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Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian

Author : Adrienne Fried Block

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 448 pages

File Size : 23,73 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Composers

ISBN : 0195137841

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This biography admirably fills that gap, fully examining the connections between Beach's life and work in light of social currents and dominant ideologies. Adrienne Fried Block has written a biography that takes full account of issues of gender and musical modernism, considering Beach in the contexts of her time and of her composer contemporaries, both male and female. Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian will be of great interest to students and scholars of American music, and to music lovers in general.



The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach

Author : E. Douglas Bomberger

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 295 pages

File Size : 14,96 MB

Release : 2023-10-31

Category : Music

ISBN : 1108845843

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Book Description

The first book in twenty-five years to survey the life and music of America's pioneering female composer of concert works.



I Came a Stranger

Author : Hilda Polacheck

Publisher : University of Illinois Press

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 36,62 MB

Release : 1991-03

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780252062186

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Hilda Satt Polacheck's family emigrated from Poland to Chicago in 1892, bringing their old-world Jewish traditions with them into the Industrial Age. Throughout her career as a writer and activist, Polacheck (1882-1967) never forgot the immigrant neighborhoods, the markets, and the scents and sounds of Chicago's West Side. Here, in charming and colorful prose, she recounts her introduction to American life and the Hull-House community, her friendship with Jane Addams, her marriage, her support of civil rights, woman suffrage, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and her experiences as a writer for the WPA.



The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music since 1900

Author : Laura Hamer

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 357 pages

File Size : 45,38 MB

Release : 2021-05-06

Category : Music

ISBN : 1108470289

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An overview of women's work in classical and popular music since 1900 as performers, composers, educators and music technologists.



The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

Author : Lauren Willig

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 466 pages

File Size : 23,75 MB

Release : 2005-12-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780451217424

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Nothing goes right for Eloise. The one day she wears her new suede boots, it rains cats and dogs. When the subway stops short, she’s always the one thrown into some stranger’s lap. Plus, she’s had more than her share of misfortune in the way of love. In fact, ever since she realized romantic heroes are a thing of the past, she’s decided it’s time for a fresh start. Setting off for England, Eloise is determined to finish her dissertation on that dashing pair of spies, the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. But what she discovers is something the finest historians have missed: the secret history of the Pink Carnation—the most elusive spy of all time. As she works to unmask this obscure spy, Eloise stumbles across answers to all kinds of questions. Like how did the Pink Carnation save England from Napoleon? What became of the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian? And will Eloise Kelly escape her bad luck and find a living, breathing hero all her own?



Bridegroom Wore Plaid

Author : Grace Burrowes

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 42,97 MB

Release : 2012-12-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1402268661

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Named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2012 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes keeps winning reader awards for her gorgeously imagined books. If you're already a fan, you'll devour her new characters and if you haven't yet discovered the richly drawn worlds of Grace Burrowes, you're in for a treat.... "Memorable heroes. Intelligent, sensual love stories. This author knows what romance readers adore."—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars His Family or His Heart — One of Them Will Be Betrayed... Ian MacGregor is wooing a woman who's wrong for him in every way. As the new Earl of Balfour, though, he must marry an English heiress to repair the family fortunes. But in his intended's penniless chaperone, Augusta, Ian is finding everything he's ever wanted in a wife. "Historical details enrich Burrowes's intimate and erotic story, but the real stars are her vibrant characters and her masterful ear for dialogue. Burrowes is superb at creating connections that feel honest and real."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review





Player Piano

Author : Kurt Vonnegut

Publisher : Dial Press

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 38,65 MB

Release : 2009-09-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307568083

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“A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”—San Francisco Chronicle Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Praise for Player Piano “An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.”—Life “His black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear.”—The New York Times Book Review



I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived #18)

Author : Lauren Tarshis

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 105 pages

File Size : 19,18 MB

Release : 2019-01-29

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1338317407

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It was a battle that would change the course of World War II... New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis commemorates the Normandy landings in this pulse-pounding story of the largest seaborne invasion in history. Eleven-year-old Paul’s French village has been under Nazi control for years. His Jewish best friend has disappeared. Food is scarce. And there doesn’t seem to be anything Paul can do to make things better. Then Paul finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home. The soldier says the Allies have a plan to crush the Nazis once and for all. But the soldier needs Paul’s help. This is Paul’s chance to make a difference. Soon he finds himself in the midst of the largest invasion in history. Can he do his part to turn horror into hope? New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tells the story of the battle that became the foundation for the Allied victory in World War II. Includes a section of nonfiction backmatter with more facts about the real-life event.



Amy Beach and Her Chamber Music

Author : Jeanell Wise Brown

Publisher : Scarecrow Press

Page : 448 pages

File Size : 13,59 MB

Release : 1994

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780810828841

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Book Description

Follows the life of Amy Beach, a prominent composer and concert pianist. Each score and manuscript is reviewed theoretically and historically.