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Bernstein
Published in nine countries and widely praised for its candid approach, the acclaimed biography of revered and controversial conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein is now revised to include a new chapter focusing on the artist's death and subsequent tributes. 36 illustrations.
Bernstein
Published in nine countries and widely praised for its candid approach, the acclaimed biography of revered and controversial conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein is now revised to include a new chapter focusing on the artist's death and subsequent tributes. 36 illustrations.
New York Magazine
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The Memory of All that
This is a startlingly fresh account of the life of one of the greatest 20th-century Americans, composer and songwriter George Gershwin. Joan Peyser examines Gershwin's character, his complex relationship with brother and collaborator Ira, and his several romantic affairs. This 2006 edition includes newly discovered information in a new author's introduction.
The Music of My Time
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The Orchestra
The symphonic orchestra is intriguingly considered in essays by 23 leading music authors and thinkers. Topics include historical beginnings, the role of the conductor, the orchestral audience, the nature of the repertoire, and how recordings have affected the modern orchestra. With a new editor's introduction for this 2006 edition and a glossary of terms.
The Development of the Modern Guitar
With an emphasis on the musical history of the last 150 years, this book presents scholarly information about the great schools of guitar design, together with down-to-earth discussions of such practical subjects for guitarists as the problems of practicing and making a career. The author not only furnishes detailed technical information on the design and construction of every major international make of fine guitar, but offers a useful thumbnail refresher course on the great luthiers and marketing trends of the last 150 years, covering all the famous names in anecdotal detail.
Men in Blackface
Contents The Minstrel Show Will Never Die Jim Crow and Tom Thumb Irishness of it All Irving Berlin Titillates Gershwins Racial Profiling Jews in Blackface Jolson the Shlemiel Strutting to Redemption Endnotes -------------------------------- How New York City, the Birthplace of Blackface, Defined Humor and Race for 100 Years (MIB: 12-17) Jim Crow, a blackface stage character, lends his name to the pernicious practice of racial segregation. Native New Yorker Tom Rice performed "Jim Crow" at the Bowery Theatre in 1832. (MIB: 22-24) Edwin P. Christy established the first permanent minstrel hall at 472 Broadway in New York City in 1847. Christy created the stylized format which endured for 10 dec...
