Download or read book Music of America from My Heart written by Mubo Aderonke Lala and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah was born to an unskilled young mother who suddenly finds herself alone with young Sarah when her then live-in boyfriend, which is Sarahs father, decided to leave them both for a tour of the duty, a circumstance that made Sarah separated from her biological parents. Sarah was raised by her maternal grandmother and her auntie in a small town called Opelika. At an appointed time, all people that matter in her life came back to favor her. She fell in love and married a Nigerian student who encouraged her to fine-tune her career as a singer. When the family moved to Nigeria, she was not found of rigidity in Nigerian school system where students just study, do exam, study, and do the test. Nothing excited her; therefore, she suggested a ceremony similar to the American version of homecoming to her daughters school. They not only accepted her idea but also granted her absolute right to coordinate and implement the entire event. The event was so successful that it eventually transformed Sarah from an elite house wife to a well-known socialite in the Nigerian high-class inner circle.
Download or read book America My Love America My Heart written by Daria Peoples-Riley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America, do you love me? Acclaimed author-artist Daria Peoples-Riley invites readers to answer timely—and timeless—questions beating inside the hearts of children across America. Exquisitely illustrated, with a powerful, lyrical text, America, My Love, America, My Heart will challenge readers of all ages to examine and evaluate personal beliefs and attitudes toward the many different colors of America. America, do you love me? My black. My brown. My pride. My crown. What begins as a single question from a single child multiplies as America, My Love, America, My Heart sweeps across the country with every page turn, inviting in more and more children of color—and their questions. Does America love them when they speak? Or whisper? Or shout? When they stand? Does America love them just as they are? Inspired by the questions of her own childhood, author and artist Daria Peoples-Riley has created a powerful and important book for Americans of all ages—an essential addition to every bookshelf and classroom. Her poetic text encourages readers to confront bias, prejudice, and discrimination and invites readers to reflect and respond with their own answers, while honoring the identities of black and brown children and people of color. The unforgettable monochromatic oil paintings incorporate patriotic colors—red, white, and blue—to evoke deeply felt emotion and unique perspective. This rich, resonant book is a conversation starter for children, for families, for classrooms, and for communities.
Download or read book Play it from the Heart written by J. Steven Moore and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2011-07-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former students often thank their music teachers for what they were taught about music and about life. Play it from the Heart uses stories and concepts from music education as models for success. Making music together requires exceptional cooperation, and ensembles are the ultimate cooperative organizations. J. Steven Moore relates what he and his students have learned about excellence, leadership, responsibility, cooperation, and passion from being in the band. Calling on personal experience, student feedback, and resources ranging from Tim Lautzenheiser to Mahatma Gandhi, Moore shares the lessons of playing from the heart.
Download or read book Music for Your Heart written by Ace Collins and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever had a song stuck in your head for days? Something abut its tune or lyrics impacts us and holds our attention. Why? How did the song come to be? Why was it written? And what does the song really mean? In Music for Your Heart, best-selling and award-winning author Ace Collins takes you behind the scenes of your favorite songs to show how the lyrics and music began. Through insider stories, artist bios, and inspiration from Scripture, Collins weaves stirring reflections on our adored and popular classics. Whether the featured song is a holiday carol, children’s worship tune, or love song, each short chapter will inspire curious music enthusiasts as well as those seeking a book for a devotional meditation. Digging deep into the words and history of the music, these uplifting and informative reflections will warm the heart—like the songs themselves. Songs include: - Jesus Loves Me - You Are My Sunshine - How Great Thou Art - White Christmas - Amazing Grace - Sweet, Sweet Spirit - Blue Moon - Jingle Bells - You Raise Me Up - Deep and Wide - I Will Always Love You - Moon River
Download or read book Bury My Heart at Chuck E Cheese s written by Tiffany Midge and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural-political commentary—but no Native women. There are presumably more important concerns in Indian Country. More important than humor? Among the Diné/Navajo, a ceremony is held in honor of a baby’s first laugh. While the context is different, it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious, even sacred. Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s is a powerful and compelling collection of Tiffany Midge’s musings on life, politics, and identity as a Native woman in America. Artfully blending sly humor, social commentary, and meditations on love and loss, Midge weaves short, stand-alone musings into a memoir that stares down colonialism while chastising hipsters for abusing pumpkin spice. She explains why she does not like pussy hats, mercilessly dismantles pretendians, and confesses her own struggles with white-bread privilege. Midge goes on to ponder Standing Rock, feminism, and a tweeting president, all while exploring her own complex identity and the loss of her mother. Employing humor as an act of resistance, these slices of life and matchless takes on urban-Indigenous identity disrupt the colonial narrative and provide commentary on popular culture, media, feminism, and the complications of identity, race, and politics.
Download or read book The Heart of a Woman written by Rae Linda Brown and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Prize Winner of the International Alliance for Women in Music of the 2022 Pauline Alderman Awards for Outstanding Scholarship on Women in Music The Heart of a Woman offers the first-ever biography of Florence B. Price, a composer whose career spanned both the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, and the first African American woman to gain national recognition for her works. Price's twenty-five years in Chicago formed the core of a working life that saw her create three hundred works in diverse genres, including symphonies and orchestral suites, art songs, vocal and choral music, and arrangements of spirituals. Through interviews and a wealth of material from public and private archives, Rae Linda Brown illuminates Price's major works while exploring the considerable depth of her achievement. Brown also traces the life of the extremely private individual from her childhood in Little Rock through her time at the New England Conservatory, her extensive teaching, and her struggles with racism, poverty, and professional jealousies. In addition, Brown provides musicians and scholars with dozens of musical examples.
Download or read book A Piece of My Heart written by Shirley Lauro and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Suggested by the book [A Piece of my heart, compiled] by Keith Walker."
Download or read book The Heart of Branson The Entertaining Families of America s Live Music Show Capital written by Arline Chandler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of Americans cherish childhood memories of family trips to Branson to see performances by the Baldknobbers or the Presleys. Now they take their own children to see how new generations of those same entertaining families continue to split sides and tug heartstrings. Go backstage with Arline Chandler in places like Silver Dollar City and the Shepherd of the Hills. Reminisce in the stories of the people who made Branson into the showbiz marvel that it is today while holding on to the values of hard work and family at the town's cultural foundation. And learn about the emergence of newer acts like the Duttons, the Hughes Brothers and Shoji Tabuchi in a place where Broadway and the backwoods shake hands and SIX voices is all that is needed to produce a full orchestra.
Download or read book Country Music 101 A Comprehensive Guide to the Heart of America s Sound written by Freddie Caldwell and published by Richards Education. This book was released on with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a journey through the heart of America's musical landscape with 'Country Music 101: A Comprehensive Guide to the Heart of America's Sound.' Delve into the rich tapestry of country music's history, exploring its origins, evolution, and cultural significance. From the honky-tonks of Nashville to the bluegrass fields of Kentucky, this book takes you on a captivating exploration of the genre's diverse styles, iconic artists, and timeless songs. Discover the legendary figures who shaped country music's legacy, from Hank Williams and Johnny Cash to Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks. Explore the instruments that define the genre's signature sound and uncover the secrets of songwriting that have made country music a storytelling tradition like no other. With in-depth discussions on everything from country music's influence on popular culture to its role in addressing social issues, this guide offers a comprehensive overview of the genre's impact and relevance in today's world. Whether you're a seasoned country music aficionado or a newcomer looking to explore the genre for the first time, 'Country Music 101' is your ultimate companion to understanding and appreciating the timeless allure of country music.
Download or read book Give My Poor Heart Ease written by William Ferris and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Now, Give My Poor Heart Ease puts front and center a searing selection of the artistically and emotionally rich voices from this invaluable documentary record. Illustrated with Ferris's photographs of the musicians and their communities and including a CD of original music, the book features more than twenty interviews relating frank, dramatic, and engaging narratives about black life and blues music in the heart of the American South. Here are the stories of artists who have long memories and speak eloquently about their lives, blues musicians who represent a wide range of musical traditions--from one-strand instruments, bottle-blowing, and banjo to spirituals, hymns, and prison work chants. Celebrities such as B. B. King and Willie Dixon, along with performers known best in their neighborhoods, express the full range of human and artistic experience--joyful and gritty, raw and painful. In an autobiographical introduction, Ferris reflects on how he fell in love with the vibrant musical culture that was all around him but was considered off limits to a white Mississippian during a troubled era. This magnificent volume illuminates blues music, the broader African American experience, and indeed the history and culture of America itself.
Download or read book Heart Songs written by and published by Boston: Published by The Chapple publishing Company for World Syndicate Company, New York. This book was released on 1909 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart Songs is more than a collection of music. It is a book compiled directly by twenty thousand people, who not only sent in their favorite songs, but in accompanying letters told how these songs had been interwoven with the story of their own lives. - p. iii.
Download or read book A Piece of My Heart written by Keith Walker and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Records the memories of a war in the words of those women courageous enough to walk into hell.”—San Francisco Chronicle A decade after America pulled out of Vietnam, the seeds of the often heart- wrenching oral history, A Piece of My Heart, were sown when writer and filmmaker Keith Walker met a woman who had been an emergency room nurse in Cu Chi and Da Nang. She and 25 others recount the time they spent "in country" as part of 15,000 American women who volunteered or served as nurses and in the military. NOTE: This edition does not include photographs. “The emotional current never falters.”—The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book A Song in My Heart written by Sam Amidon and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hope in My Heart written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions. Includes historical notes.
Download or read book The Heart of Our Music Practical Considerations written by John Foley and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Heart of Our Music, master practitioners of the art of liturgical music come together to offer enriching insights, a stirring vision, and practical new ideas that will change the way you think about liturgy and liturgical ministry. These reflections are written with the needs of parish liturgists and liturgical musicians in mind. This volume includes reflections on who sings, the kind of music they sing, the acoustic qualities of our worship spaces, the act of singing itself, the sort of idioms we use, the challenges of multicultural music, how we might better evaluate what we do, and music in the US church today. Contributors and their articles include: "With One Voice: The Voice of the Church, the Body of Christ" by Columba Kelly, OSB; "Vox populi: Voice of People, Voice of Thunder" by Steven C. Warner; "Essentially Vocal Music for the Liturgy" by Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam; "The Spirit Breathes in the Multiplicity of Liturgical Music Styles" by Lynn Trapp; "Reflections on Multicultural Celebrations and the Composition of Their Music" by Jaime Cortez; "Three Judgments, One Evaluation" by John Foley, SJ; and "Composing for the American Church" by Tom Kendzia.
Download or read book America Is in the Heart written by Carlos Bulosan and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1943, this classic memoir by well-known Filipino poet Carlos Bulosan describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West.
Download or read book Blake Shelton Greatest Hits Songbook written by Blake Shelton and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). A dozen country hits from his decade-plus career! Songs: All About Tonight * All Over Me * Don't Make Me * Drink on It * Footloose * God Gave Me You * Goodbye Time * Hillbilly Bone * Honey Bee * Nobody but Me * Some Beach * Who Are You When I'm Not Looking.
