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The Beautiful Music All Around Us
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Author : Stephen Wade
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2012-08-10
The Beautiful Music All Around Us written by Stephen Wade and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-10 with Music categories.
The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains. Including the children's play song "Shortenin' Bread," the fiddle tune "Bonaparte's Retreat," the blues "Another Man Done Gone," and the spiritual "Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down," these performances were recorded in kitchens and churches, on porches and in prisons, in hotel rooms and school auditoriums. Documented during the golden age of the Library of Congress recordings, they capture not only the words and tunes of traditional songs but also the sounds of life in which the performances were embedded: children laugh, neighbors comment, trucks pass by. Musician and researcher Stephen Wade sought out the performers on these recordings, their families, fellow musicians, and others who remembered them. He reconstructs the sights and sounds of the recording sessions themselves and how the music worked in all their lives. Some of these performers developed musical reputations beyond these field recordings, but for many, these tracks represent their only appearances on record: prisoners at the Arkansas State Penitentiary jumping on "the Library's recording machine" in a rendering of "Rock Island Line"; Ora Dell Graham being called away from the schoolyard to sing the jump-rope rhyme "Pullin' the Skiff"; Luther Strong shaking off a hungover night in jail and borrowing a fiddle to rip into "Glory in the Meetinghouse." Alongside loving and expert profiles of these performers and their locales and communities, Wade also untangles the histories of these iconic songs and tunes, tracing them through slave songs and spirituals, British and homegrown ballads, fiddle contests, gospel quartets, and labor laments. By exploring how these singers and instrumentalists exerted their own creativity on inherited forms, "amplifying tradition's gifts," Wade shows how a single artist can make a difference within a democracy. Reflecting decades of research and detective work, the profiles and abundant photos in The Beautiful Music All Around Us bring to life largely unheralded individuals--domestics, farm laborers, state prisoners, schoolchildren, cowboys, housewives and mothers, loggers and miners--whose music has become part of the wider American musical soundscape. The paperback edition does not include an accompanying CD.
Beautiful Music For Ugly Children
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Author : Kirstin Cronn-Mills
language : en
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Release Date : 2012-10-08
Beautiful Music For Ugly Children written by Kirstin Cronn-Mills and has been published by North Star Editions, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-08 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl’s body. With his new public access radio show gaining popularity, Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents. His entire future is threatened when several violent guys find out that Gabe the DJ is also Elizabeth from school.
All Our Pretty Songs
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Author : Sarah McCarry
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2013-07-30
All Our Pretty Songs written by Sarah McCarry and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-30 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
This is a story about love, but not the kind of love you think. You'll see... In the lush and magical Pacific Northwest live two best friends who grew up like sisters: charismatic, mercurial, and beautiful Aurora, and the devoted, watchful narrator. Each of them is incomplete without the other. But their unbreakable bond is challenged when a mysterious and gifted musician named Jack comes between them. His music is like nothing I have ever heard. It is like the ocean surging, the wind that blows across the open water, the far call of gulls. Suddenly, each girl must decide what matters most: friendship, or love. What both girls don't know is that the stakes are even higher than either of them could have imagined. They're not the only ones who have noticed Jack's gift; his music has awakened an ancient evil—and a world both above and below which may not be mythical at all. We have paved over the ancient world but that does not mean we have erased it. The real and the mystical; the romantic and the heartbreaking all begin to swirl together in All Our Pretty Songs, Sarah McCarry's brilliant debut, carrying the two on journey that is both enthralling and terrifying. And it's up to the narrator to protect the people she loves—if she can.
Beautiful Music
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Author : Michael Zadoorian
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Beautiful Music written by Michael Zadoorian and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Fiction categories.
“[An] eight-track flashback of a novel set in 1970s Detroit” from the international bestselling author of The Narcissism of Small Differences (O, the Oprah Magazine, Summer 2018 Reading List). Set in early 1970s Detroit, a divided city still reeling from its violent race riot of 1967, Beautiful Music is the story of one young man’s transformation through music. Danny Yzemski is a husky, pop radio–loving loner balancing a dysfunctional homelife with the sudden harsh realities of freshman year at a high school marked by racial turbulence. But after tragedy strikes the family, Danny’s mother becomes increasingly erratic and angry about the seismic cultural shifts unfolding in her city and the world. As she tries to hold it together with the help of Librium, highballs, and breakfast cereal, Danny finds his own reason to carry on: rock and roll. In particular, the drum and guitar-heavy songs of local legends like the MC5 and Iggy Pop. In the vein of Nick Hornby and Tobias Wolff, yet with a style very much Zadoorian’s own, Beautiful Music is a touching story about the power of music and its ability to save one’s soul. “A sweet and endearing coming-of-age tale measured in album tracks.” —The Wall Street Journal “For Danny, cracking the seal on a fresh piece of wax and dissecting cover art and liner notes are acts of nigh religious experience that unveil to him a community of fellow rockers across Detroit . . . It’s in these small moments—a lonely boy experiencing premature nostalgia—that Zadoorian shines.” —The Washington Post “A disturbing yet humorous tale of beleaguered adolescence in 1970s Motor City.” —Steve Miller, author of Detroit Rock City
Strange Beautiful Music
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Author : Joe Satriani
language : en
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2014-04-08
Strange Beautiful Music written by Joe Satriani and has been published by BenBella Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Go behind the scenes with the musician The New York Times called "a guitar God!" Oft-hailed as the Jimi Hendrix of his generation, living guitar legend Joe Satriani has long transcended stylistic boundaries with a sound that raises the bar like a new horizon for the broader genre of instrumental guitar rock. Joe's 6-string secrets have astounded listeners around the world for nearly 30 years. In Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir, Satriani and coauthor, music biographer Jake Brown, take fans on their first authorized tour of the story behind his climb to stardom and the creative odyssey involved in writing and recording a storied catalog of classics including "Surfing with the Alien," "Summer Song," "Satch Boogie," "Always With Me, Always With You," "The Extremist," "Flying in a Blue Dream," "Crowd Chant," and more. Featuring previously unpublished photos and hours of exclusive, firsthand interviews with Satriani, Strange Beautiful Music offers a unique look inside the studio with Joe, giving fans a chance to get up close and personal like never before. With insider details about his collaboration with multi-platinum supergroup Chickenfoot, exclusive interviews with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, commentary from fellow guitar legends such as Steve Vai, Metallica's Kirk Hammett, Primus's Larry LaLonde, and legendary music producers including Glynn Johns and the late Andy Johns, this memoir offers a rare inside look for die-hard Satriani fans, guitar enthusiasts, and anyone who loves to rock.
Who Sang The First Song
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Author : Ellie Holcomb
language : en
Publisher: B&H Kids
Release Date : 2018-10-04
Who Sang The First Song written by Ellie Holcomb and has been published by B&H Kids this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Have you ever wondered who hummed the first tune? Was it the flowers? The waves or the moon? Dove Award-winning recording artist Ellie Holcomb answers with a lovely lyrical tale, one that reveals that God our Maker sang the first song, and He created us all with a song to sing. Go to bhkids.com to find this book's Parent Connection, an easy tool to help moms and dads (or anyone else who loves kids) discuss the book's message with their child. We're all about connecting parents and kids to each other and to God's Word.
The Music Of Life
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Author : Louis Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Release Date : 2020-02-18
The Music Of Life written by Louis Thomas and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-18 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Full of joy and discovery, Louis Thomas' The Music of Life is a simple, melodious picture book about finding big inspiration and beauty in the smallest of details. At night when everyone else is asleep, one artist sits awake--pencil in hand, stuck. Lenny is a composer, but this evening, no music floats from his head. Then as night breaks into dawn, Lenny's cat, Pipo, begins lapping milk. Lick lick lick. Birds yawn awake, singing in the trees. Tweet tweet! A bike bell tings on the street below. Suddenly, Lenny notices a rhythm to the world around him. He pulls on his coat and walks through the city to write down every sound he can find. Lenny listens to a gardener, a jogger, a dogwalker, and more neighborhood characters. Finally, the morning's sounds culminate in a sun-dappled symphony that Lenny conducts in the center of the park.
Life Can Be This Good
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Author : Jan Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Conari Press
Release Date : 2002-04-01
Life Can Be This Good written by Jan Goldstein and has been published by Conari Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Wonder is everywhere — if we would just notice it and invite it in. In this book, Jan Goldstein offers 40 lifeaffirming stories of people who opened themselves to all that is possible and were rewarded with miraculous experiences. The author describes a fourstep process for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary: Listen, Open, Step Into, and Receive. This simple method brings greater recognition of and gratitude for the luminous moments in life. “This book is a lifetime of deep breaths. Jan Goldstein is right on target. Life really can be this good.” — Richard Carlson, author of Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Angels All Around Us
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Author : Anthony DeStefano
language : en
Publisher: Image
Release Date : 2012-10-16
Angels All Around Us written by Anthony DeStefano and has been published by Image this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-16 with Religion categories.
In Angels All Around Us, the international bestselling author of A Travel Guide to Heaven and Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To explains the awesome and mysterious reality of the spiritual dimension that surrounds and permeates our very existence. All aspects of the spiritual realm are discussed, including the existence of angels and demons, the whereabouts of loved ones who have passed, the gift of grace, heaven, hell, and even the presence and activity of God in our lives. Completely consistent with traditional Christian teaching, Angels All Around Us will help readers embrace a certitude that makes it easier to act according to their moral beliefs, give them a greater sense of the richness of life, and show them that no amount of suffering—physical, mental, or emotional—will ever be able to destroy the profound sense of inner peace that they can experience on a daily basis.
Music All Around Enhanced Edition
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Author : Gema Sirvant
language : en
Publisher: La Montagne secrète
Release Date : 2021-11-01T00:00:00-04:00
Music All Around Enhanced Edition written by Gema Sirvant and has been published by La Montagne secrète this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-01T00:00:00-04:00 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Enhanced ebook (includes audio) Sofia is off to her grandparents for the holidays. She leaves her seaside home, its singing waves and whispering sand knowing that the sounds of the forest await her. Amongst the dark pines and the majestic oaks, she’ll discover the music of the night, the songs of a fox, an owl and a wolf. At a clearing in the woods, she’ll feel the wind blowing as it does on the beach. She’ll wave her invisible baton to the stars, offering as a gift to the forest the music from the sea. Recordings of the narrated story and the performance of the theme song included.