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"A critical account of the eponymous 1978 album by Chico Buarque, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest Brazilian popular music artists"--

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"A critical account of the eponymous 1978 album by Chico Buarque, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest Brazilian popular music artists"--

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A collection that brings together an international network of scholars to explore the questions of child and nation in world cinemas.

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thus, the book comprises an ongoing debate of film theory issues, progressing from earlier to most recent issues, following the debate concerning the relationship of film to literary arts, and looking at the debate over the relationship of film to culture.

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This book is the first extensive study of lesbian cinema in mainland China. It also provides an account of the history of Chinese homosexuality, especially its female same-sex erotic tradition, from antiquity to the present day.

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Published in conjunction with the Bard Music Festival.

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A critical portrayal of Chopin's personality as revealed through his relationships with select contemporaries and based on documents and correspondence, including five letters previously unpublished in English.

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Vladimir de Pachmann was perhaps historys most notorious pianist. In this book, the first biography ever of this remarkable figure, the authors explore the life of this master pianist, surveying his achievements within the context of contemporary critical opinion and preserving his legacy as one of the last great Romantic pianists of his time.

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Although the choral arrangements of the African-American spirituals constitute the largest group of folk song arrangements in western literature, they have received little scholarly attention.

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This comprehensive handbook details the fundamentals and forms of choral composition and expands upon the coverage and number of topics in Archibald T. Early chapters focus on characteristics of voice, notation, text, devices, part writing, a cappella and instrumental accompaniments, and choral forms.

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In Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor, historian Nicholas Tarling offers short essays on over 28 works, from major masterpieces such as Handel's Messiah and Bach's St. Matthew's Passion to off-the-beaten path choral works such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha and Freder...

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In Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor, historian Nicholas Tarling offers short essays on over 28 works, from major masterpieces such as Handel's Messiah and Bach's St. Matthew's Passion to off-the-beaten path choral works such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha and Freder...

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David Friddle explores choral methods and community choral ensembles that originated in the nineteenth century. Using more than one hundred musical examples, illustrations, tables, and photographs, he documents the expansion of choral singing beginning in the early 1800s.

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"The first account of the public life of choral music shaped by imperialistic, cosmopolitan and indigenous characteristics in the regions of Goa in Western India and Shillong in the North-Eastern part of India"--

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The 20th century, especially the latter decades, was a time of explosive growth and importance in hymnody, and yet published material about the hymnody of this period has been scattered and difficult to come by.

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This book explores the symbolic relationship between Christianity and heavy metal music as forms of cultural critique. By focusing on death, sacrifice, and the mystical side of human life, both Christianity and heavy metal challenge oppressive forms of ideology within Western culture.

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Meet Christina Aguilera through a thorough and honest portrayal of her life and career and the things that have influenced both.

Christina Aguilera appeared on Star Search when she was eight years old and hasn't stopped performing since.