From Song to Symphony
From Song to Symphony

Author: Daniel Gregory Mason

Publisher:

Published: 1924

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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Second year of a study course in music understanding, adopted by the National Federation of Music Clubs.

David Lynch
David Lynch

Author: Colin Odell

Publisher: Oldacastle Books

Published: 2007-10-28

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1842433822

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Internationally renowned, David Lynch is America's premier purveyor of the surreal; an artist whose work in cinema and television has exposed the world to his highly personalized view of society. Examining Lynch's entire body of work—from the cult surrealism of his debut feature Eraserhead to his latest mystery Inland Empire—this book considers the themes, motifs, and stories behind his incredible works. In Lynch's world the mundane and the fantastical collide, often with terrifying consequences. It is a place where the abnormal is normal, the respectable becomes sinister, where innocence is lost, redemption gained at a terrible price, and where there's always music in the air. From the deserts of a distant world to an ordinary backyard, at the breakneck speed of Lost Highway or the sedate determination of The Straight Story, readers will experience amateur sleuths, messiahs, giants and dwarves, chanteuses, psychopaths, cherry pie, and damn fine coffee.

The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments
The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments

Author: Trevor Herbert

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-10-13

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1139825577

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This Companion covers many diverse aspects of brass instruments and in such detail. It provides an overview of the history of brass instruments, and their technical and musical development. Although the greatest part of the volume is devoted to the western art music tradition, with chapters covering topics from the medieval to the contemporary periods, there are important contributions on the ancient world, non-western music, vernacular and popular traditions and the rise of jazz. Despite the breadth of its narrative, the book is rich in detail, with an extensive glossary and bibliography. The editors are two of the most respected names in the world of brass performance and scholarship, and the list of contributors includes the names of many of the world's most prestigious scholars and performers on brass instruments.