An Annotated Bibliography and Reference List of Musical Fiction

An Annotated Bibliography and Reference List of Musical Fiction
Author: Kellie D. Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2005
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Since the earliest civilizations, a connection has existed between music and the literary arts. From the Old Testament and ancient Greek poets to the great operatic masterpieces of the nineteenth century, music and words have forged an inseparable bond. This relationship is not only seen in musical genres but in a prolific output of novels for adults and children that contain musical themes, characters, and/or settings. This book is the result of many years of research into fiction that has this musical connection. Focusing on novels mainly from the twentieth century, this volume contains an extensive annotated list featuring works for adult, young adult and juvenile audiences and also represents a wide range of musical genre from classical to jazz to rap. Following the annotations, this book provides a comprehensive listing of all titles sorted by reading level and by musical genres to assist librarians, educators, and readers in finding the precise book for a given need or interest.

Musical Stimulacra

Musical Stimulacra
Author: Ivan Delazari
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-12-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1000327809

The title coinage of this book, stimulacra, refers to the fundamental capacity of literary narrative to stimulate our minds and senses by simulating things through words. Musical stimulacra are passages of fiction that readers are empowered to transpose into mental simulations of music. The book theorizes how fiction can generate musical experience, explains what constitutes that experience, and explores the musical dimensions of three American novels: William T. Vollmann’s Europe Central (2005), William H. Gass’s Middle C (2013), and Richard Powers’s Orfeo (2014). Musical Stimulacra approaches fiction’s music from a readerly perspective. Instead of looking at how novels forever fail to compensate for music’s physical, structural, and affective properties, the book concentrates on what literary narrative can do musically. Negotiating common grounds for cognitive audionarratology and intermediality studies, Musical Stimulacra builds its case on the assumption that, among other things, fiction urges us to listen—to musical words and worlds.

Guide to the Library of Congress Classification

Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Author: Lois Mai Chan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2016-09-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Like earlier editions, this thoroughly updated sixth edition of the classic textbook provides readers with a basic understanding of the Library of Congress Classification system and its applications. The Library of Congress Classification system is used in academic, legal, medical, and research libraries throughout North America as well as worldwide; accordingly, catalogers and librarians in these settings all need to be able to use it. The established gold standard text for Library of Congress Classification (LCC), the sixth edition of Guide to the Library of Congress Classification updates and complements the classic textbook's coverage of cataloging in academic and research libraries. Clear and easy to understand, the text describes the reasoning behind assigning subject headings and subheadings, including use of tables; explains the principles, structure, and format of LCC; details notation, tables, assigning class numbers, and individual classes; and covers classification of special types of library materials. The last chapter of this perennially useful resource addresses the potential role of classification in libraries of the future.

Choice

Choice
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 780
Release: 2006
Genre: Academic libraries
ISBN:

A Bio-bibliography of Composer Warren Benson

A Bio-bibliography of Composer Warren Benson
Author: Alan D. Wagner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This book provides an extensive resource on the life and works of Warren Benson. His music is created out of such depth of experience that one can only understand and fully appreciate it through a more astute understanding of the man.