Oxford's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks--have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music. Approaching the tradition of chamber music with knowledge and passion, Keller here serves as the often-opinionated but always genial guide to 192 essential works by 56 composers, providing illuminating essays on what makes each piece distinctive and admirable. Keller spans the history of this intimate genre of music, from key works of the Baroque through the emotionally stirring "golden age" of the Classical and Romantic composers, to modern masterpieces rich in political, psychological, and sometimes comical overtones. For each piece, from Bach through to contemporary figures like George Crumb and Steve Reich, the author includes an astute musical analysis that casual music lovers can easily appreciate yet that more experienced listeners will find enriching. Keller shares the colorful, often surprising stories behind the compositions while revealing the delights of an art form once described by Goethe as the musical equivalent of "thoughtful people conversing."

Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide

Arts & Photography

Keller, James

Music

Oxford University Press

Oxford's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks--have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music. Approaching the tradition of chamber music with knowledge and passion, Keller here serves as the often-opinionated but always genial guide to 192 essential works by 56 composers, providing illuminating essays on what makes each piece distinctive and admirable. Keller spans the history of this intimate genre of music, from key works of the Baroque through the emotionally stirring "golden age" of the Classical and Romantic composers, to modern masterpieces rich in political, psychological, and sometimes comical overtones. For each piece, from Bach through to contemporary figures like George Crumb and Steve Reich, the author includes an astute musical analysis that casual music lovers can easily appreciate yet that more experienced listeners will find enriching. Keller shares the colorful, often surprising stories behind the compositions while revealing the delights of an art form once described by Goethe as the musical equivalent of "thoughtful people conversing."

Fuzzy Models and Algorithms for Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (The Handbooks of Fuzzy Sets, 4)

Fuzzy Models and Algorithms for Pattern Recognition and Image Processing presents a comprehensive introduction of the use of fuzzy models in pattern recognition and selected topics in image processing and computer vision. Unique to this volume in the Kluwer Handbooks of Fuzzy Sets Series is the fact that this book was written in its entirety by its four authors. A single notation, presentation style, and purpose are used throughout. The result is an extensive unified treatment of many fuzzy models for pattern recognition. The main topics are clustering and classifier design, with extensive material on feature analysis relational clustering, image processing and computer vision. Also included are numerous figures, images and numerical examples that illustrate the use of various models involving applications in medicine, character and word recognition, remote sensing, military image analysis, and industrial engineering.

Computers & Technology

Bezdek, James C.

Krisnapuram, Raghu

Pal, Nikhil

Computer Science

Springer

Fantastically detailed, full-color illustrations follow Tor on a visit to his grandfather, whose house is so alive with history that he can fly through it in a hot air balloon and sail through it in a Roman ship.

The Traveler: A Magical Journey

Children's Books

Schallau, Daniel Page

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Artisan

Step into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter with The Potterhead Cookbook! With this cookbook, dining at Hogwarts is as easy as the wave of a wand. With 25 exciting recipes, you can easily whip up spellbindingly delicious dishes inspired by your favorite Harry Potter stories, such as: • Homemade Pumpkin Pasties • Classic Butterbeer • Kreacher's French Onion Soup • Almond and Peach Treacle Tart • Exploding Bonbons • Bangers and Mash ...and many more! With a sprinkle of magic and a dash of imagination, this cookbook will help you conjure up the desserts, entrees, drinks and snacks you need to bring the Wizarding World of Harry Potter right into your kitchen! Grab The Potterhead Cookbook and start casting your culinary spells today!

The Potterhead Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Entertaining & Holidays

Independently published

Make Each Day Count

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Palala Press

Horror Coloring Book of Classic Comics Volume 3: Collecting 32 Vintage Covers from the Golden Age of Horror Comics

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

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