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Kate O'Donnell, fresh from her adventures in Dead Beat, discovers
yet again there's a darker side to London in the Swinging Sixties.
Beatlemania has reached London, but young photographer Kate
O'Donnell soon discovers a darker side of the city when a
prostitute is found murdered off the Portobello Road. A West Indian
immigrant, Nelson Mackintosh, is arrested, and simmering racial
tension reaches breaking point. Convinced of Nelson's innocence,
Kate determines to track down the real killer. But when her
activities attract the attention of notorious gangster King Devine,
not even Kate's old sparring partner DS Harry Barnard can ensure
her safety.
This indispensable handbook explains how scholars and students
should work with and think about the composer's working
manuscripts. Over the past quarter century, the scholarly study of
autograph sources has exploded and nowhere is this more true than
in the field of twentieth-century music. And yet, few if any
courses or seminars broach the subject of sketch studies and the
skills required to examine the manuscripts. This book surveys the
knowledge necessary to work efficiently in archives and libraries
housing this material and with the skills and techniques
specifically related to sketch studies: transcription,
reconstructing sketchbooks, deciphering handwriting, dating
documents. It deals with the music of important twentieth-century
composers and presents visual examples of manuscripts from the
collections of world renowned institutions such as the Paul Sacher
Foundation. The book aims to make the work of both researchers and
students more efficient and rewarding.
When a young fashion model disappears, photographer Kate O'Donnell
discovers there's a darker side to Swinging Sixties' London It's
1963. A new band called the Rolling Stones is beginning to make its
mark and the mini-skirt is coming into fashion. For young
Liverpudlian photographer Kate O'Donnell, it's an exciting time to
be in the capital - especially as she's on secondment to an
up-and-coming fashion photographer's studio. But there's a darker
side to 1960s' London, Kate discovers, when the naked, battered
body of a teenage prostitute is found amongst the rubbish bins
behind a Soho jazz club - and it turns out the victim was a former
model at the studio where Kate's working. When a second young model
disappears, Kate enlists her friend DS Harry Barnard's help to find
out exactly what's going on. Together, they uncover the first of
several dark secrets surrounding Andrei Lubin's fashion studio and
the notorious Jazz Cellar.
This cutting-edge new book is the replacement for Folklife and
Museums: Selected Readings which was published nearly thirty years
ago in 1987. The editors of that volume, Patricia Hall and Charlie
Seemann, are now joined by C. Kurt Dewhurst as a third editor, for
this book which includes updates to the still-relevant and classic
essays and articles from the earlier text and features new
pioneering pieces by some of today's most outstanding scholars and
practitioners, to provide a more current overview of the field and
addressing contemporary issues. Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First
Century Perspectives is a brand new collection of cutting-edge
essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications,
topical case studies (focusing on particular subject matter areas
and specific cultural groups), accompanied by up-to-date
"resources" and "suggested readings" sections. Each essay is
preceded by an explanatory headnote contextualizing the essay and
includes illustrative photographs.
A past crime causes new murder in the latest intriguing Kate
O'Donnell mystery 1964. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard has been
ordered to track down notorious Soho club owner Ray Robertson, who
hasn't been seen for several days. The case takes on a greater
urgency when a battered body is discovered at the gym Ray owns. Is
Ray the killer . or is he a victim? Photographer Kate O'Donnell
meanwhile is working on a feature about the regeneration of Canvey
Island, finally being rebuilt after the devastating East Coast
floods of 1953. But as Kate and Harry are about to discover, the
Canvey Island floods, the murder and Ray Robertson's disappearance
are connected in more ways than one .
This indispensable handbook, first published in 2004, explains how
scholars and students should work with and think about the
composer's working manuscripts. This book surveys the knowledge
necessary to work efficiently in archives and libraries housing
this material and with the skills and techniques specifically
related to sketch studies: transcription, reconstructing
sketchbooks, deciphering handwriting, dating documents. It deals
with the music of important twentieth-century composers and
presents visual examples of manuscripts from the collections of
world-renowned institutions such as the Paul Sacher Foundation. The
book aims to make the work of both researchers and students more
efficient and rewarding.
A past crime causes new murder in the latest intriguing Kate
O'Donnell mystery. 1964. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard has been
ordered to track down notorious Soho club owner Ray Robertson, who
hasn't been seen for several days. The case takes on a greater
urgency when a battered body is discovered at the gym Ray owns. Is
Ray the killer . or is he a victim? Photographer Kate O'Donnell
meanwhile is working on a feature about the regeneration of Canvey
Island, finally being rebuilt after the devastating East Coast
floods of 1953. But as Kate and Harry are about to discover, the
Canvey Island floods, the murder and Ray Robertson's disappearance
are connected in more ways than one .
On a busy Friday night in 1964, a woman's partially clothed body is
discovered in London's Soho Square. She has been raped and
strangled. With no one reported missing, her identity remains a
mystery. Assuming the victim to be a prostitute, DCI Jackson is
inclined to dismiss the case. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard
disagrees. Harry's partner Kate meanwhile has been despatched to
her native Liverpool to work on a magazine feature about the city's
remarkable regeneration, timed to coincide with the release of the
Beatles' movie, A Hard Day's Night. As Harry's investigations point
to evidence of a cover-up at the highest level, Kate's assignment
leads her to uncover a darker side to 1960s' Liverpool - and a
possible link to the Soho murder victim. Are she and Harry getting
into something too deep and dangerous for them to handle?
This cutting-edge new book is the replacement for Folklife and
Museums: Selected Readings which was published nearly thirty years
ago in 1987. The editors of that volume, Patricia Hall and Charlie
Seemann, are now joined by C. Kurt Dewhurst as a third editor, for
this book which includes updates to the still-relevant and classic
essays and articles from the earlier text and features new
pioneering pieces by some of today's most outstanding scholars and
practitioners, to provide a more current overview of the field and
addressing contemporary issues. Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First
Century Perspectives is a brand new collection of cutting-edge
essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications,
topical case studies (focusing on particular subject matter areas
and specific cultural groups), accompanied by up-to-date
"resources" and "suggested readings" sections. Each essay is
preceded by an explanatory headnote contextualizing the essay and
includes illustrative photographs.
Throughout history and across the globe, governments have taken a
strong hand in censoring music. Whether in the interests of
"safeguarding" the moral and religious values of their citizens or
of promoting their own political goals, the character and severity
of actions taken to suppress and control music that has been
categorized as unacceptable, immoral, or as the Nazi's termed the
music of Jewish and modernist composers, "degenerate," ranges from
economic sanctions to forced immigration, imprisonment, and death.
Yet in almost all cases composers found methods to counter this
suppression and to let their voices be heard, even through the very
music they were often forced to compose for the oppressing parties.
In this first major collection of its kind, thirty contributors
tackle centuries of music censorship across the globe from the
medieval era to the modern day. Case studies address a number of
instances both well- and lesser-known, including the tumultuous
history of Wagner and Israel, rap music in the United States,
silencing of women composers, and music in post-revolutionary Iran.
Sections are organized by nature of censorship - religious, racial,
and sexual - and type of government enforcement - democratic,
totalitarian, and transitional. Focusing on individual composers
and artists as well as eras within single countries, this Handbook
champions the efficacy of music as an agent of collective power and
resilience.
Although Berg decided immediately after seeing Buchner's play
Woyzeck in May 1914 to set it to music, he did not complete his
opera until 1922, with the Berlin premiere taking place in 1925.
Berg's Wozzeck traces the composer's slow but determined progress.
Using compositional sketches, diaries, notebooks and other archival
material, author Patricia Hall reveals the challenges Berg
faced--from his induction as a soldier in World War I, to the
hyperinflation of the twenties. In addition to the precise
chronology of the opera, the sketches show how Berg derived
large-scale form from the Buchner text, and how his compositional
style evolved during the nine years in which he composed the opera.
A comprehensive visual database on the book's companion website of
the extant sketches from seven archives in the United States,
Germany and Austria allows the reader to examine, for the first
time, Berg's sketches in high resolution color scans.
The death of a young girl leads Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard
and Kate O'Donnell into a hotbed of simmering tensions, violence
and threats in sixties' Soho. London, 1964. At three a.m. on a
chilly autumn morning, Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard is called
to a club in Greek Street where a young girl has fallen to her
death from a top-floor window. A new breed of fans is flocking to
Soho's rock and roll haunts. But was it a tragic accident, or
something more sinister? Meanwhile, Kate O'Donnell, Harry's
photographer girlfriend, receives a call from her Liverpudlian ex,
Dave Donovan, pleading for her help. His new squeeze, Bernie
Collins, set off for London in the hope of getting a recording
contract, but she's not answering her phone. Where is she? With
simmering tensions, intimidation and terror rife on Soho's streets,
Harry and Kate are drawn into its dark underbelly in their attempts
to find answers.
On a busy Friday night in 1964, a woman's partially clothed body is
discovered in London's Soho Square. She has been raped and
strangled. With no one reported missing, her identity remains a
mystery. Assuming the victim to be a prostitute, DCI Jackson is
inclined to dismiss the case. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard
disagrees. Harry's partner Kate meanwhile has been despatched to
her native Liverpool to work on a magazine feature about the city's
remarkable regeneration, timed to coincide with the release of the
Beatles' movie, A Hard Day's Night. As Harry's investigations point
to evidence of a cover-up at the highest level, Kate's assignment
leads her to uncover a darker side to 1960s' Liverpool - and a
possible link to the Soho murder victim. Are she and Harry getting
into something too deep and dangerous for them to handle?
London, 1964. At three a.m. on a chilly autumn morning, Detective
Sergeant Harry Barnard is called to a club in Greek Street where a
young girl has fallen to her death from a top-floor window. A new
breed of fans is flocking to Soho's rock and roll haunts. But was
it a tragic accident, or something more sinister? Meanwhile, Kate
O'Donnell, Harry's photographer girlfriend, receives a call from
her Liverpudlian ex, Dave Donovan, pleading for her help. His new
squeeze, Bernie Collins, set off for London in the hope of getting
a recording contract, but she's not answering her phone. Where is
she? With simmering tensions, intimidation and terror rife on
Soho's streets, Harry and Kate are drawn into its dark underbelly
in their attempts to find answers.
When a young fashion model disappears, photographer Kate O'Donnell
discovers there's a darker side to Swinging Sixties' London It's
1963. A new band called the Rolling Stones is beginning to make its
mark and the mini-skirt is coming into fashion. For young
Liverpudlian photographer Kate O'Donnell, it's an exciting time to
be in the capital - especially as she's on secondment to an
up-and-coming fashion photographer's studio. But there's a darker
side to 1960s' London, Kate discovers, when the naked, battered
body of a teenage prostitute is found amongst the rubbish bins
behind a Soho jazz club - and it turns out the victim was a former
model at the studio where Kate's working. When a second young model
disappears, Kate enlists her friend DS Harry Barnard's help to find
out exactly what's going on. Together, they uncover the first of
several dark secrets surrounding Andrei Lubin's fashion studio and
the notorious Jazz Cellar. BR>
Survival Georgian is a Georgian language phrase book for speakers
of English. Speak Georgian (nearly) like a native Contains over 100
pages of practical words and phrases in the Georgian language and
phonetic spelling for easy pronunciation.
Inspirational Reflections for Life Challenges Yesterday was forever
and today is what you thought was never. Yesterday is gone, today
is still new.tomorrow is when you must decide what to do. Looking
for the constant concepts of What, Where, Who or Why of all
occurrences in our life journeys. We find God as the constant
source of righteousness and integrity for our existence in this
world. "What" is in taking heart and taking heed in life processes.
"Where" is here, there and everywhere; it is wherever you
experience life challenges and trials of enlightenment. "Who" is in
you-your reputation, honesty, sense of integrity, and how others
portray or perceive you in your travels. "Why" is life in
general-no tall tales to be told, no particular episode will
possibly explain the existence of our life journeys. Inspirational
Reflections for Life Challenges will open hearts, eyes, and minds
to everyday events of life journeys. Patricia Hall Dillard is one
who has been blessed by God with the ability to write words of
encouragement, enlightenment, and motivation and have an avenue to
present them to the world for knowledge and life purpose. There are
no claims of experience in her repertoire, because she is only the
instrument being used for enlightenment of God's words. Ms. Dillard
credentials are that she is a servant of God and in working through
all of her life challenges; she has come to the knowledge of the
term "Obedience is better than Sacrifice." This is her time of
obedience to write what God has instructed her to write and present
to all who will read it, and for understanding of what is and what
is to come. Wishing all who read this book blessings in life and
all areas of their existence
The first chapter of this book begins by explaining prior
international tax rules and the revisions made in the new law. The
second part of the report discusses the four major issues of
concern under prior law allocation of investment, profit shifting,
repatriation and inversions and how the new law addresses these
concerns, or raises new ones. That section also discusses issues
associated with international agreements. The final section
summarizes commentary about problems and issues, including legal
challenges and uncertainty, within the new international tax regime
and options that have been suggested. The second chapter of this
book examines the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),
reinsurance and catastrophe bonds. The third chapter discusses
regulatory reform 10 years after the financial crisis Dodd-Frank
and the securities law, as well as the systemic risk regulation of
non-bank financial institutions. The last chapter looks at the
politics and policies regulating the US Campaign environment.
Campaign tactics aside, the campaign environment has been a steady
source of concern in American politics.
After 50 years of analysis we are only beginning to understand the
quality and complexity of Alban Berg's most important twelve-tone
work, the opera Lulu. Patricia Hall's new book represents a primary
contribution to that understanding-the first detailed analysis of
the sketches for the opera as well as other related autograph
material and previously inaccessible correspondence to Berg. In
1959, Berg's widow deposited the first of Berg's autograph
manuscripts in the Austrian National Library. The complete
collection of autographs for Lulu was made accessible to scholars
in 1981, and a promising new phase in Lulu scholarship unfolded.
Hall begins her study by examining the format and chronology of the
sketches, and she demonstrates their unique potential to clarify
aspects of Berg's compositional language. In each chapter Hall uses
Berg's sketches to resolve a significant problem or controversy
that has emerged in the study of Lulu. For example, Hall discusses
the dramatic symbolism behind Berg's use of multiple roles and how
these roles contribute to the large-scale structure of the opera.
She also revises the commonly held view that Berg frequently
invoked a free twelve-tone style. Hall's innovative work suggests
important techniques for understanding not only the sketches and
manuscripts of Berg but also those of other twentieth-century
composers. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program,
which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek
out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach,
and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again
using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally
published in 1996.
After 50 years of analysis we are only beginning to understand the
quality and complexity of Alban Berg's most important twelve-tone
work, the opera Lulu. Patricia Hall's new book represents a primary
contribution to that understanding-the first detailed analysis of
the sketches for the opera as well as other related autograph
material and previously inaccessible correspondence to Berg. In
1959, Berg's widow deposited the first of Berg's autograph
manuscripts in the Austrian National Library. The complete
collection of autographs for Lulu was made accessible to scholars
in 1981, and a promising new phase in Lulu scholarship unfolded.
Hall begins her study by examining the format and chronology of the
sketches, and she demonstrates their unique potential to clarify
aspects of Berg's compositional language. In each chapter Hall uses
Berg's sketches to resolve a significant problem or controversy
that has emerged in the study of Lulu. For example, Hall discusses
the dramatic symbolism behind Berg's use of multiple roles and how
these roles contribute to the large-scale structure of the opera.
She also revises the commonly held view that Berg frequently
invoked a free twelve-tone style. Hall's innovative work suggests
important techniques for understanding not only the sketches and
manuscripts of Berg but also those of other twentieth-century
composers. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program,
which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek
out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach,
and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again
using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally
published in 1996.
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