Celestial Music

Author : Wilfrid Mellers
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851158440
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Music? written by Wilfrid Mellers and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2002 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles on masterpieces of European religious music, from the middle ages to Stravinsky and Tavener. The late Wilfrid Mellers, who occupies a special place among music critics, described himself as a non-believer; but his preference for music that "displays a sense of the numinous" (in his words) will strike a chord with many wholisten to religious music nowadays, and who share his view that music that confronts first and last things is likely to offer more than music that evades them. The essays form five groups, which together offer a survey of religious music from around the first millennium to the beginning of the second, in the context of the difficult issues of what religious music is, and, for good measure, what is religion? The parts are: The Ages of Christian Faith; The Re-birth of a Re-birth: From Renaissance to High Baroque; From Enlightenment to Doubt; From "the Death of God" to "the Unanswered Question"; and The Ancient Law and the Modern Mind. Musical discussion, with copious examples, is conducted throughout the book in a context that is also religious - and indeed philosophical, social, and political, with the open-endedness that such an approach demands in the presentation of ideas aboutmusic's most fundamental nature and purposes. COMPOSERS: Hildegard of Bingen; Perotin; Machaut; Dunstable, Dufay; William Corniyshes father and son; Tallis; Byrd; Monteverdi; Schutz; J.S. Bach; Couperin; Handel; Haydn;Mozart; Beethoven; Schubert; Bruckner; Berlioz, Faure; Verdi, Brahms; Elgar, Delius; Holst, Vaughan Williams, Howells; Britten; Janacek; Messiaen, Poulenc; Rachmaninov; Stravinsky; Part, Tavener, Gorecki, Macmillan, Finnissy; Copland.

Author : Rick Moody
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316191884
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Celestial Music written by Rick Moody and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick Moody has been writing about music as long as he has been writing, and this book provides an ample selection from that output. His anatomy of the word cool reminds us that, in the postwar 40s, it was infused with the feeling of jazz music but is now merely a synonym for neat. "On Celestial Music," which was included in Best American Essays, 2008, begins with a lament for the loss in recent music of the vulnerability expressed by Otis Redding's masterpiece, "Try a Little Tenderness;" moves on to Moody's infatuation with the ecstatic music of the Velvet Underground; and ends with an appreciation of Arvo Part and Purcell, close as they are to nature, "the music of the spheres." Contemporary groups covered include Magnetic Fields (their love songs), Wilco (the band's and Jeff Tweedy's evolution), Danielson Famile (an evangelical rock band), The Pogues (Shane McGowan's problems with addiction), The Lounge Lizards (John Lurie's brilliance), and Meredith Monk, who once recorded a song inspired by Rick Moody's story "Boys." Always both incisive and personable, these pieces inspire us to dive as deeply into the music that enhances our lives as Moody has done -- and introduces us to wonderful sounds we may not know.

Author : Charles Fulcher
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781534661257
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Celestial Music written by Charles Fulcher and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-12 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Edition is published on the 50th Anniversary of the author meeting Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj. The author wrote "It would be a joy to me, if another edition of the work could materialize.. the need is so great! The author looks at Sant Mat or the Path of the Masters - Surat Shabd Yoga from a Christian prospective including many bible quotes. The book is too important to go out of print!

Author : Marc Lachièze-Rey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521800402
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Treasury written by Marc Lachièze-Rey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-16 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, the mysterious dark skies above us have inspired our imaginations in countless ways, influencing our endeavours in science and philosophy, religion, literature and art. Heavenly Treasures is a truly beautiful book showing the richness of astronomical theories and illustrations in Western civilization through the ages, exploring their evolution, and comparing ancient and modern throughout. From Greek verse, mediaeval manuscripts and Victorian poetry to spacecraft photographs and computer-generated star charts, the unprecedented wealth of these portrayals is quite breathtaking.

Author : Patrick Burkart
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742536692
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Music Wars written by Patrick Burkart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry is rapidly changing. Rather than buying albums, tapes, or CDs, music shoppers can purchase just one song at a time. It's akin to putting a coin into a diner jukebox--except the jukebox is out in cyberspace. But has increasing copyright protection gone too far in keeping the music from the masses? The authors show how the online music industry will establish the model for digital distribution, cultural access, and consumer privacy. Digital Music Wars explores the far-reaching implications of downloading music in an in-depth and insightful way.

Author : Cynthia Shearer
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820328383
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Celestial Jukebox written by Cynthia Shearer and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boubacar, a 15-year-old boy from Africa, moves to a rural Mississippi Delta town and soon visits The Celestial Grocery, the city center presided over by a cranky second-generation Chinese proprietor and his equally cranky jukebox. The tie that binds these lives is American popular music.

Author : Swami Rama
Publisher : Himalayan Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9780893891039
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Song/Gobind Geet written by Swami Rama and published by Himalayan Institute Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kevin Parks
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781614386711
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music & Copyright in America written by Kevin Parks and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with history of music copyright from its origins to the present, this in-depth, intriguing, and beautifully written book explores the music industry through a legal lens. Author Kevin Parks presents a practical overview of music rights and licensing, while at the same time providing perspective, context, and clarity amidst the chaos and ch

Author : Dr. Hiran Das Mahar
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celestial Song written by Dr. Hiran Das Mahar and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am thankful to The Top Indian Publication in Notion Press situated in Chennai, for Ditto Publication with my consent. I am also thank full to my residential and working families i.e. officers, teachers, students, and friends, for an environment to come soonest Celestial Song. Being an author I have already published 'Plant- Bioelectricity & taxonomic table, 'Sonnet Songs, Sansakrit Suman , and Sunayana’. This book is a collection of my feelings and readings. So that I am hoping that this book will be a Source of knowledge and entertainment.

Author : Hartmut Warm
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855842351
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Signature of the Celestial Spheres written by Hartmut Warm and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the solar system ordered? Or is it simply the result of random and chaotic accidents? This book takes the reader on a compelling and powerful journey of discovery, revealing the celestial spheres in their astonishingly complex patterns. Movements of the planets are found to correspond accurately with simple geometric figures and musical intervals, pointing to an exciting new perspective on the ancient idea of the "harmony of the spheres." Hartmut Warm's detailed presentation incorporates the distances, velocities, and periods of conjunction of the planets, as well as the rotations of the Sun, Moon, and Venus. Numerous graphics--including color plates--illustrate the extraordinary beauty of geometrical forms that result when the movements of several planets are viewed in relation to one another. Moreover, the author describes and analyzes concepts of the "music of the spheres," with special emphasis on Kepler's revolutionary ideas. The book also discusses current scientific beliefs about the origin of the universe and the solar system, enabling the reader to understand fully how this remarkable research supplements contemporary materialistic views of the cosmos. The appendix includes his mathematical and astronomical methods of calculation, as well as a detailed discussion of their accuracy and validity based on modern astronomical algorithms.