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Book Cigarette Card Catalogue 2009

Download or read book Cigarette Card Catalogue 2009 written by Ian Alex Laker and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cigarette Card Catalogue

Download or read book Cigarette Card Catalogue written by Ian Laker and published by . This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Meyerbeer   s Robert le Diable

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Ignatius Letellier
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2014-03-17
  • ISBN : 1443845515
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Meyerbeer s Robert le Diable written by Robert Ignatius Letellier and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert le Diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer is regarded as a musical milestone, a definitive statement in the 19th-century development of French grand opéra from the tragédie lyrique of Lully, Rameau, Gluck and Spontini. The libretto by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne was derived from the medieval legend of “Robert the Devil”. First performed on 21 November 1831 at the Paris Opéra, the work brought Meyerbeer international celebrity. Robert le Diable remains a legend in the annals of opera. The fascinating story reveals a complex imagery and symbolism that touches on the deepest intuitions of human experience and personal development, and exercises an archetypal unconscious appeal akin to the nature of fairy tales. The musical language, richly melodic and theatrically powerful, looks back to Rossini and the traditions of bel canto, and yet forges a new formal pliancy and dramatic urgency. The harmony and orchestration, the melodramatic plot, and overwhelming stage effects (especially the famous act 3 Ballet of the Nuns, a touchstone of dark Romanticism) confirmed Meyerbeer as the leading opera composer of his age. His style fuses German counterpoint, Italian melody, French grandeur, and unprecedented orchestral riches in a unique and overwhelming artistic blend. Robert became one of the greatest successes in the history of opera. In the first two years of its history it was given in 69 different theatres, and was performed 754 times at the Paris Opéra until 1893. This huge success was reflected in more than 160 transcriptions, arrangements, paraphrases and fantasias for the orchestra, military band, dance band, piano and other solo instruments written between 1832 and 1955. After many years of neglect, there is a resurgence of interest in this work with its fascinating appeal. This book is devoted to the story of this exceptional opera. It traces the origins, the première, the performance history, and also considers the special characteristics of both the libretto and the music. One of the most intriguing aspects of Robert le Diable was the nature of the iconography generated by its most famous scenes. Artists and illustrators responded in many different ways to the Gambling Scene, the Scene at the Cross, the Cloister Scene for the legendary Ballet of the Nuns, and the great trio in act 5. All of these are examined in terms of the the many different pictorial and plastic responses they inspired over some 60 years.

Book Trade Card Catalogue 2009

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  • Author : Ian Alex Laker
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9781906397043
  • Pages : 184 pages

Download or read book Trade Card Catalogue 2009 written by Ian Alex Laker and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book GB T 2009  GB 2009    Chinese National Standard PDF English  Catalog  year 2009

Download or read book GB T 2009 GB 2009 Chinese National Standard PDF English Catalog year 2009 written by https://www.chinesestandard.net and published by https://www.chinesestandard.net. This book was released on 2020-06-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document provides the comprehensive list of Chinese National Standards - Category: GB, GB/T Series of year 2009.

Book Heritage Auctions Sports Collectibles Auction Catalog  716  Dallas  TX

Download or read book Heritage Auctions Sports Collectibles Auction Catalog 716 Dallas TX written by Chris Ivy and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Meyerbeer   s Les Huguenots

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  • Author : Robert Ignatius Letellier
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2014-06-02
  • ISBN : 1443860840
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Meyerbeer s Les Huguenots written by Robert Ignatius Letellier and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 29 February 1836, Les Huguenots, a grand opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), with words by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861) and Émile Deschamps (1791–1871), was performed for the first time, at the Paris Opéra. It was to be one of the most successful productions ever staged at the Opéra, with 1,126 performances in Paris over the next hundred years, and, in the process, breaking all box office records. It became Meyerbeer’s most popular work, with thousands of stagings throughout the world. Les Huguenots is a huge exploration of faith, tolerance, hatred, extermination, love, loyalty, self-sacrifice and hope in despair. It is the first panel in a central diptych on the Reformation, at the heart of the wider tetralogy of Meyerbeer’s grand operas, where issues of power, religion and love are examined in a variety of modes. For five years after the sensational premiere of Robert le Diable, Meyerbeer worked on this gigantic drama, partly adapted by Scribe from Prosper Mérimée’s Chronique de Charles IX. Meyerbeer matches the text in drama, splendour and ceremony: it combines theatricalism with profound depths of feeling. Its gorgeous colouring, intense passion, consistency of dramatic treatment, and careful delineation of character secured for this work vast fame and influence. It was an epoch-making opera, an enduring monument to Meyerbeer’s fame. The music for this sombre tapestry of the Saint Bartholomew Massacre springs from the core of the vivid action, and creates a panoramic alternation of moods, that capture the tragedy of religious intolerance and personal anguish in one of the most fraught events in history, when some 30,000 French Protestants were murdered during 24 August 1574. Meyerbeer’s music rises to the occasion, and reaches sublime heights of music drama, especially in the fourth and fifth acts, with the Blessing of the Daggers (one of the most electric scenes in all opera), the more powerful Love Duet, and the Trio of Martyrdom in the last moments of the opera. Spectacle was incorporated in the plot, in Meyerbeer’s concern to conjure up the couleur locale of those heroic times. In spite of the overwhelming dramatic power and the instrumental riches of the score, the most significant aspect of the work came to be regarded as the supremacy of the seven principal vocal parts. Performances of Les Huguenots at the Metropolitan Opera in New York during the 1890s were among the most famous in operatic history.

Book The Cigarette Century

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  • Author : Allan M. Brandt
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2009-01-06
  • ISBN : 0786721901
  • Pages : 644 pages

Download or read book The Cigarette Century written by Allan M. Brandt and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invention of mass marketing led to cigarettes being emblazoned in advertising and film, deeply tied to modern notions of glamour and sex appeal. It is hard to find a photo of Humphrey Bogart or Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. No product has been so heavily promoted or has become so deeply entrenched in American consciousness. And no product has received such sustained scientific scrutiny. The development of new medical knowledge demonstrating the dire harms of smoking ultimately shaped the evolution of evidence-based medicine. In response, the tobacco industry engineered a campaign of scientific disinformation seeking to delay, disrupt, and suppress these studies. Using a massive archive of previously secret documents, historian Allan Brandt shows how the industry pioneered these campaigns, particularly using special interest lobbying and largesse to elude regulation. But even as the cultural dominance of the cigarette has waned and consumption has fallen dramatically in the U.S., Big Tobacco remains securely positioned to expand into new global markets. The implications for the future are vast: 100 million people died of smoking-related diseases in the 20th century; in the next 100 years, we expect 1 billion deaths worldwide.

Book 2007 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards

Download or read book 2007 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards written by Bob Lemke and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appeals to passionate and casual collectors alike, including the 33,000 readers of Sports Collector's Digest and people participating in the more than 185,000 continuous online auctions

Book Paraphernalia

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  • Author : Steven Connor
  • Publisher : Profile Books
  • Release : 2011-06-09
  • ISBN : 1847652824
  • Pages : 253 pages

Download or read book Paraphernalia written by Steven Connor and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From keys and handkerchiefs to sweets and rubber bands, the curious objects we surround ourselves with, though often seemingly mundane, have a magical quality. Their surprising power to disturb, soothe, seduce or absorb give these quirky objects histories and meanings we rarely ponder. Yet we would be lost without them. Take bags, for example. Why do most women carry handbags, while men rely on pockets? Why do so many houses have bags of bags? And why do we 'let the cat out the bag' or 'give someone the sack'? What significance do our bags hold for us? In this highly imaginative and entertaining book, Steven Connor embarks on a historical, philosophical and linguistic journey that explores our relationships with the curious things with which we have a forgotten but daily intimacy.

Book Cigarette Card Catalogue

Download or read book Cigarette Card Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers

Download or read book The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers written by Johnny Saldana and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers is unique in providing, in one volume, an in-depth guide to each of the multiple approaches available for coding qualitative data. In total, 29 different approaches to coding are covered, ranging in complexity from beginner to advanced level and covering the full range of types of qualitative data from interview transcripts to field notes. For each approach profiled, Johnny Saldaña discusses the method’s origins in the professional literature, a description of the method, recommendations for practical applications, and a clearly illustrated example.

Book Under Two Flags

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  • Author : Ouida
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1871
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 420 pages

Download or read book Under Two Flags written by Ouida and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Game Faces

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  • Author : Peter Devereaux
  • Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
  • Release : 2018-10-23
  • ISBN : 158834634X
  • Pages : 169 pages

Download or read book Game Faces written by Peter Devereaux and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming gift book showcasing baseball cards from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries alongside photos from the early days of the nation's beloved pastime Game Faces showcases rare and colorful baseball cards from the Library of Congress's Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, bringing to life an era of American history that saw the game explode in popularity. Marrying gems from the collection's 2,100 baseball cards to images of American life from 1887 to 1914, the book also offers engaging insights into the players and the game, giving readers an intimate view of both baseball's development and American culture at the turn of the twentieth century. The book highlights cards depicting many of the game's first stars--including Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Christy Mathewson--as well as less widely known figures, shown with extravagant ornamentation and boldly juxtaposed colors that render the cards works of art in their own right. Game Faces is a rich, engrossing history of the baseball card and the ways that it has illustrated and influenced American culture as a whole. It is a must-have for those who love baseball.

Book Cigarette Card Catalogue

Download or read book Cigarette Card Catalogue written by London Cigarette Card Company, Limited and published by . This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare   Revised Reprint   E Book

Download or read book Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare Revised Reprint E Book written by Diana J. Mason and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring analysis of healthcare issues and first-person stories, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care helps you develop skills in influencing policy in today’s changing health care environment. 145 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in policies and politics, providing a more complete background than can be found in any other policy textbook on the market. Discussions include the latest updates on conflict management, health economics, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change. The revised reprint includes a new appendix with coverage of the new Affordable Care Act. With these insights and strategies, you’ll be prepared to play a leadership role in the four spheres in which nurses are politically active: the workplace, government, professional organizations, and the community. Up-to-date coverage on the Affordable Care Act in an Appendix new to the revised reprint. Comprehensive coverage of healthcare policies and politics provides a broader understanding of nursing leadership and political activism, as well as complex business and financial issues. Expert authors make up a virtual Nursing Who's Who in healthcare policy, sharing information and personal perspectives gained in the crafting of healthcare policy. Taking Action essays include personal accounts of how nurses have participated in politics and what they have accomplished. Winner of several American Journal of Nursing "Book of the Year" awards! A new Appendix on the Affordable Care Act, its implementation as of mid-2013, and the implications for nursing, is included in the revised reprint. 18 new chapters ensure that you have the most up-to-date information on policy and politics. The latest information and perspectives are provided by nursing leaders who influenced health care reform with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

Book Heritage Auctions Silver and Vertu Auction Catalog  5016  Dallas  TX

Download or read book Heritage Auctions Silver and Vertu Auction Catalog 5016 Dallas TX written by Courtney Kennedy and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: