Download or read book Bartok as Dog written by Patrick Tovatt and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1983 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Parsons, still lacking direction at the age of 35, attempts to reenter the mainstream although he wants a night job so that the days will still be free to pursue his avocation of photography. As the play begins he is undergoing a lie detector test, an hilarious if dehumanizing experience which he fails handily. Returning home to a cold beer and Bartok played loudly on the phonograph Parsons is given grudging sympathy by his girlfriend Lois, a rising young corporate executive who is paying all the bills-but beginning to lose patience with her lover's lackadaisical attitude. Parson's next interview is with a rather rigid older lady who quickly makes it known her feeling that Parsons is strictly a dilettante who doesn't really want to work at all and who grumpily sends him on his way. Home again Parsons finds that his relationship with Lois is in trouble too, when she informs him that she has a date that evening and that it might be better if he was gone when she returns. As the play ends Parsons' fate is sealed, with only the music of Bartok (the composer) and thoughts of Bartok (his mushy loved dog) to give him solace in a world which has little patience with dreamers.
Download or read book Deformed and Destructive Beings written by George Ochoa and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are audiences drawn to horror films? Previous answers to that question have included everything from a need to experience fear to a hunger for psychotherapy. This critical text proposes that the horror film's primary purpose is to present monsters, best understood as deformed and destructive beings. These monsters satisfy the audience's desire to know these beings, in particular those beings too fantastic and dangerous to know in real life. The text illuminates many aspects of the horror film genre, including epistemology, ethics, evaluation, history, monster taxonomy, and filmmaking techniques.
Download or read book The Wonderling written by Mira Bartok and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extraordinary debut novel with its deft nod to Dickensian heroes and rogues, Mira Bartók tells the story of Arthur, a shy, fox-like foundling with only one ear and a desperate desire to belong, as he seeks his destiny. Have you been unexpectedly burdened by a recently orphaned or unclaimed creature? Worry not! We have just the solution for you! Welcome to the Home for Wayward and Misbegotten Creatures, an institution run by evil Miss Carbunkle, a cunning villainess who believes her terrified young charges exist only to serve and suffer. Part animal and part human, the groundlings toil in classroom and factory, forbidden to enjoy anything regular children have, most particularly singing and music. For the Wonderling, an innocent-hearted, one-eared, fox-like eleven-year-old with only a number rather than a proper name — a 13 etched on a medallion around his neck — it is the only home he has ever known. But unexpected courage leads him to acquire the loyalty of a young bird groundling named Trinket, who gives the Home’s loneliest inhabitant two incredible gifts: a real name — Arthur, like the good king in the old stories — and a best friend. Using Trinket’s ingenious invention, the pair escape over the wall and embark on an adventure that will take them out into the wider world and ultimately down the path of sweet Arthur’s true destiny. Richly imagined, with shimmering language, steampunk motifs, and gripping, magical plot twists, this high adventure fantasy is the debut novel of award-winning memoirist Mira Bartók and has already been put into development for a major motion picture.
Download or read book Stories of Jedi and Sith written by Lucasfilm Press and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ETERNAL FIGHT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL... The brave Jedi vs the devious Sith! Just in time to celebrate the highly-anticipated re-match between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader in the Disney+ forthcoming event Obi-Wan Kenobi, here are ten original stories about the the valiant Jedi and the evil Sith. Larger-than-life characters clash in epic lightsaber battles that will appeal to young readers and to the young Star Wars fan in all of us! Ten acclaimed authors imagine new tales for some of the most iconic Star Wars characters ever, from Luke Skywalker to Darth Vader, from Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Maul, and beyond, complete with beautiful spot illustrations Authors: Roseanne A. Brown Sarwat Chadda Delilah S. Dawson Tessa Gratton Michael Kogge Sam Maggs Michael Moreci Alex Segura Vera Strange Karen Strong with illustrations by Jake Bartok
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Bart k written by Amanda Bayley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-26 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion is an accessible guide to Bartók's music and is an ideal introduction to the composer for students, performers and concert-goers. Part I of the book sets out the cultural, social and political background in Hungary at the beginning of the twentieth century, and considers Bartók's interest in and research into folk music. Part II surveys his compositional output in all genres, relating changes in style to broad aesthetic issues, his folk music studies, and his activities as a pianist, music editor and teacher. The final part reveals the wide variety of responses to Bartók's music in Europe and the United States, both during and after his lifetime. It includes a comparison of analytical approaches to his music and an evaluation of performances including those of the composer himself. The book is written by a team of specialists, who represent more recent thinking on the composer and his music.
Download or read book It s My Birthday Too written by Sylvia Mallonee and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a number of years, I had a feeling of pervasive sadness in the month of December that I could not explain, especially around Christmastime. Our birthday, Anna Christines and mine, is December 12, just twelve days before Christmas. I do not know how old I was when I learned I had a twin sister. The only thing I remember being told is, You had a twin sister and she died. End of story. She was never talked about and never even given a name. For a period of time she did not seem real to me, so I gave her the name of Anna Christine. In my heart I wanted to make that connection and tell our story. That desire persisted, and out of that desire the book I longed to write is becoming a reality. Its My Birthday Too is a story about the journey of twin souls. During a memorable walk in December 2004, I connected to Anna Christine, and the bond that only twins have has become stronger every day. I know now that my twin has been with me always. She always has been and she always will be. So I invite you to join us on our journey. It is a story of a forever kind of love.
Download or read book Masters of Evil written by Georgette Sheila Fox and published by Millefleurs. This book was released on 1998 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Evil needs to be pondered just as much as good," according to Carl Jung, "for good and evil are ultimately nothing but ideal extensions and abstractions of doing, and both belong to the chiaroscuro of life." If we accept Jung's idea as valid, then a tangible representation can be found in the cinematic archvillain, the paradigm of evil. It is here that we see the negative, malevolent aspects of human behavior best portrayed. Such larger-than-life characters as The Joker (Batman), Lex Luthor (Superman), Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street), and Darth Vader (Star Wars) haunt our dreams and imaginations, giving us both chills and thrills at the same time. This book is an examination of the archvillain.
Download or read book Black Star Bright Dawn written by Scott O'Dell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bright Dawn must face the challenge of the Iditarod dog sled race alone when her father is injured. Soon she realizes that the race and her life depend on how much she can rely on her lead dog, Black Star.
Download or read book The Memory Palace written by Mira Bartok and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous memoir about the 17 year estrangement of the author and her homeless schizophrenic mother, and their reunion.
Download or read book The Ghost Box written by Ferrel D. Moore and published by White Cat Publications. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paranormal investigation goes horribly wrong... From Ferrel D. Moore, author of Tainted Blood, comes The Ghost Box. A cryptic letter from her husband Michael's grandmother fills his wife Ashley with a foreboding that proves disastrously accurate. Now her friends are dead, her husband missing and she's hunted by an evil from Michael's past. In another part of the country, Ian Hunter confronts a family secret over a century old. He must find a way to stop a terrible creature from destroying everyone and everything he cares about. Together, Ashley and Michael face an onslaught of paranormal forces in their search for the only means of their salvation- a device called the ghost box. But the ghost box has a devilish guardian and the the device leaves only death and despair in its wake.
Download or read book Experimental Philosophy written by Joshua Knobe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experimental philosophy is a new movement that seeks to return the discipline of philosophy to a focus on questions about how people actually think and feel. Departing from a long-standing tradition, experimental philosophers go out and conduct systematic experiments to reach a better understanding of people's ordinary intuitions about philosophically significant questions. Although the movement is only a few years old, it has already sparked an explosion of new research, challenging a number of cherished assumptions in both philosophy and cognitive science. The present volume provides an introduction to the major themes of work in experimental philosophy, bringing together some of the most influential articles in the field along with a collection of new papers that explore the theoretical significance of this new research.
Download or read book Bela Bart k written by David Cooper and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of the life and music of Hungary's greatest twentieth-century composer This deeply researched biography of Béla Bartók (1881-1945) provides a more comprehensive view of the innovative Hungarian musician than ever before. David Cooper traces Bartók's international career as an ardent ethno-musicologist and composer, teacher, and pianist, while also providing a detailed discussion of most of his works. Further, the author explores how Europe's political and cultural tumult affected Bartók's work, travel, and reluctant emigration to the safety of America in his final years. Cooper illuminates Bartók's personal life and relationships, while also expanding what is known about the influence of other musicians--Richard Strauss, Zoltán Kodály, and Yehudi Menuhin, among many others. The author also looks closely at some of the composer's actions and behaviors which may have been manifestations of Asperger syndrome. The book, in short, is a consummate biography of an internationally admired musician.
Download or read book Goldmine Record Album Price Guide written by Dave Thompson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just like you, Goldmine is passionate about vinyl. It rocks our world. So trust us when we say that the Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is a vinyl collector's best friend. Inside these pages you'll find the latest pricing and identification information for rock, pop, alternative, jazz and country albums valued at $10 or more. And that's just for starters. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide features: • Updated prices for more than 100,000 American vinyl LPs released since 1948. • A detailed explanation of the Goldmine Grading Guide, the industry standard. • Tips to help you accurately grade and value your records--including promo pressings. • An easy-to-use, well-organized format. Whether you're new to the scene or a veteran collector, Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is here to help!
Download or read book Bart k Perspectives written by Elliott Antokoletz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In profound ways, music in the twentieth century reflects the influence of Béla Bartók. His compositions remain at the heart of the modern repertoire, and his scholarly writings on music and his studies of folk music continue to inspire new generations of scholars and musicians. Bartók Perspectives seeks to paint a complete portrait of this complex figure, presenting essays from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines. The book collects new work by leading scholars and important new voices on Bartók. While each essay can be read independently, together they provide a coherent view of Bartók's life and work. The book includes integrative theoretic-analytical approaches to Bartók's musical language and studies of his system of composition from its early stages to maturity. It also includes explorations of Bartók's folk-music materials in connection with his fieldwork, transcription techniques, classification methodology, and compositional influences. Many of the chapters examine the broad historical, philosophical, and cultural questions intimately linked to Bartók's work. Anyone with an interest in Bartók or in serious music in the twentieth century will find Bartók Perspectives an invaluable resource and guide.
Download or read book A Fine Romance written by Barbara Daly and published by Kensington Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book B la Bart k and Turn of the Century Budapest written by Judit Frigyesi and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text grounds Bartok's art in turn-of-the-century Hungary and its modernist movement. It argues that Hungarian modernism and Bartok's aesthetic should be understood in terms of a collective search for wholeness in life and art.
Download or read book Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok written by Elliot Antokoletz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bart?k explores the means by which two early 20th century operas - Debussy's Pell?as et M?lisande (1902) and Bart?k's Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1911) - transformed the harmonic structures of the traditional major/minor scale system into a new musical language. It also looks at how this language reflects the psychodramatic symbolism of the Franco-Belgian poet, Maurice Maeterlinck, and his Hungarian disciple, B?la Bal?zs. These two operas represent the first significant attempts to establish more profound correspondences between the symbolist dramatic conception and the new musical language. Duke Bluebeard's Castle is based almost exclusively on interactions between pentatonic/diatonic folk modalities and their more abstract symmetrical transformations (including whole-tone, octatonic, and other pitch constructions derived from the system of the interval cycles). The opposition of these two harmonic extremes serve as the basis for dramatic polarity between the characters as real-life beings and as instruments of fate. The book also explores the new musico-dramatic relations within their larger historical, social psychological, philosophical, and aesthetic contexts.
