Author: Matt Dobkin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671041398
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A guide to the often misunderstood musical form offers readers an irreverant tour of the opera world and the music it supports.
Getting Opera
Author: Matt Dobkin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671041398
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A guide to the often misunderstood musical form offers readers an irreverant tour of the opera world and the music it supports.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671041398
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A guide to the often misunderstood musical form offers readers an irreverant tour of the opera world and the music it supports.
Complete Opera Book
Author: George Henry Hubert Lascelles Harewood, Earl of
Publisher: London : Putnam
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
Book Description
Publisher: London : Putnam
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
Book Description
Space Opera
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481497510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
2019 HUGO AWARD FINALIST, BEST NOVEL The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy meets the joy and glamour of Eurovision in bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente's science fiction spectacle, where sentient races compete for glory in a galactic musical contest…and the stakes are as high as the fate of planet Earth. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented—something to cheer up everyone who was left and bring the shattered worlds together in the spirit of peace, unity, and understanding. Once every cycle, the great galactic civilizations gather for the Metagalactic Grand Prix—part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the past. Species far and wide compete in feats of song, dance and/or whatever facsimile of these can be performed by various creatures who may or may not possess, in the traditional sense, feet, mouths, larynxes, or faces. And if a new species should wish to be counted among the high and the mighty, if a new planet has produced some savage group of animals, machines, or algae that claim to be, against all odds, sentient? Well, then they will have to compete. And if they fail? Sudden extermination for their entire species. This year, though, humankind has discovered the enormous universe. And while they expected to discover a grand drama of diplomacy, gunships, wormholes, and stoic councils of aliens, they have instead found glitter, lipstick, and electric guitars. Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny—they must sing. Decibel Jones and the Absolute Zeroes have been chosen to represent their planet on the greatest stage in the galaxy. And the fate of Earth lies in their ability to rock.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481497510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
2019 HUGO AWARD FINALIST, BEST NOVEL The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy meets the joy and glamour of Eurovision in bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente's science fiction spectacle, where sentient races compete for glory in a galactic musical contest…and the stakes are as high as the fate of planet Earth. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented—something to cheer up everyone who was left and bring the shattered worlds together in the spirit of peace, unity, and understanding. Once every cycle, the great galactic civilizations gather for the Metagalactic Grand Prix—part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the past. Species far and wide compete in feats of song, dance and/or whatever facsimile of these can be performed by various creatures who may or may not possess, in the traditional sense, feet, mouths, larynxes, or faces. And if a new species should wish to be counted among the high and the mighty, if a new planet has produced some savage group of animals, machines, or algae that claim to be, against all odds, sentient? Well, then they will have to compete. And if they fail? Sudden extermination for their entire species. This year, though, humankind has discovered the enormous universe. And while they expected to discover a grand drama of diplomacy, gunships, wormholes, and stoic councils of aliens, they have instead found glitter, lipstick, and electric guitars. Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny—they must sing. Decibel Jones and the Absolute Zeroes have been chosen to represent their planet on the greatest stage in the galaxy. And the fate of Earth lies in their ability to rock.
Culture and Power in Cultural Studies
Author: John Storey
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 074864167X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
John Storey's best and most significant contributions to the field of cultural studies - together in a single volume.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 074864167X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
John Storey's best and most significant contributions to the field of cultural studies - together in a single volume.
The Design of Sites
Author: Douglas K. Van Duyne
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional
ISBN: 0131345559
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Using patterns to help Web designers develop a site that attracts visitors, this text reveals ways to understand customers and their needs, and ways to keep customers involved through good design.
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional
ISBN: 0131345559
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Using patterns to help Web designers develop a site that attracts visitors, this text reveals ways to understand customers and their needs, and ways to keep customers involved through good design.
Black Opera
Author: Naomi Andre
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252050614
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
From classic films like Carmen Jones to contemporary works like The Diary of Sally Hemings and U-Carmen eKhayelitsa, American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim black people's place in history. Naomi André draws on the experiences of performers and audiences to explore this music's resonance with today's listeners. Interacting with creators and performers, as well as with the works themselves, André reveals how black opera unearths suppressed truths. These truths provoke complex, if uncomfortable, reconsideration of racial, gender, sexual, and other oppressive ideologies. Opera, in turn, operates as a cultural and political force that employs an immense, transformative power to represent or even liberate. Viewing opera as a fertile site for critical inquiry, political activism, and social change, Black Opera lays the foundation for innovative new approaches to applied scholarship.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252050614
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
From classic films like Carmen Jones to contemporary works like The Diary of Sally Hemings and U-Carmen eKhayelitsa, American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim black people's place in history. Naomi André draws on the experiences of performers and audiences to explore this music's resonance with today's listeners. Interacting with creators and performers, as well as with the works themselves, André reveals how black opera unearths suppressed truths. These truths provoke complex, if uncomfortable, reconsideration of racial, gender, sexual, and other oppressive ideologies. Opera, in turn, operates as a cultural and political force that employs an immense, transformative power to represent or even liberate. Viewing opera as a fertile site for critical inquiry, political activism, and social change, Black Opera lays the foundation for innovative new approaches to applied scholarship.
The Random House Book of Opera Stories
Author:
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679893158
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Capture the excitement of a night at the opera with this stunning collection of eight favorite opera stories, each illustrated by a different artist.The Magic FluteAidaCarmenThe Cunning Little VixenTurandotCinderellaHansel & GretelThe Love for Three Oranges
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679893158
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Capture the excitement of a night at the opera with this stunning collection of eight favorite opera stories, each illustrated by a different artist.The Magic FluteAidaCarmenThe Cunning Little VixenTurandotCinderellaHansel & GretelThe Love for Three Oranges
Vegetative Propagation from the Standpoint of Plant Anatomy
Author: Joseph Hubert Priestley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plant breeding
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plant breeding
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
Book Description
Opera 101
Author: Fred Plotkin
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Written by an opera insider and featuring an introduction by Placido Domingo, here is a thorough, friendly, and truly complete guide to learning how to love and appreciate the opera. After a brief history of opera, the book includes a guide to operatic terms, a minute-by-minute listener's guide to 11 central works, a list of recommended books and recordings and much more.
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Written by an opera insider and featuring an introduction by Placido Domingo, here is a thorough, friendly, and truly complete guide to learning how to love and appreciate the opera. After a brief history of opera, the book includes a guide to operatic terms, a minute-by-minute listener's guide to 11 central works, a list of recommended books and recordings and much more.
Arts Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description