Miles And The Magic Flute

Author : Heidi Cullinan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945116353
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miles and the Magic Flute written by Heidi Cullinan and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unemployed Miles Larson returns to his Minnesota hometown to lick his wounds and ends up lost in love and danger in an erotic fairy kingdom that lies just beyond the edge of the door of his friend's pawn shop.

Author : Harold J. Morowitz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195359666
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Entropy and the Magic Flute written by Harold J. Morowitz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-06-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harold Morowitz has long been regarded highly both as an eminent scientist and as an accomplished science writer. The essays in The Wine of Life, his first collection, were hailed by C.P. Snow as "some of the wisest, wittiest and best informed that I have read," and Carl Sagan called them "a delight to read." In later volumes such as Mayonnaise and the Origin of Life and The Thermodynamics of Pizza, he has established a reputation for a wide-ranging intellect, an ability to see unexpected connections and draw striking parallels, and a talent for communicating scientific ideas with optimism and wit. Kirkus Reviews praised Mayonnaise as "wonderfully diverting and very wise." Nature wrote of Thermodynamics, "his chocolate-coated nuggets of science will continue to entertain and do surreptitious good." With Entropy and the Magic Flute, Morowitz once again offers an appealing mix of brief reflections on everything from litmus paper to the hippopotamus to the sociology of Palo Alto coffee shops. Many of these pieces are appreciations of scientists that Morowitz holds in high regard. In the title piece, for instance, Morowitz tells of his pilgrimage to the grave of Ludwig Boltzmann, buried in the same cemetery--Vienna's Central Cemetery--as Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. He also writes of J. Willard Gibbs ("thought by many to be the greatest scientist yet produced by the United States"), Jean Perrin (author of Les Atomes, a now-forgotten classic that convinced virtually everyone in science of the validity of the atomic hypothesis), Einstein, Newton (on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his Principia, a date that passed virtually unnoticed except by Morowitz), Murray Gell-Mann, and Aristotle. Of Aristotle, Morowitz observes that "most people whose information comes from academic philosophy fail to appreciate that--among his many fields of expertise--first and foremost, Aristotle was a biologist." Indeed, fully a third of Aristotle's writings are on the life sciences, almost all of which has been left out of standard editions of his work. Many other pieces focus on health issues--such as America's obsession with cheese toppings, the addiction to smoking of otherwise intelligent people, questionable obstetric practices--and several touch upon ethics, whistle-blowing, and scientific research. There is also a fascinating piece on the American Type Culture Collection, a zoo or warehouse for microbes that houses some 11,800 strains of bacteria, and over 3,000 specimens of protozoa, algae, plasmids, and oncogenes. Here then are over forty light, graceful essays in which one of our wisest experimental biologists comments on issues of science, technology, society, philosophy, and the arts.

Author : Michael Freyhan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810869675
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Authentic Magic Flute Libretto written by Michael Freyhan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death, his widow Constanze sent a manuscript copy of one of his most beloved operas, Die Zauberflste, to the court of the Elector of Cologne. It was eventually published by Nicolaus Simrock in 1814 as the first full-score edition. However, the question still remains as to why this early copy in her possession diverges from Mozart's autograph in so many libretto details. The Authentic Magic Flute Libretto: Mozart's Autograph or the First Full-Score Edition? investigates the origin and claim to authenticity of the first full-score edition of Die Zauberflste, drawing attention to the close bond between words and music. Michael Freyhan brings the subtlety of the first edition word setting to the attention of scholars, musicians, and opera-lovers, setting out the evidence for its authenticity and detailing the quest, pursued in 15 countries, for the earliest possible historical sources. Freyhan examines the differences between the first edition and the autograph, discussing the quality of the word-setting_supported by 32 musical examples_and evaluating the relationship of the two texts in terms of language and literature. The following chapters discuss the early history of the autograph, focusing on four alleged owners, its market value, and the misleading catalogue numbering systems seen on the first page. Details of the performance and publication history of the first edition text are followed by a new perspective on the disputed authorship of the libretto, in light of the possible existence of two authentic texts. A concluding chapter discusses Mozart's sketches and working methods, while an appendix traces the character and career of Karl Ludwig Giesecke, one of the writers who claimed ownership of the opera's libretto. The book also includes several photos and the complete first edition libretto, in German and with literal English translation, providing a side-by-side text comparison with the autograph text.

Author : Jessica Waldoff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108629482
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to The Magic Flute written by Jessica Waldoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its premiere in 1791, The Magic Flute has been staged continuously and remains, to this day, Mozart's most-performed opera worldwide. This comprehensive, user-friendly, up-to-date critical guide considers the opera in a variety of contexts to provide a fresh look at a work that has continued to fascinate audiences from Mozart's time to ours. It serves both as an introduction for those encountering the opera for the first time and as a treasury of recent scholarship for those who know it very well. Containing twenty-one essays by leading scholars, and drawing on recent research and commentary, this Companion presents original insights on music, dialogue, and spectacle, and offers a range of new perspectives on key issues, including the opera's representation of exoticism, race, and gender. Organized in four sections – historical context, musical analysis, critical approaches, and reception – it provides an essential framework for understanding The Magic Flute and its extraordinary afterlife.

Author : Gayl Jones
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807030007
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birdcatcher written by Gayl Jones and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature." —Imani Perry Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile Gayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari Jones recently called her favorite writer, has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. Now, for the first time in over 20 years, Jones is publishing again. In the wake of her long-awaited fifth novel, Palmares, The Birdcatcher is another singular achievement, a return to the circles of her National Book Award finalist, The Healing. Set primarily on the island of Ibiza, the story is narrated by the writer Amanda Wordlaw, whose closest friend, a gifted sculptor named Catherine Shuger, is repeatedly institutionalized for trying to kill a husband who never leaves her. The three form a quirky triangle on the white-washed island. A study in Black women’s creative expression, and the intensity of their relationships, this work from Jones shows off her range and insight into the vicissitudes of all human nature - rewarding longtime fans and bringing her talent to a new generation of readers.

Author : Chris Raschka
Publisher : Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
ISBN 13 : 1481449028
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magic Flute written by Chris Raschka and published by Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Caldecott Medalist and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Chris Raschka comes a gorgeously illustrated retelling of Mozart’s classic opera, The Magic Flute. The Magic Flute is the favorite choice of many opera lovers. But ask any of them to tell you the rambunctious, mystical, and downright oddball story of the opera and no two tellers will agree. Enter Chris Raschka, an opera goer himself. His stunning version of the original plot and the otherworldly events which inspired Mozart’s glorious music showcases his interpretation from the storytelling front curtain at the start, to the radiant finale at the end. Readers will be exclaiming, Bravo!

Author : Charles Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia written by Charles Morris and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Edward Finegan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.G2/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia written by Thomas Edward Finegan and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.3Y/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia written by Charles Morris and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1102 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New International Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: