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Book The Politicized Muse

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anthony M. Cummings
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2015-03-08
  • ISBN : 1400872731
  • Pages : 281 pages

Download or read book The Politicized Muse written by Anthony M. Cummings and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years between the restoration of the Medici to Florence and the election of Cosimo I, the Medici family sponsored a series of splendid public festivals, reconstructed here by Anthony M. Cummings. Cummings has utilized unexpectedly rich sources of information about the musical life of the time in contemporary narrative accounts of these occasions—histories, diaries, and family memoirs. In this interdisciplinary work, he explains how the festivals combined music with art and literature to convey political meanings to Florentine observers. As analyzed by Cummings, the festivals document the political transformation of the city in the crucial era that witnessed the end of the Florentine republic and the beginnings of the Medici principate. This book will interest all students of the life and institutions of sixteenth-century Florence and of the Medici family. In addition, the author furnishes new evidence about the contexts for musical performances in early modern Europe. By describing such contexts, he ascertains much about how music was performed and how it sounded in this period of music history and shows that the modes of musical expression were more varied than is suggested by the relatively few surviving examples of actual pieces of music. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book The Hoop

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Collis Snaith
  • Publisher : G.J. McLeod
  • Release : 1927
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 426 pages

Download or read book The Hoop written by John Collis Snaith and published by G.J. McLeod. This book was released on 1927 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Manuale Di Lettura Per Lo Studio Pratico Dei Vari Generi Di Componimenti Letterari

Download or read book Manuale Di Lettura Per Lo Studio Pratico Dei Vari Generi Di Componimenti Letterari written by Alcibiade Vecoli (comp) and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Marqu  s  the Divas  and the Castrati

Download or read book The Marqu s the Divas and the Castrati written by Louise K. Stein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, author Louise K. Stein analyzes early modern opera as appreciated and produced by Gaspar de Haro y Guzmán (1629-87), Marqués de Heliche and del Carpio and a distinguished patron of the arts in Madrid, Rome, and Naples. It also reveals his lasting legacy in the Americas during a crucial period for the growth and development of opera and the history of singing.

Book The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast

Download or read book The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast written by Giordano Bruno and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in London in 1584, The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast is Giordano Bruno’s first work of moral philosophy. It is dedicated with a long Explicatory Letter to Elizabeth I’s most cultured courtier, Sir Philip Sidney. It is a book about moral reform, expelling the beasts of evil, and putting virtues in their place. Its theme is presented as an allegorical drama in which ancient myths assume modern meanings questioning the ways in which moral and religious reform have been conceived in both the ancient world and the cultures of Renaissance Europe. This new Italian text, based on the original printed text of 1584 held in the British Library, presents a less modernized version than those presently available, while maintaining a modern page format. The aim is to provide a text closer to the sound of Bruno’s original mix of classical Tuscan Italian and Neapolitan dialectical forms. This edition also presents a new translation designed to render Bruno’s complex and baroque Italian into easily readable modern English. Hilary Gatti introduces The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast, underlining Bruno’s meta-literary reflection on the nature of allegory and myth as well as the dramatic structure of his text. Drama, philosophy, and religion combine in this work to give an epic dimension to the perennial cosmic battle between evil and good.

Book La Venganza de Renata

    Book Details:
  • Author : Abraham DeSantander
  • Publisher : Trafford Publishing
  • Release : 2008-12-15
  • ISBN : 142515672X
  • Pages : 484 pages

Download or read book La Venganza de Renata written by Abraham DeSantander and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Me instruyeron para un destino y entrenaron para matar, desenmascare a los traidores... !Monta y paga carajo, tu cabeza, el precio de mi venganza!

Book Notes Upon Dancing Historical and Practical by C  Blasis

Download or read book Notes Upon Dancing Historical and Practical by C Blasis written by Carlo Blasis and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Casta Divina

Download or read book Casta Divina written by Erick Gonzlez Fritsche and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casta Divina narra la historia verdadera de un diabetico tipo 1 que camino mas de mil millas en el Polo Norte. Su vida incluye pasajes de crisis medicas y de como se sobrepuso a ellas. Tambien relata amorios desenfrenados, tipicos de la juventud; nos narra terribles persecusiones a cargo de las bestias del artico y de como fue sorprendido por tormentas de 70 C bajo cero. Todo esto aunado a su diabetes tipo 1. Este libro nos ayuda a reflexionar sobre la necesidad de encontrar paradigmas mas elevados que los actuales y de como con la ayuda de su guia espiritual, Ashbel, logra el discernimiento necesario para comprender los beneficios de su propia enfermedad alcanzando asi la liberacion de los propios condicionamientos y los del mundo. Al mismo tiempo nos ofrece conceptos basicos de como alcanzar el exito espiritual en perfecto equilibrio con el exito material.

Book We Love Jenni  An Unauthorized Biography of Jenni Rivera

Download or read book We Love Jenni An Unauthorized Biography of Jenni Rivera written by Marc Shapiro and published by Riverdale Avenue Books LLC. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We Love Jenni,” is a frank and revealing biography of the late Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera written by The New York Times best-selling author Marc Shapiro and journalist Charles Vazquez that goes behind the scenes to tell the riveting story of the iconic Latina, who was killed last December 9th in a plane crash in Mexico. Shapiro, author of popular biographies of celebrities such as J. K. Rowling and Justin Bieber, says the book tells the story of a woman “who never shied away from any of the huge problems she faced in life – her rough and tumble childhood, her cheating husband, her first love who in reality was a child molesting monster, her son's indiscretion with an underage girl and so much more. Jenni was such an amazing woman – it’s reflected in her fiery live performances and the music that would set many millions on the course for equal rights for women in a long male-dominated Mexican culture,” Shapiro added. “She was a star in a world that many of us did not know and only her sad, untimely death kept her from breaking out and having it all.”

Book Impresiones a Colores

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  • Author : Xelhua RodÉ
  • Publisher : Palibrio
  • Release : 2012-08
  • ISBN : 1463333587
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Impresiones a Colores written by Xelhua RodÉ and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impresiones a Colores son una serie de relatos que compendian veinte años de la vida del autor y que, mediante la secuencia no cronológica expone las realidades sociales y culturales que se concretan en la comunidad mexicana; el autor hace un recorrido atrevido expresando con libertad poética, las sensaciones que le transcurren; en algunos momentos se declara dadaísta y surrealista. Como Tzara balbucea los sonidos en el intento de la experiencia cero o Kandinsky se pierde en el caballete. La vida cotidiana le permite al autor inventarse y recrear mediante ejercicios de narrativa, de versificación, destacar los problemas sociales y la importancia de la vida en familia. El libro intenta acercarse al lector en un viaje sincrético, volátil y sensacional que le permiten al autor construir un enfoque de vida diaria grandemente enriquecido por la cotidianeidad, el amor a su familia y a su única hija, -que estuvo a punto de perder- hacen un vuelco fundamental que describe las Líneas de Tiempo y su entorno vital. Es una obra provocadora que más allá de la exposición de personajes y aventuras relatadas, desencadena quizá al análisis posterior de la realidad, oponerse al positivismo todavía vigente en algunos contextos.

Book La Gerusalemme Liberata

Download or read book La Gerusalemme Liberata written by Torquato Tasso and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Living to Tell the Tale

Download or read book Living to Tell the Tale written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2003 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first glance, Garcia Mrquez's vivid and detailed portrait of his early life appears to be testament to a photographic memory. Yet as he explains in the epigraph, "Life isn't what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it to tell it."

Book Jenni Rivera

Download or read book Jenni Rivera written by Michael Puente and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a tragic plane crash took the life of singer and actress Jenni Rivera on December 9, 2012, the world lost an artist whose talents transcended borders and even languages. One of this generation's most beloved singers, Rivera achieved 15 platinum and 5 double platinum records while selling more than 15 million albums total. Popular in both the United States and Mexico, Rivera played to sold-out crowds across North America, and in 2009, she was nominated for a record 11 Billboard Awards. Jenni Rivera: La Diva de la Banda is a photographic tribute to this beloved artist, featuring unique images of a star who lit up both the stage and the screen. Featuring nearly 100 full-color photographs, this book provides fans with a glimpse into this star's life—from her commercial debut in the late 1990s to her ascent to the top of the Billboard charts in the 2000s. This keepsake also explores Rivera's wide-ranging talents as an entrepreneur and a television actress. Cuando un accidente de avi&ón le quit&ó la vida a la cantante y actriz Jenni Rivera el 9 de diciembre de 2012, el mundo perdi&ó a una artista cuyos talentos fueron m&ás all&á de fronteras y a&ún idiomas. Una de las cantantes m&ás adoradas de esta generaci&ón, Rivera logr&ó 15 discos de platino y 5 discos de doble platino, con ventas de m&ás de 15 millones discos en total. Popular tanto en los Estados Unidos como en México, Rivera tocaba en concierto en varios lugares agotados, incluyendo el Staples Center, el Kodak Theatre y m&ás. En 2009, fue nominada para un récord de 11 premios de Billboard. Jenni Rivera: La diva de la banda es un tributo fotogr&áfico a esta artista querida que presenta im&ágenes &únicas de una estrella que se iluminaba tanto la escena musical como la gran pantalla. Con casi 100 fotograf&ías a todo color, este libro permite que los admiradores vislumbren la vida de esta estrella—desde su debut comercial a finales de los a&ños 90 hasta su ascensi&ón a la cima de las listas de éxitos de Billboard en la primera década del siglo XXI. Este recuerdo también explora los talentos diversos de Rivera como empresaria y actriz de televisi&ón.

Book Esp  rito perdido

    Book Details:
  • Author : P.J. Maia
  • Publisher : Editora Labrador LTDA
  • Release : 2019-05-04
  • ISBN : 8587740695
  • Pages : 442 pages

Download or read book Esp rito perdido written by P.J. Maia and published by Editora Labrador LTDA. This book was released on 2019-05-04 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keana é uma refugiada criada numa terra estranha, há muito tempo. No reino fugaz de Divagar, deuses e deusas desfrutam de luxo e da vida eterna às custas dos humanos comuns. Não conhecem fome, perigo ou morte, trancafiados num paraíso ensolarado. Se Keana conseguir descobrir sua origem proibida, os deuses talvez precisem fazer sacrifícios para proteger seus privilégios eternos. Mesmo que o sacrifício seja a vida dela. PAULO JOSÉ MAIA nasceu em 1986, em Campo Grande, Brasil. É filho de mãe engenheira e pai advogado, e tem um irmão mais velho artista plástico. Quando criança, era fascinado por idiomas e fábulas fantásticas. Aos 15 anos, já fluente em inglês, foi morar nos Estados Unidos, onde seus colegas apelidaram-no de P. J. (apelido que emprega até hoje). Sob a recomendação de sua professora de inglês em Sioux Falls, Dakota do Sul, P. J. entrou na Associação de Escritores de sua escola. Mais tarde, se formou em Rádio & TV na Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado em São Paulo e se mudou para Nova York, onde estudou roteiro de cinema na NYU e começou uma carreira como produtor audiovisual. Desde então, vive entre os dois hemisférios, criando aventuras em sua mente

Book Song

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol Kimball
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Release : 2006-12-01
  • ISBN : 1617749974
  • Pages : 603 pages

Download or read book Song written by Carol Kimball and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carol Kimball's comprehensive survey of art song literature has been the principal one-volume American source on the topic. Now back in print after an absence of several years this newly revised edition includes biographies and discussions of the work of