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This compilation of the art and writings of Vincent van Gogh vividly conveys the intelligence and genius of one of the greatest European artists.

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Vincent Persichetti: Grazioso, Grit, and Gold is the first critical biography of the esteemed American composer, bringing together scholarly work and short contributed essays of prominent performers. Andrea Olmstead weaves a captivating narrative of the composer from his early life to his musical activities at Juilliard and death in 1987.

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Investigates 'time' as a defining factor which influences how events real and imagined are represented in films, employing the metaphor of cinema as time machine.

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Contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen Kings work, ranging from his earliest movies to the most recent, through a variety of lenses.

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Despite the intensive spotlight on broadcasters, few in Congress have tried to affect any real change in the amount and nature of violence in television programming. This work explores the complexities of Congressional scrutiny and the dynamics of communications policy-making in the United States.

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Violet Balestreri Archer is a leading force in contemporary music of North America. Her own music has been performed throughout the world and at international festivals and music congresses.

This bio-bibliography is the first book-length study of Archer.

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This bibliography enhances the repertoire of the violinist by providing convenient access to a new solo recital, concerto, and chamber music literature: the music of women composers.

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Drawing upon the past two decades of burgeoning literature in philosophy of music, this study offers a comprehensive, critical analysis of what is entailed in performance interpretation. The ethical discourse applies to instrumental performance studies, the history and theory of music, general music pedagogy, and philosophy of music courses.

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"Explores virtuosic performance in film, ranging from classical works through to contemporary productions"--

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Visions of Empire explores film's function as a medium of political communication, recognizing not just the propaganda film, but the various ways that conventional narrative films embody, question, or critique established social values underlying American attitudes toward historical, social, and political events.

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Visions of Empire explores film's function as a medium of political communication, recognizing not just the propaganda film, but the various ways that conventional narrative films embody, question, or critique established social values underlying American attitudes toward historical, social, and political events.

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The first comprehensive directory of visual resources to be published in more than a decade, this ambitious guide reflects the enormous changes in the field and lists more than 500 visual collections in the areas of art, architecture, and design throughout the United States and Canada.

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Originally published in hardcover in 2010.

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Offers perspectives on contemporary Islamic iconography and the use of imageries in ritual contexts. This book provides new understanding of Islamic iconography and Muslim perspectives on the use of imageries in ritual contexts and devotional life. It introduces and analyzes imageries (tile-paintings, posters and wall-hangings).

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Regarded by many as the finest American female composer of the 20th century, Vivian Fine's accomplishments ranged from the first performances of her work to the composition of a ballet choreographed by Martha Graham. This work provides a bibliography of her compositions.

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Just to say the name Vivien Leigh invokes two quick images to anyone familiar with motion pictures--Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois.

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Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1990), a pioneer in electronic music, was also a composer, teacher and administrator of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

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Grover-Friedlander argues that filmed operas such as Zeffirelli's Otello and Friedrich's Falstaff show the impossibility of a direct transformation of the operatic into the cinematic.

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"Examines the way that (human and other) voices in documentary not only serve rhetorical and political purposes, but also create meaning by engaging the audience through affective and aesthetic registers"--