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Roots of the Classical

The Popular Origins of Western Music

By: Peter Van der Merwe

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Roots of the Classical

The Popular Origins of Western Music

By: Peter Van der Merwe

Readers will find the same delight in the affinity of the incongruous, the subtlety of the commonplace, and the hidden simplicity of the complex. Only the subject matter is different in this case, some of the greatest - as well as the most trivial - of Western music."--Jacket.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198166478

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9780198166474

Musical Service

The Life and Times of the Franklin Silver Cornet Band

By: Peter Greene

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Musical Service

The Life and Times of the Franklin Silver Cornet Band

By: Peter Greene

Once upon a time, every town in America, large and small, boasted a band of its own. In one small Northwest Pennsylvania town, those days still live on. This is the story of the Franklin Silver Cornet Band, the men and women who have filled its ranks, and the town that has been its home for 150 years. Painstakingly researched and filled with hundreds of colorful characters, this book unfolds a tale to delight fans of band music and small town American history. Join in celebration of Venango County's oldest musical tradition. Includes 25 photos, some never before published.

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423

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Xlibris Corporation

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1425706673

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9781425706678

New York Modern

The Arts and the City

By: William B. Scott,Peter M. Rutkoff

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New York Modern

The Arts and the City

By: William B. Scott,Peter M. Rutkoff

Handsomely illustrated and engagingly written, New York Modern documents the impressive collective legacy of New York's artists in capturing the energy and emotions of the urban experience.

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476

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JHU Press

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0801867932

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9780801867934

World Musics in Context

A Comprehensive Survey of the World's Major Musical Cultures

By: Peter Fletcher

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World Musics in Context

A Comprehensive Survey of the World's Major Musical Cultures

By: Peter Fletcher

This volume contains a wide-ranging survey of musics of the world in historical and social contexts, from ancient times to the present day. It begins by describing aspects of musical style and function in relation to the early developments of civilizations, as background to a study of later transformations. It then describes, in some detail, musical traditions of Africa and Asia, in relation to history/geography and to other aspects of culture. A compendium of information currently available as well as a dialectical examination of musical causation and function, this book aims to lead students, teachers, and those who practice Western music towards a deeper understanding of the various musical traditions that contribute to the modern, multicultural environment."--Publisher's description

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753

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195175077

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9780195175073

A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards

A Financial Times Book of the Year

By: Peter Ross

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A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards

A Financial Times Book of the Year

By: Peter Ross

A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries . . . a considered and moving book on the timely subject of how the dead are remembered, and how they go on working below the surface of our lives.' - Hilary Mantel 'Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer, deftly capturing a sense of place and history, while bringing a deep humanity to his subject. He has written a delightful book.' - The Guardian 'The pages burst with life and anecdote while also examining our relationship with remembrance.' - Financial Times (best travel books of 2020) 'Among the year's most surprising "sleeper" successes is A Tomb with a View. In a year with so much death, it may have initially seemed a hard sell, but the author's humanity has instead acted as a beacon of light in the darkness.' -The Sunday Times 'Fascinating . . . Ross makes a likeably idiosyncratic guide and one finishes the book feeling strangely optimistic about the inevitable.' - The Observer 'Ross has written [a] lively elegy to Britain's best burial grounds.' - Evening Standard (*Best New Books of Autumn 2020*) 'One of the non-fiction books of the year.' - The i paper (*2020 Best Books for Christmas*) 'Brilliant.' - Stylist (*Best Christmas books for Christmas 2020*) 'Never has a book about death been so full of life. James Joyce and Charles Dickens would've loved it - a book that reveals much gravity in the humour and many stories in the graveyard. It also reveals Peter Ross to be among the best non-fiction writers in the country.' - Andrew O'Hagan For readers of The Salt Path, Mudlarking, Ghostland, Kathleen Jamie and Robert Macfarlane. Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are London's outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? What is the remarkable truth about Phoebe Hessel, who disguised herself as a man to fight alongside her sweetheart, and went on to live in the reigns of five monarchs? Why is a Bristol cemetery the perfect wedding venue for goths? All of these sorrowful mysteries - and many more - are answered in A Tomb With A View, a book for anyone who has ever wandered through a field of crooked headstones and wondered about the lives and deaths of those who lie beneath.

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147226780X

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9781472267801

The Bluffer's Guide to Opera

By: Peter Gammond

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The Bluffer's Guide to Opera

By: Peter Gammond

In most areas of human endeavor, bluffing is an easy way of getting by -- a method of artificially appearing knowledgeable. The Bluffer's Guides are a three million-copy best-selling series of snappy little books containing facts, jargon, and inside information -- all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.

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1902825543

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9781902825540

Photoshop CS A-Z

The essential visual reference guide

By: Peter Bargh

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Photoshop CS A-Z

The essential visual reference guide

By: Peter Bargh

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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194

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Taylor & Francis

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1136107576

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9781136107573

The A-Z of Classical Composers

By: Peter Gammond

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The A-Z of Classical Composers

By: Peter Gammond

A collection of 170 biographies which profile the lives and music of some of history's finest classical composers.

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212

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Quadrillion Publishing

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1858334144

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9781858334141

Electric Shock

From the Gramophone to the iPhone – 125 Years of Pop Music

By: Peter Doggett

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Electric Shock

From the Gramophone to the iPhone – 125 Years of Pop Music

By: Peter Doggett

Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify. Over that time, popular music has transformed the world in which we live. Its rhythms have influenced how we walk down the street, how we face ourselves in the mirror, and how we handle the outside world in our daily conversations and encounters. It has influenced our morals and social mores; it has transformed our attitudes towards race and gender, religion and politics. From the beginning of recording, when a musical performance could be preserved for the first time, to the digital age, when all of recorded music is only a mouse-click away; from the straitlaced ballads of the Victorian era and the ‘coon songs’ that shocked America in the early twentieth century to gangsta rap, death metal and the multiple strands of modern dance music: Peter Doggett takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the history of music. Within a narrative full of anecdotes and characters, Electric Shock mixes musical critique with wider social and cultural history and shows how revolutionary changes in technology have turned popular music into the lifeblood of the modern world.

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Random House

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144813031X

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9781448130313

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Roots of the Classical

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New York Modern

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World Musics in Context

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A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards

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The Bluffer's Guide to Opera

The Bluffer's Guide to Opera

Photoshop CS A-Z

Photoshop CS A-Z

The A-Z of Classical Composers

The A-Z of Classical Composers

Electric Shock

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