Search Results - "Preluders"

Music, the arts, and ideas patterns and predictions in twentieth-century culture / by Meyer, Leonard B.

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Prelude: As it has been -- pt. 2. As it is, and perhaps will be -- pt. 3. …”
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Listen a history of our ears / by Szendy, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Prelude and address. I'm listening -- Author's rights, listener's rights (journal of our ancestors) -- Writing our listenings: arrangement, translation, criticism -- Our instruments for listening before the law (second journal entry) -- Listening (to listening): the making of the modern ear -- Plastic listening.…”
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Keys to Play : Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo / by Moseley, Roger, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: press any key to start -- Pt I. Fields and interfaces of musical play -- Key 1 Ludomusicality -- Key 2 Digital analogies -- Pt II. …”
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The tragic and the ecstatic the musical revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde / by Chafe, Eric Thomas, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The path to Schopenhauer -- Tristan and Schopenhauer -- Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg I : Minne -- Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg II : Honor -- The desire music -- The Prelude : a musico-poetic view -- Tragedy and dramatic structure -- The two death motives -- Musico-poetic design in Act 1 -- Act 2, Scene 1 : night and Minne -- The Love Scene in Act 2 : transition and periodicity -- Tristan's answer to King Mark : moral and philosophical questions -- Act 3 : musico-poetic design -- Love as fearful torment -- The road to salvation.…”
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Beyond talent creating a successful career in music / by Beeching, Angela Myles

Table of Contents: “…Prelude : confessions of a career counselor -- Mapping success in music -- Making connections : schmoozing for success -- Building your image : creating promotional materials that work -- Expanding your impact : demos and CDs -- Online promotion : using the Internet to advance your career -- Interlude : fundamental questions -- Booking concerts like a pro -- Building your reputation, growing your audience : the media, publicity, and you -- Connecting with audiences : residency, educational, and community programming -- Performing at your best -- The freelance lifestyle : managing your gigs, time, and money -- Raising money for music projects -- Getting it together : your career package.…”
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Historical Anthology of Music by Women /

Table of Contents: “…Bernstein -- "Allegro," from Trio for violin, cello, and piano (1921) -- Germaine Tailleferre / by Leonie Rosentiel -- "Modere sans lenteur," from Sonata in C-sharp minor for violin and piano (1923) -- Ruth Crawford Seeger / by Judith Tick -- Prelude No. 2, for piano (1924) -- "Rat Riddles," from Three Songs for Contralto, Oboe, Percussion, and Orchestral Ostinati (1930) -- "Andante" and "Allegro possibile," from String Quartet (1931) -- Miriam Gideon / by Barbara A. …”
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