Author: Greg Bear
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812536034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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The Song of Power opened the gateway to the Realm of the Sidhe, allowing young Michael Perrin to slip through. Now Michael faces years of captivity and deadly struggles for the future of the Realm and of Earth--leading finally to a terrible confrontation on the streets of Los Angeles, with the soul of humanity at stake. Weaving the power of music, poetry, and myth into a headlong narrative of nearly overwhelming intensity, Song of Earth and Power is one of the most original fantasy epics of our time, a vast tapestry of relentless suspense, terrible beauty, and brilliant imagination. Originally published years ago in two parts, it now returns in a new edition rewritten by the author and published in a single volume as he originally intended. Wrote Analog on its original appearance: "A delight....A vision of Faery that may owe a bit to a wish to do it right. Read it."
Author: Greg Bear
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473206537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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Michael Perrin wants to live the simple life of an aspiring poet in Los Angeles. However, when he receives a key and a piece of music called The Infinity Concerto, Michael's life becomes anything but simple. Soon he is whisked away to the land of the Sidhe, dangerous elves in a tentative truce with humans. Barren and stark, this world is anything but the pretty pretty land of faerie tales. Drafted into learning the physical and mental skills of magic, Michael discovers of his role in a much larger history of magic and music in both the Sidhe's world and ours. Can he survive the pitched battle? Will Michael be the answer to finally uniting the elder races?
Author: Anna L. Wood
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496840380
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 481
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Based upon Cantometrics: An Approach to the Anthropology of Music (1976), by Alan Lomax, Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music is a contemporary guide to understanding and exploring Cantometrics, the system developed by Lomax and Victor Grauer for analyzing the formal elements of music related to human geography and sociocultural patterning. This carefully constructed cross-cultural study of world music revealed deep-rooted performance patterns and aesthetic preferences and their links with environmental factors and ancient socioeconomic practices. This new and updated edition is for anyone wishing to understand and more deeply appreciate the forms and sociocultural contexts of the musics of the world’s peoples, and it is designed to be used by both scholars and laypeople. Part One of the book consists of a practical guide to using the Cantometrics system, a course with musical examples to test one’s understanding of the material, a theoretical framework to put the methodology in context, and an illustration of the method used to explore the roots of popular music. Part Two includes guides to four other analytical systems that Lomax developed, which focus on orchestration, phrasing and breath management, vowel articulation, instrumentation, and American popular music. Part Three provides resources for educators who wish to use the Cantometrics system in their classrooms, a summary of the findings and hypotheses of Lomax’s original research, and a discussion of Cantometrics’ criticisms, applications, and new approaches, and it includes excerpts of Lomax’s original writings about world song style and cultural equity.
Author: Elspeth Cooper
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429997257
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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The Book of Eador, Abjurations 12:14, is very clear: Suffer ye not the life of a witch. For a thousand years, the Church Knights have obeyed that commandment, sending to the stake anyone who can hear the songs of the earth. There are no exceptions, not even for one of their own. Novice Knight Gair can hear music no one else can, beautiful, terrible music: music with power. In the Holy City, that can mean only one thing: death by fire—until an unlikely intervention gives him a chance to flee the city and escape the flames. With the Church Knights and their witchfinder hot on his heels, Gair hasn't time to learn how to use the power growing inside him, but if he doesn't master it, that power will tear him apart. His only hope is the secretive Guardians of the Veil, though centuries of persecution have almost destroyed their Order, and the few Guardians left have troubles of their own. For the Veil between worlds is weakening, and behind it, the Hidden Kingdom, ever-hungry for dominion over the daylight realm, is stirring. Though he is far from ready, Gair will find himself fighting for his own life, for everyone within the Order of the Veil, and for the woman he has come to love. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Jann Aldredge-Clanton
Publisher: Eakin Press
ISBN: 1681792923
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Music has great power to touch the heart and change the world. Words we sing in worship shape our beliefs and actions. The inclusive songs in this collection will contribute to social justice, peace, equality, and expansive spiritual experience. This collection includes all new songs, most to widely known tunes and some to new tunes. Many of the songs are appropriate for interfaith settings. A special feature of this new collection is the inclusion of multigenerational short songs for various parts of worship services, such as invocations and benedictions. The songs in this collection name Deity as female and male and more to support the foundational biblical truth that all people are created equally in the divine image (Genesis 1:27). Earth Transformed with Music! Inclusive Songs for Worship will instill belief in the sacredness of all people and all creation. The predominant themes of gender equality, racial equality, marriage equality, economic justice, care of creation, and peacemaking flow from the prophetic tradition in Scripture. This collection also includes songs for comfort, healing, celebration, and thanksgiving.
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Author: Chicago Natural History Museum
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Author: Ralph Linton
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Author: Marie Mohler
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300711523
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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New Earth Soul Songs II is the second book in a unique two part series, that offers inspirational songs, stories, and channeled messages to awaken the heart light, talent brilliance, amazing gifts, and threads of oneness within us all. The core themes in this book center around Union, Wholeness, and the shining essence that We Are The Instruments of the Divine here to birth this New Earth and New Paradigm of Unified Light. All lyrics from all of the New Earth Soul Songs on CDs 4 and 5 are included in this book. All lyrics from New Earth Soul Song CDs 1,2, and 3 are included in book one. Please note that there are no song notes included in this book, as all melodies and words were channeled directly from Spirit. I believe that New Earth Soul Songs I and II are essential cosmic tools for our time, to help us remember our own personal keynotes and to sing the heart song we uniquely came to shine! For more info, please visit www.newearthlivinglobal.com and www.reverbnation.com/mariemohler.
