On Wings of Song

On Wings of Song

Author: Thomas M. Disch

Publisher: Bantam Books

Published: 1985-04-01

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780553250763

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In a disturbing vision of the future, Daniel Weinreb leaves behind the repression and censorship of the Midwest to pursue a career in New York, despite the famine and poverty of the overpopulated East Coast


Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 2 - Symphony Themes, Opera Gems and Classical Favorites

Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 2 - Symphony Themes, Opera Gems and Classical Favorites

Author: Nancy Faber

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 1616779195

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(Faber Piano Adventures ). In this inspiring collection, late-elementary to early-intermediate pianists will find appealing arrangements that advance skills while exploring masterworks of Western music. The famous orchestral, keyboard, and operatic repertoire here spans four periods of music history. In the Baroque & Classical section, discover the elegance of Bach, the beauty of Mozart and the passion of Beethoven. Through the pages of the Romantic & Impressionistic section, sample the lyricism of Chopin, the drama of Grieg, and the atmosphere of Debussy. May the melodies of these and many other composers open an enduring world of expression and sound.


On Wings of Song

On Wings of Song

Author: J. D. McClatchy

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Published: 2000-03-28

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0375407499

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From backyard to barnyard, from hawks to hummingbirds, from pelicans to peacocks, from Coleridge's albatross to Keats's nightingale to Poe's raven-all manner of feathered beings, the inspiration for poetic flights of fancy through the ages, are gathered together in this delightful volume. Some of the winged treasures: Emily Dickinson on the jay; Gertrude Stein on pigeons; Seamus Heaney on turkeys; Tennyson on the eagle; Spenser on the merry cuckoo; Amy Clampitt on the whippoorwill; Po Chü-i on cranes; John Updike on seagulls; W.S. Merwin on the duck; Elizabeth Bishop on the sandpiper; Rilke on flamingoes; Margaret Atwood on vultures; the Bible on the ostrich; Sylvia Plath on the owl; Melville on the hawk; Yeats on wild swans; Virgil on the harpies; Thomas Hardy on the darkling thrush; and Wallace Stevens on thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird.


On Wings of Song

On Wings of Song

Author: Molly Lynn Watt

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 0967813131

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Lyrical Memoir of the poets involvement with the Civil Rights Movement Molly Lynn Watt