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Verdi for Kids: His Life and Music with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
by Deborah Voigt Helen BauerGiuseppe Verdi, one of the most influential composers of the 19th century and a dominant force in Italian opera for 50 years, is illuminated in this thorough exploration geared toward young musicians. Offering insight into Verdi's long life--from the horrible loss of his family to the disapproving opinions of his neighbors--and opening the world of opera and Italian culture, this resource creates an accessible and tangible investigation into the elite world of classical opera. Engaging and creative activities, such as singing like a diva, making a panpipe, playing bocce ball, and sketching a costume for Falstaff, reinforce the musical concepts and terms that are introduced within and elucidate the times in which Verdi lived. Along with learning about various opera jobs, opera production, what takes place at rehearsals, and opera house history, inquisitive kids will gain a fuller understanding of Verdi's life, times, and music and how the composer intersected with the great musicians and events of his lifetime.
Verdi, Opera, Women
by Susan RutherfordVerdi's operas - composed between 1839 and 1893 - portray a striking diversity of female protagonists: warrior women and peacemakers, virgins and courtesans, princesses and slaves, witches and gypsies, mothers and daughters, erring and idealised wives, and, last of all, a feisty quartet of Tudor townswomen in Verdi's final opera, Falstaff. Yet what meanings did the impassioned crises and dilemmas of these characters hold for the nineteenth-century female spectator, especially during such a turbulent span in the history of the Italian peninsula? How was opera shaped by society - and was society similarly influenced by opera? Contextualising Verdi's female roles within aspects of women's social, cultural and political history, Susan Rutherford explores the interface between the reality of the spectators' lives and the imaginary of the fictional world before them on the operatic stage.
Verdi with a Vengeance: An Energetic Guide to the Life and Complete Works of the King of Opera
by William BergerEverything you could possibly know about Verdi and his operas, from the brilliant and humorous author ofWagner Without Fear. If you want to know whyLa traviatawas actually a flop at its premiere in 1853, it's in here. If you want to know why claiming to have heard Bjorling's Chicago performance ofIl trovatoreis the classic opera fan faux pas, it's in here. Even if you just want to know how to pronounce Aida, or what the plot ofRigolettois all about, this is the place to look. From the composer's intense hatred of priests to synopses of the operas and a detailed discography of the best recordings to buy, it can all be found inVerdi with a Vengeance. William Berger has given another improbable performance, serving up a book as thorough as it is funny and as original as it is astute, an utterly indispensable guide for novice and expert alike.
Verdi’s Exceptional Women: Giuseppina Strepponi And Teresa Stolz
by Caroline Anne EllsmoreThis investigation offers new perspectives on Giuseppe Verdi’s attitudes to women and the functions which they fulfilled for him. The book explores Verdi’s professional and personal relationship with women who were exceptional within the traditional socio-sexual structure of patria potestà, in the context of women’s changing status in nineteenth-century Italian society. It focusses on two women; the singers Giuseppina Strepponi, who supported and enhanced Verdi’s creativity at the beginning of his professional life and Teresa Stolz, who sustained his sense of self-worth at its end. Each was an essential emotional benefactor without whom Verdi’s career would not have been the same. The subject of the Strepponi-Verdi marriage and the impact of Strepponi’s past deserve further detailed and nuanced discussion. This book demonstrates Verdi’s shifting power-balance with Strepponi as she sought to retain intellectual self-respect while his success and control increased. The negative stereotypes concerning operatic ‘divas’ do not withstand scrutiny when applied either to Strepponi or to Stolz. This book presents a revisionist appraisal of Stolz through close examination of her letters. Revealing Stolz’s value to Verdi, they also provide contemporary operatic criticism and behind-the-scenes comment, some excerpts of which are published here in English for the first time.
Vernon Subutex One: English edition
by Virginie Despentes**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018**WHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX?An urban legend.A fall from grace.The mirror who reflects us all.Vernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Bastille. His legend spread throughout Paris. But by the 2000s his shop is struggling. With his savings gone, his unemployment benefit cut, and the friend who had been covering his rent suddenly dead, Vernon Subutex finds himself down and out on the Paris streets.He has one final card up his sleeve. Even as he holds out his hand to beg for the first time, a throwaway comment he once made on Facebook is taking the internet by storm. Vernon does not realise this, but the word is out: Vernon Subutex has in his possession the last filmed recordings of Alex Bleach, the famous musician and Vernon's benefactor, who has only just died of a drug overdose. A crowd of people from record producers to online trolls and porn stars are now on Vernon's trail.VERNON SUBUTEX TWO IS PUBLISHED IN JULY 2018Translated from the French by Frank Wynne
Vernon Subutex One: the International Booker-shortlisted cult novel (MacLehose Press Editions)
by Virginie Despentes**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018**WHO IS VERNON SUBUTEX?An urban legend.A fall from grace.The mirror who reflects us all.Vernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Bastille. His legend spread throughout Paris. But by the 2000s his shop is struggling. With his savings gone, his unemployment benefit cut, and the friend who had been covering his rent suddenly dead, Vernon Subutex finds himself down and out on the Paris streets.He has one final card up his sleeve. Even as he holds out his hand to beg for the first time, a throwaway comment he once made on Facebook is taking the internet by storm. Vernon does not realise this, but the word is out: Vernon Subutex has in his possession the last filmed recordings of Alex Bleach, the famous musician and Vernon's benefactor, who has only just died of a drug overdose. A crowd of people from record producers to online trolls and porn stars are now on Vernon's trail.VERNON SUBUTEX TWO IS PUBLISHED IN JULY 2018Translated from the French by Frank Wynne(P)2019 Quercus Editions Limited
Vernon Subutex Three: A Novel (Vernon Subutex Ser. #3)
by Virginie DespentesAlthough it means leaving behind the community of disciples who have followed him on his travels and assembled at his raves and gatherings, Vernon Subutex is compelled to return to Paris to visit the dentist.Once back in the city, he learns that Charles, his old friend from his days on the Paris streets, has died and left him half of a lottery win. But when Vernon returns to his disciples with news of this windfall, it does not take long before his followers start to turn on each other, and his good fortune provokes ruptures in his once harmonious community.Meanwhile, storm clouds are gathering for Aïcha and Céleste: Laurent Dopalet is determined to make them pay for their attack on him, whatever it takes and whoever gets hurt. And before long, the whole of Paris will be reeling in the wake of the terrorist atrocities of 2015 and 2016, and all the characters in this kaleidoscopic portrait of a city will be forced to a reckoning with each other.
Veronique: Veronique (The Divas)
by Victoria Christopher MurrayFrom the bestselling author of The Personal Librarian comes the third in the The Divas series following the stories of four fifteen-year-old girls who form their own singing group.Veronique wants to be a star just as much as her fellow Divas do, but there's more to it than just fame for her. Unlike her middle-class friends at Holy Cross Prep, Veronique is there on scholarship, and if she wins a recording contract, she can move her mother and brothers out of their crummy apartment. But Veronique has another dream that's hers alone. She longs to meet her dad, who disappeared to New York when she was just a baby. Could going to the Big A with the other Divas be Veronique's big chance to find him? Veronique knows she'll have to do some legwork on her own, though, so she turns to the internet for help. While it seems like a miracle when she gets a response, her friends aren't so sure. Is Veronique putting herself in danger, just when the Divas are on the brink of really making it big? And will her faith and her friends be enough to keep her safe?
The Versatile Clarinet
by Roger HeatonFirst Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A Version of Reason: The Search for Richey Edwards
by Rob JovanovicThe missing Manic - an authoritative look into the life and times of Richey Edwards, the Manic Street Preachers' guitarist who disappeared in 1995.The disappearance of Richey Edwards, troubled guitarist with the Manic Street Preachers, is one of rock and roll's great unresolved mysteries. His Vauxhall Cavalier was found abandoned in a service station car park near the Severn Bridge, a notorious suicide spot, in February 1995, a fortnight after Edwards had last been seen. The location of the car and the tape left in the deck - Nirvana's album In Utero - tended to point to one conclusion. However, it almost seemed too obvious a statement, and in A VERSION OF REASON, Rob Jovanovic unravels the complicated life and final days of Richey Edwards. Piecing together testimony from those close to Edwards Jovanovic seeks to produce an authoritative account of the life and times of Richey Edwards.
A Version of Reason: The Search for Richey Edwards
by Rob JovanovicThe missing Manic - an authoritative look into the life and times of Richey Edwards, the Manic Street Preachers' guitarist who disappeared in 1995.The disappearance of Richey Edwards, troubled guitarist with the Manic Street Preachers, is one of rock and roll's great unresolved mysteries. His Vauxhall Cavalier was found abandoned in a service station car park near the Severn Bridge, a notorious suicide spot, in February 1995, a fortnight after Edwards had last been seen. The location of the car and the tape left in the deck - Nirvana's album In Utero - tended to point to one conclusion. However, it almost seemed too obvious a statement, and in A VERSION OF REASON, Rob Jovanovic unravels the complicated life and final days of Richey Edwards. Piecing together testimony from those close to Edwards Jovanovic seeks to produce an authoritative account of the life and times of Richey Edwards.
Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic Communication
by Roderick A. Suthers W. Tecumseh Fitch Richard R. Fay Arthur N. PopperAlthough the fundamental principles of vocal production are well-understood, and are being increasingly applied by specialists to specific animal taxa, they stem originally from engineering research on the human voice. These origins create a double barrier to entry for biologists interested in understanding acoustic communication in their study species. The proposed volume aims to fill this gap, providing easy-to-understand overviews of the various relevant theories and techniques, and showing how these principles can be implemented in the study of all main vertebrate groups. The volume will have eleven chapters assembled from the world's leading researchers, at a level intelligible to a wide audience of biologists with no background in engineering or human voice science. Some will cover sound production in a particular vertebrate group; others will address a particular issue, such as vocal learning, across vertebrate taxa. The book will highlight what is known and how to implement useful techniques and methodologies, but will also summarize current gaps in the knowledge. It will serve both as a tutorial introduction for newcomers and a springboard for further research for all scientists interested in understanding animal acoustic signals.
Vértigos y norias
by RuloRulo se atreve por primera vez a ir más allá del universo de sus letras musicales y nos abre las puertas a su mundo interior a través de este libro repleto de textos, poemas y reflexiones. «La infancia es ese hogar que nunca podrás deshabitar». No somos más que niños en un parque de atracciones, un cúmulo de vértigos y norias, una aventura desordenada a la que a veces le falta argumento y otras le sobran giros de guion. Pero en ese imprevisto juego de azar está la gracia: sentir es un deporte de riesgo en el que no hay medidas de seguridad. Estas páginas componen un dibujo perfecto de esa apuesta que es vivir, de esa carrera de obstáculos que es latir cada día, de esa nostalgia y ese deseo que nos hacen caminar hacia delante sin olvidar el laberinto que nos trajo hasta aquí. En este libro, Rulo, cantante, compositor y uno de los grandes exponentes del rock español de las últimas décadas, se atreve por primera vez a ir más allá del universo de sus letras musicales y nos abre las puertas a su mundo interior a través de una gran variedad de textos, poemas y reflexiones fruto de sus experiencias y anécdotas rodadas a lo largo de miles de kilómetros con su furgoneta y tras los escenarios.
The Very Fairy Princess Sparkles in the Snow
by Julie Andrews Emma Walton Hamilton Christine DavenierThe Winter Wonderland Festival is just around the corner, and Gerry knows this is her moment to SHINE. She's the most enthusiastic singer around, so she's certain her music teacher will choose her to perform the solo. She takes every opportunity to show him her VERY best voice-during rehearsal, during lunchtime, and even during recess. When a professional singer is given the solo instead, Gerry is crushed...but as the snow begins to fall, she finds a way to get her SPARKLE back! The mother-daughter team of Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton adds a sparkly seasonal story to their #1 New York Times bestselling series.
A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett
by Rob ChapmanSyd Barrett was the lead guitarist, vocalist, and principle songwriter in the original line up of Pink Floyd. During his brief time with the band (1966-68) he was the driving force behind the unit. After he left the band he made just two further solo albums which were both released in 1970, before withdrawing from public view to lead a quiet, and occasionally troubled life in Cambridge, the town of his birth. Rob Chapman's book will be the first authoritative and exhaustively researched biography of Syd Barrett that fully celebrates his life and legacy as a musician, lyricist and artist, and which highlights the influence that he continues to have over contemporary bands and music fans alike.
Vesper and Compline Music for Five Principal Voices, Part I (Variorum Collected Studies #1041)
by Jeffrey KurtzmanThis volume is part of a series of 25 full-score volumes of 17th-century Italian sacred music, a repertoire that has largely been unavailable for study or performance. It includes a comprehensive historical and biographical introduction, focuses on composers significant in their own time, and offers modern notation for contemporary performers.
Vesper and Compline Music for Four Principal Voices: Agostino Agazzari, Giovanni Francesco Anerio, Giovanni Battista Biondi da Cesena, Maurizio Cazzati, Antonio Cifra, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Bonifazio Graziani, Giovanni Legrenzi, Isabella Leonarda, Tarquinio Merula, Lodovico Viadana (Seventeenth Century Italian Sacred Music In Twenty Five Ser. #14)
by Jeffrey Kurtzman Anne SchnoebelenFirst published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Vesper and Compline Music for Multiple Choirs (Seventeenth Century Italian Sacred Music in Twenty Five)
by Jeffrey KurtzmanClassics of seventeenth-century Italian sacred music set in modern notation, this second part of Vesper and Compline Music for Multiple Choirs features works by Francesco Cavalli, Giovanni Legrenzi, Natale Monferrato, Agostino Steffani, Lorenzo Penna, Giovanni Paolo Colonna and Giovanni Paolo Colonna.
Vesper and Compline Music for Multiple Choirs (Seventeenth Century Italian Sacred Music in Twenty Five #20)
by Jeffrey KurtzmanClassics of seventeenth-century Italian sacred music set in modern notation, this third part of Vesper and Compline Music for Multiple Choirs features works by Giacomo Giacobbi, Viriglio Mazzochi, Tarquinio Merula and Francesco Soriano.
Vesper and Compline Music for One Principal Voice: Vesper & Compline Psalms & Canticles for One & Two Voices (Seventeenth Century Italian Sacred Music in Twenty Five #11)
by Jeffrey KurtzmanThis volume is part of a series of 25 full-score volumes of 17th-century Italian sacred music, a repertoire that has largely been unavailable for study or performance. It includes a comprehensive historical and biographical introduction, focuses on composers significant in their own time, and offers modern notation for contemporary performers.
Vesper and Compline Music for Three Principal Voices (Seventeenth Century Italian Sacred Music in Twenty Five)
by Jeffrey KurtzmanFirst Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Vesper and Compline Music for Two Principal Voices: Vesper And Compline Music For Two Principal Voices (Seventeenth Century Italian Sacred Music in Twenty Five #12)
by Jeffrey Kurtzman Anne SchnoebelenThis volume is part of a series of 25 full-score volumes of 17th-century Italian sacred music, a repertoire that has largely been unavailable for study or performance. It includes a comprehensive historical and biographical introduction, focuses on composers significant in their own time, and offers modern notation for contemporary performers.
Vevishaal (The Promised Hand)
by Ashok Meghani Jhaverchand Kalidas MeghaniTwo merchant families pledge to marry their children Sukhlal and Sushila to each other when the two come of age. Without taking sides, Vevishaal tells the story of the ensuing struggle between a wealthy, ruthless man and his presumed meek adversaries.
Viaje al centro de mi cerebro: Las anécdotas más ácidas y salvajes del icónico batería de Lagartija Nick y Los Planetas.
by Eric JiménezTras Cuatro millones de golpes, el mejor batería español de pop-rock relata sus historias más ácidas y salvajes de sus giras con Los Planetas y Lagartija Nick. Leer este libro es como viajar durante una semana en el motor de un autobús. Un libro que mediante kilómetros de historias dentro de la furgoneta en la que van de gira Los Planetas o Lagartija Nick, a pie por las calles de Granada o incluso en disolución por el efecto de algún psicotrópico nos descubre el centro del cerebro del batería más legendario de este país. Un recorrido divertido y surrealista que podría ser el viaje iniciático de un héroe y, sin embargo, es el de un rockero (que quizá sea lo mismo). Reseñas:«Eric escribe para poner negro sobre blanco una aventura que por momentos se le antoja inconcebible, la de estar vivo.»Eldiario.es «Un libro divertido, sincero, revelador de la escena musical de los noventa y dos mil, estupendamente narrado.»El País «Hará pasar un buen rato a todos esos que veneran, y con más razón que un santo granadino, a uno de los tipos más peculiares, geniales y de verdad del mejor tinglado indie de por aquí.»Mondosonoro «Escribe, como él dice, porque lo ha pasado de puta madre, pero también las ha pasado putas.»El Español Los lectores han dicho...«Todo lo que puedas imaginar se queda corto, tienes que leerlo.» «¡Bienvenido a la locura elevada a la máxima potencia!» «Divertido, honesto, tierno y desgarrador.»
Vibe: The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)
by Corey J. MilesWhere exactly does the South begin and end? Current maps are too rigid to account for the ways Black people have built the South while being simultaneously excluded from it. Drawing from the different ways Black artists in the 2-5-2 area code in North Carolina use "vibe" as a mode of knowing and communication, author Corey J. Miles illustrates how Black feeling and unfeeling offer entry points into the contemporary South that challenge static and monolithic notions of the region. Placing the local artists in conversation with other southern cultural creators such as 2 Chainz, Rod Wave, and Rapsody, these ethnographic narratives demonstrate that there are multiple Souths, with overlapping and distinct commitments to working through pain, sound, and belonging. In Vibe: The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South, Miles narrates how southern Black sound, feeling, and being is constantly policed, surveilled, and criminalized. In doing so, he re-narrates the region as the "carceral South," to capture the ways people in the South and beyond can feel the emotional weight of the criminalization of Blackness. Pain music, a subgenre of trap music, is used to take the listener to moments of violence to allow them to hear the desires, anger, and silences that bind Black life in community. Through conceptions of ratchet, hood, and ghetto, Black artists turn away from respectable images and unmap the South. In trap music, they move the South to a space where multiple modes of being find respect and care.