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Ten masterpieces of music / by Sachs, Harvey,1946-author.(CARDINAL)136161;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. 1789: Before and after. Il catalogo e questo : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Piano Concerto No. 17, in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 453 (1784) ; His Imperial Highness's sore finger : Ludwig van Beethoven : Trio in B- flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 97, "Archduke" (1811) -- Part II. The romantic century. A quartet that's about nothing : Franz Schubert : String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, Op. posth. 161, D. 887 (1826) ; In the wondrously disturbing month of May ; Robert Schumann : Dichterliebe (Poet's Love), Op. 48 (1840) ; A monument reimagined ; Hector Berlioz : La Damnation de Faust : Légende dramatique, Op. 24 (1846) ; The crown, the cross, and the cruelty of love : Giuseppe Verdi : Don Carlos (1867) ; Almost a tale of joy : Johannes Brahms : String Quintet No. 2, in G Major, Op. 111 (1890) -- Part III. The age of uncertainty. Europe, a prophecy? : Jean Sibelius : Symphony No. 4, in A Minor, Op. 63 (1911) ; Creative suffering : Sergei Prokofiev : Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, Op. 84 (1944) ; An ice-cold question mark : Igor Stravinsky : Requiem Canticles for Contralto and Bass Soli, Chorus, and Orchestra (1966)."Some pieces of music survive; most fall into oblivion. What gives the ten masterpieces selected for this book their extraordinary vitality? In this magisterial volume, Harvey Sachs, author of the highly acclaimed biography Toscanini, takes readers into the heart of ten great works of classical music-works that have endured because they were created by composers who had a genius for drawing music out of their deepest wellsprings. These masters-Mozart and Beethoven; Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi, andBrahms; Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky-communicated their life experiences through music, and through music they universalized the intimate. By expanding our perceptions of these ten pieces-composed in the years between 1784 and 1966-Sachs, in lush,exquisite prose, invites us to consider why music stimulates, disturbs, exalts, and consoles us. He has lived with these masterpieces for a lifetime, and his descriptions of them and the dramatic lives of the composers who wrote them bring a heightened dimension to the musical perceptions of readers who may be casual listeners, students, professional musicians, or anyone in between"--
Subjects: Music;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Beethoven's piano sonatas [sound recording] / by Greenberg, Robert,1954-(CARDINAL)529188; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Includes bibliographical references.Robert Greenberg, lecturer.Professor Greenberg combines perceptive analysis of extensive musical excerpts with historical anecdotes, metaphors, and humor to show what goes on inside a musical composition: how it came to be written, how it works, and how, as is often the case with Beethoven, it may break all former rules to achieve a completely new and powerful effect. This course is somewhat technical and although musical knowledge is helpful, it is not a necessity.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Lectures.; Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.; Sonatas (Piano);
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Kiss the sky : a novel / by Chideya, Farai.(CARDINAL)386431;
Leaving her job as a Manhattan television host in order to return to her previous career as an indie music performer, Sophie struggles with conflicting perceptions of identity and finds herself torn between her feelings for her ex-husband and her new manager.
Subjects: Fiction.; African American college graduates; African American television personalities; Women rock musicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dear Oliver : an unexpected friendship with Oliver Sacks / by Barry, Susan R.,author.(CARDINAL)495594;
"In this intimate and inspiring book, Susan Barry shares the heartfelt letters through which she and Oliver Sacks became friends, laying bare the meeting of two people endlessly intrigued by the world and its mysteries"--A haunting question -- Oliver comes to town -- Obsessed but not unique -- Night lights -- A small personal triumph -- An ominous end to the year -- 2 Horatio Street, #3G -- "Stereo Sue" -- Just the beginning -- Morning edition -- Author, author -- The color of words -- Musical interlude I -- Action, perception, cognition -- Tungsten birthday -- In juxtaposition -- Outed -- Musical interlude II -- The compass hat -- One damn thing after another -- Creatures of the couch -- Nerves of steel -- "Stereo Sue" revisited -- Barium birthday -- Ideal reader -- Learning to hear -- Iridium birthday -- Thoughts while reading the mind's eye -- One moment in time -- Pet rock -- Experimentum suitatis -- Musical interlude III -- Bioelectricity -- War and peace -- A therapeutic brain injury? -- Channeling dad -- Love and work -- Lead birthday -- Saying goodbye.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal correspondence.; Barry, Susan R.; Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015; Barry, Susan R.; Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015; Neurologists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Incredibles 2 : original motion picture soundtrack / by Giacchino, Michael,composer.(CARDINAL)547663; Bowen, Marshall,conductor.;
Various vocalists; orchestra; Marshall Bowen, conductor.
Subjects: Animated film music.; Film soundtracks.; Animated film music.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Pitter pattern / by Hesselberth, Joyce,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)597300;
Lu and her friends spot patterns in their daily activities, including patterns found in music, weather, time, play, shapes, nature, math, and language.
Subjects: Fiction.; Picture books.; Days; Girls; Pattern perception; Rain and rainfall; Girls.;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 20
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What I call life [sound recording] by Wolfson, Jill.(CARDINAL)639442; Hobin, Todd.; Kelly, Grace.; Full Cast Audio (Firm);
Read by Grace Kelly and the Full Cast family; music by Todd Hobin.Placed in a group foster home, eleven-year-old Cal Lavender learns how to cope with life from the four other girls who live there and from their storytelling guardian, the Knitting Lady."Ages 10 to adult"--Container.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Conduct of life; Foster home care; Knitting; Self-perception; Storytelling; Conduct of life; Foster home care; Knitting; Self-perception; Storytelling;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Vision and art : the biology of seeing / by Livingstone, Margaret.(CARDINAL)662079; Hubel, David H.,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)764922; Abrams (Publishing company)(CARDINAL)804581;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Fiat lux: let there be light -- The eye and color vision -- Luminance and night vision -- The first stages of processing color and luminance: where and what -- Acuity and spatial resolution: central and peripheral vision -- The next level of color processing: surround effects -- From 3-D to 2-D: Perspective -- From 3-D to 2-D: Shading and chiaroscuro -- From 3-D to 2-D: stereopsis -- Illusions of motion -- Color mixing and color resolution -- Television, movies, and computer graphics -- Epilogue: talent, music, and learning disabilities.A Harvard neurobiologist explains how vision works, citing the scientific origins of artistic genius and providing coverage of such topics as optical illusions and the correlation between learning disabilities and artistic skill.
Subjects: Visual perception.; Art; Art; Perception.; Color vision.; Vision.; Painting;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Nailed / by Jones, Patrick,1961-(CARDINAL)213184;
An outcast in a school full of jocks, sixteen-year-old Bret struggles to keep his individuality through his interest in drama and music, while trying to reconnect with his father.850LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Self-perception; Fathers and sons; High schools; Schools;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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The omnichord real book [sound recording] / by NdegéOcello, Me'Shell,1969-performer.; Johnson, Josh(Saxophonist),performer.; Hicks, Jade,performer.; Parks, Deantoni,1977-performer.; Parker, Jeff(Jazz guitarist),performer.; Biggers, Sanford,performer.(CARDINAL)270444; Henry, Cory,performer.; Ross, Joel,1996-performer.; Moran, Jason,performer.(CARDINAL)784200; Thandiswa,performer.; Younger, Brandee,performer.; Rodriguez, Julius,performer.; Benn, Hanna,performer.; Akinmusire, Ambrose,performer.; Guiliana, Mark,1980-performer.; Lake, Oliver,1942-arranger.; Hawtplates (Musical group),performer.; Joan as Police Woman (Musical group),performer.;
Produced by Josh Johnson.Meshell Ndegeocello, vocals, omnichord, keyboards, bass, key bass ; with additional musicians.Recorded at Applehead Studios, Saugerties, NY. Additional recording at GB's Juke Joint, Long Island City, Queens, NY.
Subjects: Jazz.; Jazz vocals.; Jazz; Funk (Music);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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