Contents: The moon (Shelley) -- Returning, we hear the larks (Isaac Rosenberg) -- River roses (D.H. Lawrence) -- The owl (Tennyson) -- Boat song (John Davidson). English composer Arnold Cooke (1906 – 2005) studied with Dent at Cambridge (1925–8, BA, MusB; MusD 1948) and with Hindemith at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik (1929–32). He spent a year as music director of the Festival Theatre, Cambridge (following Walter Leigh, an earlier Hindemith pupil), and then taught composition at the Manchester College of Music from 1933 to 1938. After war service in the Royal Navy he was appointed Professor of Harmony, Counterpoint and Composition at the Trinity College of Music, where he remained from 1947 until his retirement in 1978. It was with Dent’s help and encouragement that Cooke was able to take the step, unusual in the ‘30s, of studying abroad, and Hindemith’s anti-serial maxim – ‘Music, as long as it exists, will take its departure from the major triad and return to it’ – was one to which Cooke adhered. His approach is naturally contrapuntal, with a vein of gentle lyricism that frequently comes to the surface. The string quartets on the other hand often show the uncompromising ruggedness of a Bartók. A pianist and cellist himself, Cooke wrote chamber music and vocal music for soloists, for children, and for choirs. His woodwind writing is especially grateful and, like Hindemith, he has written successfully for the organ. His song cycles display his affinity with poets from the Elizabethans to D.H. Lawrence, Blake being a particular favorite. His list of commission sources includes the BBC (Proms and Overseas Service), the Royal Philharmonic Society, the Royal Ballet, and the Bath, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham and City of London festivals, as well as a number of distinguished singers and instrumentalists. He was a founder-member of the Composers’ Guild of Great Britain (1945).

Nocturnes: A Cycle of Five Songs for Soprano, Horn, and Piano

Arts & Photography

John Davidson

SHELLEY

TENNYSON

D.H.Lawrence

Isaac Rosenberg

Music

Oxford University Press

The Bargain Theory Of Wages

G. Putnam's Sons

Hockey Scouting Report 1987 - 1988 Complete Scouting Report on Every Active NHL Player

Michael Berger

Jiggs McDonald

Summerhill Press

<p>Ranked with basketball's Michael Jordan and soccer's Pele, hockey's Wayne Gretzky retired from the NHL in April 1999. The center who played with the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, and Edmonton Oilers left the game with 2,857 points, 894 goals, and 1,963 assists. 99: My Life in Pictures traces the Great One's career from playing in his father's backyard rink in Brantford, Ontario, through his unprecedented 21-year pro career during which he rewrote the NHL record book - breaking 61 NHL records, leading Canada in international competition, and captaining the Oilers to four Stanley Cup titles. With insightful essays and more than 250 images, 99 deserves a place on every sports fan's shelf.</p>

99 : My Life in Pictures

Sports & Outdoors

Dan Diamond

Wayne Gretzky

Hockey

Mint Pub

Visions of Valhalla

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd

Complete with historic maps and photos, this comprehensive tale of one family's existence on one of Colorado's earliest ranches reveals the rigors of life on Jefferson County's frontier.

The Rooney Ranch

Katherine Honda

Beth Simmons

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge

The Right Road How Far Will You Go

Sharon Brennan

Binea Press

Komodo Dragons, Lizards, And Salamanders For Kids

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Mendon Cottage Books

Soundings of Hellas

The Secret of the Creative Vacuum: Man and the Energy Dance

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Religious Studies

New Age Books

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