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Conducting Elgar

By: Norman Del Mar

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This is the final book in the series on orchestral conducting that Norman Del Mar had been writing until his death in February 1994. As with the previous books, each chapter is devoted to a specific work, and once again all the major orchestral works of this important composer are covered. The book culminates in an important study of The Dream of Gerontius completed by his son Jonathan, himself a conductor. Norman Del Mar was renowned in his generation as an interpreter of English music and in particular for his understanding of Elgar's music. His explanations of the subtleties of guiding an orchestra through these magnificent scores are an invaluable help to all those who seek to clarify this elusive music. Elgar's own recordings are frequently consulted but not always accepted.

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Oxford University Press

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0198165579

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9780198165576

Richard Strauss

A Critical Commentary on His Life and Works (Volume I)

By: Norman Del Mar

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Richard Strauss

A Critical Commentary on His Life and Works (Volume I)

By: Norman Del Mar

Norman Del Mar (1919-1994) was universally recognised as a leading authority on the music of Richard Strauss, and his masterly three-volume study of his life and works remains a classic. Volume I deals with the years from the composer's birth (1864) to Der Rosenkavalier (1912), discussing the early orchestral and chamber music, the tone poems and the operas Guntram, Feuersnot, Salome and Elektra. 'Deploying a well-nigh encyclopaedic knowledge, Mr Del Mar acquits himself brilliantly of his task of disentangling and reassembling the numerous strands that make up the backcloth of poetry and philosophy which Strauss, while not always understanding every intricacy, yet needed as a constant reference map for his composing. The three volumes of this magnificent book should be studied by all lovers of the late-romantic music, amateurs and professionals alike...a monumental achievement.' Times Literary Supplement 'A brilliant and copiously analytical study ... a constant fascination.' Guardian

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Faber & Faber

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0571309437

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9780571309436

Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces

By: Norman Del Mar

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Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces

By: Norman Del Mar

This collection of essays on the interpretation of twenty-two unusual concert pieces was assembled partly with a view to more imaginative program planning. There are many composers who may have written only one or two masterpieces, yet failed to leave a worthy oeuvre; these sadly are often forgotten or overlooked when conductors assemble programs. This compilation spans a little over a hundred years from the 19th and 20th centuries and all the works are colorful and attractive. Once again Norman Del Mar brings his expertise in handling the orchestra to a wide variety of styles. His infectious enthusiasm and broad knowledge make him an invaluable guide to the aspiring conductor, the expert, and the music-loving listener. The essays range from Russia to Spain, from Schoenberg to Kodály, from Wolf to Poulenc, with such established favorites as the overture to La Forza del Destino with its unexpected tricky moments and the Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes for which Del Mar offers suggestions from Britten himself, with whom he worked for many years.

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Oxford University Press

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0198165587

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9780198165583

Anatomy of the Orchestra

By: Norman Del Mar

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Anatomy of the Orchestra

By: Norman Del Mar

Before his death in 1994, Norman Del Mar was acknowledged as one of the world's foremost authorities on the orchestra. Anatomy of the Orchestra is written not only for fellow conductors, players, students, and professional musicians, but also for everyone interested in the performance of orchestral music.

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Univ of California Press

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0520045009

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9780520045002

Anatomy of the Orchestra

By: Norman Del Mar

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Anatomy of the Orchestra

By: Norman Del Mar

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0520050622

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9780520050624

The Life and Death of Classical Music

Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made

By: Norman Lebrecht

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The Life and Death of Classical Music

Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made

By: Norman Lebrecht

In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentators tells the story of the rise of the classical recording industry from Caruso’s first notes to the heyday of Bernstein, Glenn Gould, Callas, and von Karajan. Lebrecht compellingly demonstrates that classical recording has reached its end point–but this is not simply an expos? of decline and fall. It is, for the first time, the full story of a minor art form, analyzing the cultural revolution wrought by Schnabel, Toscanini, Callas, Rattle, the Three Tenors, and Charlotte Church. It is the story of how stars were made and broken by the record business; how a war criminal conspired with a concentration-camp victim to create a record empire; and how advancing technology, boardroom wars, public credulity and unscrupulous exploitation shaped the musical backdrop to our modern lives. The book ends with a suitable shrine to classical recording: the author’s critical selection of the 100 most important recordings–and the 20 most appalling. Filled with memorable incidents and unforgettable personalities–from Goddard Lieberson, legendary head of CBS Masterworks who signed his letters as God; to Georg Solti, who turned the Chicago Symphony into “ the loudest symphony on earth”–this is at once the captivating story of the life and death of classical recording and an opinioned, insider’s guide to appreciating the genre, now and for years to come.

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Anchor

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0307487466

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The Rough Guide to Cuba

By: Fiona McAuslan,Matthew Norman

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The Rough Guide to Cuba

By: Fiona McAuslan,Matthew Norman

The Rough Guide to Cuba is the ultimate guide to the home of sun, salsa and rum. The guide's full-colour section introduces the best Cuba has to offer, plus you'll find information on the hottest clubs and cafes and Cuba's best bars, places to eat and beaches. Up-to-date and honest reviews will help you track down accommodation, with the most comprehensive list of casas particulares of any guidebook. There's also detailed information on the country's history, currency and music, plus the recent changes to the public transport systems and a comprehensive language section with cubanismos. Detailed colour maps will help you find your way around Cuba, with particular attention paid to the main visitor areas. Make the most of your time on earth with The Rough Guide to Cuba.

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Rough Guides UK

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1405387769

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The Rough Guide to Cuba

By: Matthew Norman,Fiona McAuslan,Claire Boobbyer

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The Rough Guide to Cuba

By: Matthew Norman,Fiona McAuslan,Claire Boobbyer

The Rough Guide to Cuba is the perfect guide for all your travels across the dazzling country of Cuba. Its maps and tips will lead you to the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants in the country. Discover all of Cuba's highlights with insider information ranging from Cuba's diverse music, scuba diving and colonial architecture to its world-class ballet and baseball, political history and captivating capital city, Havana. Clear maps will make your travels around this spectacular country easy and unforgettable. You will never miss a sight with the stunning photos included and detailed coverage of Cuba's vibrant cities, glittering beaches, lush countryside and addictive mixture of the Latin American and Caribbean cultures. The Rough Guide to Cuba will take your travels to new heights, ensuring that you don't miss the unmissable while you're there. Now available in ePub format.

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1409349012

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Cuba

By: Fiona McAuslan,Matthew Norman

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Cuba

By: Fiona McAuslan,Matthew Norman

This ever more accessible island will soon be the hottest Caribbean destination for North American travelers, according to the authors, who cover all sites and events to suit all budgets. of color photos. 43 maps.

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Rough Guides

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1858289033

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9781858289038

The Rough Guide to Havana

By: Fiona McAuslan,Matthew Norman

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The Rough Guide to Havana

By: Fiona McAuslan,Matthew Norman

The Rough Guide to Havana is the ultimate guide to this lively city in Cuba. The full-color section introduces the best Havana has to offer. This first edition is full of informed descriptions and accurate listings of the best bars, restaurants and music venues to be seen at with maps and plans for every area. This guide also takes a detailed look at the history of Havana. From the Museo de la Revolución and other must-visit museums and galleries to splendid architectural gems including the Catedral de San Cristóbal,the Rough Guide steers you to the best restaurants, stylish bars & cafés, and hottest nightlife across every price range. The guide provides comprehensive coverage of hotels as well as private homestays, the best places to stay for an up-close experience of life in Cuba. Extensive coverage of the outer boroughs La Lisa and Marianao complements an unprecedented level of detail for the main four city neighborhoods, Habana Vieja, Centro Habana, Vedado and Miramar.

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1405381825

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9781405381826

American Land Planning Law

Cases and Materials

By: Norman Williams, Jr.

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American Land Planning Law

Cases and Materials

By: Norman Williams, Jr.

Previosuly published: New Brunswick, N.J.: Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, c1978.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412850525

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9781412850520

Conducting Berlioz

By: Norman Del Mar

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Conducting Berlioz

By: Norman Del Mar

Berlioz, the enfant terrible of music if ever there was one, was always a favorite of the late Norman Del Mar. In this volume (seen through the press by his son Jonathan) Norman Del Mar brings all his wide experience to the explanations and elucidation of the more difficult points of conducting these works. The most imaginative orchestrator ever is treated with wisdom and perception and many doubtful technical points are clarified in this invaluable handbook. Anyone wanting to know more about Berlioz's works, be they student or music-loving listener, will find their enjoyment enhanced after reading this indispensable study. The three extraordinary symphonies are considered in detail, followed by six overtures, and other important works. The volume culminates in chapters on the Grande Messe des morts and Te Deum which give true insight into these major choral pieces. Del Mar's writing style is easily approachable and carries the reader along in eager anticipation as understanding is assimilated from his own infectious enthusiasm.

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Oxford University Press

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0198165595

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9780198165590

World of Baby Names, A (Revised)

By: Teresa Norman

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World of Baby Names, A (Revised)

By: Teresa Norman

One of the most comprehensive baby name reference guides available, featuring more than 30,000 baby names, has been revised and expanded. Each chapter focuses on names from specific countries, regions, and ethnicities, including details about traditional naming customs. Each entry contains various spellings and pronunciations, as well as the name's meaning, history, etymology, and derivations.

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1440625565

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9781440625565

Vanished Kingdoms

The Rise and Fall of States and Nations

By: Norman Davies

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Vanished Kingdoms

The Rise and Fall of States and Nations

By: Norman Davies

An evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise, maturity, and eventual disappearance. There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Europe's past is littered with states and kingdoms, large and small, that are scarcely remembered today, and while their names may be unfamiliar-Aragon, Etruria, the Kingdom of the Two Burgundies-their stories should change our mental map of the past. We come across forgotten characters and famous ones-King Arthur and Macbeth, Napoleon and Queen Victoria, right up to Stalin and Gorbachev-and discover how faulty memory can be, and how much we can glean from these lost empires. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind. This is Norman Davies at his best: sweeping narrative history packed with unexpected insights. Vanished Kingdoms will appeal to all fans of unconventional and thought-provoking history, from readers of Niall Ferguson to Jared Diamond.

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Penguin

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1101545348

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9781101545348

Voices of the Old Sea

By: Norman Lewis

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Voices of the Old Sea

By: Norman Lewis

A memoir of a remote Spanish fishing village just after WWII, a community on the brink of change, by “the finest travel writer of the last century” (The New Yorker). Seeking solace in the everyday after his World War II army service, travel writer Norman Lewis returns to his beloved Spain, to the fishing village of Farol, in the hopes of recapturing a lost sense of home. It is a place he knows better than his native England, and he finds the Spanish countryside “still as nostalgically backward-looking as ever, still magnificent, still invested with all its ancient virtues and ancient defects.” He spends three seasons as a fisherman, basking in the simplicity of village customs. Lovingly written and richly evocative, Voices of the Old Sea is an absorbing look at a centuries-old lifestyle in its final days, as the tide of modernization threatens to change it forever.

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Open Road Media

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1480433276

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The Ironic Apocalypse in the Novels of Leopoldo Marechal

By: Norman Cheadle

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The Ironic Apocalypse in the Novels of Leopoldo Marechal

By: Norman Cheadle

A fresh look at the Argentine novelist Marechal emphasises his subversive approach in his novels to the Peronist politics of his time. Leopoldo Marechal has become a chosen precursor of many contemporary Argentine writers, cineastes, and intellectuals, and so his novels - universally recognized but rarely studied - demand treatment from a contemporary critical sensibility. This study departs from the line of criticism that reads Marechal as a Christian apologist, arguing instead that Marechal's `metaphysical' novels are really metafictional, ludic exercises informed by ironic scepticism.Adán Buenosayres (1948) inverts the Christian-Platonist narrative of redemption through the Logos; in El Banquete de Severo Arcángelo (1965) Marechal, tongue firmly in cheek, leads his readers on a metaphysical wild-goose chase; and in Megafón, o la guerra (1970) he finally lays apocalypticism to rest. The close readings of his novels presented in this book help to lay the theoretical groundwork underpinning Marechal's reinscription incontemporary Argentine culture.

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Tamesis

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1855660709

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9781855660700

Operation Condor

By: Albert Norman

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Operation Condor

By: Albert Norman

Hitler's dangerous scheme to escape from a foundering Germany involves a Lufthansa pilot and his aviatrix wife, both pioneers in long distance air transport.

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Trafford Publishing

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1425101305

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9781425101305

Who Was Who on TV

By: Norman Chance

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Who Was Who on TV

By: Norman Chance

The information herein was accumulated of fifty some odd years. The collection process started when TV first came out and continued until today. The books are in alphabetical order and cover shows from the 1940s to 2010. The author has added a brief explanation of each show and then listed all the characters, who played the roles and for the most part, the year or years the actor or actress played that role. Also included are most of the people who created the shows, the producers, directors, and the writers of the shows. These books are a great source of trivia information and for most of the older folk will bring back some very fond memories. I know a lot of times we think back and say, "Who was the guy that played such and such a role?" Enjoy!

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456821644

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9781456821647

Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces

By: Norman Del Mar

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Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces

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Oxford University Press

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0198165587

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Human Information Processing

An Introduction to Psychology

By: Peter H. Lindsay,Donald A. Norman

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Human Information Processing

An Introduction to Psychology

By: Peter H. Lindsay,Donald A. Norman

Human Information Processing: An Introduction to Psychology, Second Edition, was written to reflect recent developments, as well as anticipate new directions, in this flourishing field. The ideas of human information processing are relevant to all human activities, most especially those of human interactions. The book discusses all the traditional areas and then goes beyond: consciousness, states of awareness, multiple levels of processing (and of awareness), interpersonal communication, emotion, and stress. The book begins with an introduction to some of the more interesting phenomena of perception and poses some of the puzzles faced by those who would attempt to unravel the structures. Separate chapters cover the systems of most interest for human communication: the visual system and the auditory system; the structure of the nervous system; and the systems of memory: sensory information storage, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Subsequent chapters deal with the different aspects of memory, including show how memory is used in thought, in language, and in decision making. Also examined are the neurological basis of memory and the representation of knowledge within memory.

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Academic Press

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1483258238

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9781483258232

Europe

A History

By: Norman Davies

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Europe

A History

By: Norman Davies

From the Ice Age to the Cold War and beyond, from Reykjavik to Riga, from Archimedes to Einstein, Alexander to Yeltsin, here between the covers of a single volume Norman Davies tells the story of Europe, East and West, from prehistory to the present day. The book's absorbing narrative lays down the chronological and geographical grid on which the dramas of European history have been played out. It zooms in from the distant focus of Chapter One, which explores the first five million years of the continent's evolution, to the close focus of the lasttwo chapters, which cover the twentieth century at roughly one page per year. In between, Norman Davies presents a huge and sweeping canvas packed with fascinating detail, analysis, and anecdote. Alongside Europe's better-known stories - human, national, and continental - he brings into focus areasoften ignored or misunderstood, remembering the stateless nation as well as the nation-state. Minority communities, from heretics and lepers to Jews, Romanies, and Muslims have not been forgotten. This masterly history reveals not only the rich variety of Europe's past but also the many and rewarding prisms through which it can be viewed. Each chapter contains a selection of telephoto 'capsules', illustrating narrower themes and topics that cut across the chronological flow. Davies thenconcludes with a wide-angle 'snapshot' of the whole continent as seen from one particular vantage point. The overall effect is stunning: a kind of historical picture album, with panoramic tableaux interspersed by detailed insets and close-ups. Never before has such an ambitious history of Europe been attempted. In range and ambition, the originality of its structure and glittering style, Norman Davies's Europe represents one of the most important and illuminating history books to be published by Oxford. Time Capsules 201 fascinating articles interspersed throughout the narrative focus on incidents or topics as various as The Iceman of the Alps, Erotic Graffiti at Pompeii, Stradivarius, and Psychoanalysing Hitler. Each capsule can be tasted as a separate self-contained morsel; or can be read in conjunction withthe narrative into which it is inserted. Snapshots 12 panoramic overviews across the changing map of Europe freeze the frames of the chronological narrative at moments of symbolic importance, such as Knossos 1628 BC, Constantinople AD 330, and Nuremberg 1945. A fully illustrated history Incorporates over 100 superbly detailed maps and diagrams, and 32 pages of black and white plates.

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