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Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families - Including the Bowen, Russell, Owen, Grant, Goodwin, Amis, Carothers, Hope, Taliaferro, and Powell Families (Hardcover)
Margaret Campbell (Margaret Pilcher; Campbell Charles 1807-1876
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R1,016
Discovery Miles 10 160
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A chronicle of changes through the seasons both above and within
the sea, A COASTAL COMPANION follows the arrival and departure of
migrating shorebirds in spring and fall, schools of fish as they
move in and out of our region, and the natural cycles of our bays,
rivers, marshes, and coastal forests. Part field guide, part
almanac, the book also highlights writers, artists, and scientists
who have chosen the Gulf of Maine as their subject matter. Poems by
twelve contemporary poets open each chapter, and illustrations by
two Maine artists, Kimberleigh Martul-March and Margaret Campbell,
are featured throughout the text. This is a book to keep close at
hand, to be read not all at once, but through the seasons, one day
at a time, and enjoyed year after year.
The Great Cellists is a comprehensive and authoritative history of
the lives and work of the cello's great performers and teachers,
from the emergence of the solo instrument in the seventeenth
century to the present day. In its early history, the cello was a
genuine 'bass' violin that came in three sizes and from the
thirteenth century was played side by side with viols and later
violins. The instrument we know today came into general use by the
time the great makers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -
such as Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri - brought their craft to
perfection and made numerous of the instruments most sought after
by today's virtuosi. Many of the earliest known professional
cellists were employed as court musicians, but their names have not
been widely known. The most familiar names belong to those early
cellists who were also composers: Boccherini, Romberg, Piatti and
Popper. In more recent times, the great Europeans Becker, Klengel
and Salmond led to Feuermann, Piatogorsky, Fournier, Rostropovich,
and above all to Casals; and they, in turn, have greatly influenced
contemporary musicians such as the late Jacqueline du Pre and the
manifold brilliant players from Russia, Japan and the USA. The
Great Cellists reveals a splendid range of personalities from the
conventional to the eccentric. Included also are the numerous less
well-known cellists who were important as founders of the various
national 'schools'. Margaret Campbell has interviewed many eminent
musicians and had rich access to letters and private documents in
her coverage of the last hundred years. Her absorbing book presents
to the reader a rich vision of skills and traditions that have been
handed down nationally through the generations, and developed
internationally since the twentieth century. It is a book for
string players, students, concertgoers and CD buffs - indeed,
anyone who enjoys the sound of the cello.
This carefully researched and definitive book recreates the
magic of the greatest violinists in history.
In three centuries, the solo performer progressed from
downtrodden private servant to revered public idol. The supreme
artists Corelli, Vivaldi, Viotti, Paganini, Vieuxtemps, Joachim and
Auer were pivotal figures in the history of violin playing, while
more recent times have seen Sarasate, Ysaye and the virtuosi of the
modern recording era. "The Great Violinists" reveals a range of
personalities from the conventional to the eccentric.
In her coverage of the last hundred years, Margaret Campbell has
interviewed many eminent musicians and had rich access to letters
and private documents. Her book offers a vivid portrait of skills
and traditions that have been handed down through generations. It
is a book for string players, students, concert goers and music
buffs - indeed, anyone who enjoys the sound of the violin.
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Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families - Including the Bowen, Russell, Owen, Grant, Goodwin, Amis, Carothers, Hope, Taliaferro, and Powell Families (Paperback)
Margaret Campbell (Margaret Pilcher; Campbell Charles 1807-1876
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R769
Discovery Miles 7 690
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Why Can't I (Paperback)
Margaret Campbell Sanders; Melanie Ratcliffe
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R248
Discovery Miles 2 480
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A suspenseful and intriguing story as recounted by an Indian Chief
telling of his intense grief, sorrow and tragedy encountered in his
life time, his life dream. Then the connection to it as Magdalena
journeys into her own life to heal. The Chief's story presents a
puzzle piece of healing to her and those she knows. Each step on
her life journey moves Magdalena to opening her heart and that of
the Princess thus setting her free and bringing understanding. As
Magdalena heals her heart those connected to her also heal; the
journey is not separate; it is a journey of oneness. Piece after
piece present with the opportunity to step off the karmic wheel of
incarnation after incarnation, realizing the illusive missing piece
she had been working on lifetime after lifetime to overcome, and
bring meaning. Pieces come together, forming the whole picture, not
just the aspects of who Magdalena may have been, but those along in
her journey heal. The Princess is a crucial player in presenting
healing to Magdalena as she also is a human being incarnate in this
journey called life playing out her own drama and dancing on the
path of Oneness.
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