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  • Dirty Great Love Storyby Richard Marsh; Katie Bonna

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 12.99

    Two hopeful, hapless romantics get drunk, get it on, and then get the hell away from each other. In her eyes, he’s a mistake. A mistake who keeps turning up at parties. In his eyes, she’s perfect. He’s short-sighted. This achingly funny, romantic catastrophe fuses poetry and prose to ask can a one-night stand last a lifetime? A very... more...

  • Keyboard Music Before 1700by Alexander Silbiger

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 50.00

    Keyboard Music Before 1700 begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe.  Then, individual chapters by noted authorities in the field cover the key composers and repertory before 1700 in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain and Portugal. The book concludes with a chapter on performance practice, which... more...

  • Mozart's Marriage of Figaro: A Short Guide to a Great Operaby Michael Steen

    Icon Books 2012; US$ 2.90

    Although the story of Figaro?s success in preventing the Count of Almaviva?s seduction of his fiancée Susanna was politically explosive, it was tolerated in the court of the relatively enlightened Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. Mozart?s opera, Le Nozze di Figaro, uses a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, and was premièred in Vienna in 1786.  It was based... more...

  • Exploring Art Song Lyricsby Jonathan Retzlaff; Cheri Montgomery

    Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 29.99

    Drawing generously from four centuries of Italian, German and French art song, Exploring Art Song Lyrics embraces the finest of the literature and presents the repertoire with unprecedented clarity and detail. Each of the over 750 selections comprises the original poem, a concise English translation, and an IPA transcription which is uniquely designed... more...

  • Style and Performance for Bowed String Instruments in French Baroque Musicby Mary Cyr

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 104.95

    Mary Cyr addresses the needs of researchers, performers, and informed listeners who wish to apply knowledge about historically informed performance to specific pieces. Special emphasis is placed upon the period 1680 to 1760, when the viol, violin, and violoncello grew to prominence as solo instruments in France. more...

  • The Evil Deadby Kate Egan

    Columbia University Press 2012; US$ 12.99

    Sam Raimi?s The Evil Dead (1981) has been celebrated as a rollercoaster ride of terror and a classic horror hit, a defining example of the tongue-in-cheek, excessively gory horror films of the 1980s. It is also the film that introduced the now-iconic character of Ash (played by Bruce Campbell). This study considers the factors that have contributed... more...

  • Der 30-jährige ABC-Schütz. Text, Musik und szenische Praxis im Wiener Volkstheaterby Matthias Johannes Pernerstorfer; David McShane

    Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag 2012; US$ 10.23

    Hauptbeschreibung Der vorliegende Klavierauszug zur Posse mit Gesang in drei Aufzügen Taddädl der dreyssigjährige A B C Schütz, nach einem Text von Karl Friedrich Hensler im Jahre 1799 von Wenzel Müller vertont, macht ein jahrzehntelang gern gespieltes Stück des Wiener Volkstheaters erstmals einem breiten Publikum zugänglich.   Inhaltsverzeichnis... more...

  • Unwelcomed Songsby Henry Rollins

    2.13.61 2011; US$ 7.00

    "I have never been satisfied with the lyric books I have read. Many times I have enjoyed reading the lyrics, but I always thought that more could have been done to bring the reader closer to the artist and the work. I wanted photos, journal entries, anecdotes--anything to bring me closer to the songs that I sat in my room alone and listened to over... more...

  • Next to Normalby Brian Yorkey; Tom Kitt

    Theatre Communications Group 2011; US$ 14.95

    "A brave and breathtaking musical."--The New York Times more...

  • Das verlorene Ichby Verena Scheffel

    Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 16.17

    Hauptbeschreibung Jeden Tag hören wir viele Lieder: Summen mit, singen, tanzen dazu. Aber oft machen wir uns überhaupt keine Gedanken darüber, was die Texte wirklich bedeuten. Wollen uns die Texte etwas sagen oder die Songschreiber selbst? Dieses Buch analysiert Liedtexte von Herbert Grönemeyer, einem der erfolgreichsten deutschsprachigen Musiker... more...