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The Artistry of Paul W. Rice in Poems That Will Touch Your Heart
Paul became interested in Poetry when at the age of 13, he used to ride his bicycle down to W- Hollow in Greenup County Kentucky, about three miles from his house, and listen to poetry being read by Jesse Stuart, who later became Kentucky's Poet Laureate. Paul began writing poetry in his senior year in high school in 1955. His first work was called " A Walk in The Forest ". Before his book was published in 1999, Paul was an International Office Equipment Specialist in Ethiopia where he worked for the Department of Education for three years in Addis Ababa in 1983 til 1986. While there, he received a letter from a friend in Louisville, Ky, telling him of the death of Stuart since he had always...
British Studio Ceramics
This detailed and comprehensive survey charts the entire history of British studio ceramics from the emergence of modern ceramics from the Victorian factories around 1900 to the wide variety of extraordinary work being produced today. All the best-known potters such as Leach, Hamada, Cardew, Rie, and Coper are examined in depth in terms of their different areas of interest and influence. An extensive appendix gives information on 200 leading makers with their identifying marks and cross-references with a list of museums where their work can be seen. Lavishly illustrated throughout with some 250 color photographs, this is a book for the collector needing in-depth information or for those who just want an introduction to this important and beautiful work.
Parallel - The Awakening
Kenneth Robinson thinks he knows all about life, he's been around the block and he's learned a few things along the way.After his current job ends in disaster, Ken moves on to Afghanistan, and manages to start himself a nice little business in a hell-hole called Kandahar. Life is looking rosy and the money is rolling in.Then the storm arrives...
Venanzio Rauzzini in Britain
The remarkable career of Venanzio Rauzzini (1746-1810) sheds new light on changing musical tastes in late eighteenth-century Britain. Rauzzini was a leading soprano castrato who sang in the premiere of Mozart's Lucio Silla in 1772. Mozart was so pleased with the singer that he composed the famous motet Exsultate Jubilate for him. This book examines Rauzzini's career in Britain, starting with his three seasons as a principal singer at the King's Theatre in London (1774-77). Rauzzini was the first castrato to make Britain his home, and he enjoyed a multifaceted career there as a singer, concert director, composer (operas, chamber music, and songs), and voice teacher. Rauzzini's leadership of t...
Voyage Through Innocence
To the numerous people of the opposite sex that have had many and sometimes near life shattering effects on my life, since the day of my conception.To all of you amazing people, I dedicate this publication and its intrusion into the inner sanctuary of my soul.I have oftimes wondered if I perhaps was the victim of my own inward self. More than likely, all male homespiens, that have been born into this world have experienced these same feelings, at one time or another, but have never been able to admit it to themselves. Why ? Maybe they will never know or understand. It took me many years of struggle to understand it. All of my experiences, weather good or bad, have led me through four marriag...
The Solo English Cantatas and Italian Odes of Thomas A. Arne
This study examines Thomas Arne’s solo cantatas and Italian odes from musical, literary and social perspectives. Arne composed these works between 1740 and 1774. As such, they provide a means of evaluating the evolving aspects of his musical style throughout his compositional career. The Italian odes have been little-studied, but provide an important gloss on Charles Burney’s comments on Arne’s inability to set the Italian language. Study of the cantata texts that Arne set reveals that they are often pastiches which make use of the words of William Congreve, Alexander Pope, Christopher Smart and others. The resulting process of adaptation and recombination re-contextualizes the borrowed material, resulting in differing emphases and changed meanings. Arne was restricted in his career opportunities because of his Catholic faith. The cantata genre provided Arne with an important creative outlet in the hedonistic atmosphere of the concerts of London’s pleasure gardens.
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British Music and the French Revolution
British Music and the French Revolution investigates the nature of British musical responses to the cataclysmic political events unfolding in France during the period of 1789–1795, a time when republican and royalist agendas were in conflict in both nations. While the parallel demands for social and political change resulted from different stimuli, and were resolved very differently, the 1790s proved to be a defining period for each country. In Britain, the combination of a protracted period of Tory conservatism, and the strong spirit of patriotism which swept the nation, had a profound influence on the arts. There was an outpouring of concert and theatrical music dealing with the French R...
Observations on the Castrati in Britain
This book highlights the experiences of castrato singers in Britain during the long eighteenth-century. These singers stood apart from traditional cultural and sexual norms of the period by nature of their altered bodies. The work investigates the fears surrounding the possibility of Catholic influence in the nation, and the ability of sensual Italian operatic music to feminize the male population and weaken the country’s leaders. The castrato as a possible romantic rival to “normal” men is also discussed, while the contributions of the castrati to cultural leadership in the areas of teaching, concert direction and social influence are examined. This book will appeal to music historians and those interested in cultural and gender studies.
