Author: Joe Conzo

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2010-10-28

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 1452082812

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Joe Conzo and David A. Perez luminously recreate the life of widely acclaimed Afro-Cuban and jazz musician Tito Puente in the biography "Mambo Diablo - My Journey with Tito Puente." The authors chronicle the life of the popular and combative New York Puerto Rican multi talented musician and entertainer who climbed from his obscure and poor environment in East Harlem (El Barrio), New York to international fame and recognition. Countless stories have been written about Tito Puente's percussive musical abilities, but rarely has the talent, intuition, mishaps and controversies been presented in a vivid and personal biography. Joe Conzo was Tito's close friend, confidant and chronicler for nearly 40 years - no one was closer to Tito or knew him better, not even his family. Joe tells the story of a man and his music the way it has never been told. David A. Perez sets down Joe's personal recollections and fits them into the context of the social milieu and revolving world. Hundreds of articles have been written about Puente, and three books Powell, Josephine. Tito Puente - When The Drums are Dreaming, Authorhouse, 2007 (Information re: Tito is based on her conversations with Tito Puente. The book is self-published and chronicles many of his activities on the West Coast. There are many inconsistencies, mis-quotes, and errors of fact.) Loza, Steven. Tito Puente and the Making of Latin Music, University of Illinois Press, 1999 (A technical work that is based on interviews with people who knew Tito. The life of Puente is glanced over; the musicians he worked with are almost overlooked. Joe Conzo is among those interviewed.)Payne, Jim. Tito Puente - The King of Latin Music, Hudson Music, 2000. (Is presented as an overview of Tito Puente's music and includes a DVD with footage of Tito discussing his 50-year career. Joe Conzo provided much of the information for this endeavor.) record some of his achievements. None of them touch on the personal life of the man, expose his weaknesses, reveal his intensity for perfection, and describe the musical brilliance in such a delicate and personal way. Joe and David reveal the inner Tito Puente through his music, his musical associations and present a man that is more than a flamboyant percussionist. Tito played piano - and he played it well. Tito played the saxophone and often sat in the sax section of his orchestra. Tito played the vibes and had an incomparable style that was exciting, romantic and jazzy. He composed about 500 tunes, probably more. And, yet in the realm of American jazz historians, writers and critics ignore, brush over and avoid the importance of Tito's music and his contributions. A prime example of this is Ken Burn's television documentary about jazz - he virtually ignores Afro-Cuban music, Afro-Cuban jazz. Joe and David reveal Tito's rightful place in the history of music and give an unbiased, on-the-mark portrait of Puente's complexities like no book before it. Author and journalist Pete Hamill sets the stage for the journey in the preface.

Translation and Music
Translation and Music

Author: Sebnem Susam-Sarajeva

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1134967497

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Popular and multimodal forms of cultural products are becoming increasingly visible within translation studies research. Interest in translation and music, however, has so far been relatively limited, mainly because translation of musical material has been considered somewhat outside the limits of translation studies, as traditionally conceived. Difficulties associated with issues such as the 'musicality' of lyrics, the fuzzy boundaries between translation, adaptation and rewriting, and the pervasiveness of covert or unacknowledged translations of musical elements in a variety of settings have generally limited the research in this area to overt and canonized translations such as those done for the opera. Yet the intersection of translation and music can be a fascinating field to explore, and one which can enrich our understanding of what translation is and how it relates to other forms of expression. This special issue is an attempt to open up the field of translation and music to a wider audience within translation studies, and to an extent, within musicology and cultural studies. The volume includes contributions from a wide range of musical genres and languages: from those that investigate translation and code-switching in North African rap and rai, and the intertextual and intersemiotic translations revolving around Mahler's lieder in Chinese, to the appropriation and after-life of Kurdish folk songs in Turkish, and the emergence of rock'n roll in Russian. Other papers examine the reception of Anglo-American stage musicals and musical films in Italy and Spain, the concept of 'singability' with examples from Scandinavian languages, and the French dubbing of musical episodes of TV series. The volume also offers an annotated bibliography on opera translation and a general bibliography on translation and music.

Bilingual Reading Comprehension, Grade 2
Bilingual Reading Comprehension, Grade 2

Author:

Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Published: 2009-01-04

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0768235022

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Build better readers in bilingual classrooms! Bilingual Reading Comprehension is a valuable resource for bilingual, two-way immersion in second-grade classrooms. This book provides bilingual reading practice for students through identical activities featured in English and Spanish, allowing the teacher to tailor lessons to a dual-language classroom. Fiction and nonfiction activities reinforce essential reading skills, such as finding the main idea, identifying supporting details, recognizing story elements, and learning new vocabulary. This 160-page book aligns with Common Core State Standards, as well as state and national standards.

Singleman 15:1
Singleman 15:1

Author: Kevin Riley

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2018-08-17

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 164191145X

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Kevin Singleman struggled for years with occasional outbursts of anger. Newly married, his wife, Laura, provides a calming influence. In his Bible reading, Kevin comes across Proverbs 15:1 ("A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger" ) and is intrigued with how it relates to the current contentious world. It's an election year, and the two presidential candidates are opposites. Monique du Pays is female, conservative, black and refuses to participate in confrontational dialogue. Paul Manley is populist, male, liberal, White and very direct. Their campaigns reflect their personalities. Manley leads right up until Election Day and seems to have power in numbers. But du Pays's nonconfrontational approach and message of faith, hope, and love resonates with people who are tired of widespread anger and hatred, and she carries the day. Through various events in his own life, Singleman learns the value of a gentle answer. Read the story to find out how he's rewarded for his efforts.

Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality in Spanish (Semi-)Auxiliaries
Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality in Spanish (Semi-)Auxiliaries

Author: Bert Cornillie

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2008-08-27

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 3110204487

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This volume presents a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Spanish evidential semi-auxiliaries parecer and resultar, the modal constructions with amenazar and prometer, and the modal auxiliaries poder, deber and tener que. These verbs have never been considered together in a global approach that transcends the classical "verbal periphrases" model. The book proposes a cognitive-functional account of evidentiality and modality in Spanish with special attention to subjectivity and grounding. The theoretical reflection relies on empirical evidence of two sorts: synchronic and diachronic corpus-analyses alternate with tests that measure the semantic and pragmatic compatibility of the evidential and epistemic constructions with specific sentences. Following the assumption that linguistic forms are determined by their meaning, the array of constructions that characterizes the different verbs justifies their grouping in three pairs of (semi-)auxiliaries: parecer vs resultar, amenazar vs prometer and poder vs deber/tener que. The distributional differences observed in the corpus are further shown to correlate with different degrees of grammaticalization. Primarily intended for scholars working in the field of Spanish functional linguistics, the monograph is also relevant for grammaticalization studies and for cognitive-semantic research at large. Given its combined theoretical and applied character, the volume is also of interest to anyone concerned with syntactic processes, lexical semantics or the wider area of discourse analysis and pragmatics.

Real Spanish
Real Spanish

Author: Bakari Akil II, Ph.D.

Publisher: Academic Group Publishing (BRAII-owner)

Published: 2017-08-04

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13:

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Shouldn't learning Spanish be as fun as you imagine it will be when you can finally speak the language? Why should you be stuck with boring drills or studying conversational phrases you will never use again? You should feel that what you are learning will be used again and again and. . . How can you do that? Try "Real Spanish: Conversations with a Twist." In this bilingual book you will be exposed to the real world of conversations in a way that pulls you in. Like a fly on a wall you will gain access to people's lives as they go through: Wimping out to declare their love Getting cut from a professional sports team Having an embarrassing secret exposed at a family reunion; and more. While all this is happening you will be learning, naturally, at the same time. Plus, help is never far away. If you can't understand a word, a sentence or a 'turn of phrase,' you can always look at the translation directly underneath the Spanish. Easy work! A lot of fun. Stop struggling to learn. Try "Real Spanish: Conversation with a Twist," and have fun. For all levels. Beginners: (You will have to work a little. Take your time and don't try to read all at once.) Adv. Beg: (Shouldn't be too hard. You may have to glance at the translations every so often.) Intermediates: (Smooth sailing - occasional glances at the translations for phrases or colloquialisms - Reinforce material you just learned or already know.) Advanced: (Skill Maintenance - enjoyable material to read at the same time.)

Automatic Processing of Natural-Language Electronic Texts with NooJ
Automatic Processing of Natural-Language Electronic Texts with NooJ

Author: Tatsiana Okrut

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-07

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 3319424718

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference, NooJ 2015, held in Minsk, Belarus, in June 2015. NooJ 2015 received 51 submissions. The 20 revised full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from the 35 papers that were presented at the conference. The papers are organized in topical sections on corpora, vocabulary and morphology; syntax and semantics; application.

Spanish Language for Beginners
Spanish Language for Beginners

Author: Living Languages

Publisher: Living Languages

Published: 2021-06-25

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Are you trying to learn Spanish in a quick & efficient manner? Then it’s your lucky day. You just arrived at the right place. There is nothing more frustrating than not being able to understand a single word of a different language, and it’s a fact; communication is a key – a very big one. Even in actual times, when Spanish is gaining a big momentum, you can’t afford to stay behind the others. But, that’s not a problem anymore. We’ve got you covered on this. Today, we are introducing the ‘magic-tool’ you have always needed. The Ultimate Spanish Language Master Book for Beginners. The only guide you need to speak, write & communicate like an expert (without being one). Most of the books or audiobooks have been written to please teachers. This book has been designed and written to please readers and listeners. The focus is on using a scientifically proven method to learn while having fun. You will learn everything from scratch to master your skills from A to Z. Including: • Common Phrases • Overcome Basic Mistakes • Pronunciation Tips • Basics & How’s & everything you need to get started fast. However, that’s not all. This book will help you to: Learn How to Remain A One-By-One Conversation (Fluently)–You will be able to talk with someone without noticing you are speaking another language. Learn From Common Mistakes–That’s right, we included several situations when most people fail. You will learn where others failed. Speed-Up Your Learning Process–You won’t need to spend five years to learn Spanish; with this book, you can do it in less than a few months. Learn passively–Make the most of listening to the language. A whole chapter on how to make the most of listening. Isn’t it awesome? Today, you can get it for just a fraction of the price–as we are launching our brand new version. But now, it only depends on you! Are you up for this challenge? There isn’t any prior experience needed to start learning. We’ve made this process as fast & easy as possible for YOU to become fluent. ✓ Buy this Book Now!

Language Hacking Spanish
Language Hacking Spanish

Author: Benny Lewis

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 2017-11-14

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1473677408

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It's true that some people spend years studying Spanish before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking. Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of Spanish, #LanguageHacking shows you how to learn and speak Italian through proven memory techniques, unconventional shortcuts and conversation strategies perfected by one of the world's greatest language learners, Benny Lewis, aka the Irish Polyglot. Using the language hacks -shortcuts that make learning simple - that Benny mastered while learning his 11 languages and his 'speak from the start' method, you will crack the language code and exponentially increase your language abilities so that you can get fluent faster. It's not magic. It's not a language gene. It's not something only "other people" can do. It's about being smart with how you learn, learning what's indispensable, skipping what's not, and using what you've learned to have real conversations in Spanish from day one. The Method #LanguageHacking takes a modern approach to language learning, blending the power of online social collaboration with traditional methods. It focuses on the conversations that learners need to master right away, rather than presenting language in order of difficulty like most courses. This means that you can have conversations immediately, not after years of study. Each of the 10 units culminates with a speaking 'mission' that prepares you to use the language you've learned to talk about yourself. Through the language hacker online learner community, you can share your personalized speaking 'missions' with other learners - getting and giving feedback and extending your learning beyond the pages of the book . You don't need to go abroad to learn a language any more.