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Retracing a Winter's Journey

Franz Schubert's "Winterreise"

By: Susan Youens

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Retracing a Winter's Journey

Franz Schubert's "Winterreise"

By: Susan Youens

I like these songs better than all the rest, and someday you will too," Franz Schubert told the friends who were the first to hear his song cycle Winterreise. These lieder have always found admiring audiences, but the poetry he chose to set them to has been widely regarded as weak and trivial. Susan Youens looks not only at Schubert's music but at the poetry, drawn from the works of Wilhelm Müller, who once wrote in his diary, "perhaps there is a kindred spirit somewhere who will hear the tunes behind the words and give them back to me!" Youens maintains that Müller, in depicting the wanderings of the alienated lover, produced poetry that was simple but not simple-minded, poetry that embraced simplicity as part of its meaning. In her view, Müller used the ruder folk forms to give his verse greater immediacy, to convey more powerfully the wanderer's complex inner state. Youens addresses many different aspects of Winterreise: the cultural milieu to which it belonged, the genesis of both the poetry and the music, Schubert's transformation of poetic cycle into music, the philosophical dimension of the work, and its musical structure.

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Cornell University Press

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0801468272

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9780801468278

Hidden Victims

The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused

By: Susan F. Sharp

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Hidden Victims

The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused

By: Susan F. Sharp

Annotation In the US, murderers, particularly those sentenced to death, are usually considered as entirely different from the rest of us. Sociologist Susan F. Sharp challenges perspective by reminding us that those facing a death sentence, in addition to being murderers, are brothers or sisters, mothers or fathers, daughters or sons.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813535840

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9780813535845

Play Acoustic Guitar -- Beginning Chords, Strums, and Fingerstyle

Three Ways to Learn: DVD * Book * Internet, Book & DVD

By: Susan Mazer

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Play Acoustic Guitar -- Beginning Chords, Strums, and Fingerstyle

Three Ways to Learn: DVD * Book * Internet, Book & DVD

By: Susan Mazer

This beginning level DVD/book package is perfect for acoustic guitarists! Whether you perform solo or in a band, you'll come to depend on the practical skills in this package. You'll learn how to play fingerstyle guitar, a technique that all acoustic guitarists should know. You'll also learn about new dominant 7th and slash chords, syncopated strumming patterns, useful new chord progressions, warm-up exercises to strengthen your fingers, and the bass-note strumming pattern, widely used by folk guitarists such as Bob Dylan.

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Alfred Music Publishing

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1929395957

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9781929395958

Mean Lives, Mean Laws

Oklahoma's Women Prisoners

By: Susan F. Sharp

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Mean Lives, Mean Laws

Oklahoma's Women Prisoners

By: Susan F. Sharp

Oklahoma has long held the dubious honor of having the highest female incarceration rate in the country, nearly twice the national average. In this compelling new book, sociologist Susan Sharp sets out to discover just what has gone so wrong in the state of Oklahoma—and what that might tell us about trends in female incarceration nationwide. The culmination of over a decade of original research, Mean Lives, Mean Laws exposes a Kafkaesque criminal justice system, one that has no problem with treating women as collateral damage in the War on Drugs or with stripping female prisoners of their parental rights. Yet it also reveals the individual histories of women who were jailed in Oklahoma, providing intimate portraits of their lives before, during, and after their imprisonment. We witness the impoverished and abusive conditions in which many of these women were raised; we get a vivid portrait of their everyday lives behind bars; and we glimpse the struggles that lead many ex-convicts to fall back into the penal system. Through an innovative methodology that combines statistical rigor with extensive personal interviews, Sharp shows how female incarceration affects not only individuals, but also families and communities. Putting a human face on a growing social problem, Mean Lives, Mean Laws raises important questions about both the state of Oklahoma and the state of the nation.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813562775

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9780813562773

Music in the Baroque World

History, Culture, and Performance

By: Susan Lewis Hammond

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Music in the Baroque World

History, Culture, and Performance

By: Susan Lewis Hammond

Music in the Baroque World: History, Culture, Performance offers an interdisciplinary study of the music of Europe and the Americas in the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth centuries. It answers calls for an approach that balances culture, history, and musical analysis, with an emphasis on performance considerations such as notation, instruments, and performance techniques. It situates musical events in their intellectual, social, religious, and political contexts and enables in-depth discussion and critical analysis. The companion web site provide links to scores and audio/visual performances, making this a complete course for the study of Baroque music. Features An interdisciplinary approach that balances detailed analysis of specific pieces of music and broader historical overview and relevance A selection of historical documents at the end of each chapter that position musical works and events in their cultural context Extensive musical examples that show the melodic, textural, harmonic, or structural features of baroque music and enhance the utility of the textbook for undergraduate and graduate music majors A global perspective with a chapter on Music in the Americas A companion score anthology and website with links to audio/video content of key performances and research and writing guides Music in the Baroque World: History, Culture, Performance tells stories of local traditions, cultural exchange, performance trends, and artistic mixing. It illuminates representative works through the lens of politics, visual arts, theology, print culture, gender, domesticity, commerce, and cultural influence and exchange.

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Routledge

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1135017255

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9781135017255

The Piano

A History in 100 Pieces

By: Susan Tomes

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The Piano

A History in 100 Pieces

By: Susan Tomes

A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK’s most renowned concert pianists An astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to play music of great complexity and subtlety. For more than two hundred years, it has brought solo and collaborative music into homes and concert halls and has inspired composers in every musical genre—from classical to jazz and light music. Charting the development of the piano from the late eighteenth century to the present day, pianist and writer Susan Tomes takes the reader with her on a personal journey through 100 pieces including solo works, chamber music, concertos, and jazz. Her choices include composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Gershwin, and Philip Glass. Looking at this history from a modern performer’s perspective, she acknowledges neglected women composers and players including Fanny Mendelssohn, Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach.

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Yale University Press

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0300262868

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9780300262865

My Teacher

Remembering Marcel Moyse

By: Susan S. Fries

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My Teacher

Remembering Marcel Moyse

By: Susan S. Fries

My Teacher, Remembering Marcel Moyse contains a humorous, charming collection of 54 stories, interspersed with cartoons, drawings, photos and quotes of the French master flutist and teacher, Marcel Moyse, whose life and work have inspired many to become great teachers and performers. Also included are quotes by Albert Einstein, Henry David Thoreau, Piet Mondrian, Samuel Goldwyn, Duke Ellington and others. The stories, occurring in the Midwest, Vermont, Europe and California, flow effortlessly from the author’s first meeting with him in Oberlin, Ohio until his death in 1984. While many books have been written about his accomplishments and life, it is the author’s desire that readers will wish they had known this man. At 174 pages, it is for students, professionals and the public.

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AuthorHouse

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1452047375

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9781452047379

Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains

By: Susan Elderkin

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Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains

By: Susan Elderkin

“[An] imaginative first novel, the beguiling and unsettling tale of an obese Englishman, a young girl, a Slovakian shoemaker and an ice cream man.”—Publishers Weekly Theobald Moon lives in a lonely corner of the Arizona desert, tending his spectacular cactus garden, his tiny mobile home, and his astounding appetite. He has fled a stifled, cardigan-and-tea-cozy life in south London for this unfamiliar country, and is raising his daughter, Josephine, who has known no other life than their cheerful yet isolated American one. But when a jangling ice-cream truck finds its way into the desert carrying two ill-fated lovers—a pregnant Slovakian shoemaker and a mysterious ice-cream man—it throws Theo’s and Josie’s careful lives into a chaotic state for which they’re totally unprepared. Fantastic upheaval ensues, as well as an inspired redemption. Innovative, funny, and profound, this “heartfelt and stylish” novel (The Times) explores love and responsibility, and the joys and fears they inspire.

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386

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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0802198082

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9780802198082

Schubert's Poets and the Making of Lieder

By: Susan Youens

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Schubert's Poets and the Making of Lieder

By: Susan Youens

A re-examination of the life and work of four poets and Schubert's settings of their verse.

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Cambridge University Press

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052177862X

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9780521778626

Cytogenetic Abnormalities

Chromosomal, FISH, and Microarray-Based Clinical Reporting and Interpretation of Result

By: Susan Mahler Zneimer

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Cytogenetic Abnormalities

Chromosomal, FISH, and Microarray-Based Clinical Reporting and Interpretation of Result

By: Susan Mahler Zneimer

Cytogenetics is the study of the structure and function of chromosomes in relation to phenotypic expression.Chromosomal abnormalities underlie the development of a wide variety of diseases and disorders ranging from Down syndrome to cancer, and are of widespread interest in both basic and clinical research. Cytogenetic Abnormalities: Chromosomal, FISH, and Microarray-Based Clinical Reporting is a practical guide that describes cytogenetic abnormalities, their clinical implications and how best to report and communicate laboratory findings in research and clinical settings. The text first examines chromosomal, FISH, and microarray-based analyses in constitutional disorders. Using these same methodologies, the book's focus shifts to acquired abnormalities in cancers. Both sections provide illustrative examples of cytogenetic abnormalities and how to communicate these findings in standardized laboratory reports. Providing both a wealth of cytogenetic information, as well as practical guidance on how best to communicate findings to fellow research and medical professionals, Cytogenetic Abnormalities will be an essential resource for cytogeneticists, laboratory personnel, clinicians, research scientists, and students in the field. A guide to interpreting and reporting cytogenetic laboratory results involved in constitutional disorders and cancers Guides the reader on implementing the International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature in written reports Provides information to allow scientists and medical professionals to fully understand and communicate cytogenetic abnormalities Describes a wide array of cytogenetic abnormalities observed in the laboratory Divided into user-friendly sections devoted to methodologies and implications of specific diseases

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118412567

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9781118412565

The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry

By: Ilya Kaminsky,Susan Harris,Words Without Borders

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The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry

By: Ilya Kaminsky,Susan Harris,Words Without Borders

In this remarkable anthology, introduced and edited by Ilya Kaminsky and Susan Harris, poetic visions from the twentieth century will be reinforced and in many ways revised. Here, alongside renowned masters, are internationally celebrated poets who have rarely, if ever, been translated into English.

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596

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Harper Collins

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0061583243

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9780061583247

Recorder for Beginners

An Easy Beginning Method

By: Susan Lowenkron

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Recorder for Beginners

An Easy Beginning Method

By: Susan Lowenkron

This book teaches everything you need to know to get started playing the recorder. Beginning with how to hold the instrument and make a sound, through reading music and basic technique, you'll be guided all the way to articulation, dynamics, and composing. With pieces in styles ranging from ethnic folk tunes to Renaissance dances and classical symphonic melodies, this book is a fun method for learning to play this very accessible and enjoyable instrument.

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Alfred Music

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1457415151

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Mean Lives, Mean Laws

Oklahoma's Women Prisoners

By: Susan F. Sharp

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Mean Lives, Mean Laws

Oklahoma's Women Prisoners

By: Susan F. Sharp

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Rutgers University Press

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0813573971

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9780813573977

Heinrich Heine and the Lied

By: Susan Youens

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Heinrich Heine and the Lied

By: Susan Youens

A study into the poet Heinrich Heine's impact on nineteenth-century song.

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317

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Cambridge University Press

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0521823749

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9780521823746

Physical Rehabilitation

By: Susan B O'Sullivan,Thomas J Schmitz,George Fulk

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Physical Rehabilitation

By: Susan B O'Sullivan,Thomas J Schmitz,George Fulk

Rely on this comprehensive, curriculum-spanning text and reference now and throughout your career! You’ll find everything you need to know about the rehabilitation management of adult patients… from integrating basic surgical, medical, and therapeutic interventions to how to select the most appropriate evaluation procedures, develop rehabilitation goals, and implement a treatment plan. Online you’ll find narrated, full-color video clips of patients in treatment, including the initial examination, interventions, and outcomes for a variety of the conditions commonly seen in rehabilitation settings.

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F.A. Davis

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0803694644

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9780803694644

Principles of Forensic Pathology

From Investigation to Certification

By: Susan F. Ely,James R. Gill

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Principles of Forensic Pathology

From Investigation to Certification

By: Susan F. Ely,James R. Gill

Principles of Forensic Pathology: From Investigation to Certification offers a conceptual framework and foundational approach to a forensic practice grounded by evidence-based and mechanistic thinking. This book uses a systematic approach to address, explain, and guide the reader through diverse topics relevant to forensic pathologists and medicolegal death investigators. Nineteen chapters provide a comprehensive overview of the field of forensic pathology and discusses central topics such as scene investigation, the pathophysiology of death, death certification, the forensic autopsy, forensic imaging, pediatric forensic pathology, the importance of context, and approaches to frequently encountered medicolegal death circumstances, with mental checklists and suggestions for a consistent and considered approach. Written by forensic professionals, this book is a practical, yet comprehensive compendium for practicing forensic pathologists, coroners, medicolegal death investigators, forensic pathology fellows, pathology residents, medical students interested in forensic pathology, lawyers, and law enforcement professionals. - Presents a primary text that is ideal for daily forensic practice - Discusses how to properly investigate and certify death in a consistent and defensible way - Emphasizes best practices in the field, providing an approach that is in line with today's forensic pathologist

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Elsevier

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0323986390

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9780323986397

Songs for Cabo Verde

Norberto Tavares's Musical Visions for a New Republic

By: Susan Hurley-Glowa

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Songs for Cabo Verde

Norberto Tavares's Musical Visions for a New Republic

By: Susan Hurley-Glowa

Chronicles the work of Norberto Tavares, a Cabo Verdean musician and humanitarian who served as the conscience of his island nation during the transition from Portuguese colony to democratic republic.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1648250211

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9781648250217

Hidden Victims

The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused

By: Susan F. Sharp

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Hidden Victims

The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused

By: Susan F. Sharp

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Rutgers University Press

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0813535840

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Perfect Pitch in the Key of Autism

A Guide for Educators, Parents, and the Musically Gifted

By: Henny Kupferstein,Susan Rancer

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Perfect Pitch in the Key of Autism

A Guide for Educators, Parents, and the Musically Gifted

By: Henny Kupferstein,Susan Rancer

Autistic people and musical individuals often have perfect pitch, a gift they were born with. The musical gift may be accompanied with learning differences such as reading comprehension problems, trouble with mathematics, and significant difficulties in learning how to read music. This book was written by a music therapist and an autistic researcher, and is endorsed by leading experts in the field of autism and special-needs education. The Rancer Method is presented as page-by-page instructions to be implemented with readily-available method books so that every piano teacher can follow it and do well by their students. "By focusing on the abilities rather than the deficits of people with learning, perceptual, motor, and other differences, Kupferstein and Rancer have developed a revolutionary piano pedagogy that will empower individuals with autism and other differences by unleashing the power of what can be done." Stephen M. Shore, Ed.D. Internationally known professor, consultant, speaker, and author on issues related to the autism spectrum and special education. Person on the autism spectrum "This book will help the quirky kid who is different to be successful in music. This method may help open musical doors for many individuals on the autism spectrum." Temple Grandin, author Thinking in Pictures and The Autistic Brain.

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iUniverse

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153200141X

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