Tento autor zkoumá hudební krajinu prostřednictvím hloubkové analýzy, která se soustředí na klíčové postavy a jejich tvorbu. Jeho spisovatelský styl se vyznačuje pronikavým vhledem do tvůrčího procesu a jeho vlivem na vývoj hudebních stylů. Čtenáři se mohou těšit na poutavé vyprávění, které odhaluje složitost hudební historie a významnou roli, kterou v ní sehráli jeho subjekty. Autorův přístup kombinuje akademickou přísnost s přístupným jazykem, čímž zpřístupňuje komplexní hudební témata širšímu publiku.
Kniha líčí život vojáků vybavených zbraněmi s doutnákovým zámkem, počínaje dobou vlády královny Alžběty, kdy začaly být tyto zbraně v Anglii používány, až do konce 17. století, kdy je nahradily zbraně křesadlové. Poznejte všední život vojáka a jeho výstroj i výzbroj v době, kdy došlo k pokusu španělské Armady o invazi do Anglie, k anglické občanské válce, restauraci i slavné revoluci.
Kniha zachycuje bitvu o Stalingrad, která znamenala zlom v průběhu 2. světové války, potupný konec Hitlerova tažení na východ a zničení německé 6. armády. Nově přináší na 400 převážně nezveřejněných fotografií z bojů o město na Volze, získaných z někdejších sovětských vojenských archivů.
Presents the lives and interactions of the Russian composers who made up the mid-1860s group known as the Five, who were taught composition by Mily Balakirev and who wrote some of the most influential classical music of the nineteenth century.
Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex is widely acknowledged as one of the most original musical theater works of the twentieth century. This clear and concise guide, the first ever written on the work, describes the plot, the music and the staging in close detail and provides a fully documented discussion of the origins of Oedipus Rex in Stravinsky's own work and thinking. By placing the work in its social context, the author paints a vivid picture of Parisian artistic politics in the twenties, from which emerged one of the richest and most suggestive works of modern times. The full libretto is provided, with a parallel translation.
In 1934, Igor Stravinsky was fifty-two, a Russian expatriate living in Paris and already regarded by many as the most important composer of his generation.
"A wife yearns to escape the tight-fisted confines of a package holiday. A boy dreams of footballing greatness as his mother mourns a loss. A man tries to assemble an absent child's playhouse, with impossible instructions and too much beer. A woman seeks clarity from automated voices. A father is distracted from Christmas tree shopping with his son by the looming pressure of quarterly sales targets. Shine/Variance captures the tiny crises and wonders of daily life with warmth, wit and decisive clarity. Ordinary people - commuters, call centre workers, children and parents - struggle for stability while craving more, and the schism between expectation and reality is only rarely bridged. Yet, amidst the faltering, recognition and bright moments of hope still illuminate their days. Fresh, tender and darkly funny, these stories are a window into the longings, frustrations and painfully human connections of ordinary life from a remarkable new voice in fiction."--Back cover
The German invasion of the Soviet Union was Hitler's biggest gamble in his quest for Lebensraum in the East - and it was at Stalingrad that his gamble failed. With battle maps, 170 photographs, and appendices, this is a fascinating account of the battle that bled the German army dry, and turned the war in the East decisively against Germany.
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Connects theory with real-life criminal cases in a clear and engaging way, providing a valuable companion to those studying forensic psychology.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY AWARD FOR STORYTELLING Claude Debussy was that rare creature, a composer who reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. He is the modernist everyone loves. How did he manage this? Was it through the association of his music with visual images, or was it simply that, by throwing out the rule book of the Paris Conservatoire where he studied, his music put beauty of sound above the spiritual ambitions of the German tradition from which those rules derived. Stephen Walsh's thought-provoking biography, told partly through the events of Debussy's life, and partly through a critical discussion of his music, addresses these and other questions about one of the most influential composers of the early twentieth century.