Marvin Makes Music

Marvin Makes Music

Author: Marvin Hamlisch

Publisher: Dial Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0803737300

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Young Marvin loves music and playing the piano but does not like practicing pieces by people named Ludwig or Wolfgang, until he receives valuable advice from his father on the day of a big audition. Based on the life of composer Hamlisch (OThe Way We WereO). Full color.


Marvin Makes Music

Marvin Makes Music

Author: Marvin Hamlisch

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-11-08

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1101648392

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A true story from one of America's most beloved composers Marvin loves to play the piano and compose his own songs. But performing music over and over that's composed by some old guys name Ludwig and Wolfgang just gives him knots in his stomach. When his father tells Marvin he has an audition with the most prestigious music school, how can Marvin overcome his nerves and get swept away by the music? This endearing book is based on the true life story of composer Marvin Hamlisch, who, at the age of six, was the youngest person ever accepted into the Juilliard School. Includes CD with original song


The Way I Was

The Way I Was

Author: Marvin Hamlisch

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2024-09-10

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1504096738

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The EGOT-winning composer of The Way We Were and A Chorus Line recounts his remarkable life from childhood to Broadway and Hollywood. The son of Jewish Viennese immigrants, six-year-old Marvin Hamlisch’s early musical talent and discipline led him to Julliard, where he studied for more than a decade. From there, Hamlisch got his start as a rehearsal pianist for Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand. He went on to co-create the classic American musical A Chorus Line and wrote the Oscar Award–winning musical score for The Way We Were. Hamlisch is one of only a handful of people to achieve EGOT status—winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. In this autobiography, Hamlisch tells the tale of his life and career, revealing personal stories of his childhood, his marriage, and his friendships with stars including Liza Minnelli, Groucho Marx, and others. It offers an intimate view of his life and a compelling portrait of Broadway and Hollywood through the second half of the twentieth century.


Marvin Wanted MORE!

Marvin Wanted MORE!

Author: Joseph Theobald

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-05-08

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1408838982

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Marvin is not happy. Why are the other sheep bigger than him? And why are they faster than him? And WHY can they jump higher than him? Something has to change, and Marvin knows exactly how to change it . . . by EATING! Because if he's bigger than the other sheep, then surely he will be better, too? And after eating the grass and the flowers and the bushes, Marvin wants more. And after eating the trees and the clouds and the sky, Marvin still wants more! But what happens when there's nothing more left for Marvin to eat? A brilliantly funny picture book about a brilliantly greedy sheep!


Rain Makes Applesauce (Restored Edition)

Rain Makes Applesauce (Restored Edition)

Author: Julian Scheer

Publisher: Holiday House

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0823443612

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Featuring a new introduction by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney, this much-beloved classic has been carefully restored for a new generation. One of TIME's 100 Best Children's Books of All Time! My House goes walking every day... and rain makes applesauce. Oh, you're just talking silly talk! So begins this award-winning collection of nonsense verse and images. A story-hour favorite since it was first published in 1964, this beloved read-aloud has been carefully remastered to bring back the rich, vivid details of its Caldecott Honor-winning artwork. Featuring an introduction by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney, Rain Makes Applesauce is popular both as a bedtime story and as a go-to title for elementary teachers of creative writing. Created by the unique team of legendary NASA publicist Julian Scheer and illustration master Marvin Bileck, this influential picture book has inspired artists and writers, as well as young children creating their own nonsense stories, for more than 50 years.


Marvin and the Mean Words

Marvin and the Mean Words

Author: Suzy Kline

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780613083126

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Marvin Higgins always teases the other kids in his second-grade class. Now Marvin can't believe what someone is saying about him!


Jam with Hank Marvin

Jam with Hank Marvin

Author: Hank Marvin

Publisher: Jam With

Published: 2007-01-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780571527328

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Hank Marvin's unique guitar style has been an inspiration to several generations of guitarists worldwide, with instantly recognisable recordings such as Apache, FBI and Wonderful Land. This guitar workshop offers a learning tool that helps to extend the stockpile of licks and fills and develop improvisational skills.


Mercy, Mercy Me

Mercy, Mercy Me

Author: Michael Eric Dyson

Publisher: Civitas Books

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0786722479

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Twenty years after his murder at the hands of his own father, Marvin Gaye continues to define the hopes and shattered dreams of the Motown generation. A performer whose career spanned the history of rhythm and blues, from doo-wop to the sultriest of soul music, Gaye's artistry magnified the contradictions that defined America's coming of age in the tumultuous 1970s. In his most searching and ambitious work to date, acclaimed critic Michael Eric Dyson illuminates both Marvin Gaye's stellar achievements and stunning personal decline -- and offers an unparalleled assessment of the cultural and political legacy of R&B on American culture. Through interviews with those close to Gaye -- from his musical beginnings in a black church in Washington, D.C., to his days as a "ladies' man" in Motown's stable of young singers, from the artistic heights of the landmark album What's Going On? to his struggles with addiction and domestic violence -- Dyson draws an indelible portrait of the tensions that shaped contemporary urban America: economic adversity, the drug industry, racism, and the long legacy of hardship. Published to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of Gaye's death in 1984, and infused with the soulful prose that has become Michael Eric Dyson's trademark, Mercy, Mercy Me is at once a celebration of an American icon whose work continues to inspire, and a revelatory and incisive look at how a lost generation's moods, music, and moral vision continue to resonate today.


Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye

Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye

Author: David Ritz

Publisher: Omnibus Press

Published: 2010-01-07

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 085712160X

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David Ritz presents his uniquely candid and and intimate account of the tumultuous life of the Prince of Soul music, Marvin Gaye. Author Ritz has assembled years of conversations and interviews from his life as a close friend and lyricist to the gifted Soul sensation, and tells the Marvin Gaye story with fly-on-the-wall accuracy and detail. From his early years as an abused child in the slums of Washington DC, through his rise to the very peaks of the Motown phenomenon, his fall from grace and subsequent comeback, to his untimely death at the hands of his father, Marvin's story is the stuff of legends. The cast of characters includes the Jacksons, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and countless other icons of the world of soul music.The definitive biography of an enormously gifted and sensitive musician.