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Mal oor metaal - Projekte met handwerkmetaal vir jou tuiste (Paperback): Monica Fischer, Suzan Cumpsty, Lee Vorster Mal oor metaal - Projekte met handwerkmetaal vir jou tuiste (Paperback)
Monica Fischer, Suzan Cumpsty, Lee Vorster
R95 R88 Discovery Miles 880 Save R7 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Handwerkmetaal het eindelose versierpotensiaal. Dit is buigsaam en kan om bykans enige oppervlak gevou of daarop geplak word. Hierdie boek fokus op gekleurde handwerkmetaal - hoe dit versier kan word met bosseleerwerk, uitsnywerk, die byvoeg of wegneem van kleur, 3D-ontwerpe wat ingevul word en vele meer - en hoe jy daarmee unieke items vir jou tuiste kan skep. Leer meer oor metaal en items waarop dit aangebring kan word, hoe om die nodige gereedskap te gebruik, en hoe om verskeie tegnieke toe te pas wat almal gebruik kan word om die meer as 50 dekoratiewe of funksionele items te skep. Die oorspronklike projekte is spesifiek ontwerp en geskep om die groot verskeidenheid tegnieke en toepassings te demonstreer, soos: Die oordra en natrek van ontwerpe; Hoe om met eenvoudige handgereedskap tekstuur te skep; Die gebruik van bosseleerapparaat soos die cuttlebug om tekstuur, patrone en uitsnywerk te skep; Afrondingstegnieke soos skuurwerk, veroudering en verf; Herwinning en hergebruik; Wenke en raad om prosesse te vereenvoudig. Daar is projekte vir alle vaardigheidsvlakke, van beginners tot gesoute handwerkers, en maklike items wat blitsvinnig gemaak kan word tot meesterstukke wat langer sal neem om te voltooi. Manjifieke foto's van die voltooide items sal jou inspireer en jy kan danksy die stap-vir-stap foto's en aanwysings sommer dadelik aan die werk spring.

Fading Ads of Detroit (Paperback): Robert C. Allen Fading Ads of Detroit (Paperback)
Robert C. Allen
R520 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Advocate for Music! - A Guide to User-Friendly Strategies (Hardcover): Lynn M. Brinckmeyer Advocate for Music! - A Guide to User-Friendly Strategies (Hardcover)
Lynn M. Brinckmeyer
R3,175 Discovery Miles 31 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Across the US, school budgets are tightening and music programs, often the first asked to compromise in the name of a balanced budget, face a seemingly grim future. Monetary restrictions combined with an increasing focus on test scores have led to heavy cuts in school music programs. In many cases, communities and teachers untrained in advocacy are helpless in the face of the school board, with no one willing and comfortable to speak up on their behalf. In Advocate for Music!: A Guide to User-Friendly Strategies, Lynn M. Brinckmeyer, respected educator and past president for the National Association for Music Education, provides a manual for music teachers motivated to advocate but lacking the experience, resources, or time to acquire the skills to do so effectively. It will serve as a toolkit for advocating, and also for sharing resources, strategies and ideas useful for educating everyone - from community members to political representatives - about the immediate and long-term benefits of music education. In Advocate for Music!, Brinckmeyer draws on a lifetime of arts advocacy to provide answers to the questions so many teachers have but are afraid - or simply too busy - to ask. A simple, hands-on guidebook for becoming an effective advocate for the arts, Advocate for Music! is structured around six key questions: what is advocacy? Why focus on it? Who should do it? How does one do it? Where should we advocate? And when should we advocate? Readers will have access to step-by-step guidelines and strategies on how to engage others, and themselves, in a variety of levels of advocacy activities. In addition to granting access to compelling research projects, the book will provide models of letters, webinars, research findings, printed documents, websites and contact information useful for communicating with local, state and national decision makers. Working in an informal, hands-on manner, Brinckmeyer lays out advice on who to work with and what to do: providing concrete examples of advocacy tactics from ideas on how to cooperate with the gym teacher to a sample speech for the holiday concert. As she walks the reader through the a myriad of real-life examples and practical answers to her central questions, Brinckmeyer shows that every educator, parent, family member, and administrator can and should be engaged in advocating to maintain, and support, the right for today's children and adolescents to have access to high quality music education. Advocate for Music! is an important book not only for all pre-service and inservice music teachers, but aso for state MEA leaders and staff, administrators, parents, community members, and all those involved with arts or education associations.

Last Rites (Paperback): Ozzy Osbourne Last Rites (Paperback)
Ozzy Osbourne
R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I'm like, f*** no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy.'

Husband. Father. Grandfather. Icon.
1948 - 2025

At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world.

Then: disaster.

In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour - and all public life - as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down.

Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Ozzy's descent into hell. Along the way are reflections on an extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon, and what it took for him to return to the stage for the triumphant Back to the Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time.

Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy transcended his status as 'The Godfather of Metal' and 'The Prince of Darkness' to become a modern-day folk hero and national treasure.

Kyk Na My - Herinneringe Aan 'n Kindertyd (Afrikaans, Paperback): Nataniel Kyk Na My - Herinneringe Aan 'n Kindertyd (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Nataniel
R250 R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Save R27 (11%) In Stock

Met hierdie unieke boek vertel Nataniël die verhaal van ’n kindertyd in drie klein dorpies en een groot voorstad, ’n era waartydens reëls blindelings gevolg is en oor ’n jong seun met ’n oorweldigende vrees vir die gewone. Kyk na my is Nataniël se eerste volwaardige memoir. 

The Art of DuckTales (Deluxe Edition) (Hardcover): Ken Plume, Disney The Art of DuckTales (Deluxe Edition) (Hardcover)
Ken Plume, Disney
R2,513 R2,341 Discovery Miles 23 410 Save R172 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Staging Fairyland - Folklore, Children's Entertainment, and Nineteenth-Century Pantomime (Hardcover): Jennifer Schacker Staging Fairyland - Folklore, Children's Entertainment, and Nineteenth-Century Pantomime (Hardcover)
Jennifer Schacker
R2,294 Discovery Miles 22 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Examines pantomime and theatricality in nineteenth-century histories of folklore and the fairy tale. In nineteenth-century Britain, the spectacular and highly profitable theatrical form known as ""pantomime"" was part of a shared cultural repertoire and a significant medium for the transmission of stories, especially the fairy tales that permeated English popular culture before the advent of folklore study. Rowdy, comedic, and slightly risque, pantomime productions were situated in dynamic relationship with various forms of print and material culture. Popular fairy-tale theater also informed the production and reception of folklore research in ways that are often overlooked. In Staging Fairyland: Folklore, Children's Entertainment, and Nineteenth-Century Pantomime, Jennifer Schacker reclaims the place of theatrical performance in this history, developing a model for the intermedial and cross-disciplinary study of narrative cultures. The case studies that punctuate each chapter move between the realms of print and performance, scholarship and popular culture. Schacker examines pantomime productions of such well-known tales as ""Cinderella,""""Little Red Riding Hood,"" and ""Jack and the Beanstalk,"" as well as others whose popularity has waned-such as ""Daniel O'Rourke"" and ""The Yellow Dwarf."" These productions resonate with traditions of impersonation, cross-dressing, literary imposture, masquerade, and the social practice of ""fancy dress."" Schacker also traces the complex histories of Mother Goose and Mother Bunch, who were often cast as the embodiments of both tale-telling and stage magic and who move through various genres of narrative and forms of print culture. Theoretically informed and methodologically innovative, these examinations push at the limits of prevailing approaches to the fairy tale across media. They also demonstrate the degree to which perspectives on the fairy tale as children's entertainment often obscure the complex histories and ideological underpinnings ofspecific tales. Mapping the intermedial histories of tales requires a fundamental reconfi guration of our thinking about early folklore study and about ""fairy tales"": their bearing on questions of genre and ideology but also their signifying possibilities-past, present, and future. Readers interested in folklore, fairy-tale studies, children's literature, and performance studies will embrace this informative monograph.

The Art of Gouache- An Inspiring and Practical Guide To Painting With This Exciting Medium - Book By Jeremy Ford: The Art of Gouache- An Inspiring and Practical Guide To Painting With This Exciting Medium - Book By Jeremy Ford
R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Ships in 7 - 17 working days

This book is a highly practical step-by-step guide to working with gouache. Not only does this book teach and inspire novice painters, but it also introduces more experienced artists to the advantages of using this much overlooked, but wonderful, medium. Gouache is water-based, quick-drying and can be painted light over dark as well as dark over light. Ideal for the beginner, it can be used thinly in a watercolour style, or more thickly as with oils or acrylics. This guide covers all the materials and tools required and has a comprehensive techniques section that includes overlaying colours, colour blending and troubleshooting. Experienced author Jeremy Ford takes you through three simple, step-by-step projects, each showcasing a unique style of painting with gouache. Numerous finished paintings are included to demonstrate the range of subjects, styles and techniques that you can achieve. While offering practical examples, this book encourages you to develop your own style of painting using this exciting medium. Size: 216 mm x 280 mm Format: Paperback, 144pp ISBN-13: 9781782214540 Publisher: Search Press

Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop- A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of Mokuhanga - Book by April Vollmer: Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop- A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of Mokuhanga - Book by April Vollmer
R1,119 R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Save R90 (8%) Ships in 7 - 17 working days

An inspirational how-to course on Japanese woodblock printing's history and techniques, with guidance on materials and studio practices, step-by-step demonstrations, and examples of finished works by modern masters of the medium as well as historic pieces.    A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of mokuhanga. An increasingly popular yet age-old art form, Japanese woodblock printing (mokuhanga) is embraced for its non-toxic character, use of handmade materials, and easy integration with other printmaking techniques. In this comprehensive guide, artist and printmaker April Vollmer - one of the best known mokuhanga practitioners and instructors in the West - combines her deep knowledge of this historic printmaking practice with expert step-by-step instruction, guidance on materials and studio practices, and a diverse collection of prints by leading contemporary artists. At once practical and inspirational, this handbook is as useful to serious printmakers and artists as it is to creative people drawn to Japanese history and aesthetics. Hardcover: 256 pages ISBN-13: 978-0770434816 Dimensions: 8.29 x 0.92 x 10.29 in>/p>

William Mitchell A Guide to Calligraphy Manual: William Mitchell A Guide to Calligraphy Manual
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 7 - 17 working days

This excellent guide is designed to help artists get started with the four popular writing styles of Foundational (Round Hand) Italic, Gothic and Uncial. This 30-page booklet is an introduction to basic techniques, with explanations of calligraphy terms and shows you how to write the four different alphabets.William Mitchell Calligraphy Ltd. have been designing and manufacturing exceptional writing tools for almost 200 years. This British based firm is known for its famous calligraphy, drawing and mapping pen nibs made of high-quality, durable steel.

Art, Design and Visual Culture - An Introduction (Hardcover): Malcolm Barnard Art, Design and Visual Culture - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Malcolm Barnard
R1,725 Discovery Miles 17 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Most of our expereince is visual. We obtain most of our information and knowledge through sight, whether from reading books and newspapers, from watching television or from quickly glimpsing road signs. Many of our judgements and decisions, concerning where we live, what we shall drive and sit on and what we wear, are based on what places, cars, furniture and clothes look like. Much of our entertainment and recreation is visual, whether we visit art galleries, cinemas or read comics. This book concerns that visual experience. Why do we have the visual experiences we have? Why do the buildings, cars, products and advertisements we see look the way they do? How are we to explain the existence of different styles of paintings, different types of cars and different genres of film? How are we to explain the existence of different visual cultures? This book begins to answer these questions by explaining visual experience in terms of visual culture. The strengths and weaknesses of traditional means of analysing and explaining visual culture are examined and assessed. Using a wide range of historical and contemporary examples, it is argued that the groups which artists and designers form, the audiences and markets which they sell to, and the different social classes which are produced and reproduced by art and design are all part of the successful explanation and critical evaluation of visual culture.

The Jeweler's Studio Handbook - Traditional and Contemporary Techniques for Working with Metal and Mixed Media Materials... The Jeweler's Studio Handbook - Traditional and Contemporary Techniques for Working with Metal and Mixed Media Materials (Paperback)
Brandon Holschuh
R665 R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Save R55 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Master the art and craft of metal jewelry making in your own home studio Great jewelry is original, well-designed, and -- with the right tools -- can be created at home by the aspiring artist. "The Jeweler's Studio Handbook "guides you through the process of equipping your own jewelry studio and teaches you the techniques that will have you crafting one-of-a-kind metal jewelry in no time.Artist Brandon Holschuh walks you through planning your work space, selecting tools and materials, mastering basic metalwork techniques, and applying your new skills to twenty original pieces. In addition, "The Jeweler's Studio Handbook "encourages novel design, good organization and fearless experimentation, ensuring it will remain an invaluable resource for jewelry artists for years to come.Invites you into the world of the home jewelry artist, from workbench to galleryTeaches fundamental jewelry-making techniques -- hammering, soldering, riveting, and more -- in full-color photographsIllustrates the steps for crafting twenty beautiful pieces of metalwork jewelry, including rings, bracelets, earrings, and pendantsFeatures gallery-quality jewelry from dozens of contributing artists

Classics and Comics (Hardcover, New): George Kovacs, C.W. Marshall Classics and Comics (Hardcover, New)
George Kovacs, C.W. Marshall
R1,925 Discovery Miles 19 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since at least 1939, when daily-strip caveman Alley Oop time-traveled to the Trojan War, comics have been drawing (on) material from Greek and Roman myth, literature and history. At times the connection is cosmetic-as perhaps with Wonder Woman's Amazonian heritage-and at times it is almost irrelevant-as with Hercules' starfaring adventures in the 1982 Marvel miniseries. But all of these make implicit or explicit claims about the place of classics in modern literary culture.
Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. This volume collects sixteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience. It opens with a detailed historical introduction surveying the role of classical material in comics since the 1930s. Subsequent chapters cover a broad range of topics, including the incorporation of modern theories of myth into the creation and interpretation of comic books, the appropriation of characters from classical literature and myth, and the reconfiguration of motif into a modern literary medium. Among the well-known comics considered in the collection are Frank Miller's 300 and Sin City, DC Comics' Wonder Woman, Jack Kirby's The Eternals, Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and examples of Japanese manga. The volume also includes an original 12-page "comics-essay," drawn and written by Eisner Award-winning Eric Shanower, creator of the graphic novel series Age of Bronze.

Piano Adventures Lesson Book Level 2A - 2nd Edition (Staple bound, 2nd Revised ed.): Nancy Faber, Randall Faber Piano Adventures Lesson Book Level 2A - 2nd Edition (Staple bound, 2nd Revised ed.)
Nancy Faber, Randall Faber 1
R244 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Save R13 (5%) In Stock

(Faber Piano Adventures ). The 2nd Edition Level 2A Lesson Book follows Piano Adventures Level 1. The book opens with a Note Reading Guide and an introduction to eighth note rhythm patterns. Students work with 5-finger transposition, functional harmony, and musical phrases. Exploration of C, G, D and A major and minor 5-finger positions builds on intervallic reading skills that were introduced in the earlier level. Appealing repertoire reinforces key concepts and encourages students to explore musical expression through varied dynamics and tempos. Selections include well-known classics from the great composers and original compositions.

Detroit Tiki - A History of Polynesian Palaces & Tropical Cocktails (Paperback): Renee Tadey Detroit Tiki - A History of Polynesian Palaces & Tropical Cocktails (Paperback)
Renee Tadey; Foreword by Dave Chow
R501 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 5 Workbook (Sheet music): Abrsm Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 5 Workbook (Sheet music)
Abrsm 1
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Discovering Music Theory is a suite of workbooks and corresponding answer books that offers all-round preparation for the updated ABRSM Music Theory exams from 2020, including the new online papers. This full-colour workbook will equip students of all ages with the skills, knowledge and understanding required for the ABRSM Grade 5 Music Theory exam. Written to make theory engaging and relevant to developing musicians of all ages, it offers: - straightforward explanations of all new concepts - progressive exercises to build skills and understanding, step by step - challenge questions to extend learning and develop music-writing skills - helpful tips for how to approach specific exercises - ideas for linking theory to music listening, performing and instrumental/singing lessons - clear signposting and progress reviews throughout - a sample practice exam paper showing you what to expect in the new style of exams from 2020 As well as fully supporting the ABRSM theory syllabus, Discovering Music Theory provides an excellent resource for anyone wishing to develop their music literacy skills, including GCSE and A-Level candidates, and adult learners.

Baton Basics - Communicating Music through Gesture (Hardcover): Diane Wittry Baton Basics - Communicating Music through Gesture (Hardcover)
Diane Wittry
R3,840 Discovery Miles 38 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Conducting is not simply the act of marking beats; it is the much more rich art of communicating emotion, character, and mood through movement to a large group of performers in order to inspire them to create music together. Baton Basics is based on the premise that the most effective and musical forms of conducting are about conveying energy, and that doing so is a fundamentally physical activity. In Baton Basics, conductor Diane Wittry offers a unique approach to teaching conducting through familiar gestures: weight, resistance, and energy, combined with size, beat placement. The end goal is the ability to communicate a better concept of musical sound to the musicians. Wittry demonstrates how conductors can communicate through gestures, by training the muscles of their fingers, hands, wrists, forearms, and full arms. She also provides techniques for releasing body tension, improving posture, and developing a deeper sense of calm on the podium through overall body and breathing exercises. Additionally, she guides the reader on an exploration of the concepts and diagrams of the Musin and Saito conducting methods, and providing innovative suggestions on how to best incorporate these other styles into his or her own technique.
Featuring many detailed drawings and access to over 60 video examples on the companion website, Baton Basics guides conductors away from simply marking beat patterns, and towards a nuanced and phrased musicality that can be communicated to a group of musicians. Baton Basics is a key foundational text for the student and experienced conductor alike, and is must for anyone interested in improving and expanding their vocabulary of conducting gestures.

W. A. Cuthbertson - Artist-Explorer Extraordinaire - An Account of the Life and Work of the Artist and Antarctic Explorer... W. A. Cuthbertson - Artist-Explorer Extraordinaire - An Account of the Life and Work of the Artist and Antarctic Explorer William Alexander Cuthbertson (1882-1968) (Hardcover)
Robin J.H. Fanshawe
R1,034 Discovery Miles 10 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Functional Awareness - Anatomy in Action for Dancers (Hardcover): Nancy Romita, Allegra Romita Functional Awareness - Anatomy in Action for Dancers (Hardcover)
Nancy Romita, Allegra Romita
R3,450 Discovery Miles 34 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Functional Awareness: Anatomy in Action for Dancers is where anatomy meets artistry. Each chapter provides explorations in embodied anatomy in an engaging manner with the use of images, storytelling, and experiential exercises. It is an accessible introduction to the relationship between daily movement habits, dance training and anatomy. The information is founded on over 30,000 hours of experience teaching and training dancers to generate efficient exertion and appropriate recuperation. Functional Awareness: Anatomy in Action for Dancers employs somatic practices along with explorations in experiential anatomy to awaken the body-mind connection and improve movement function. The book applies the Functional Awareness (R) approach to improve dance technique and provide skills to enable the dancer to move with balance and grace in the classroom, on stage, and in daily life.

Imagining New York City - Literature, Urbanism, and the Visual Arts, 1890-1940 (Hardcover): Christoph Lindner Imagining New York City - Literature, Urbanism, and the Visual Arts, 1890-1940 (Hardcover)
Christoph Lindner
R3,564 Discovery Miles 35 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Using examples from architecture, film, literature, and the visual arts, this wide-ranging book examines the place and significance of New York City in the urban imaginary between 1890 and 1940. In particular, Imagining New York City considers how and why certain city spaces - such as the skyline, the sidewalk, the slum, and the subway - have come to emblematize key aspects of the modern urban condition. In so doing, the book also considers the ways in which cultural developments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set the stage for more recent responses to a variety of urban challenges facing the city, such as post-disaster recovery, the renewal of urban infrastructure, and the remaking of public space.

Port Isabel (Paperback): Valerie D. Bates Port Isabel (Paperback)
Valerie D. Bates
R557 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the 1830s, a small community known as El Fronton de Santa
Isabel set roots on the banks of the Laguna Madre Bay. Official claim for the land was granted to Don Rafael Garcia as part of the
Potrero ("Pasture") de Santa Isabel in 1828. Less than two decades
later, Point Isabel was home to Zachary Taylor's Fort Polk and found itself a home base during the Mexican-American War. In 1853, construction was completed on the Point Isabel lighthouse, a
navigational beacon with a 16-mile view. Port Isabel was incorporated in 1928, and a deep-water port shipped its first commercial load in 1937. By the 1950s, Port Isabel was the "Shrimping Capital of the World," and the first Queen Isabella Causeway connected South Padre Island to the mainland. Port Isabel continues to deepen its roots on the banks of the Laguna Madre Bay. Heritage and cultural tourism, a relaxed quality of life, and an appreciation for all things coastal are synonymous with Port Isabel.

Fiddle Dreams - Poems & Lyrics (Hardcover): John Sheahan Fiddle Dreams - Poems & Lyrics (Hardcover)
John Sheahan
R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dragon Ball Culture Volume 4 - Westward (Hardcover): Derek Padula Dragon Ball Culture Volume 4 - Westward (Hardcover)
Derek Padula
R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Glasgow Museums: The Italian Paintings (Hardcover, New): Peter Humfrey Glasgow Museums: The Italian Paintings (Hardcover, New)
Peter Humfrey
R1,662 R1,304 Discovery Miles 13 040 Save R358 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Glasgow Museums has the finest collection of Italian paintings of any civic museums service in the UK. It includes some 150 paintings ranging from the late 14th century to the late 19th century. This catalogue begins with an historical introduction to the collection and its donors, and includes 192 colour reproductions.

Mirrors of Heaven or Worldly Theaters? - Venetian Nunneries and Their Music (Hardcover): Jonathan E. Glixon Mirrors of Heaven or Worldly Theaters? - Venetian Nunneries and Their Music (Hardcover)
Jonathan E. Glixon
R1,732 Discovery Miles 17 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mirrors of Heaven or Worldly Theaters? Venetian Nunneries and Their Music explores the dynamic role of music performance and patronage in the convents of Venice and its lagoon from the sixteenth century to the fall of Venice around 1800. Examining sacred music performed by the nuns themselves and by professional musicians they employed, author Jonathan E. Glixon considers the nuns as collective patrons, of both musical performances by professionals in their external churches-primarily for the annual feast of the patron saint, a notable attraction for both Venetians and foreign visitors-and of musical instruments, namely organs and bells. The book explores the rituals and accompanying music for the transitions in a nun's life, most importantly the ceremonies through which she moved from the outside world to the cloister, as well as liturgical music within the cloister, performed by the nuns themselves, from chant to simple polyphony, and the rare occasions where more elaborate music can be documented. Also considered are the teaching of music to both nuns and girls resident in convents as boarding students, and entertainment-musical and theatrical-by and for the nuns. Mirrors of Heaven, the first large-scale study of its kind, contains richly detailed appendices featuring a calendar of musical events at Venetian nunneries, details on nunnery organs, lists of teachers, and inventories of musical and ceremonial books, both manuscript and printed. A companion website supplements the book's musical examples with editions of complete musical works, which are brought to life with accompanying audio files.

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