Eight Strings

Author : Margaret DeRosia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982174088

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Eight Strings by Margaret DeRosia Pdf

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER An enthralling coming-of-age debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Venice who becomes a man to join the male-dominated world of the theater as a puppeteer—in the vein of Sarah Waters. Ever since her grandfather introduced her to eight-string marionettes, Francesca has dreamed of performing from the rafters of Venice’s popular Minerva Theater. There’s just one problem: the profession is only open to men. When her father arranges to sell her into marriage to pay off his gambling debts, Francesca flees her home. Masquerading as a male orphan named Franco, she secures an apprenticeship with the Minerva’s eccentric ensemble of puppeteers. Amid the elaborate set-pieces, the glittering limes, and the wooden marionettes, she finds a place where she belongs—and grows into the person she was always meant to be: Franco. The past threatens to catch up with Franco when his childhood friend Annella reappears and recognizes him at the theater. Now a paid companion to an influential woman, Annella understands the lengths one must go to survive, and she promises to keep Franco’s secret. Desire sparks between them, and they find themselves playing a dangerous game against the most powerful figures of Venice’s underworld. With their lives—and the fate of the Minerva—hanging in the balance, Franco must discover who is pulling the strings before it’s too late. Rich in historic detail and imbued with sharp social commentary, Eight Strings is a gorgeous, spellbinding debut that celebrates love, life, and art in all its forms.

Author : Louisa Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Bookbinding
ISBN : WISC:89047046313

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Varied Occupations in String Work by Louisa Walker Pdf

Author : Linda Pembroke Kaiser
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780815651161

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Pulling Strings by Linda Pembroke Kaiser Pdf

Kaiser explores the extraordinary career of Melville A. Clark (1883–1953), a musician, inventor, entrepreneur, community leader, and collector whose colorful story is largely unknown. Beginning with an account of Clark’s musical family, Kaiser chronicles the founding in 1859 of the Clark Music Company, of which Melville Clark became president in 1919. Originally just a tinker’s shed, the business ultimately moved into a six-story building in the center of Syracuse, New York. The music company celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2010. Clark also combined his talents as a gifted musician and an astute entrepreneur to start the first Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Kaiser recounts the development of the Clark Irish Harp, the first portable harp manufactured in the United States that could easily play accidentals. There were other Clark inventions, such as the first nylon strings for instruments, a fruit picker, and balloons that the British used in 1918 to drop more than 1,250,000 pamphlets over Germany. Clark’s story unfolds in fascinating detail: a musical encounter with President Wilson, an opportunity to perform for President F. D. Roosevelt at the White House, a visit to Buckingham Palace to present Princess Elizabeth with a music box, and the journey of a Clark Irish Harp to Antarctica with Admiral Byrd. Lavishly illustrated, Pulling Strings not only uncovers the life of a musical genius but also sheds light on a forgotten chapter in Syracuse history.

Author : Keith Sanger,Alison Kinnaird
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317300915

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Tree of strings by Keith Sanger,Alison Kinnaird Pdf

This is the first history of the harp in Scotland to be published. It sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the Pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present day. Describing the different harps played in the Highlands and the Lowlands of Scotland, the authors examine the literary and physical evidence for their use within the Royal Courts and "big houses" by professional harpers and aristocratic amateurs. They vividly follow the decline of the wire-strung clarsach from its links with the hereditary bards of the Highland chieftains to its disappearance in the 18th century, and the subsequent attempts at the revival of the small harp during the 19th and 20th centuries. The music played on the harp, and its links with the great families of Scotland are described. The authors present, in this book, material which has never before been brought to light, from unpublished documents, family papers and original manuscripts. They also make suggestions, based on their research, about the development and dissemination of the early Celtic harps and their music. This book, therefore, should be of great interest, not only to harp players but to historians, to all musicians in the fields of traditional and early music, and to any reader who recognises the importance of these beautiful instruments, and their music, throughout a thousand years of Scottish culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015068363103

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Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Includes music.

Author : Hertzel Hillel Yitzhak
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sephardim
ISBN : 1583302921

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Tzel Heharim by Hertzel Hillel Yitzhak Pdf

This highly praised book is the first comprehensive scholarly work in English to address exclusively the laws of tzitzit. In easy-to-understand text, Rabbi Dr. Hertzel Hillel Yitzhak successfully elucidates the complex laws and concepts of Sephardic tradition, making them accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Over seventy photographs and illustrations accompany his discussion of the minimally required dimensions of the tallit katan and tallit gadol; the step-by-step procedure of donning the tallit; four-cornered garments made of different materials; affixing the ritual strands; what to do if the ritual strands are torn, and other important topics. The first of a multi-volume set, this work is destined to become an indispensable reference for layman and scholar alike.

Author : Maxime Crochemore,Christophe Hancart,Thierry Lecroq
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1139463853

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Algorithms on Strings by Maxime Crochemore,Christophe Hancart,Thierry Lecroq Pdf

The book is intended for lectures on string processes and pattern matching in Master's courses of computer science and software engineering curricula. The details of algorithms are given with correctness proofs and complexity analysis, which make them ready to implement. Algorithms are described in a C-like language. The book is also a reference for students in computational linguistics or computational biology. It presents examples of questions related to the automatic processing of natural language, to the analysis of molecular sequences, and to the management of textual databases.

Author : D. T. Batty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Coins, English
ISBN : OXFORD:302163238

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Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles and Colonies, Local & Private Tokens Jettons, &c by D. T. Batty Pdf

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057002288687

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An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster Pdf

Author : Wolfgang Heimpel,Gabriella Szabo
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066615

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Strings and Threads by Wolfgang Heimpel,Gabriella Szabo Pdf

Anne Draffkorn Kilmer has had a long and fruitful career as an academic in Assyriology. After receiving her doctorate in Philadelphia and serving as assistant to Benno Landsberger in Chicago, she came to Berkeley in 1963 and stayed there for the long term, despite offers from other universities. During her career, in addition to her many contributions to Assyriology and ancient musicology, she served the university in various administrative functions. In Assyriology, her wide and varied interests included lexical texts, mathematics, animals, entertainment, and especially music. Her discoveries were often unexpected and dramatic. In this volume, the essays presented in her honor focus on many of Prof. Kilmer’s primary interests. The contributions are divided into two sections, reflecting the title, “Strings and Threads.” The “strings” portion of the volume collects essays that follow her interest in musicology and related matters, especially “music archaeology.” It is well known that she studied ancient Hurrian, Mesopotamian, and Ugaritic texts containing musical notations and/or songs, and has been at the forefront of decipherment and explanation of these texts. And a number of essays in this volume address various aspects of ancient music, whether it be the lyrics of the songs or the pictorial representation of music-making or the language in which music is described. In the “threads” portion of the volume are collected essays on various aspects of Mesopotamian narrative literature, an area to which Anne contributed significant insight on the structure of compositions and verbal wordplay used by ancient authors. A number of the articles in the volume follow up on or parallel Prof. Kilmer’s work in this area. Contributors include: G. Azarpay, D. Collon, J. Cooper, R. L. Crocker, D. Foxvog, E. Hickmann, A. B. Knapp, E. Leichty, S. L. Macgregor, S. B. Noegel, D. Pickworth, E. Robson, J. C. Ross, D. Schmandt-Besserat, D. Stronach, and R. L. Zettler. The volume concludes with a bibliography and an index of the works of A. D. Kilmer.

Author : Jesse Liberty
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780596552176

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Learning Visual Basic .NET by Jesse Liberty Pdf

Most Visual Basic .NET books are written for experienced object-oriented programmers, but many programmers jumping on the .NET bandwagon are coming from non-object-oriented languages, such as Visual Basic 6.0 or from script programming, such as JavaScript. These programmers, and those who are adopting VB.NET as their first programming language, have been out of luck when it comes to finding a high-quality introduction to the language that helps them get started.That's why Jesse Liberty, author of the best-selling books Programming C# and Programming ASP.NET, has written an entry-level guide to Visual Basic .NET. Written in a warm and friendly manner, this book assumes no prior programming experience, and provides an easy introduction to Microsoft's most popular .NET language.Learning Visual Basic .NET is a complete introduction to VB.NET and object-oriented programming. This book will help you build a solid foundation in .NET, and show how to apply your skills by using hundreds of examples to help you become productive quickly. Learning Visual Basic .NET introduces fundamentals like Visual Studio .NET, a tool set for building Windows and Web applications. You'll learn about the syntax and structure of the Visual Basic .NET language, including operators, classes and interfaces, structs, arrays, and strings. Liberty then demonstrates how to develop various kinds of applications--including those that work with databases--and web services.By the time you've finished Learning Visual Basic .NET, you'll be ready to move on to a more advanced programming guide that will help you create large-scale web and Windows applications.Whether you have a little object-oriented programming experience or you are new to programming altogether, Visual Basic .NET will set you firmly on your way to mastering the essentials of the VB.NET language.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : English language
ISBN : MSU:31293017645650

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The American Encyclopædic Dictionary by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jo Nardolillo
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810884441

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All Things Strings by Jo Nardolillo Pdf

String players face a bewildering array of terms related to their instruments. Because string playing is a living art form, passed directly from master to student, the words used to convey complex concepts such as bow techniques and fingering systems have developed into an extensive vocabulary that can be complicated, vague, and even contradictory. Many of these terms are derived from French, Italian, or German, yet few appear in any standard music dictionary. Moreover, the gulf separating classical playing from fiddle, bluegrass, jazz, and other genres has generated style-specific terms rarely codified into any reference work. All Things Strings: An Illustrated Dictionary bridges this gap, serving as the only comprehensive resource for the terminology used by the modern string family of instruments. All of the terms pertaining to violin, viola, cello, and double bass, inclusive of all genres and playing styles, are defined, explained, and illustrated in a single text. Entries include techniques from shifting to fingerboard mapping to thumb position; the entire gamut of bowstrokes; terms found in orchestral parts; instrument structure and repair; accessories and equipment; ornaments (including those used in jazz and bluegrass); explanations of various bow holds; conventions of orchestral playing; and types of strings, as well as information on a select number of famous luthiers, influential pedagogues, and legendary performers. All Thing Strings is expertly illustrated with original drawings by T. M. Larsen and musical examples from the standard literature. Appendixes include an extensive bibliography of recommended reading for string players and a detailed chart of bowstrokes showing notation and explaining execution. As the single best source for understanding string instruments and referencing all necessary terminology, All Things Strings is an essential tool for performers, private teachers, college professors, and students at all levels. It is also an invaluable addition to the libraries of orchestra directors and composers wishing to better understand the complexities of string playing. With the inclusion of terms relevant to all four modern string instruments played in all genres—from jazz to bluegrass to historically informed performance—this resource serves the needs of every string musician.

Author : S. J. Herrtage,John A. Williams,Robert Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : English language
ISBN : UVA:X030696389

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The American Encyclopædic Dictionary by S. J. Herrtage,John A. Williams,Robert Hunter Pdf

Author : Brian Hopkins
Publisher : MAA
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0883851849

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Resources for Teaching Discrete Mathematics by Brian Hopkins Pdf

Hopkins collects the work of 35 instructors who share their innovations and insights about teaching discrete mathematics at the high school and college level. The book's 9 classroom-tested projects, including building a geodesic dome, come with student handouts, solutions, and notes for the instructor. The 11 history modules presented draw on original sources, such as Pascal's "Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle," allowing students to explore topics in their original contexts. Three articles address extensions of standard discrete mathematics content. Two other articles explore pedagogy specifically related to discrete mathematics courses: adapting a group discovery method to larger classes, and using logic in encouraging students to construct proofs.