Rough Ideas
Rough Ideas

Author: Stephen Hough

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 0374721408

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A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world’s leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Economist as one of “Twenty Living Polymaths.” Hough writes informally and engagingly about music and the life of a musician, from the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practice. He also writes vividly about people he’s known, places he’s traveled to, books he’s read, paintings he’s seen; and he touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there—the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts, and the challenges involved in being a gay Catholic. Rough Ideas is an illuminating, constantly surprising introduction to the life and mind of one of our great cultural figures.

The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson

Author: Victor L. Wooten

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-04-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1440637695

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From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them. The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the teacher would guide the young musician on a spiritual journey, and teach him that the gifts we get from music mirror those from life, and every movement, phrase, and chord has its own meaning...All you have to do is find the song inside. “The best book on music (and its connection to the mystic laws of life) that I've ever read. I learned so much on every level.”—Multiple Grammy Award–winning saxophonist Michael Brecker

Music and More
Music and More

Author: Samuel Lipman

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780810110762

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Dissent, but even Lipman's opponents will concede that he argues with skill and vigor and that he makes a case that needs to be answered.

MUSIC AND THE MIND
MUSIC AND THE MIND

Author: Anthony Storr

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-05-19

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1501122096

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Why does music have such a powerful effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most tangible of all forms of art. Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this book, he explores why this should be so. Drawing on a wide variety of opinions, Storr argues that the patterns of music make sense of our inner experience, giving both structure and coherence to our feelings and emotions. It is because music possesses this capacity to restore our sense of personal wholeness in a culture which requires us to separate rational thought from feelings that many people find it so life-enhancing that it justifies existence.

Meet Mr. Caleb
Meet Mr. Caleb

Author: Marjorie Wingert

Publisher: Mr. Caleb Book

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781735628004

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In a clunky, blue and white VW bus, meet fun and quirky Mr. Caleb who sings and plays the guitar, likes to eat fruits and vegetables, and loves to praise the Lord. He also walks just about everywhere barefoot. He runs in the snow, jumps in rain puddles, and hops on hot sidewalks! With a colorful hat always adorning his head, patriotic Mr. Caleb finds himself constantly in sticky situations and hilarious mishaps that will leave kids and their parents laughing. From receiving an electrical shock to stepping on slimy toads, discover how this young, modern-day hippie's barefoot lifestyle inspires a deeper walk with the Lord. Kids will be delightfully entertained and clearly exposed to scriptural truths through the comical introduction of Meet Mr. Caleb. Written for children ages 4 to 7, this first book of the Mr. Caleb early reader series uses humor and laughter to help make learning scriptural principles fun and enjoyable. Thoughtful applications, scripture memory verses, and family activities follow the story to encourage deeper spiritual understanding for kids. The follow-up is specifically designed to broaden children's awareness beyond self to thinking externally in family and world applications. Meet Mr. Caleb also strives to make learning about the Bible a fun, shared family experience. Family involvement plays a crucial role in children's learning. To facilitate such shared family activity and bonding, a family therapy technique of cooking is utilized in a follow-up section. This section uses cooking to reinforce Biblical learning through family involvement with shared time, interaction, and discussion. In addition, with an increasing trend towards healthier eating for children, parents will appreciate these healthy recipes that are low in fat and promote natural ingredients.

Music and the Child
Music and the Child

Author: Natalie Sarrazin

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781942341703

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Children are inherently musical. They respond to music and learn through music. Music expresses children's identity and heritage, teaches them to belong to a culture, and develops their cognitive well-being and inner self worth. As professional instructors, childcare workers, or students looking forward to a career working with children, we should continuously search for ways to tap into children's natural reservoir of enthusiasm for singing, moving and experimenting with instruments. But how, you might ask? What music is appropriate for the children I'm working with? How can music help inspire a well-rounded child? How do I reach and teach children musically? Most importantly perhaps, how can I incorporate music into a curriculum that marginalizes the arts?This book explores a holistic, artistic, and integrated approach to understanding the developmental connections between music and children. This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children's lives through play, games, creativity, and movement. Additionally, the book explores ways of applying music-making to benefit the whole child, i.e., socially, emotionally, physically, cognitively, and linguistically.

Music and Meaning
Music and Meaning

Author: Jenefer Robinson

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2018-09-05

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 150172973X

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In order to promote new ways of thinking about musical meaning, this volume brings together scholars in music theory, musicology, and the philosophy of music, disciplines generally treated as separate and distinct. This interdisciplinary collaboration, while respecting differences in perspective, identifies and elaborates shared concerns. This volume focuses on the many and various kinds of meaning in music. Do musical meanings exist exclusively in internal, formal musical relations or might they also be found in the relationship between music and other areas of experience, such as action, emotion, ideas, and values? Also discussed is the vexed question why people listen to and apparently enjoy music which expresses unpleasant emotions, such as melancholy or despair. Among the particular pieces the writers discuss are Mahler's Ninth Symphony, Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, and Schubert's last sonata. More broadly, they consider the relation of musical meaning and interpretation to language, storytelling, drama, imagination, metaphor, and emotion.

The Cartoon Music Book
The Cartoon Music Book

Author: Daniel Goldmark

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2002-11

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1569764123

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The popularity of cartoon music, from Carl Stalling's work for Warner Bros. to Disney sound tracks and "The Simpsons"' song parodies, has never been greater. This lively and fascinating look at cartoon music's past and present collects contributions from well-known music critics and cartoonists, and interviews with the principal cartoon composers. Here Mark Mothersbaugh talks about his music for "Rugrats," Alf Clausen about composing for "The Simpsons," Carl Stalling about his work for Walt Disney and Warner Bros., Irwin Chusid about Raymond Scott's work, Will Friedwald about "Casper the Friendly Ghost," Richard Stone about his music for "Animaniacs," Joseph Lanza about "Ren and Stimpy," and much, much more.

The Bible in Music
The Bible in Music

Author: Siobhán Dowling Long

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-09-03

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0810884526

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There have been numerous publications in the last decades on the Bible in literature, film, and art. But until now, no reference work has yet appeared on the Bible as it appears in Western music. In The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More, scholars Siobhán Dowling Long and John F. A. Sawyer correct this gap in Biblical reference literature, providing for the first time a convenient guide to musical interpretations of the Bible. Alongside examples of classical music from the Middle Ages through modern times, Dowling Long and Sawyer also bring attention to the Bible’s impact on popular culture with numerous entries on hymns, spirituals, musicals, film music, and contemporary popular music. Each entry contains essential information about the original context of the work (date, composer, etc.) and, where relevant, its afterlife in literature, film, politics, and liturgy. It includes an index of biblical references and an index of biblical names, as well as a detailed timeline that brings to the fore key events, works, and publications, placing them in their historical context. There is also a bibliography, a glossary of technical terms, and an index of artists, authors, and composers. The Bible in Music will fascinate anyone familiar with the Bible, but it is also designed to encourage choirs, musicians, musicologists, lecturers, teachers, and students of music and religious education to discover and perform some less well-known pieces, as well as helping them to listen to familiar music with a fresh awareness of what it is about.

I Want to Talk with My Teen about Movies, Music and More
I Want to Talk with My Teen about Movies, Music and More

Author: Walt Mueller

Publisher: Standard Publishing

Published: 2006-10-02

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780784718995

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The I Want to Talk with My Teen series provides parents and youth leaders with clear and concise guidance, real-life hints and helps, and quick tips and checklists to equip them to communicate with their teens while connecting biblical principles to relevant topics.