Rhapsody In Red

Author : Donn Taylor
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781575674087

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It was a bad day to find a corpse on campus. Preston Barclay is a self-made recluse (and he likes it that way). Teaching college history allows him time to grieve the loss of his pianist wife and find relief from the musical hallucinations that have been playing in his head since her death. But when he and headstrong colleague, Mara Thorn, discover the body of another instructor on campus, Press’s monotonous solitude is shaken up. When the preliminary evidence singles out Press and Mara, they must take some chances, including trusting each other, to build their own defense by bending the rules just a little bit. They form an unlikely alliance to stay ahead of the police, the college’s wary and incompetent administration, and whoever is trying to get away with murder. Or else they both might end up unemployed, behind bars, or worse...

Author : Sheila Melvin,Jindong Cai
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780875861869

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Rhapsody in Red by Sheila Melvin,Jindong Cai Pdf

Western classical music has become as Chinese as Peking Opera, and it has woven its way into the hearts and lives of ordinary Chinese people. This lucidly written account traces the biographies of the bold visionaries who carried out this musical merger. Rhapsody in Red is a history of classical music in China that revolves around a common theme: how Western classical music entered China, and how it became Chinese. Chinas oldest orchestra was founded in 1879, two years before the Boston Symphony. Since then, classical music has woven its way into the lives of ordinary Chinese people. Millions of Chinese children take piano and violin lessons every week. Yet, despite the importance of classical music in China -- and of Chinese classical musicians and composers to the world -- next to nothing has been written on this fascinating subject. The authors capture the events with the voice of an insider and the perspective of a Westerner, presenting new information, original research and insights into a topic that has barely been broached elsewhere. The only other significant books touching on this field are Pianos and Politics: Middle Class Ambitions and The Struggle Over Western Music by Richard Kurt Kraus (1989), and Barbara Mittler's Dangerous Tunes - The Politics of Chinese Music. Both target the academic market. Pianos focuses narrowly on the political aspects of the Cultural Revolution and subsequent re-opening. Rhapsody in Red is a far better read and benefits from considerably more research with primary source material in China over the past decade; and it covers classical music in general over all the history of East-West interaction. This book will appeal to a general readership interested in China -- the same readers who made "Wild Swans" a bestseller. It will also appeal to all who are interested in the future of classical music. It could easily be used for college courses on modern China, cultural history and ethnomusicology.

Author : George G. Gilman
Publisher : New English Library
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1981-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0450054454

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Rhapsody in Red by George G. Gilman Pdf

Author : Sue Edmondson
Publisher : Mayfields
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9780953540396

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Miniature Pinscher by Sue Edmondson Pdf

This books contains the pedigree name, date of birth, sire and dams pedigree name of every Miniature Pinschers registered with the UK Kennel Club from 1984 to 1993, from 1988 coat colours are also included, making this book a valuable research tool for all Miniature Pinscher breeders.

Author : Xiaofei Tian
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684170920

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The Halberd at Red Cliff by Xiaofei Tian Pdf

"The turn of the third century CE—known as the Jian’an era or Three Kingdoms period—holds double significance for the Chinese cultural tradition. Its writings laid the foundation of classical poetry and literary criticism. Its historical personages and events have also inspired works of poetry, fiction, drama, film, and art throughout Chinese history, including Internet fantasy literature today. There is a vast body of secondary literature on these two subjects individually, but very little on their interface.The image of the Jian’an era, with its feasting, drinking, heroism, and literary panache, as well as intense male friendship, was to return time and again in the romanticized narrative of the Three Kingdoms. How did Jian’an bifurcate into two distinct nostalgias, one of which was the first paradigmatic embodiment of wen (literary graces, cultural patterning), and the other of wu (heroic martial virtue)? How did these largely segregated nostalgias negotiate with one another? And how is the predominantly male world of the Three Kingdoms appropriated by young women in contemporary China? The Halberd at Red Cliff investigates how these associations were closely related in their complex origins and then came to be divergent in their later metamorphoses."

Author : Irene Rosswig Hays
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:10734221

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Author : Stan BH Tan-Tangbau,Quy?n V?n Minh
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781496836373

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Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam by Stan BH Tan-Tangbau,Quy?n V?n Minh Pdf

Shortlisted for the EuroSEAS Humanities Book Prize 2022 Quyền Văn Minh (b. 1954) is not only a jazz saxophonist and lecturer at the prestigious Vietnam National Academy of Music, but he is also one of the most preeminent jazz musicians in Vietnam. Considered a pioneer in the country, Minh is often publicly recognized as the “godfather of Vietnamese jazz.” Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam tells the story of the music as it intertwined with Minh’s own narrative. Stan BH Tan-Tangbau details Minh’s life story, telling how Minh pioneered jazz as an original genre even while navigating the trials and tribulations of a fervent socialist revolution, of the ideological battle that was the Cold War, of Vietnam’s war against the United States, and of the political changes during the Đổi Mới period between the mid-1980s and the 1990s. Minh worked tirelessly and delivered two breakthrough solo recitals in 1988 and 1989, marking the first time jazz was performed in the public sphere in the socialist state. To gain jazz acceptance as a mainstream musical art form, Minh founded Minh Jazz Club. With the release of his debut album of original compositions in 2000, Minh shaped the nascent genre of Vietnamese jazz. Minh’s endeavors kickstarted the momentum, from his performing jazz in public, teaching jazz both formally and informally, and contributing to the shaping of an original Vietnamese voice to stand out among the many styles in the jazz world. Most importantly, Minh generated a public space for musicians to play and for the Vietnamese to listen. His work eventually helped to gain jazz the credibility necessary at the national conservatoire to offer instruction in a professional music education program.

Author : Mari Yoshihara
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781592133345

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Musicians from a Different Shore by Mari Yoshihara Pdf

Musicians of Asian descent enjoy unprecedented prominence in concert halls, conservatories, and classical music performance competitions. In the first book on the subject, Mari Yoshihara looks into the reasons for this phenomenon, starting with her own experience of learning to play piano in Japan at the age of three. Yoshihara shows how a confluence of culture, politics and commerce after the war made classical music a staple in middle-class households, established Yamaha as the world's largest producer of pianos and gave the Suzuki method of music training an international clientele. Soon, talented musicians from Japan, China and South Korea were flocking to the United States to study and establish careers, and Asian American families were enrolling toddlers in music classes. Against this historical backdrop, Yoshihara interviews Asian and Asian American musicians, such as Cho-Liang Lin, Margaret Leng Tan, Kent Nagano, who have taken various routes into classical music careers. They offer their views about the connections of race and culture and discuss whether the music is really as universal as many claim it to be. Their personal histories and Yoshihara's observations present a snapshot of today's dynamic and revived classical music scene.

Author : Don Rayno
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810882041

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Paul Whiteman by Don Rayno Pdf

v. 1. "When Paul Whiteman, the best-known dance band leader of the flapper age, brought his entourage to town it was a big deal. Mayors met him at the train station and presented him with the key to the city, parades and throngs of cheering crowds escorted him to City Hall, and special luncheons were held in his honor. Eventually dubbed the "King of Jazz," Whiteman grew into one of the biggest promoters of players, singers, and arrangers of all times. Many well-known musicians got their first big boost in his band including Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Frank Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, Johnny Mercer, Mildred Bailey, and Ferde Grofé. When it came to jazz, Whiteman was a trailblazer. He invented "symphonic jazz" and gave the first performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, one of the most enduringly popular of all jazz-influenced musical works of the 20th century. He perfected the one-nighter concert tours, traveling across the country by train, from city to city, with his unique brand of music. He was also the first to employ a special arranger to craft tailor-made charts to fit the Whiteman Orchestra's instrumentation and sound. This is the first of a two-volume set that will serve as the definitive work on the life and music of this legendary jazz leader. Covering the early years from 1890 to 1930, the text will entertain and inform the reader about the exciting life of one of the major influencers of jazz music and also provide a nostalgic glimpse of what life was like during the Roaring Twenties. Features: ---Day-by-day chronology 1890-1930 ---Comprehensive discography of recordings 1920-1930 ---Gallery of Whiteman's band members-alphabetical listing from 1918 to 1930 (includes birth and death dates) ---Detailed reference notes with biographical sketches of famous people ---Extensive bibliography and index, including index of songs ---Nearly 60 rare, black and white photos."--Publisher's description.

Author : Wilt L. Idema,Beata Grant
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 958 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781684173945

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The Red Brush by Wilt L. Idema,Beata Grant Pdf

"One of the most exciting recent developments in the study of Chinese literature has been the rediscovery of an extremely rich and diverse tradition of women’s writing of the imperial period (221 B.C.E.–1911 C.E.). Many of these writings are of considerable literary quality. Others provide us with moving insights into the lives and feelings of a surprisingly diverse group of women living in Confucian China, a society that perhaps more than any other is known for its patriarchal tradition.Because of the burgeoning interest in the study of both premodern and modern women in China, several scholarly books, articles, and even anthologies of women’s poetry have been published in the last two decades. This anthology differs from previous works by offering a glimpse of women’s writings not only in poetry but in other genres as well, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing, and narrative fiction.The authors have presented the selections within their respective biographical and historical contexts. This comprehensive approach helps to clarify traditional Chinese ideas on the nature and function of literature as well as on the role of the woman writer."

Author : Heather Robertson
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0888629540

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Lily : A Rhapsody in Red by Heather Robertson Pdf

Lily: A Rhapsody in Red, second book in the King Years trilogy, is a dazzling comic epic of politics, sex and scandal during the 1920s and '30s. Our guide on the journey is the indomitable Lily Coolican, the former secret bride of Mackenzie King who follows her ne'er-do-well twin brother Jack to the raw mining country of northern Ontario. Jack gets rich; Lily gets Communism. In Ottawa Lily's Mum finds her true calling as the psychic architect of Mackenzie King's political triumphs. King, now leader of the Liberal Party, turns his skills in scheming and spiritualism to running the country. While his ethical elasticity traps him in a web of Grit patronage and corruption, Lily marches towards the dialectical light in service of the byzantine politics of the Communist Party. Lily is at once a remarkable political meditation and an uninhibited comedy that will outrage and delight, and change forever how Canadians think about the turbulent Twenties and Thirties.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Canadian literature
ISBN : UOM:39015067513294

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Canadian Literature Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Staci Layne Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948142627

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Rhapsody in Red by Staci Layne Wilson Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1066 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006281229

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Concert programs
ISBN : NYPL:33433033138854

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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Pdf