Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 1623343119
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nina is born to a poor but loving family that can't bear to see their daughter's gift for music go to waste. So they make the difficult decision to give her up to the care of the famous Pieta orphanage in Venice. There, her talent will be nurtured under the tutelage of Vivaldi himself. Everything goes according to plan until one day Nina is faced with her own difficult decision should she risk expulsion to sing for a dying boy whom she feels is family?
The Orphan Singer
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 1623343119
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nina is born to a poor but loving family that can't bear to see their daughter's gift for music go to waste. So they make the difficult decision to give her up to the care of the famous Pieta orphanage in Venice. There, her talent will be nurtured under the tutelage of Vivaldi himself. Everything goes according to plan until one day Nina is faced with her own difficult decision should she risk expulsion to sing for a dying boy whom she feels is family?
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 1623343119
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nina is born to a poor but loving family that can't bear to see their daughter's gift for music go to waste. So they make the difficult decision to give her up to the care of the famous Pieta orphanage in Venice. There, her talent will be nurtured under the tutelage of Vivaldi himself. Everything goes according to plan until one day Nina is faced with her own difficult decision should she risk expulsion to sing for a dying boy whom she feels is family?
The Orphan Master's Son
Author: Adam Johnson
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 0812992792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The son of a singer mother whose career forcibly separated her from her family and an influential father who runs an orphan work camp, Pak Jun Do rises to prominence using instinctive talents and eventually becomes a professional kidnapper and romantic rival to Kim Jong Il. By the author of Parasites Like Us.
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 0812992792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
The son of a singer mother whose career forcibly separated her from her family and an influential father who runs an orphan work camp, Pak Jun Do rises to prominence using instinctive talents and eventually becomes a professional kidnapper and romantic rival to Kim Jong Il. By the author of Parasites Like Us.
Orphan Sky
Author: Ella Leya
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402298676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt world around her, and to decide whether to betray her country or her heart. Leila is a young classical pianist who dreams of winning international competitions and bringing awards to her beloved country Azerbaijan. She is also a proud daughter of the Communist Party. When she receives an assignment from her communist mentor to spy on a music shop suspected of traitorous Western influences, she does it eagerly, determined to prove her worth to the Party. But Leila didn't anticipate the complications of meeting Tahir, the rebellious painter who owns the music shop. His jazz recordings, abstract art, and subversive political opinions crack open the veneer of the world she's been living in. Just when she begins to fall in love with both the West and Tahir, her comrades force her to make an impossible choice.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402298676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt world around her, and to decide whether to betray her country or her heart. Leila is a young classical pianist who dreams of winning international competitions and bringing awards to her beloved country Azerbaijan. She is also a proud daughter of the Communist Party. When she receives an assignment from her communist mentor to spy on a music shop suspected of traitorous Western influences, she does it eagerly, determined to prove her worth to the Party. But Leila didn't anticipate the complications of meeting Tahir, the rebellious painter who owns the music shop. His jazz recordings, abstract art, and subversive political opinions crack open the veneer of the world she's been living in. Just when she begins to fall in love with both the West and Tahir, her comrades force her to make an impossible choice.
The Singer's Repertoire, Part I
Author: Berton Coffin
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461673631
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A timeless classic. Includes 8,200 songs in 818 lists for nine voice classifications; indexed by composer, title, vocal range, and publisher. The complete work represents the living song repertoire of today drawn from recital programs, recordings, broadcasts, telecasts, and other sources, and is comprised of Part I: Coloratura, Lyric and Dramatic Soprano, Part II: Mezzo Soprano and Contralto, Part III: Lyric and Dramatic Tenor, and Part IV: Baritone and Bass.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461673631
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A timeless classic. Includes 8,200 songs in 818 lists for nine voice classifications; indexed by composer, title, vocal range, and publisher. The complete work represents the living song repertoire of today drawn from recital programs, recordings, broadcasts, telecasts, and other sources, and is comprised of Part I: Coloratura, Lyric and Dramatic Soprano, Part II: Mezzo Soprano and Contralto, Part III: Lyric and Dramatic Tenor, and Part IV: Baritone and Bass.
Singer's Repertoire
Author: Berton Coffin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810820234
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810820234
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog.
The Singer's Second Book
Author: Joseph Bird (Musician)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : School songbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : School songbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Singer of Tales
Author: Albert Bates Lord
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674002838
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Discusses the oral tradition as a theory of literary composition and its applications to Homeric and medieval epic.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674002838
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Discusses the oral tradition as a theory of literary composition and its applications to Homeric and medieval epic.
The Singer's Own Book
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, American
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, American
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The Moon Singer
Author: Clyde Robert Bulla
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
When he sang to the full moon in the forest, young Torr's songs were fit for the ears of the queen; but when taken to sing before her in court, he could only croak like a frog.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
When he sang to the full moon in the forest, young Torr's songs were fit for the ears of the queen; but when taken to sing before her in court, he could only croak like a frog.
Transforming Communication About Culture
Author: Mary Jane Collier
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0761924884
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The 24th volume addresses how people's lives and experiences across the world are being transformed by technological changes, media institutions, political ideologies, and social forces. Nine articles consider such topics as implications of the privatization of television in India, diasporic cinema and media definitions of Indian femininity, the construction of Latinos and Latino issue, and peril and play in an Arab-American community. The contributors are from a range of countries, but all now working in the US. -- c. Book News Inc.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0761924884
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The 24th volume addresses how people's lives and experiences across the world are being transformed by technological changes, media institutions, political ideologies, and social forces. Nine articles consider such topics as implications of the privatization of television in India, diasporic cinema and media definitions of Indian femininity, the construction of Latinos and Latino issue, and peril and play in an Arab-American community. The contributors are from a range of countries, but all now working in the US. -- c. Book News Inc.