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This is a book about classical music – for people who say they love music “but don’t understand how it works”, as well as for performers and music students of all ages. Proposing that deeper enjoyment begins with an understanding of music’s basic structures, the book describes how the simple template of earlier dance-songs was adapted by composers writing music for instruments. The instrumental sonata became one of the great formal frameworks of western music: in symphonies, concertos, chamber music and solo sonatas, it dominated concert music for some 250 years – yet it is little understood by many music lovers. To simplify this vast field, Past Sounds singles out for study “s...
This is a book about classical music - for people who say they love music "but don't understand how it works", as well as for performers and music students of all ages. Proposing that deeper enjoyment begins with an understanding of music's basic structures, the book describes how the simple template of earlier dance-songs was adapted by composers writing music for instruments. The instrumental sonata became one of the great formal frameworks of western music: in symphonies, concertos, chamber music and solo sonatas, it dominated concert music for some 250 years - yet it is little understood by many music lovers. To simplify this vast field, Past Sounds singles out for study "sonatas" for pi...
Now in its third fully updated edition The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games covers every result of every event of every sport in the Games history, from its inception in 1930 to the most recent edition in 2014. It is the ideal companion for following the 2018 Gold Coast Games in Australia.
Contains over 3,000 biographical profiles documenting women's contributions to literature, politics, science, the arts, education, religion, social reform, business, and other fields of endeavor, with a chronological survey outlining women's most important achievements over the course of thirty centuries.
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A guide to locating plants in the West lists close to 60,000 plants, and 336 nurseries, with cross-references to synonyms and common names.
West tells the story of Jim Perrin's life against the lives and deaths of his cherished wife and son, and the landscapes through which they traveled together. It is a complex and sensual love story, a celebration of the beauty and redemptive power of wild nature, and an extraordinary account of one man's journey towards the acceptance of devastating personal loss.