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Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music
From the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to its annual appearance at
the Indianapolis 500 auto race, Purdue University's "All-American"
Marching Band has been at the heart of celebrations across the
United States (and the wider world) since 1886, less than twenty
years after the University itself was founded in central Indiana.
While the marching band is the musical flagship of the University,
the Department of Bands also includes jazz and concert ensembles as
well as a symphony orchestra. Every year, hundreds of young men and
women are welcomed into this community of music, and alumni range
from astronaut Neil Armstrong to popcorn legend Orville
Redenbacher. Celebrating 125 years of Purdue Bands, this
beautifully-illustrated book traces the history of Purdue
University's Department of Bands from its humble origins as a drum
unit for the student army training corps to the 2010 appearance of
the "All-American" Marching Band as leader of the Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, seen by over fifty million
television viewers. It follows the lives of the organisation's
members and legendary directors, such as Paul Spotts Emrick and Al
G. Wright, and highlights some of the band's iconic features, such
as the "World's Largest Drum" and its legendary twirlers; the
Golden Girl; the Girl in Black; the Silver Twins; and the
Goldusters. Beyond the glitz, the story includes tragedy, such as
the Halloween day train collision that claimed the lives of
seventeen people in 1903, as well as groundbreaking success. But,
through it all, the beat of one of the Midwest's great treasures
goes on, bringing fulfillment to its members as well as inspiration
to its myriad fans.
Peter Beaven's tale leads us through the pitfalls and triumphs of a
career in choir directing and church music, orchestral conducting,
and professional singing in choirs and stage works. His teaching
experiences are just as hair-raising as his performing life. Being
there at the inception of the GCSE music exam, as a teacher, he
felt it wasn't an improvement on the previous exam and became
disenchanted with education, in general, and music education in
particular. The author maintains that he failed every exam he ever
sat, adding much weight to his argument, but also admits to a
modicum of success along the way. Despite earlier difficulties with
a genetic neuropathy, he conquered the disabilities to regain an
organ technique at the age of fifteen, which has served him well
for over fifty years. His adventures with the military have been a
twenty-year expedition through extraordinary happenings,
personalities, and experiences. All worthwhile but in marked
contrast to many other facets of his career.
Marvelous Rise of Superheroes in Cinema: Evolution of the Genre
from Sequels to Universes addresses the superhero movie genre's
transformation between 1978 and 2019. To emphasize and illustrate
the conceptual and thematic transformation, the main conventions of
the genre are scanned through several periods, focusing on the
developmental age of the genre, including the dominant period of DC
Comics-based superhero movies (1978-1997) and the Marvel "boom"
(2000-2007), and the contemporary age. For this purpose, the book
traces the fundamentals of superheroes from the first appearance of
Superman in Action Comics #1 (1938) to the final installment of the
MCU's Phase 3, Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). The transformation
has two significant points. First, the genre's main conventions
have been in a change. Second, the genre's focus has changed from
sequel filmmaking to the universe concept. The study investigates
the Marvel Cinematic Universe's dominant, leading, and major role
in the genre's evolutionary process. Besides, the future of the
superhero movie genre is questioned through the multiverse concept
to broaden an understanding of the genre's following directions.
Unconditional Love is Howard Goodall's heartfelt cantata of
gratitude and remembrance, a poignant reflection upon the COVID-19
crisis. It seeks both to give thanks to those who sacrificed their
lives in the aid of others and to offer solace to the grieving. Yet
unifying each of its seven movements is a call to hope and to
moving forward in a world rebuilt. The cantata commemorates the
selflessness and togetherness felt by communities across the world
during the pandemic, communities that offer their thanksgiving in
many different ways. It is hoped that Unconditional Love's
universal messages will resonate with choirs of all kinds and in
all places, for many years to come. The front cover features the
iconic painting, 'The Hug', by the artist Charlie Mackesy. Written
for soprano solo, SATB choir, piano, organ and brass ensemble, this
vocal score includes a piano rehearsal part.
Unlocks the secrets behind the images and music of an important
Spanish musical manuscript compiled for a brotherhood of suspected
heretics ca. 1500. The Rosary Cantoral is a rare and beautifully
decorated manuscript of Latin plainchant for the Catholic Mass
compiled in Toledo, Spain, around the year 1500. In an engaging and
richly interdisciplinary essay, Lorenzo Candelaria approaches the
Rosary Cantoral as a cultural artifact, unlocking the secrets
behind its images and music to reveal the social history and
rituals of an elite brotherhood dedicated to the rosary and aspects
of the religious communityit served: the Dominicans of San Pedro
Martir de Toledo. The Rosary Cantoral: Ritual and Social Design in
a Chantbook from Early Renaissance Toledo presents a model for
realizing the fuller significance of illuminatedmusic manuscripts
as cultural artifacts and offers unprecedented insights into the
social and devotional life of Toledo, Spain, around the turn of the
sixteenth century. After solving the mystery of the Rosary
Cantoral's origins,subsequent essays probe the meaning and cultural
significance of the manuscript's iconography (including a border
decoration after Albrecht Durer), its rare Spanish chants for the
Mass, and two striking musical works for multiplevoices (one by
Josquin Desprez and another on "L'homme arme"). Ultimately, this
book focuses on the extraordinary circumstances that engendered the
compilation of the Rosary Cantoral around 1500: a system of
patronage between a brotherhood of suspected heretics and a
religious house that was a key supporter of the Inquisition in
Toledo. Lorenzo Candelaria (University of Texas at Austin) is
co-author of American Music: A Panorama.
Contains two versions of the vocal parts - for SATB and piano or
orchestra, or SS or SA and piano or orchestra.
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