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Born in Wisconsin in 1919, Wladziu Valentino Liberace began his
career as a performer at roadhouses, bars, stag parties, afternoon
teas, and dances in the Milwaukee area. Television brought him to
stardom in 1952, when The Liberace Show was watched by more than 35
million people each week. His television exposure led to one of the
most lucrative concert, nightclub, and recording careers in
history. His death from AIDS in 1987 continued the perpetual
speculation about his personal life. This book charts the always
controversial life and career of Liberace, from his birth in
America's heartland to his death as one of the most flamboyant
entertainers of his generation. A short biography and chronology
present his life in capsule form and give full attention to the
scandals that plagued his career. The chapters that follow detail
his work in film, television, radio, recordings, and concerts. Each
entry provides fascinating information about his performances, and
an annotated bibliography describes sources for additional
information.
Unassuming late guitarist Paul Yandell described his career not as
one of celebrity but as sideman, the musician that audiences hear
while they're focused on the star. From his humble beginnings as a
poor Kentucky farm boy learning to play to taking the stage at the
Grand Ole Opry, he ultimately gained the trust and confidence of
two of America's finest musicians, Jerry Reed and the incomparable
Chet Atkins. Compiled from personal correspondence and interviews,
Paul's online posts, and family members, a lifetime in the music
business is recounted, from breaking in with the Louvin Brothers in
the 1950s to his 25-year association with "Mr. Guitar" Chet Atkins,
to his last recording in 2006. Along the way, Paul provides a
wealth of information and history about guitar modification, gear
and gadgets, and the people and personalities of country music's
golden era in the second half of the 20th century.
Exploring the parallel development of the brass band movement and
religious fervor in late 19th-century America, this work includes
illustrations from original materials as well as scores for 22
works. While the choral tradition has remained strong in churches,
in this earlier period both choral and instrumental forms were
equally popular. This study begins with solo cornet parts, used by
men like George Ives to lead the singing at revival meetings, and
ends with an extensive band arrangement of Pleyel's Hymn. Extensive
historical notes, old-time illustrations, and sacred music make
this a most interesting and useful reference book. An enormous
amount of music was written and arranged for the popular brasswinds
at the time, some of which was sacred music for the church.
Changing taste and secularism resulted in the loss of the entire
body of written and arranged sacred music for brass, once as
cherished in church performance as the choral tradition is today.
For scholars and performers interested in the variety of music
produced in the United States during the 19th century.
The Philadelphia Orchestra is the most-recorded orchestra in the
United States, and its recordings have contributed much to its
reputation as "The World's Greatest Orchestra." In The Philadelphia
Orchestra: An Annotated Discography, Richard A. Kaplan documents
more than 2,000 commercial recordings made by the Philadelphia
Orchestra over almost a century. The discography contains a
chronological list of recordings, detailing works performed,
conductors, soloists, dates, venues, producers, and matrix
information for 78-rpm recordings. Each entry lists all issues of
the recordings, including 78- and 45-rpm discs, long-playing
records, and compact discs. The discography documents for the first
time the recordings made by Columbia on sixteen-inch lacquer discs
during the 1940s and '50s. Opening with an overview of the
Orchestra's relationships with recording companies and the search
for suitable recording venues, chapters cover anonymously and
pseudonymously-published recordings, including those of the Robin
Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia, the experimental 1931-32 Bell
Labs recordings, videos and movies in which the Philadelphia
Orchestra performed, live recordings, and recordings of ensembles
of the Philadelphia Orchestra. A separate chapter lists
live-concert downloads made available directly through the
Philadelphia Orchestra Association. Appendixes cross-reference the
recordings by composer, conductor, and soloists; a final appendix
lists the many Philadelphia Orchestra LP collections published by
Columbia and RCA. This book is a valuable resource for collectors,
scholars, and anyone interested in recording history and the
history of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee
Watt tells the story of the first African American French Hornist
hired by a major symphony in these United States. Today, the number
of African Americans who hold chairs in major American symphony
orchestras are few and far between, and Watt is the first in many
years to write about this uniquely exhilarating and at times
painful experience. The Black Horn chronicles the upbringing of a
young boy first fascinated by the sound of the French horn. Watt
walks readers through the many obstacles presented by the racial
climate in the United States both on and off stage in his efforts
learn and eventually master an instrument little considered in the
African American community, with even the author s own father, who
played trumpet, seeking to dissuade the young classical musician in
the making. Opposition from within the community--a middle
instrument suited only for thin-lipped white boys, Watt s father
once chided and from without, Watt document his struggles as a
student at an all-white major music conservatory as well as his
first job in a major symphony orchestra after his conservatory
canceled his scholarship. Watt subsequently chronicles his triumphs
and travails as a musician, sometimes alone when confronting the
realities of race in America and the world of classical music. This
work will surely interest any working classical musician and
student, particularly those of color, seeking to grasp firsthand
the sometimes troubled history of being the only black horn. "
Strum a tune on your ukulele--no Hawaiian shirt required! Picture
it now: the sun sets over the shimmering sea, and, as the beach bar
falls quiet, you begin strumming Queen Liliuokalani's "Aloha 'Oe"
to a mesmerized crowd. ... Okay, while this doesn't happen every
day for ukulele-players, you'll still have a lot of fun learning
your favorite tunes on your ukulele. Widely associated with
Hawaiian music, the ukulele has exploded in popularity in recent
years as kids and adults alike have started their music education
with a uke or added it to their collection of instruments. Learning
to play this versatile instrument is made easier for the experience
and inexperienced alike with this new edition of Ukulele For
Dummies. Following its straightforward instructions, you'll pick
your way from the basics of purchasing your ukulele and accessories
to confidently strumming through simple chord progressions and
jamming through various styles and standards, including pop, folk,
and those much-loved holiday favorites. Aloha, Santa Claus! Buy the
right ukulele for you Perfect your pick and fret Practice with
downloadable audio Get the best ukulele apps Whatever you want from
your ukulele adventure--strumming on the beach or adding its island
style to your distinctive new pop sound--Ukulele For Dummies will
have you making a big splash with this tiny instrument in aloha no
time at all!
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 5 Piano syllabus
for 2021 & 2022, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B
and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an
attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that
provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer.
The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing
for exams, useful syllabus information. The enclosed CD features
inspiring recordings of all 30 pieces on the Grade 5 syllabus,
performed by Yulia Chaplina, Mei Yi Foo, Nikki Iles, Dinara
Klinton, Charles Owen, Robert Thompson and Richard Uttley.
This book addresses the analysis of musical sounds from the
viewpoint of someone at the intersection between physicists,
engineers, piano technicians, and musicians. The study is
structured into three parts. The reader is introduced to a variety
of waves and a variety of ways of presenting, visualizing, and
analyzing them in the first part. A tutorial on the tools used
throughout the book accompanies this introduction. The mathematics
behind the tools is left to the appendices. Part Two provides a
graphical survey of the classical areas of acoustics that pertain
to musical instruments: vibrating strings, bars, membranes, and
plates. Part Three is devoted almost exclusively to the piano.
Several two- and three-dimensional graphical tools are introduced
to study various characteristics of pianos: individual notes and
interactions among them, the missing fundamental, inharmonicity,
tuning visualization, the different distribution of harmonic power
for the various zones of the piano keyboard, and potential uses for
quality control. These techniques are also briefly applied to other
musical instruments studied in earlier parts of the book. For
physicists and engineers there are appendices to cover the
mathematics lurking beneath the numerous graphs and a brief
introduction to Matlab (R) which was used to generate these graphs.
A website accompanying the book
(https://sites.google.com/site/analysisofsoundsandvibrations/)
contains: - Matlab (R) scripts - mp3 files of sounds - references
to YouTube videos - and up-to-date results of recent studies
Internationally renowned scholars and performers present a wide
range of new analytical, historical and critical perspectives on
some of Mozart's most popular chamber music: his sonatas with
violin, keyboard trios and quartets and the quintet with wind
instruments. The chapters trace a broad chronology, from the
childhood works, to the Mannheim and Paris sonatas with keyboard
and violin, and the mature compositions from his Vienna years.
Drawing upon the most recent research, this study serves the
reader, be they a performer, listener or scholar, with a collection
of writings that demonstrate the composer's innovative developments
to generic archetypes and which explore and assess Mozart's
creative response to the opportunities afforded by new and diverse
instrumental combinations. Manners of performance of this music far
removed from our own are revealed, with concluding chapters
considering historically informed practice and the challenges for
modern performers and audiences.
A list, with critical notes, of the best recordings of orchestral
music.
This 50th anniversary collectible hardcover edition contains full
guitar TAB transcriptions for 50 early Stones classics from their
ABKCO years. These are all-new arrangements featuring the most
accurate transcriptions for all of Keith Richard's, Brian Jones',
and Mick Taylor's legendary guitar parts. The book also comes with
a section of the most classic Keith riffs. The songs within are
selected from 12 x 5, Aftermath, Beggars Banquet, Between the
Buttons, Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass), December's Children
(and Everybody's), Flowers, Hot Rocks 1964--1971, Let It Bleed,
Metamorphosis, Sticky Fingers, Their Satanic Majesties Request, and
more Titles: 19th Nervous Breakdown * 2000 Light Years from Home *
As Tears Go By * Back Street Girl * Bitch * Brown Sugar * Can't You
Hear Me Knocking * Child of the Moon (rmk) * Country Honk *
Dandelion * Dead Flowers * Dear Doctor * Factory Girl * Get Off of
My Cloud * Gimme Shelter * Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby,
Standing in the Shadow? * Heart of Stone * Honky Tonk Women * I'm
Free * It's All Over Now * Jigsaw Puzzle * Jumpin' Jack Flash *
Lady Jane * The Last Time * Let It Bleed * Let's Spend the Night
Together * Live with Me * Memo from Turner * Midnight Rambler *
Monkey Man * Mother's Little Helper * No Expectations * Out of Time
* Paint It, Black * Parachute Woman * Play with Fire * Ruby Tuesday
* Salt of the Earth * (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction * She's a
Rainbow * The Spider and the Fly * Stray Cat Blues * Street
Fighting Man * Stupid Girl * Sway * Sympathy for the Devil * Under
My Thumb * Wild Horses * You Can't Always Get What You Want * You
Got the Silver.
The author focuses on two parallel folk trends: the Freedom Songs
arising from the civil rights battles in the South and the topical
songs composed by Northern writer/singers.
In lucid and engaging style, Stinson explores Bach's 'Great Eighteen' Organ Chorales - among Bach's most celebrated works for organ - from a wide range of historical and analytical perspectives, including the models used by Bach in conceiving the individual pieces, his subsequent compilation of these works into a collection, and his compositional process as preserved by the autograph manuscript. Stinson also considers various issues of performance practice, and provides the first comprehensive examination of the music's reception, its dissemination in manuscript and printed form, and its influence on such composers as Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms.
This volume contains valuable practice material for candidates
preparing for the ABRSM Grade 5 Piano exams. The book is written in
attractive and approachable styles and representative of the
technical level expected in the exam.
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