Gathers lyrics and music for hundreds of folksongs from the American frontier

Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

Literature & Fiction

Lomax, John A.

Lomax, Alan

Dramas & Plays

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The United States Energy Atlas

Cuff, David J.

Young, William J.

Business & Money

The Story of Rock `N' Roll: The Year-By-Year Illustrated Chronicle

Arts & Photography

Music

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A Chronicle of American Music 1700-1995

Hall, Charles J.

The SAT II Math tests are college entrance exams taken by nearly 200,000 students each year. Newly updated, this popular guide is brimming with all the instruction, examples, and practice, test-takers need to score high--and win admission to a first-choice school. Features include sample tests with solutions, topic review of all subjects tested, and more.

Preparation for the Sat II: Math Level Ic-IIC

Test Preparation

Bramson, Morris

College & High School

A guide to preparing for the firefighter's exam includes with detailed explanatory answers and two sample physical tests

Everything You Need to Score High on Firefighter

Andriuolo, Robert

Professional

The Gramophone Classical Catalogue 1996

"I cannot bear the tragedy of the present time," wrote Richard Strauss in 1924. "I want to create joy. I need it." In a career that extended from the age of Wagner and Brahms to the middle of the twentieth century, Strauss wrote music that kept alive the German Romantic ideals of melody and emotional expressiveness. Among his fifteen operas are the beloved Der Rosenkavalier with its bittersweet evocation of bygone days in imperial Vienna, the ingenious Ariadne auf Naxos, and other works that hold the stage to this day. His brilliant tone poems for orchestra include such staples of the repertory as Death and Transfiguration, Don Juan, Ein Heldenleben, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, and Also sprach Zarathustra - source of the famous "sunrise" music used in the film 2001. A distinguished composer of songs, chamber music, and ballets as well, Strauss was also one of the outstanding conductors of his time, directing opera companies in Weimar, Munich, Berlin, and Vienna. In his young manhood, Strauss was regarded by many as a leader of the dissonant avant-garde; his early operas Salome and Elektra feature a harmonic vocabulary that ventures to the brink of the atonal, as well as subject matter considered scandalous at the time. But by the 1930s, Strauss's refusal to follow in the footsteps of Schoenberg and the modernists had led to his being written off as a reactionary. Michael Kennedy challenges this verdict with a comprehensive appreciation of Strauss's music and an evenhanded assessment of his life, including his tempestuous marriage to Pauline de Ahna and his controversial relationship with the Nazi regime. Contradicting the received opinion that Strauss's genius declined after Der Rosenkavalier, this authoritative study makes the case for Strauss as a key figure in the history of the last hundred years of music, widely misrepresented and misunderstood.

Richard Strauss (Master Musicians Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

KENNEDY, Michael

Arts & Literature

No composer was more controversial, prolific, or more misunderstood than John Cage (1912-1992). No critic has spent more years defending Cage and his work than Richard Kostelanetz. This work summarizes a lifetime's study of Cage's music, literary works, art, and philosophy. It both introduces Cage to the neophyte and offers valuable insights for the seasoned listener.

John Cage (Ex)Plain(Ed)

Kostelanetz, Richard

The Virtual Musician is the musician's map to the Internet. The first 70 pages can be skimmed (or maybe even skipped). After that, the guide provides a good mix of fan forums; music publications; and educational, record label, and MIDI sites, as well as resources for musicians. Learn how to tune a piano online. Discover obscure music-related Web sites, such as Vangelis' ("Chariots of Fire") fan page. The Virtual Musician comes with a CD-ROM containing PC and Macintosh utilities to play .wav and MIDI files, interactive piano lessons, and general Internet information. It is a useful resource for musicians and music junkies alike.

The Virtual Musician: A Complete Guide to Online Resources and Services

Hill, Brad

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