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George Crumb is a composer at the forefront of post-World War II American music, and never before has one volume combined a portrait of his life with a catalogue of his extensive work.

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American composer George Gershwin, an icon of the American Jazz Age, indelibly marked 20th-century music, with many of his works becoming standards in the popular and jazz music repertory, not to mention his world-famous classical works such as Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and Porgy and Bess (1935).

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Having retired from a career in government, Hyland has taken to writing about American popular music and here traces the life, personality, and work of composer Gershwin (1898-1937) from his birth in New York City to the impact his music continues to exert. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland,

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Hyland reveals both the man and his creations, revealing how Gershwin became the first composer to apply popular music to classical forms, how his work reflected the turmoil of America in the Jazz Age, and how, despite his fame, he never achieved the happiness and contentment a genius of his stature deserved.

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George Sidney directed a number of popular Hollywood films, such as Anchors Aweigh, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and Bye Bye Birdie. But despite the popularity of his films, Sidney has been a largely unheralded figure in film history.

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Considered the "Dean of American Composers" from the 1880s through World War I, Chadwick and his music are enjoying a revival in this decade; this guide explores his life and work.

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The first comprehensive research guide and bibliography to the large literature surrounding the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest artists, this volume includes information on more than 1,100 books and articles as well as a chronology, biographical sketch, and list of exhibitions.

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Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) was a British composer, editor, author and outdoorsman/agrarian. This work serves as an awareness tool, introducing Finzi as a miniaturist, a pastoral composer and a minor Edwardian musician.

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The name of Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) commonly brings to mind the intriguing group of French composers referred to in the 1920s as iconoclasts, and known as Les Six (with Poulenc, Auric, Durey, Milhaud, and Honegger).

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This book examines the significance of the thirty-two Krimi films produced by Rialto Film from 1959 to 1972, canonizing their role in the era of German popular cinema during Krimis rise to popularity and inevitable decline and evolution.

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This biography portrays with precision and insight the tragically brief life - from the Brooklyn tenements to Broadway, Hollywood, and Carnegie Hall - of George Gershwin (1898-1937), a man whose music and career - like F. Scott Fitzgerald's - embodied the glamorous success and lost possibility of the Jazz Age.

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The female dancing body became a tabula rasa upon which the state inscribed, and reinscribed, constructions of Uzbek nationalism.

Doi describes the politics of gender in households as well as the dominant kinship idioms in Uzbek society.

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Get a little graphic in your library! Jumpstart a literary adventure for your young adult audience and watch reading enthusiasm soar! An introductory guide to graphic novels for both school and public librarians. Learn how to entice your students into the library for a literary adventure that will awaken their passion for reading.

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This book is geared for beginning teachers and those who are teaching middle school chorus for the first time.

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"Oscar Hammerstein II (1895--1960) forged a remarkable, multifaceted career as a librettist, lyricist, playwright, director, and producer. He wrote Carmen Jones, Carousel, Show Boat, and, with longtime"

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Gian Carlo Menotti is a composer known chiefly for his popular operas, including Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Medium, and The Consul.

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Miss Faris provides a detailed record of Ginger Roger's life and career, painting a picture of her as one of the most versatile performers in the United States.

The volume begins with a short biography of Ginger Rogers, along with a succinct chronology of the major events in her life and career.