulent waters of Native history
By Edmund Metatawabin, Alexandra Shimo. 2014
A powerful, raw memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s.…
Even as Metatawabin built the trappings of a successful life, he was tormented by horrific memories. In seeking healing, Metatawabin travelled to southern Alberta. There he learned from elders, participated in native cultural training workshops that emphasize the holistic approach to personhood, and finally faced his alcoholism and PTSD. Now his mission is to help the next generation of residential school survivors. Bestseller. Winner of the 2015 Speaker's Book Award. c2014.Twilight of the gods: a journey to the end of classic rock
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.Too afraid to cry: Memoir Of A Stolen Childhood
By Ali Cobby Eckermann. 2012
A memoir that, in bare blunt prose and piercingly lyrical verse, gives witness to the human cost of policies that…
created the Stolen Generations of Indigenous people in Australia. It is a narrative of good and evil, terror and happiness, despair and courage. 2012.Too marvelous for words: the life and genius of Art Tatum
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.This I believe
By Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan. 1979