Waltz in Swing Time

Waltz in Swing Time
Author: Jill Caugherty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2020-04-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781684334780

Growing up on a Utah farm during the Depression, Irene Larsen longs to leave home and become a musician, but must ultimately decide whether pursuing her dream justifies its price.

Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz

Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz
Author: Eric McKee
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012
Genre: Music
ISBN: 025335692X

Much music was written for the two most important dances of the 18th and 19th centuries, the minuet and the waltz. In Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz, Eric McKee argues that to better understand the musical structures and expressive meanings of this dance music, one must be aware of the social contexts and bodily rhythms of the social dances upon which it is based. McKee approaches dance music as a component of a multimedia art form that involves the interaction of physical motion, music, architecture, and dress. Moreover, the activity of attending a ball involves a dynamic network of modalities—sight, sound, bodily awareness, touch, and smell, which can be experienced from the perspectives of a dancer, a spectator, or a musician. McKee considers dance music within a larger system of signifiers and points-of-view that opens new avenues of interpretation.

Waltz of the Snowflakes

Waltz of the Snowflakes
Author: Elly MacKay
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-10-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0762462272

A new holiday classic to add to your collection, this gorgeous wordless picture book by esteemed author-illustrator Elly MacKay celebrates the magic of theater and The Nutcracker as seen through the eyes of a young girl and her grandmother. It is a cold and rainy evening when Gran gives her granddaughter something special: tickets to the ballet. Her granddaughter is reluctant to go. The weather is terrible and they have to wear fancy, uncomfortable clothes. But as the curtains rise on The Nutcracker, the girl's eyes light up as she's introduced to the magic of the theater. The bright costumes, the intricate dances, the magical music, and a new friend all combine to captivate the girl and to bring color to an otherwise dreary evening. Waltz of the Snowflakes is Elly MacKay at her finest, mixing her acclaimed paper-cut artwork with vibrant colors in this whimsical, dreamlike, and inspiring wordless picture book. A must-have for any ballet- and theater-obsessed reader and the perfect gift to be shared during the holidays or any time of year when the world outside needs a little bit of color and vibrancy.

Hearing in Time

Hearing in Time
Author: Justin London
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2012-05-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0199744378

When we hear music we don't just listen; we move along with it. Hearing in Time explores our innate propensity for rhythmic synchronization, drawing on research in music psychology, neurobiology, music theory, and mathematics. It looks at music from a wide range of musical styles and cultures.

First Harp Book

First Harp Book
Author: B. Paret
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1987-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780793555239

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Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend
Author: Robert James Waller
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2001-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0759526273

The author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Bridges of Madison County once again brings characters and situations with his special blend of lyricism and magic. This is a bittersweet story about two good people who discover that true love, when it comes, is rarely fair, or right--or without pain.

The Last Cheater's Waltz

The Last Cheater's Waltz
Author: Ellen Meloy
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2014-08-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1466876964

From the recipient of the 1997 Whiting Award. Feeling disconnected from the wildly beautiful desert that she has known intimately for twenty years, award-winning writer Ellen Meloy embarks on a search for home that is historical, scientific, and spiritual. Her "Map of the Known Universe," devised to guide her quest, reveals extraordinary details of a physical link between the atomic age and her home on Utah's San Juan River. The Map grows to include Los Alamos, the Trinity A-test site, White Sands Missile Range, and primary sources of uranium. Meloy casts her naturalist's eye on the Southwest's "geography of consequence," where she finds unusual local bestiaries, the bodies of long-buried neighbors, an underground bubble of nuclear physics in a national forest, and the rich textures of nature on her own eight acres of land. The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest is multilayered and far-reaching, yet always infused with Meloy's prodigious research, finely tuned prose, and wry humor.

Complete Clawhammer Banjo Book

Complete Clawhammer Banjo Book
Author: Alec Slater
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2010-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609740076

With this volume, the reader is pleasantly surprised with two books in one- Section One by Alec Slater, and Section Two by Lisa Schmitz. Alec's portion is intended as a guide for the clawhammer or frailing banjo player with some previous experience in this style. He stresses the fact that this style of music can be fully learned only from within the oral tradition in which it grew. the instruction included here is meant to provide a review, and not to take the place of qualified teacher. Alec recommends that ...anyone wanting to get this playing right, should find someone in your area who plays and have him/her teach you. Listen to it, watch it, and make it your own. In Section Two, Lisa Schmits presents an extensive collection of 163 jigs, reels, polkas, hornpipes, strathspeys, waltzes, and songs from Ireland, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, Cape Breton, New England and Southern Appalachia for banjo solo. the national origin of each tune is indicated. Lisa offers personal, authoritative settings of a great variety of tunes at an intermediate level. Written in tablature only.

The Ultimate Banjo Songbook

The Ultimate Banjo Songbook
Author: Janet Davis
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2005-07-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476868905

(Banjo). A great collection of banjo classics that comes with audio examples of the licks. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee * Bye Bye Love * Duelin' Banjos * The Entertainer * Foggy Mountain Breakdown * Great Balls of Fire * Lady of Spain * Rawhide * (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) * Rocky Top * San Antonio Rose * Tennessee Waltz * UFO-TOFU * You Are My Sunshine * and more.