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Interviews twenty-one respected backstage professionals, from artistic director to wig maker, working in various kinds of theatres in Britain and United States. This book presents their stories of what they do and how they got to do it.

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Focusing on the age of Giselle at the Paris Opera (from the 1830s through the 1840s), this book looks at the structural and thematic relationship between ballet and opera. It argues that an understanding of both the genres - and of nineteenth-century theater-going culture in general - may be gained by examining them within the same framework.

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This book provides a practical guide for the professional musician who works with ballet companies. It addresses the daily routine of the modern ballet company, outlines the various roles, and examines the complete process of putting a dance performance on stage. Includes a listing of classic ballets in standard repertoire.

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A translation of Raimund Hoghe's original rehearsal diary that documented the Tanztheater Wuppertal's work on Bandoneon (1981), illustrated with photos of the production by Ulli Weiss, and personal images and notes from the dancers.

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Throughout his various stages, Dylan's work reveals an affinity with the Zen world view, where enlightenment can be attained through meditation, self-contemplation and intuition rather than through faith and devotion. This book argues that Dylan actually embraces two radically distinct world views at alternating periods.

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The major topics painted and sculpted during the 17th century are featured in this dictionary. Each entry concludes with an example of a work depicting the topic under examination. It provides a companion piece for the author's earlier book, "Renaissance Art: A Topical Dictionary".

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Baroquemania offers a new account of Italian post-unification visual culture through its entanglement with the Baroque. Interrogating the Baroques fraught afterlife in the work of Giorgio de Chirico, Armando Brasini, Lucio Fontana and others, the book reveals its role in crafting a distinctively Italian approach to modern art.

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Baroquemania offers a new account of Italian post-unification visual culture through its entanglement with the Baroque. Interrogating the Baroques fraught afterlife in the work of Giorgio de Chirico, Armando Brasini, Lucio Fontana and others, the book reveals its role in crafting a distinctively Italian approach to modern art.

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A pioneering scholar of the blues explores the folk traditions that predated and shaped this uniquely American music as we know it.

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This is the first full-length critical study of the work of Barry Hines, best know as the author of A Kestrel for a Knave -- .

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Bela Bartok, who died in New York, is one of the most frequently performed twentieth-century composers. He is also the subject of a growing critical and analytical literature. Divided into three parts, this volume aims to provide insights into the life and reception of this musician, especially in Hungary.

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This practical manual shows you how to preserve cloth-bound library books. Schechter gives detailed instructions for the cleaning and mending of paper, book hinge repair, case and textblock reattachment, cloth rebacking, and retitling. The book can be used as a repair manual in libraries or as a training tool.

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Intended for the high school as well as undergraduate saxophone student, Basic Concepts and Strategies for the Developing Saxophonist provides twenty-two fundamental topics as well as a final chapter of technical exercises with suggested approaches to help the saxophone student develop as a musician and performer while fostering a better understanding of the saxophone.

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This primer surveys the history of music and the composers who made that history; the history of instrument families and how the instruments function; an introduction to the science of sound and sound production; the various types of ensembles; and the fundamentals of music theory, form in music, musical notation, and music vocabulary.

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BASIC MUSIC THEORY By Joe Procopio Basic Music Theory by Joe Procopio is the only music theory book to receive the coveted 5 Star Award from the respected International Book Review Company Reader's Favorite. It is simply the best and easiest to read book about the basics in music. It quickly teaches everything essential in the art of sound.

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This important source of information on American popular songs, artists, and recordings of the 1943 to 1947 period will be welcomed by musical scholars of the World War II era and by those with a penchant for American popular music.

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Basics Graphic Design 03: Idea Generation explores the many ways in which the designer can generate ideas and develop them into successful design solutions.

Covers the television science fiction show "Battlestar Galactica" from beginning to end, including the show's principal themes from the depiction of sexuality in an era of artificial people and downloaded memories to what it means to be a member of a military organization when the stakes are not victory or defeat but survival.