Dada

Dada

Author: Leah Dickerman

Publisher: National Gallery of Art, Washington/D.A.P.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13:

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Edited by Leah Dickerman. Essays by Brigid Doherty, Sabine T. Kriebel, Dorothea Dietrich, Michael R. Taylor, Janine Mileaf and Matthew S. Witkovsky. Foreword by Earl A. Powell III.


Encyclopedia of the Blues

Encyclopedia of the Blues

Author: Edward M. Komara

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1274

ISBN-13: 0415926998

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This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.


The Musical Entertainer; 1

The Musical Entertainer; 1

Author: George 1706?-1771 Bickham

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2021-09-10

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781015341531

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


What to Listen For in Music

What to Listen For in Music

Author: Aaron Copland

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1101513144

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Now in trade paperback: “The definitive guide to musical enjoyment” (Forum). In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding of all art forms.


Surrealist Women

Surrealist Women

Author: Penelope Rosemont

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 9780485300888

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Surrealist Women displays the range and significance of women's contributions to surrealism. Penelope Rosemont, affiliated with the Paris Surrealist Group in the 1960s and now a Chicago poet and painter, has assembled nearly three hundred texts by ninety-six women from twenty-eight countries. She opens the book with a succinct summary of surrealism's basic aims and principles, followed by a discussion of the place of gender in the origins of the movement.The texts are organised into historical periods ranging from the 1920s to the present, with introductions describing trends in the movement for each period; and each surrealist's work is prefaced by a brief biographical statement. Authors include El Allailly, Bruna, Cunard, Carrington, Cesaire, Gauthier, Giovanna, van Hirtum, Kahlo, Levy, Mansour, Mitrani, Pailthorpe, Joyce Peters, Rahon, Svankmajerova, Taub, Zangana>


Digital Communication

Digital Communication

Author: Christoph Meinel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-02-21

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 3642543316

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The authors give a detailed summary about the fundamentals and the historical background of digital communication. This includes an overview of the encoding principles and algorithms of textual information, audio information, as well as images, graphics, and video in the Internet. Furthermore the fundamentals of computer networking, digital security and cryptography are covered. Thus, the book provides a well-founded access to communication technology of computer networks, the internet and the WWW. Numerous pictures and images, a subject-index and a detailed list of historical personalities including a glossary for each chapter increase the practical benefit of this book that is well suited as well as for undergraduate students as for working practitioners.


Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation

Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation

Author: Lena Olausson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2006-10-26

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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The Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation is the ideal source for finding out how to pronounce controversial or difficult words and names.The unique combination of the BBC's worldwide expertise in pronunciation with OUP's experience in reference publishing provides a popular and accessible guide to this tricky area.