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Book Songs of Benevolence   Rage

Download or read book Songs of Benevolence Rage written by Jason Disley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Disley's new collection explores a range of emotions as he focuses on the spiritual And sometimes Political. Never Far From his interests in Jazz, Blues and Soul music - He delivers more Modernist Beat Poetry All with a Do It Yourself Punk Attitude.

Book The Sing song Girls of Shanghai

Download or read book The Sing song Girls of Shanghai written by Bangqing Han and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desire, virtue, courtesans (also known as sing-song girls), and the denizens of Shanghai's pleasure quarters are just some of the elements that constitute Han Bangqing's extraordinary novel of late imperial China. Han's richly textured, panoramic view of late-nineteenth-century Shanghai follows a range of characters from beautiful sing-song girls to lower-class prostitutes and from men in positions of social authority to criminals and ambitious young men recently arrived from the country. Considered one of the greatest works of Chinese fiction, The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai is now available for the first time in English. Neither sentimental nor sensationalistic in its portrayal of courtesans and their male patrons, Han's work inquires into the moral and psychological consequences of desire. Han, himself a frequent habitué of Shanghai brothels, reveals a world populated by lonely souls who seek consolation amid the pleasures and decadence of Shanghai's demimonde. He describes the romantic games played by sing-song girls to lure men, as well as the tragic consequences faced by those who unexpectedly fall in love with their customers. Han also tells the stories of male patrons who find themselves emotionally trapped between desire and their sense of propriety. First published in 1892, and made into a film by Hou Hsiao-hsien in 1998, The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai is recognized as a pioneering work of Chinese fiction in its use of psychological realism and its infusion of modernist sensibilities into the traditional genre of courtesan fiction. The novel's stature has grown with the recent discovery of Eileen Chang's previously unknown translation, which was unearthed among her papers at the University of Southern California. Chang, who lived in Shanghai until 1956 when she moved to California and began to write in English, is one of the most acclaimed Chinese writers of the twentieth century.

Book A Chemehuevi Song

    Book Details:
  • Author : Clifford E. Trafzer
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2015-06-01
  • ISBN : 029580582X
  • Pages : 329 pages

Download or read book A Chemehuevi Song written by Clifford E. Trafzer and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chemehuevi of the Twenty-Nine Palms tribe of Southern California stands as a testament to the power of perseverance. This small, nomadic band of Southern Paiute Indians has been repeatedly marginalized by European settlers, other Native groups, and, until now, historical narratives that have all too often overlooked them. Having survived much of the past two centuries without rights to their homeland or any self-governing abilities, the Chemehuevi were a mostly “forgotten” people until the creation of the Twenty-Nine Palms Reservation in 1974. Since then, they have formed a tribal government that addresses many of the same challenges faced by other tribes, including preserving cultural identity and managing a thriving gaming industry. A dedicated historian who worked closely with the Chemehuevi for more than a decade, Clifford Trafzer shows how this once-splintered tribe persevered using sacred songs and other cultural practices to maintain tribal identity during the long period when it lacked both a homeland and autonomy. The Chemehuevi believe that their history and their ancestors are always present, and Trafzer honors that belief through his emphasis on individual and family stories. In doing so, he not only sheds light on an overlooked tribe but also presents an important new model for tribal history scholarship. A Chemehuevi Song strikes the difficult balance of placing a community-driven research agenda within the latest currents of indigenous studies scholarship. Chemehuevi voices, both past and present, are used to narrate the story of the tribe’s tireless efforts to gain recognition and autonomy. The end result is a song of resilience.

Book Osmin s Rage

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  • Author : Peter Kivy
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2018-09-05
  • ISBN : 1501727400
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Osmin s Rage written by Peter Kivy and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his new concluding chapter, Peter Kivy advances his argument on behalf of a distinctive intellectual and musical character of opera before Mozart. He proposes that happy endings were a musical—as opposed to a dramatic—necessity for opera during this period and that Mozart's Idomeneo is properly enjoyed and judged only when listeners are attuned to its seventeenth and eighteenth-century forebears.

Book Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings written by Steve Sullivan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 1027 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From John Philip Sousa to Green Day, from Scott Joplin to Kanye West, from Stephen Foster to Coldplay, The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 1 and 2 covers the vast scope of its subject with virtually unprecedented breadth and depth. Approximately 1,000 key song recordings from 1889 to the present are explored in full, unveiling the stories behind the songs, the recordings, the performers, and the songwriters. Beginning the journey in the era of Victorian parlor balladry, brass bands, and ragtime with the advent of the record industry, readers witness the birth of the blues and the dawn of jazz in the 1910s and the emergence of country music on record and the shift from acoustic to electrical recording in the 1920s. The odyssey continues through the Swing Era of the 1930s; rhythm & blues, bluegrass, and bebop in the 1940s; the rock & roll revolution of the 1950s; modern soul, the British invasion, and the folk-rock movement of the 1960s; and finally into the modern era through the musical streams of disco, punk, grunge, hip-hop, and contemporary dance-pop. Sullivan, however, also takes critical detours by extending the coverage to genres neglected in pop music histories, from ethnic and world music, the gospel recording of both black and white artists, and lesser-known traditional folk tunes that reach back hundreds of years. This book is ideal for anyone who truly loves popular music in all of its glorious variety, and anyone wishing to learn more about the roots of virtually all the music we hear today. Popular music fans, as well as scholars of recording history and technology and students of the intersections between music and cultural history will all find this book to be informative and interesting.

Book The Songs of Charles Dibdin

Download or read book The Songs of Charles Dibdin written by Charles Dibdin and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Songs  Chronologically Arranged

Download or read book The Songs Chronologically Arranged written by Charles Dibdin and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Songs of a Suffering King

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  • Author : John V. Fesko
  • Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
  • Release : 2014-04-29
  • ISBN : 1601783116
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book Songs of a Suffering King written by John V. Fesko and published by Reformation Heritage Books. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Lord has wisely given the Psalms, the songbook of the Bible, for the benefit of the church. But for many people, the Psalms’ contents are mysterious because they no longer have a place of prominence in the church’s worship. Author J. V. Fesko hopes to awaken the church to the majesty, beauty, and splendor of the Psalms through a devotional exploration of Psalms 1–8, a “grand Christ hymn,” in which David, as the suffering king, prefigures the king of kings, Jesus Christ. To encourage readers to come to a greater appreciation for the Psalms, the author includes with each chapter questions for further reflection and study and a metrical version of each psalm. He also recommends Internet resources that provide digital files of the tunes.

Book A Collection of Songs  Selected from the Works of Mr  Dibdin  A New Edition

Download or read book A Collection of Songs Selected from the Works of Mr Dibdin A New Edition written by Charles Dibdin and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Representations of the Orient in Western Music

Download or read book Representations of the Orient in Western Music written by Nasser Al-Taee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the cultural, political and religious representations of the Orient in Western music. Dr Nasser Al-Taee traces several threads in a vast repertoire of musical representations, concentrating primarily on the images of violence and sensuality. Al-Taee argues that these prevailing traits are not only the residual manifestation of the Ottoman threat to Western Europe, but also the continuation of a long and complex history of fear and fascination towards the Orient and its Islamic religion. In addition to analyses of musical works, Al-Taee draws on travel accounts, paintings, biographies, and political events to engage with important issues such as gender, race, and religious differences that may have contributed to the variously complex images of the Orient in Western music. The study extends the range of Orientalism to cover eighteenth-century Austria, nineteenth-century Russia, and twentieth-century America. The book challenges those scholars who do not see Orientalism as problematic and tend to ignore the role of musical representations in shaping the image of the Other within a wider interdisciplinary study of knowledge and power.

Book Job Song of Solomon

Download or read book Job Song of Solomon written by Thomas Scott and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

Download or read book The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns written by Robert Burns and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book English Charak Samhita Uttarardha   Part Two

Download or read book English Charak Samhita Uttarardha Part Two written by Prof. Dr. Pandurang Kulkarni and published by Deerghayu International - prof. Dr. Pandurang Hari Kulkarni. This book was released on with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charak Samhita is first book on medicine in the world. There are many commentaries and translation of this great compendia. Three decades back we published Marathi translation. This book give only English translation for easy and best understanding of Ayurveda, which is in existance for more than four thousand years. Three of my overseas student worked, translated Charak Samhita few years back. This book will give insight of great science of life to the enthusiastic reader.

Book Psalms  Hymns  and Spiritual Songs  Original and Selected

Download or read book Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs Original and Selected written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Works of the English Poets  from Chaucer to Cowper  Smart  Wilkie  P  Whitehead  Falkes  Lovibond  Harte  Langhorne  Goldsmith  Armstrong  Johnson

Download or read book The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper Smart Wilkie P Whitehead Falkes Lovibond Harte Langhorne Goldsmith Armstrong Johnson written by and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Psalms  Hymns  and Spiritual Songs

Download or read book Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: