The Friends of Music in the Library of Congress
Author : Library of Congress. Friends of Music
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 30,36 MB
Release : 1928
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Author : Library of Congress. Friends of Music
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 30,36 MB
Release : 1928
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Page : 17 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Music
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Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 1972
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Author : Leonard Bernstein
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 903 pages
File Size : 39,77 MB
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300186541
“With their intellectual brilliance, humor and wonderful eye for detail, Leonard Bernstein’s letters blow all biographies out of the water.”—The Economist (2013 Book of the Year) Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician—a brilliant conductor who attained international superstar status, and a gifted composer of Broadway musicals (West Side Story), symphonies (Age of Anxiety), choral works (Chichester Psalms), film scores (On the Waterfront), and much more. Bernstein was also an enthusiastic letter writer, and this book is the first to present a wide-ranging selection of his correspondence. The letters have been selected for the insights they offer into the passions of his life—musical and personal—and the extravagant scope of his musical and extra-musical activities. Bernstein’s letters tell much about this complex man, his collaborators, his mentors, and others close to him. His galaxy of correspondents encompassed, among others, Aaron Copland, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, Thornton Wilder, Boris Pasternak, Bette Davis, Adolph Green, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and family members including his wife Felicia and his sister Shirley. The majority of these letters have never been published before. They have been carefully chosen to demonstrate the breadth of Bernstein’s musical interests, his constant struggle to find the time to compose, his turbulent and complex sexuality, his political activities, and his endless capacity for hard work. Beyond all this, these writings provide a glimpse of the man behind the legends: his humanity, warmth, volatility, intellectual brilliance, wonderful eye for descriptive detail, and humor. “The correspondence from and to the remarkable conductor is full of pleasure and insights.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Exhaustive, thrilling [and] indispensable.”—USA Today (starred review)
Author : T. Berry Brazelton
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 31,35 MB
Release : 2009-02-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0786731222
What do babies and young children really need? This impassioned dialogue cuts through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. The authors, both famed advocates for children, lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the effect of shifting caregivers, of custody arrangements? Why are we knowingly letting children fail in school? Nothing is off limits, even such an issue as whether every child needs or deserves to be a wanted child. This short, hard-hitting book, the fruit of decades of experience and caring, sounds a wake-up call for parents, teachers, judges, social workers, policy makers-anyone who cares about the welfare of children.
Author : Mark Eden Horowitz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 153812551X
In this collection of interviews conducted by Mark Horowitz of the Library of Congress, musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim discusses the art of musical composition, lyric writing, the collaborative process of musical theater, and how he thinks about his own work. A postlude features a more recent conversation with Sondheim.
Author : Thomas Augst
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 30,47 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780299183042
This is a special issue of the journal American Studies. Ten papers examine the role of libraries in the communities they serve and in the lives of readers. They specifically discuss the library's relationship to noise, elitism, democracy, health, and gender. Particular attention is given to the library's position in different parts of the United States and during different historical periods. Contributors include scholars of American studies, library science, English, history, and communication. There is no index. There's a small discrepancy in the title shown on the cover and the one on the title page, which reads: "The Library as an Agency of Culture." Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author : United States. Department of the Treasury
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Page : 672 pages
File Size : 39,81 MB
Release : 1949
Category : Finance, Public
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Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 35,65 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
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Presents a portait of America's social and cultural history between 1600 and 1900, told through letters, diaries, memoirs, tracts, and other articles and first-hand accounts found in the collections of the Library of Congress.
Author : United States. Department of the Treasury
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Page : 562 pages
File Size : 18,4 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Finance, Public
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