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In this celebration of Milton Babbitt's art, Andrew Mead explores the development of a central figure in contemporary American music. As a teacher and writer, Babbitt has influenced two generations of students, including such notable musicians as Stephen Sondheim and Donald Martino. He has helped establish the study of music theory as a serious aca

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"In An Open Book, this veteran of five marriages, innumerable friendships, practical jokes, horses, love affairs, and intellectual obsessions tells his own story in his own way. It is direct, unadorned"

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From 1660 through approximately 1830, the alteration of Shakespearean texts to comply with contemporary dramaturgy was a normal occurrence, and the need to adapt Shakespeare to popular tastes generated music quite different in style, function, and influence from that envisioned by the Elizabethan playwright.

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An introduction of an academic means for critical analysis of film adaptations. It signifies an exploration into film adaptation from a novelists' perspective, from the author working with a screenwriter, embarking on a journey to understand the implications of literature-to-film adaptation and the complexities and problems it raises.

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An introduction of an academic means for critical analysis of film adaptations. It signifies an exploration into film adaptation from a novelists' perspective, from the author working with a screenwriter, embarking on a journey to understand the implications of literature-to-film adaptation and the complexities and problems it raises.

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"Vince uses written and artifactual evidence of theatre history to explain the nature of its current state. His study of theatre's early forms discloses a wealth of significant facts, and some conjectures, that stimulate understanding and appreciation of the art." Backstage

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Unlike the contrast between the sacred and the taboo, the opposition of "comic" and "tragic" is not a way of categorizing experience that we find in cultures all over the world or even at different periods in Western civilization. Though medieval writers and readers distinguished stories with happy endings from stories with unhappy endings, it was

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Now, 12 years old Andrea is inspired by climate youth activist while working on a an art project for Arbor Day.

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This book provides extensive commentary and an English translation of 17th-century German music theorist Andreas Werckmeisters final treatise, the Musicalische Paradoxal-Discourse. Topics discussed include theological reflections on music, numerology in musical intervals, music notation and solmization, and tunings.

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Born to legendary singer Nat "King" Cole in the halcyon days of the 1950s, Natalie Cole grew up to become a versatile singer all the way to a Grammy Award-winning status. But that success came with a price, where she was dragged down by depression and drugs. This is her autobiography.

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A Extreme Coloring Book on wild Animals designed and created with patterns and high detail in mind for hours of relaxing coloring.

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The first comprehensive study of animated landscapes across media.

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The first comprehensive study of animated landscapes across media.

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Applies the principles of process philosophy and Deleuzian film aesthetics to animation as a genre and medium.

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One of four volumes dealing with the world of comic art, this volume is a comprehensive, international bibliography dealing with animation, caricature, gag, illustrative, magazine, and political cartoons in the United States and Canada.

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Shares a series of letters written over the course of 40 years to the author's daughter, in a correspondence that reflects the social history of America between 1958 and 2001 as well as the columnist's insights on such topics as growing up, marriage, divorce, and aging. Originally published as 'A Life in Letters'.

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This reference book chronicles Ann Sheridan's life and career. The volume begins with a biography that traces her rise to stardom. A chronology then summarizes the most important events in her life. Detailed information on her work in films, radio, and television is also provided.

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The book includes a filmography and discography, as well as comprehensive lists of Miss Sothern's stage, radio, and television appearances.

Ann Sothern: A Bio-Bibliography is the first full-length examination of Miss Sothern's life and career.