Author: Wise Publications
Publisher: Wise Publications
ISBN: 1783236876
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Piano Playbook: Smooth Jazz contains 47 jazz standards for Piano; from the cool sounds of Charlie Parker to the rhythms of the samba. This songbook boasts suburb arrangements of pieces from all realms of jazz, including Latin and contemporary, with each song has been chosen to reflect a variety of moods. Song List: - Adios - Agua De Beber (Drinking Water) - Amor - Ain't Misbehavin' - Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) - Black Coffee - Blue Bossa - Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Chelsea Bridge - Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune) - Dindi - Footprints - Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - Frenesi - God Bless' The Child - Georgia On My Mind - The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) - Li'l Darlin' - Here's That Rainy Day - How Insensitive - In Your Own Sweet Way - Lullaby Of Birdland - Mas Que Nada (Say No More) - Monk's Mood - Misty - A Night In Tunisia - One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) - Ornithology - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Quizas, Quizas, Quizas) - Perdido - Poinciana - Quiet Now - Solitude - So Nice (Summer Samba) - Stardust - Song For My Father - Straight No Chaser - Surfing Snails - Sway (Quien Sera) - When Sunny Gets Blue - Take Five - Take The 'A' Train - The Tokyo Blues - Two Lonely People - Wave - Without You (Tres Palabras) - Waltz For Debby
Piano Playbook: Smooth Jazz
Author: Wise Publications
Publisher: Wise Publications
ISBN: 1783236876
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Piano Playbook: Smooth Jazz contains 47 jazz standards for Piano; from the cool sounds of Charlie Parker to the rhythms of the samba. This songbook boasts suburb arrangements of pieces from all realms of jazz, including Latin and contemporary, with each song has been chosen to reflect a variety of moods. Song List: - Adios - Agua De Beber (Drinking Water) - Amor - Ain't Misbehavin' - Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) - Black Coffee - Blue Bossa - Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Chelsea Bridge - Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune) - Dindi - Footprints - Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - Frenesi - God Bless' The Child - Georgia On My Mind - The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) - Li'l Darlin' - Here's That Rainy Day - How Insensitive - In Your Own Sweet Way - Lullaby Of Birdland - Mas Que Nada (Say No More) - Monk's Mood - Misty - A Night In Tunisia - One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) - Ornithology - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Quizas, Quizas, Quizas) - Perdido - Poinciana - Quiet Now - Solitude - So Nice (Summer Samba) - Stardust - Song For My Father - Straight No Chaser - Surfing Snails - Sway (Quien Sera) - When Sunny Gets Blue - Take Five - Take The 'A' Train - The Tokyo Blues - Two Lonely People - Wave - Without You (Tres Palabras) - Waltz For Debby
Publisher: Wise Publications
ISBN: 1783236876
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Piano Playbook: Smooth Jazz contains 47 jazz standards for Piano; from the cool sounds of Charlie Parker to the rhythms of the samba. This songbook boasts suburb arrangements of pieces from all realms of jazz, including Latin and contemporary, with each song has been chosen to reflect a variety of moods. Song List: - Adios - Agua De Beber (Drinking Water) - Amor - Ain't Misbehavin' - Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) - Black Coffee - Blue Bossa - Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Chelsea Bridge - Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune) - Dindi - Footprints - Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - Frenesi - God Bless' The Child - Georgia On My Mind - The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) - Li'l Darlin' - Here's That Rainy Day - How Insensitive - In Your Own Sweet Way - Lullaby Of Birdland - Mas Que Nada (Say No More) - Monk's Mood - Misty - A Night In Tunisia - One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) - Ornithology - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Quizas, Quizas, Quizas) - Perdido - Poinciana - Quiet Now - Solitude - So Nice (Summer Samba) - Stardust - Song For My Father - Straight No Chaser - Surfing Snails - Sway (Quien Sera) - When Sunny Gets Blue - Take Five - Take The 'A' Train - The Tokyo Blues - Two Lonely People - Wave - Without You (Tres Palabras) - Waltz For Debby
Piano Playbook: Jazz Standards
Author: Wise Publications
Publisher: Wise Publications
ISBN: 1783235934
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This Jazz Standards edition of the Piano Playbook series is a delectable collection of 45 timeless jazz tunes that have become some of the most well-known and well-loved songs of all time, arranged for Piano and Vocals. Each of the Jazz Standards in this Piano Playbook shows the kind of incredibly accomplished songwriting that lifts a song out of its creators' mind and into the realms of the timeless masterpiece. This excellent jazz sheet music song book has been collated to reflect a variety of moods, but also to show a beautifully natural progression through time, so you can see how the jazz standard developed and changed, while retaining the thread of magic that has kept them being played for decades. Featuring some amazing tunes like the bop classic Anthropology, Coltrane's improvisational masterpiece My Favourite Things and Miles Davis' post-bop, impressionistic So What. Some other well-known tunes include Mood Indigo, Honeysuckle Rose, All The Things You Are, La Vie En Rose, and jazz arrangements of songs like Singin' In The Rain and Strawberry Fields Forever. These are just a minute selection of the wealth of brilliant songs in this Piano Playbook and, whether you play your favourites or discover new ones, there will undoubtedly be a huge number that you fall in love with playing. With some songs arranged for solo Piano, and some for Piano and Vocals, this Playbook really is a wonderful collection. Reading the list of songs is like looking at a rundown of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and so on. You are guaranteed to love playing these songs, and your audience is sure to love hearing them as much. Like the rest of the Piano Playbook series, this book of Jazz Standards sheet music boasts a great many incredible tunes in a durable and convenient format. The idea of a Jazz Standard is nothing definitive, as it means broadly that they are songs widely known and widely recorded. Some were meant to be jazz tunes, but some Great American Songbook tunes were appropriated by ingenious musicians. This Piano Playbook, however, is one of the best guides out there. A comprehensive collection of fantastic jazz standards, you are sure to love playing each and every one.
Publisher: Wise Publications
ISBN: 1783235934
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This Jazz Standards edition of the Piano Playbook series is a delectable collection of 45 timeless jazz tunes that have become some of the most well-known and well-loved songs of all time, arranged for Piano and Vocals. Each of the Jazz Standards in this Piano Playbook shows the kind of incredibly accomplished songwriting that lifts a song out of its creators' mind and into the realms of the timeless masterpiece. This excellent jazz sheet music song book has been collated to reflect a variety of moods, but also to show a beautifully natural progression through time, so you can see how the jazz standard developed and changed, while retaining the thread of magic that has kept them being played for decades. Featuring some amazing tunes like the bop classic Anthropology, Coltrane's improvisational masterpiece My Favourite Things and Miles Davis' post-bop, impressionistic So What. Some other well-known tunes include Mood Indigo, Honeysuckle Rose, All The Things You Are, La Vie En Rose, and jazz arrangements of songs like Singin' In The Rain and Strawberry Fields Forever. These are just a minute selection of the wealth of brilliant songs in this Piano Playbook and, whether you play your favourites or discover new ones, there will undoubtedly be a huge number that you fall in love with playing. With some songs arranged for solo Piano, and some for Piano and Vocals, this Playbook really is a wonderful collection. Reading the list of songs is like looking at a rundown of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and so on. You are guaranteed to love playing these songs, and your audience is sure to love hearing them as much. Like the rest of the Piano Playbook series, this book of Jazz Standards sheet music boasts a great many incredible tunes in a durable and convenient format. The idea of a Jazz Standard is nothing definitive, as it means broadly that they are songs widely known and widely recorded. Some were meant to be jazz tunes, but some Great American Songbook tunes were appropriated by ingenious musicians. This Piano Playbook, however, is one of the best guides out there. A comprehensive collection of fantastic jazz standards, you are sure to love playing each and every one.
Piano Playbook: Cocktail Piano
Author: Wise Publications
Publisher: Wise Publications
ISBN: 1783239751
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Piano Playbook: Cocktail Piano is a collection of new, elegant arrangements of jazz, pop and even classical standards, designed to be played while sipping a Martini in a dimly lit lounge. Each one of these 45 smooth pieces was written by a master of composition, whether it's The Beatles, Duke Ellington, Rachmaninoff, Bill Evans, or Chick Corea. This book has been arranged with intermediate-advanced pianists in mind and includes an integrated Spotify playlist of the original versions for each song. Songlist: - Alfie [Burt Bacharach] - And I Love Her [The Beatles] - Arabesque No. 1 [Claude Debussy] - Black Hole Sun [Soundgarden] - The Blue Notebooks [Max Richter] - Bouncing With Bud [Bud Powell] - Dance Of The Floreadores [Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn] - Divenire [Ludovico Einaudi] - Do I Do [Stevie Wonder] - Excursions II [Richard Rodney Bennett] - Eye Of The Tiger [Survivor] - A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing [Billy Strayhorn] - Gnossienne I [Erik Satie] - Handful Of Keys [Fats Waller] - Here, There And Everywhere [The Beatles] - How My Heart Sings [Bill Evans] - I'm Just A Lucky So And So [Diana Krall] - I Want You (She's So Heavy) [The Beatles] - Johnny Come Lately [Billy Strayhorn] - Lazy River [Hoagy Carmichael] - London Calling [The Clash] - Midnight Sun [Burke, Sonny] [Lionel Hampton] - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs [Chick Corea] - Nowhere Man [The Beatles] - Once Upon A Summertime [Michel Legrand and Eddie Barclay] - One At A Time [Michel Legrand] - Passion Flower [Billy Strayhorn] - Peau Douce [Bill Evans] - Pinball Wizard [The Who] - Prelude In G, Op.32 No.5 [Sergei Rachmaninoff] - Prelude No.2 (Blue Lullaby) [George Gershwin] - Rhapsody In Blue (Slow Theme) [George Gershwin] - Rosemary's Waltz (From Tender Is The Night) [Richard Rodney Bennett] - Soho (from The London Suite) [Fats Waller] - So Real [Jeff Buckley] - Someday (You'll Be Sorry) [Louis Armstrong] - Somethin' Stupid [Frank Sinatra] - Sophisticated Lady [Duke Ellington] - Turn Me On [Norah Jones] - When Sunny Gets Blue [Frank Sinatra] - With A Little Help From My Friends [The Beatles] - Yesterdays [Dudley Moore] - Your Love Has Faded [Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn]
Publisher: Wise Publications
ISBN: 1783239751
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Piano Playbook: Cocktail Piano is a collection of new, elegant arrangements of jazz, pop and even classical standards, designed to be played while sipping a Martini in a dimly lit lounge. Each one of these 45 smooth pieces was written by a master of composition, whether it's The Beatles, Duke Ellington, Rachmaninoff, Bill Evans, or Chick Corea. This book has been arranged with intermediate-advanced pianists in mind and includes an integrated Spotify playlist of the original versions for each song. Songlist: - Alfie [Burt Bacharach] - And I Love Her [The Beatles] - Arabesque No. 1 [Claude Debussy] - Black Hole Sun [Soundgarden] - The Blue Notebooks [Max Richter] - Bouncing With Bud [Bud Powell] - Dance Of The Floreadores [Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn] - Divenire [Ludovico Einaudi] - Do I Do [Stevie Wonder] - Excursions II [Richard Rodney Bennett] - Eye Of The Tiger [Survivor] - A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing [Billy Strayhorn] - Gnossienne I [Erik Satie] - Handful Of Keys [Fats Waller] - Here, There And Everywhere [The Beatles] - How My Heart Sings [Bill Evans] - I'm Just A Lucky So And So [Diana Krall] - I Want You (She's So Heavy) [The Beatles] - Johnny Come Lately [Billy Strayhorn] - Lazy River [Hoagy Carmichael] - London Calling [The Clash] - Midnight Sun [Burke, Sonny] [Lionel Hampton] - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs [Chick Corea] - Nowhere Man [The Beatles] - Once Upon A Summertime [Michel Legrand and Eddie Barclay] - One At A Time [Michel Legrand] - Passion Flower [Billy Strayhorn] - Peau Douce [Bill Evans] - Pinball Wizard [The Who] - Prelude In G, Op.32 No.5 [Sergei Rachmaninoff] - Prelude No.2 (Blue Lullaby) [George Gershwin] - Rhapsody In Blue (Slow Theme) [George Gershwin] - Rosemary's Waltz (From Tender Is The Night) [Richard Rodney Bennett] - Soho (from The London Suite) [Fats Waller] - So Real [Jeff Buckley] - Someday (You'll Be Sorry) [Louis Armstrong] - Somethin' Stupid [Frank Sinatra] - Sophisticated Lady [Duke Ellington] - Turn Me On [Norah Jones] - When Sunny Gets Blue [Frank Sinatra] - With A Little Help From My Friends [The Beatles] - Yesterdays [Dudley Moore] - Your Love Has Faded [Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn]
Michael Nyman Songs & Arias
Author: Chester Music
Publisher: Chester Music
ISBN: 1783239999
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Michael Nyman: Songs & Arias presents sixteen songs and seven arias for high voice and Piano from across Michael Nyman’s varied and exhilarating output: songs from his celebrated film scores, like The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; from recent operas like Facing Goya; several concert song cycles, and two songs that stand independently. There can be few music lovers today who do not immediately recognise Nyman’s distinctive instrumental writing. But, until now, they may have been less familiar with the vocal music that forms so important a part of his creative personality. The wide range of sources from which Nyman draws the inspiration for his settings, including Rimbaud and Celan set in their original languages, fragments of Mozart, Pessoa and contemporary poets, demonstrates a composer of unusual learning and lively interests. This book is an important resource and extension to the repertoire of any high voice singer. Songlist: - If (The Diary Of Anne Frank) - Mozart On Mortality - Miserere (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover) - Allez! On Préviendra Les Reflux D'Incendie (L'Orgie Parisienne) - Quand Tes Pieds Ont Dansé (L'Orgie Parisienne) - Es War Erde In Ihnen (Six Celan Songs) - Nachtlich Geschurzt (Six Celan Songs) - Where The Bee Sucks (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - Full Fathom Five (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - Before You Can Say, 'Come' And 'Go' (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - While You Here Do Snoring Lie (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - Come Unto These Yellow Sands (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - I Am An Unusual Thing (Letters, Riddles And Writs) - Why (The Diary Of Anne Frank) - Silence Emerges (Cycle Of Disquietude) - I'm Riding On A Tram (Cycle Of Disquietude) - He Sang In A Gentle Voice (Cycle Of Disquietude) - Tortured Prisoner (Facing Goya) - As Noses Move (Facing Goya) - You Are My Son (Facing Goya) - This Is What I Found Today (Man And Boy: Dada) - Things The Artist Must Not Do Today (Man And Boy: Dada) - Life's Chaos (Acts Of Beauty)
Publisher: Chester Music
ISBN: 1783239999
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Michael Nyman: Songs & Arias presents sixteen songs and seven arias for high voice and Piano from across Michael Nyman’s varied and exhilarating output: songs from his celebrated film scores, like The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; from recent operas like Facing Goya; several concert song cycles, and two songs that stand independently. There can be few music lovers today who do not immediately recognise Nyman’s distinctive instrumental writing. But, until now, they may have been less familiar with the vocal music that forms so important a part of his creative personality. The wide range of sources from which Nyman draws the inspiration for his settings, including Rimbaud and Celan set in their original languages, fragments of Mozart, Pessoa and contemporary poets, demonstrates a composer of unusual learning and lively interests. This book is an important resource and extension to the repertoire of any high voice singer. Songlist: - If (The Diary Of Anne Frank) - Mozart On Mortality - Miserere (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover) - Allez! On Préviendra Les Reflux D'Incendie (L'Orgie Parisienne) - Quand Tes Pieds Ont Dansé (L'Orgie Parisienne) - Es War Erde In Ihnen (Six Celan Songs) - Nachtlich Geschurzt (Six Celan Songs) - Where The Bee Sucks (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - Full Fathom Five (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - Before You Can Say, 'Come' And 'Go' (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - While You Here Do Snoring Lie (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - Come Unto These Yellow Sands (Ariel Songs From Prospero's Books) - I Am An Unusual Thing (Letters, Riddles And Writs) - Why (The Diary Of Anne Frank) - Silence Emerges (Cycle Of Disquietude) - I'm Riding On A Tram (Cycle Of Disquietude) - He Sang In A Gentle Voice (Cycle Of Disquietude) - Tortured Prisoner (Facing Goya) - As Noses Move (Facing Goya) - You Are My Son (Facing Goya) - This Is What I Found Today (Man And Boy: Dada) - Things The Artist Must Not Do Today (Man And Boy: Dada) - Life's Chaos (Acts Of Beauty)
Piano Girl Playbook
Author: Robin Meloy Goldsby
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493056204
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
A pianist in lounges and lobbies around the world, Robin Meloy Goldsby tells her warm-hearted stories by linking people she has met with places she has played. Along the way, she connects the humanity of her audiences—princes and paupers, dreamers and doers, moguls, mobsters, wanna-bes, and has-beens—with the quiet soundtrack of her peripatetic, melodic life. Goldsby's autobiographical stories and essays deliver insights into the art and craft of piano playing, the merits of live music, and how the right song at the right moment can add color and depth to a drab, one dimensional world. Music, it turns out, connects us in unpredictable ways.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493056204
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
A pianist in lounges and lobbies around the world, Robin Meloy Goldsby tells her warm-hearted stories by linking people she has met with places she has played. Along the way, she connects the humanity of her audiences—princes and paupers, dreamers and doers, moguls, mobsters, wanna-bes, and has-beens—with the quiet soundtrack of her peripatetic, melodic life. Goldsby's autobiographical stories and essays deliver insights into the art and craft of piano playing, the merits of live music, and how the right song at the right moment can add color and depth to a drab, one dimensional world. Music, it turns out, connects us in unpredictable ways.
Bill Evans Omnibook for Piano
Author: Bill Evans
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1540087662
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
(Jazz Transcriptions). The ultimate collection for jazz keyboardists to learn 40 Evans classics with exact note-for-note transcriptions. Includes: Alice in Wonderland * Autumn Leaves * Bill's Hit Tune * Blue in Green * Days of Wine and Roses * Emily * Everything Happens to Me * Five * For Nenette * How About You? * How My Heart Sings * I Loves You, Porgy * It Could Happen to You * Just You, Just Me * Letter to Evan * My Foolish Heart * My Funny Valentine * My Romance * Nardis * Night and Day * One for Helen * Peace Piece * Peri's Scope * Quiet Now * Re: Person I Knew * Skating in Central Park * A Sleepin' Bee * Some Other Time * Stella by Starlight * Song from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) * 34 Skidoo * Time Remembered * The Touch of Your Lips * Turn Out the Stars * Very Early * Waltz for Debby * What Kind of Fool Am I? * Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me) * You Go to My Head * You Must Believe in Spring * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1540087662
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
(Jazz Transcriptions). The ultimate collection for jazz keyboardists to learn 40 Evans classics with exact note-for-note transcriptions. Includes: Alice in Wonderland * Autumn Leaves * Bill's Hit Tune * Blue in Green * Days of Wine and Roses * Emily * Everything Happens to Me * Five * For Nenette * How About You? * How My Heart Sings * I Loves You, Porgy * It Could Happen to You * Just You, Just Me * Letter to Evan * My Foolish Heart * My Funny Valentine * My Romance * Nardis * Night and Day * One for Helen * Peace Piece * Peri's Scope * Quiet Now * Re: Person I Knew * Skating in Central Park * A Sleepin' Bee * Some Other Time * Stella by Starlight * Song from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) * 34 Skidoo * Time Remembered * The Touch of Your Lips * Turn Out the Stars * Very Early * Waltz for Debby * What Kind of Fool Am I? * Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me) * You Go to My Head * You Must Believe in Spring * and more.
First 50 Jazz Standards You Should Play on Piano
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495093131
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
(Easy Piano Songbook). Do you feel you've learned enough piano skills to take on some jazz tunes? This book is designed to let beginners dive into jazz standards with success. The arrangements, although easy, are full enough to make you sound great. Lyrics are also included. This collection features 50 of the best jazz standards ever, including: All the Things You Are * Autumn in New York * Body and Soul * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) * Georgia on My Mind * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * It Could Happen to You * Misty * My Funny Valentine * Night and Day * Satin Doll * Speak Low * Summertime * The Way You Look Tonight * When I Fall in Love * You Stepped Out of a Dream * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495093131
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
(Easy Piano Songbook). Do you feel you've learned enough piano skills to take on some jazz tunes? This book is designed to let beginners dive into jazz standards with success. The arrangements, although easy, are full enough to make you sound great. Lyrics are also included. This collection features 50 of the best jazz standards ever, including: All the Things You Are * Autumn in New York * Body and Soul * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) * Georgia on My Mind * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * It Could Happen to You * Misty * My Funny Valentine * Night and Day * Satin Doll * Speak Low * Summertime * The Way You Look Tonight * When I Fall in Love * You Stepped Out of a Dream * and more.
Jazz Times
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ISBN:
Category : Jazz
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Jazz
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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The American Music Teacher
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Dictation
Author: Cynthia Ozick
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547526059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
“Four expertly turned stories” of comedy, deception, and revenge from the acclaimed author of Heir to the Glimmering World (TheNew York Times Book Review). A New York Times Notable Book Dictation brings together four long stories by this Pulitzer and Man Booker Prize finalist, forming a quartet of sly humor and piercing insight into the human heart. The title story imagines a fateful meeting between the secretaries to Henry James and Joseph Conrad at the peak of their fame. Timid Miss Hallowes, who types for Conrad, comes under the influence of James’s Miss Bosanquet, high-spirited, flirtatious, and scheming. In a masterstroke of genius, Ozick hatches a plot between them to insert themselves into literary posterity. Each story in the collection starts in the comic mode, with heroes who suffer willful self-deceit. From self-deception, these not-so-innocents proceed to deceive others, who don’t take it lightly. Revenge is the consequence—and for the reader, a delicious if dark recognition of emotional truth. In Dictation, an author whose stories have won four O. Henry first prizes “reveals herself a master” (The New York Times Book Review). “A testament to the seductions of language and the smoldering aspirations of art.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “A brilliant book, a necessary book, a book that radiates the true intelligence of literature from every page.” —The New York Observer
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547526059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
“Four expertly turned stories” of comedy, deception, and revenge from the acclaimed author of Heir to the Glimmering World (TheNew York Times Book Review). A New York Times Notable Book Dictation brings together four long stories by this Pulitzer and Man Booker Prize finalist, forming a quartet of sly humor and piercing insight into the human heart. The title story imagines a fateful meeting between the secretaries to Henry James and Joseph Conrad at the peak of their fame. Timid Miss Hallowes, who types for Conrad, comes under the influence of James’s Miss Bosanquet, high-spirited, flirtatious, and scheming. In a masterstroke of genius, Ozick hatches a plot between them to insert themselves into literary posterity. Each story in the collection starts in the comic mode, with heroes who suffer willful self-deceit. From self-deception, these not-so-innocents proceed to deceive others, who don’t take it lightly. Revenge is the consequence—and for the reader, a delicious if dark recognition of emotional truth. In Dictation, an author whose stories have won four O. Henry first prizes “reveals herself a master” (The New York Times Book Review). “A testament to the seductions of language and the smoldering aspirations of art.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “A brilliant book, a necessary book, a book that radiates the true intelligence of literature from every page.” —The New York Observer