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Bravo!
"Written to celebrate the orchestra's 50th birthday and update its history in the decade following the publication, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra : the first forty years".
The Ivory Tower and Beyond
There is a tradition of “participant history” among historians of the Pacific Islands, unafraid to show their hands on issues of public importance and risking controversy to make their voices heard. This book explores the theme of the participant historian by delving into the lives of J.C. Beaglehole, J.W. Davidson, Richard Gilson, Harry Maude and Brij V. Lal. They lived at the interface of scholarship and practical engagement in such capacities as constitutional advisers, defenders of civil liberties, or upholders of the principles of academic freedom. As well as writing history, they “made” history, and their excursions beyond the ivory tower informed their scholarship. Doug Munro’s sympathetic engagement with these five historians is likewise informed by his own long-term involvement with the sub-discipline of Pacific History.
Pruden: Collected Edition, Vol.5
Larry Pruden (1925-1982) is one of a handful of New Zealand composers who studied under Benjamin Frankel at London’s Guildhall School of Music. Pruden’s significant contribution to the establishment of a genuine New Zealand vernacular lives on in the works for which he is best known. This volume contains Pruden’s four works written for the Alex Lindsay String Orchestra, which played a major role in the concert life of post-war New Zealand (1947-73) and introduced Pruden to the New Zealand public.
Pruden: Collected Edition, Vol.6B
Larry Pruden (1925-1982) is one of a handful of New Zealand composers who studied under Benjamin Frankel at London’s Guildhall School of Music. Pruden’s significant contribution to the establishment of a genuine New Zealand vernacular lives on in the works for which he is best known. The three works gathered in this collection show Pruden embracing a distinct regionalist style with his response to the beauty and grandeur of the physical landscape.
Pruden: Collected Edition, Vol.6A
Larry Pruden (1925-1982) is one of a handful of New Zealand composers who studied under Benjamin Frankel at London’s Guildhall School of Music. Pruden’s significant contribution to the establishment of a genuine New Zealand vernacular lives on in the works for which he is best known. This sixth volume contains Pruden’s quintessential works Overture: The Antipodes (1950), Harbour Nocturne (1956) and Lambton Quay: March (1959), each of which reveals the voice of a composer celebrating the direct and open experience of life.
The Mother of All Departments
"... Brings to life the history of the most important agency of government in nineteenth century New Zealand as it traces the evolution of the Department of Internal Affairs from its genesis as the Colonial Secretary's Office in 1840 to the present day. Having given birth in due course to Public Works, Justice, Health and Social Welfare, the Department nonetheless still has an extraordinary array of functions -- each a small but integral part of a smoothly running democracy. It plays a significant role in some of the controversial issues of our day including the reform of local government, royal visits, state patronage of the arts and culture and the regulation of gambling and lotteries." -- Back cover.
Viva Malvina!
A biography of the much-loved and respected international soprano, who turned her back on the opera world as a young world-class soprano to marry a dairy farmer, live on a farm and bring up his children. It charts her return to opera, the death of her husband and the rebuilding of her career.
Inadmissible Evidence
I can't escape it. I can't forget it. And I can't begin again. Bill Maitland, a middle aged lawyer, struggles to avoid the harsh truths of his life. As those closest to him draw away, he puts himself on trial to fight for his sanity. John Osborne's poignant, witty and compelling portrait of loss, betrayal and defeat releases the author's characteristic display of soaring rhetorical venom to powerful effect. First performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1964, Inadmissible Evidence received a major revival at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in October 2011. 'This is a work of stunning and intemperate power, a great bellow of rage and pain... there is a self-lacerating honesty about his writing that few other playwrights have come close to matching.' Daily Telegraph
On a Roll
This substantial social history explores the culture and significance of gambling. It is well presented, fully illustrated with photographs, cartoons, and memorabilia, and comprehensively end-noted and indexed. The author, a professional historian, has also written 'Out In The Cold', about conscientious objectors.
