Author: Studs Terkel
Publisher: New Press/ORIM
ISBN: 1595586555
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian talks with some of twentieth century’s most iconic musicians—“Riveting . . . Just about every interview has a revelation” (San Francisco Chronicle). Through the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted the legendary radio show “The Wax Museum,” presenting Chicago’s music fans with his inimitable take on music of all kinds, from classical, opera, and jazz to gospel, blues, folk, and rock. Featuring more than forty of Terkel’s conversations with some of the greatest musicians of the past century, And They All Sang is “a tribute to music’s universality and power” (Philadelphia Inquirer). Included here are fascinating conversations with Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Mahalia Jackson, Janis Joplin, Rosa Raisa, Pete Seeger, and many others. As the esteemed music critic Anthony DeCurtis wrote in the Chicago Tribune, “the terms ‘interview’ or ‘oral history’ don’t begin to do justice to what Terkel achieves in these conversations, which are at once wildly ambitious and as casual as can be.” Whether discussing Enrico Caruso’s nervousness on stage with opera diva Edith Mason or the Beatles’ 1966 encounter in London with revered Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, “Terkel’s singular gift for bringing his subjects to life in their own words should strike a chord with any music fan old enough to have replaced a worn-out record needle” (The New York Times). “Whether diva or dustbowl balladeer, Studs treats them all alike, with deep knowledge and an intimate, conversational approach . . . as this often remarkable book shows, Studs Terkel has remained mesmerized by great music throughout his life.” —The Guardian “[Terkel’s] expertise is evident on every page, whether debating the harmonic structure of the spirituals or discerning the subtleties of Keith Jarrett’s piano technique . . . As ever, he is the most skillful of interviewers.” —The Independent “What makes And They All Sang a rousing success isn’t just Terkel’s phenomenal range and broad knowledge, it’s his passionate love of the music and his deep humanity.” —San Francisco Chronicle
They All Sang on the Corner
Author: Philip Groia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
And They All Sang
Author: Studs Terkel
Publisher: New Press/ORIM
ISBN: 1595586555
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian talks with some of twentieth century’s most iconic musicians—“Riveting . . . Just about every interview has a revelation” (San Francisco Chronicle). Through the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted the legendary radio show “The Wax Museum,” presenting Chicago’s music fans with his inimitable take on music of all kinds, from classical, opera, and jazz to gospel, blues, folk, and rock. Featuring more than forty of Terkel’s conversations with some of the greatest musicians of the past century, And They All Sang is “a tribute to music’s universality and power” (Philadelphia Inquirer). Included here are fascinating conversations with Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Mahalia Jackson, Janis Joplin, Rosa Raisa, Pete Seeger, and many others. As the esteemed music critic Anthony DeCurtis wrote in the Chicago Tribune, “the terms ‘interview’ or ‘oral history’ don’t begin to do justice to what Terkel achieves in these conversations, which are at once wildly ambitious and as casual as can be.” Whether discussing Enrico Caruso’s nervousness on stage with opera diva Edith Mason or the Beatles’ 1966 encounter in London with revered Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, “Terkel’s singular gift for bringing his subjects to life in their own words should strike a chord with any music fan old enough to have replaced a worn-out record needle” (The New York Times). “Whether diva or dustbowl balladeer, Studs treats them all alike, with deep knowledge and an intimate, conversational approach . . . as this often remarkable book shows, Studs Terkel has remained mesmerized by great music throughout his life.” —The Guardian “[Terkel’s] expertise is evident on every page, whether debating the harmonic structure of the spirituals or discerning the subtleties of Keith Jarrett’s piano technique . . . As ever, he is the most skillful of interviewers.” —The Independent “What makes And They All Sang a rousing success isn’t just Terkel’s phenomenal range and broad knowledge, it’s his passionate love of the music and his deep humanity.” —San Francisco Chronicle
Publisher: New Press/ORIM
ISBN: 1595586555
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian talks with some of twentieth century’s most iconic musicians—“Riveting . . . Just about every interview has a revelation” (San Francisco Chronicle). Through the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted the legendary radio show “The Wax Museum,” presenting Chicago’s music fans with his inimitable take on music of all kinds, from classical, opera, and jazz to gospel, blues, folk, and rock. Featuring more than forty of Terkel’s conversations with some of the greatest musicians of the past century, And They All Sang is “a tribute to music’s universality and power” (Philadelphia Inquirer). Included here are fascinating conversations with Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Mahalia Jackson, Janis Joplin, Rosa Raisa, Pete Seeger, and many others. As the esteemed music critic Anthony DeCurtis wrote in the Chicago Tribune, “the terms ‘interview’ or ‘oral history’ don’t begin to do justice to what Terkel achieves in these conversations, which are at once wildly ambitious and as casual as can be.” Whether discussing Enrico Caruso’s nervousness on stage with opera diva Edith Mason or the Beatles’ 1966 encounter in London with revered Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, “Terkel’s singular gift for bringing his subjects to life in their own words should strike a chord with any music fan old enough to have replaced a worn-out record needle” (The New York Times). “Whether diva or dustbowl balladeer, Studs treats them all alike, with deep knowledge and an intimate, conversational approach . . . as this often remarkable book shows, Studs Terkel has remained mesmerized by great music throughout his life.” —The Guardian “[Terkel’s] expertise is evident on every page, whether debating the harmonic structure of the spirituals or discerning the subtleties of Keith Jarrett’s piano technique . . . As ever, he is the most skillful of interviewers.” —The Independent “What makes And They All Sang a rousing success isn’t just Terkel’s phenomenal range and broad knowledge, it’s his passionate love of the music and his deep humanity.” —San Francisco Chronicle
Doo-Wop Acappella
Author: Lawrence Pitilli
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442244305
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Doo-Wop Acappella: A Story of Street Corners, Echoes, and Three-Part Harmonies, scholar and musician Lawrence Pitilli details this too-little-explored area of 1950’s - early 60’s American culture. As Kenny Vance and the Planotones suggested in their classic song “Looking for an Echo,” every doo-wop acapella group’s mission—the search “for a sound, a place to be in harmony, a place we almost found”—was more than the story of street kids seeking recording glory. It is the tale of urban change, mass migrations, ethnic acculturation, a changing radio and recording industry, and the dynamics of cultural change in the “sounds”—sonic and linguistic—that every generation seeks to make and re-make for itself. In his study of this neglected period, Pitilli uncovers a rich musical tradition practiced largely by amateurs in an almost mythologized urban America. Although most of these practitioners were musically untrained, their lack of formal music education and financial support neither diluted their passion for singing or their quest for possible fame and fortune. In this engagingly written and celebratory work, Pitilli further demonstrates that doo-wop acappella was closely tied to broader issues, including the self-invented individual, gender roles, ethnicity, race, and class.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442244305
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Doo-Wop Acappella: A Story of Street Corners, Echoes, and Three-Part Harmonies, scholar and musician Lawrence Pitilli details this too-little-explored area of 1950’s - early 60’s American culture. As Kenny Vance and the Planotones suggested in their classic song “Looking for an Echo,” every doo-wop acapella group’s mission—the search “for a sound, a place to be in harmony, a place we almost found”—was more than the story of street kids seeking recording glory. It is the tale of urban change, mass migrations, ethnic acculturation, a changing radio and recording industry, and the dynamics of cultural change in the “sounds”—sonic and linguistic—that every generation seeks to make and re-make for itself. In his study of this neglected period, Pitilli uncovers a rich musical tradition practiced largely by amateurs in an almost mythologized urban America. Although most of these practitioners were musically untrained, their lack of formal music education and financial support neither diluted their passion for singing or their quest for possible fame and fortune. In this engagingly written and celebratory work, Pitilli further demonstrates that doo-wop acappella was closely tied to broader issues, including the self-invented individual, gender roles, ethnicity, race, and class.
The Wood Burn Book
Author: Rachel Strauss
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1631598929
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
In The Wood Burn Book, Instagram star Rachel Strauss (@woodburncorner) teaches you everything you’ll need to know to master your favorite new hobby: pyrography, or writing with fire. This essential guide opens with a brief background to the art of wood burning, a list of tools and how to use them, basic techniques that can be used over and over again, and even what to burn and how to be safe doing it. You will also find a detailed explanation of the process from start to finish, with patterns and frames, techniques for lettering and adding color, as well as dozens of projects ready for gifting, including picture frames, cutting boards, coasters, cards, wooden spoons, and jewelry. Above all, Strauss has created the book she wished she had when she first discovered pyrography: a simple guide that quickly gets the reader successfully burning. With the right tools and a little time, you'll be able to create meaningful handmade gifts without breaking the bank. Whether it’s to create a family name sign as a housewarming gift for newlyweds, or customize baby blocks for a new little one, wood burning is the versatile hobby that can be used time and time again to create memorable gifts for all of life’s occasions. In addition, wood burning is a practice in mindfulness, requiring patience and focus to awaken the senses and calm the mind. Mastering the art of writing with fire begins with the ability to follow a line. If you can trace, you can burn.
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1631598929
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
In The Wood Burn Book, Instagram star Rachel Strauss (@woodburncorner) teaches you everything you’ll need to know to master your favorite new hobby: pyrography, or writing with fire. This essential guide opens with a brief background to the art of wood burning, a list of tools and how to use them, basic techniques that can be used over and over again, and even what to burn and how to be safe doing it. You will also find a detailed explanation of the process from start to finish, with patterns and frames, techniques for lettering and adding color, as well as dozens of projects ready for gifting, including picture frames, cutting boards, coasters, cards, wooden spoons, and jewelry. Above all, Strauss has created the book she wished she had when she first discovered pyrography: a simple guide that quickly gets the reader successfully burning. With the right tools and a little time, you'll be able to create meaningful handmade gifts without breaking the bank. Whether it’s to create a family name sign as a housewarming gift for newlyweds, or customize baby blocks for a new little one, wood burning is the versatile hobby that can be used time and time again to create memorable gifts for all of life’s occasions. In addition, wood burning is a practice in mindfulness, requiring patience and focus to awaken the senses and calm the mind. Mastering the art of writing with fire begins with the ability to follow a line. If you can trace, you can burn.
Jim at the Corner
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171822
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Every time he went out for his daily walk, Derry had to pass the corner where old Jim sat on his orange box. And every time he lingered there in the hope of a story. For Jim was a sailor who had grown too old for the sea, but who was never tired of his adventures on the good ship Rocking Horse under brave Captain Potts.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171822
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Every time he went out for his daily walk, Derry had to pass the corner where old Jim sat on his orange box. And every time he lingered there in the hope of a story. For Jim was a sailor who had grown too old for the sea, but who was never tired of his adventures on the good ship Rocking Horse under brave Captain Potts.
Round the Corner
Author: Cannan Gilbert
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9359958581
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A precise work with the aid of English author and playwright Gilbert Cannan, "Round the Corner" is from the early 1900s. The tale takes location in the stunning English nation-state and revolves across the individuals who stay in a small metropolis. Cannan does a first rate job of showing how complex relationships are and how a close-knit community works. "Round the Corner" is a story that takes readers into the private lives of the characters, displaying how social expectancies have an effect on their struggles and goals. Cannan captures the essence of life within the usa through shiny, evocative writing that suggests how the characters' every day interactions and behavior shape their futures. As the story goes on, the writer shows a huge variety of feelings, from love and friendship to anger and betrayal. The village placing is like a miniature model of the human revel in as an entire, which shall we Cannan make intelligent feedback about how complicated human beings are. "Round the Corner" is proof of Cannan's skill at creating a shiny and complicated photo of anyone's lifestyles and the know-how of a network as a whole. The novel continues to be a precious paintings of early 20th-century literature, praised for its sharp observations and compassionate storytelling that hook up with readers and make them reflect onconsideration on regular such things as how humans connect with each other and the way complex existence can be in a small village.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9359958581
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A precise work with the aid of English author and playwright Gilbert Cannan, "Round the Corner" is from the early 1900s. The tale takes location in the stunning English nation-state and revolves across the individuals who stay in a small metropolis. Cannan does a first rate job of showing how complex relationships are and how a close-knit community works. "Round the Corner" is a story that takes readers into the private lives of the characters, displaying how social expectancies have an effect on their struggles and goals. Cannan captures the essence of life within the usa through shiny, evocative writing that suggests how the characters' every day interactions and behavior shape their futures. As the story goes on, the writer shows a huge variety of feelings, from love and friendship to anger and betrayal. The village placing is like a miniature model of the human revel in as an entire, which shall we Cannan make intelligent feedback about how complicated human beings are. "Round the Corner" is proof of Cannan's skill at creating a shiny and complicated photo of anyone's lifestyles and the know-how of a network as a whole. The novel continues to be a precious paintings of early 20th-century literature, praised for its sharp observations and compassionate storytelling that hook up with readers and make them reflect onconsideration on regular such things as how humans connect with each other and the way complex existence can be in a small village.
A Corner of the Cotswolds
Author: Mary Sturge Gretton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3956563042
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In this book, first published in 1914, Mary Sturge Gretton is writing about the history of the Cotswolds in the 19th century, selecting occurrences from here and there in this quintessentially English countryside. This stretch of land, roughly 25 miles across and 90 miles long and straddling several English counties, is graced by age-long, accepted traditions which have worked well in a framework of local folk, local materials, and local individuality. Mary Sturge Gretton\'s work brings this characteristic unity, the architectural and intimate as well as the domestic and austere nature to life and paints a picture of the conditions – the dress, the manners, the look of the houses and the streets – of a time long gone yet cherished. Her approach is not always one of educational significance but of relating incidents big and small and putting them into a historical perspective across the Cotswolds and beyond. This antiquarian book is a high-quality reprint, yet true to the original work.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3956563042
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In this book, first published in 1914, Mary Sturge Gretton is writing about the history of the Cotswolds in the 19th century, selecting occurrences from here and there in this quintessentially English countryside. This stretch of land, roughly 25 miles across and 90 miles long and straddling several English counties, is graced by age-long, accepted traditions which have worked well in a framework of local folk, local materials, and local individuality. Mary Sturge Gretton\'s work brings this characteristic unity, the architectural and intimate as well as the domestic and austere nature to life and paints a picture of the conditions – the dress, the manners, the look of the houses and the streets – of a time long gone yet cherished. Her approach is not always one of educational significance but of relating incidents big and small and putting them into a historical perspective across the Cotswolds and beyond. This antiquarian book is a high-quality reprint, yet true to the original work.
The Tailor and the Mouse
Author: John M. Feierabend
Publisher: First Steps in Music
ISBN: 9781579999032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Chapter
Publisher: First Steps in Music
ISBN: 9781579999032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Chapter
Bonnie May
Author: Louis Dodge
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Yes, there were the police,” he repeated, “but I couldn’t help remembering that there was also I—and we. I had an idea we could do a good deal better than the police, in a case like this. I don’t understand how women feel, mother, but I can’t help remembering that every little girl is going to be a woman some day. And I’ve no doubt that the kind of woman she is going to be will be governed a good deal by seemingly trivial events. I don’t see why it isn’t likely that Bonnie May’s whole future may depend upon the way things fall out for her now, when she’s really helpless and alone for the first time in her life. I think it’s likely she’ll remember to the end of her days that people were kind to her—or that they weren’t. We’ve nothing to be afraid of at the hands of a little bit of a girl. At the most, we’ll have to give her a bed for the night and a bite to eat and just a little friendliness. It’s she who must be afraid of us!—afraid that we’ll be thoughtless, or snobbish, and refuse to give her the comfort she needs, now that she’s in trouble....FROM THE BOOKS.
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Yes, there were the police,” he repeated, “but I couldn’t help remembering that there was also I—and we. I had an idea we could do a good deal better than the police, in a case like this. I don’t understand how women feel, mother, but I can’t help remembering that every little girl is going to be a woman some day. And I’ve no doubt that the kind of woman she is going to be will be governed a good deal by seemingly trivial events. I don’t see why it isn’t likely that Bonnie May’s whole future may depend upon the way things fall out for her now, when she’s really helpless and alone for the first time in her life. I think it’s likely she’ll remember to the end of her days that people were kind to her—or that they weren’t. We’ve nothing to be afraid of at the hands of a little bit of a girl. At the most, we’ll have to give her a bed for the night and a bite to eat and just a little friendliness. It’s she who must be afraid of us!—afraid that we’ll be thoughtless, or snobbish, and refuse to give her the comfort she needs, now that she’s in trouble....FROM THE BOOKS.
Polished corner-stones; or, Letters to school-girls, by popular writers. Ed. by C.G. Cavendish
Author: Polished corner-stones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description