Author: Laurence Libin
Publisher: Brigham Young Univ Creative Works
ISBN: 9780842523257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
This catalog highlights over sixty American musical instruments, most drawn from the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each instrument, whether toy or masterpiece, offers us much more than just sound. Through their varied forms and functions, each embodies some meaningful aspect of American life: immigration, acculturation, nationalism and warfare, handicraft and industry, entertainment and worship, tradition and innovation. These instruments have evolved to serve complex social purposes that continue to change over the years. Even when silent, their designs, materials, and decorations, reflect our multifaceted culture.
Our Tuneful Heritage
Author: Laurence Libin
Publisher: Brigham Young Univ Creative Works
ISBN: 9780842523257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
This catalog highlights over sixty American musical instruments, most drawn from the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each instrument, whether toy or masterpiece, offers us much more than just sound. Through their varied forms and functions, each embodies some meaningful aspect of American life: immigration, acculturation, nationalism and warfare, handicraft and industry, entertainment and worship, tradition and innovation. These instruments have evolved to serve complex social purposes that continue to change over the years. Even when silent, their designs, materials, and decorations, reflect our multifaceted culture.
Publisher: Brigham Young Univ Creative Works
ISBN: 9780842523257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
This catalog highlights over sixty American musical instruments, most drawn from the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each instrument, whether toy or masterpiece, offers us much more than just sound. Through their varied forms and functions, each embodies some meaningful aspect of American life: immigration, acculturation, nationalism and warfare, handicraft and industry, entertainment and worship, tradition and innovation. These instruments have evolved to serve complex social purposes that continue to change over the years. Even when silent, their designs, materials, and decorations, reflect our multifaceted culture.
The Great Republic
Author: Thomas Lake Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
"Pleasing for Our Use"
Author: Carol A. Traupman-Carr
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
ISBN: 9780934223607
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
"This is a collection of eight essays, most of which were presented at a November 1995 conference dedicated to the life and works of Moravian organ builder David Tannenberg (1728-1804)." "The collection includes a complete bibliography, as well as a list of additional related resources on the topic of American Moravian organs."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
ISBN: 9780934223607
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
"This is a collection of eight essays, most of which were presented at a November 1995 conference dedicated to the life and works of Moravian organ builder David Tannenberg (1728-1804)." "The collection includes a complete bibliography, as well as a list of additional related resources on the topic of American Moravian organs."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Our Heritage of World Literature
Author: Stith Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 1274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 1274
Book Description
Manufacturing the Muse
Author: Dennis G. Waring
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819565082
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
How a 19th century instrument helped to shape New World culture.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819565082
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
How a 19th century instrument helped to shape New World culture.
Notes
Author: Music Library Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Material Culture in America
Author: Helen Sheumaker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576076482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States. Reaching back 400 years, Material Life in America: An Encyclopedia is the first reference showing what the study of material culture reveals about American society—revelations not accessible through traditional sources and methods. In nearly 200 entries, the encyclopedia traces the history of artifacts, concepts and ideas, industries, peoples and cultures, cultural productions, historical forces, periods and styles, religious and secular rituals and traditions, and much more. Everyone from researchers and curators to students and general readers will find example after example of how the objects and environments created or altered by humans reveal as much about American life as diaries, documents, and texts.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576076482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States. Reaching back 400 years, Material Life in America: An Encyclopedia is the first reference showing what the study of material culture reveals about American society—revelations not accessible through traditional sources and methods. In nearly 200 entries, the encyclopedia traces the history of artifacts, concepts and ideas, industries, peoples and cultures, cultural productions, historical forces, periods and styles, religious and secular rituals and traditions, and much more. Everyone from researchers and curators to students and general readers will find example after example of how the objects and environments created or altered by humans reveal as much about American life as diaries, documents, and texts.
Makers of the Piano: 1820-1860
Author: Martha Novak Clinkscale
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 9780198166252
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This book continues the overview of early pianos begun in Clinkscale's Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 (OUP, 1993). Although a few of the biographies overlap, the majority of the makers are completely new. Approximately 2,400 makers and manufacturers and about 2,200 pianos are listed. Of this total, about 645 are English, the majority of whom were active in London; more than 200 of the London makers have not been discussed in previous publications.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 9780198166252
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This book continues the overview of early pianos begun in Clinkscale's Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 (OUP, 1993). Although a few of the biographies overlap, the majority of the makers are completely new. Approximately 2,400 makers and manufacturers and about 2,200 pianos are listed. Of this total, about 645 are English, the majority of whom were active in London; more than 200 of the London makers have not been discussed in previous publications.
My People's Prayer Book
Author: Lawrence A. Hoffman
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 1580231217
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
"The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavored to express the meaning of their lives and their relationship to God. The prayer book is the essence of the Jewish soul." This stunning work, an empowering entryway to the spiritual revival of our times, enables all of us to claim our connection to the heritage of the traditional Jewish prayer book. It helps rejuvenate Jewish worship in today's world, and makes its power accessible to all. Vol. 8 Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming Shabbat in the Synagogue) features the authentic Hebrew text with a new translation designed to let people know exactly what the prayers say. Introductions tell the reader what to look for in the prayer service, as well as how to truly use the commentaries and to search for and find meaning in the prayer book. Framed with beautifully designed Talmud-style pages, commentaries from many of today s most respected Jewish scholars from all movements of Judaism examine Kabbalat Shabbat from the perspectives of ancient Rabbis and modern theologians, as well as feminist, halakhic, Talmudic, linguistic, biblical, Chasidic, mystical, and historical perspectives."
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 1580231217
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
"The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavored to express the meaning of their lives and their relationship to God. The prayer book is the essence of the Jewish soul." This stunning work, an empowering entryway to the spiritual revival of our times, enables all of us to claim our connection to the heritage of the traditional Jewish prayer book. It helps rejuvenate Jewish worship in today's world, and makes its power accessible to all. Vol. 8 Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming Shabbat in the Synagogue) features the authentic Hebrew text with a new translation designed to let people know exactly what the prayers say. Introductions tell the reader what to look for in the prayer service, as well as how to truly use the commentaries and to search for and find meaning in the prayer book. Framed with beautifully designed Talmud-style pages, commentaries from many of today s most respected Jewish scholars from all movements of Judaism examine Kabbalat Shabbat from the perspectives of ancient Rabbis and modern theologians, as well as feminist, halakhic, Talmudic, linguistic, biblical, Chasidic, mystical, and historical perspectives."
Historic Brass Society Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brass instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brass instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description