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Fame, Fortune, and the Bran Muffins of Doom
by Marty KelleySimon's latest scheme is to gain everlasting fame and glory by winning the school talent show. What stands in his way? A lot. There's the fact that he doesn't sing, dance, or play a musical instrument. There's nasty Mike McAlpine and his cronies. There's Stacy and her distracting brown eyes. And last, but certainly not least, is Mrs. Annand, who insists on bombarding Simon and his friends with dangerously hard muffins while they rehearse their act. Utter humiliation is looking a lot more likely than fame and glory for Simon's band, The Groovy Guys.
Famous Composers – Diseases Reloaded
by Andreas OtteThe life and death, but also the creative work of famous musicians is closely linked to their personal medical histories. In "Famous Composers – Diseases Reloaded" these case histories are vividly reconstructed on the basis of authentic biographical testimonies and closely linked to the personalities of the musicians. The latest research findings on the pathophysiology of these composers will be woven into the overall picture. Was Paganini's "devilishness" caused by a hereditary disease? Did Scarlatti have strange signs of illness on his fingers? What did Bach really die of? How did "Christel" from a dubious milieu change Schumann's entire life? What aggravated Ravel's underlying illness so that he did not complete a single composition in the last five years before his death? How did Tárrega manage to play the guitar again after his stroke with hemiplegia? Did the Brazilian Villa-Lobos' worldwide reputation help him live longer thanks to the best treatment available to him? Andreas Otte, physician and musician, has incorporated the latest medical history research into the composers' pathographies. This book is an exciting and "well-tempered" reading experience not only for physicians, music lovers, musicologists and musicians, but for all readers who want to develop a basic understanding of the pathophysiology and life scores of these great masters under current conditions from today's perspective.
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
by Jamie BernsteinThe oldest daughter of revered composer Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centenary of his birth—illuminating a man, a city, and an era that defined modern culture—in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir reminiscent of Alexandra Styron’s Reading My Father and Richard Ford’s Between Them.The composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and inveterate partygoer Leonard Bernstein was a massive celebrity during one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, and perhaps the most talented musician in American history.To his eldest daughter, Jamie, he was all that and more; he was the man in the scratchy brown bathrobe that smelled of cigarettes, who sat late at night at the piano when he couldn’t sleep (he could never sleep). An incredible jokester, an incessant teacher, he taught her to love the world in all its beauty and complexity. In public and private, Lenny was larger than life.In Famous Father Girl, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood and invites us into her family’s private world. A fantastic set of characters populate the Bernsteins’ lives, including: the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, and Betty (Lauren) Bacall.An intoxicating tale, Famous Father Girl is an intimate meditation on a deeply complex and sometimes troubled man and the beautiful music that was the soundtrack to his life. Deeply moving and often hilarious, Bernstein’s beautifully written memoir is great American story about one of the greatest Americans of the modern age.
Famous Hymns and Their Stories
by Christopher IdleThe author has collected traditional stories about the inspirations that led to the writing of such hymns as "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken," "Now Thank We All our God," "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing," "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," and quite a few more.
Famous Hymns and Their Stories
by Christopher IdleFor families, individuals and whole congregations, hymns are a special way of expressing Christian faith and worship. They bring comfort in the midst of difficulties and echo shared joys at times of celebration. <p><p>This book brings together a selection of hymns to encourage and inspire, each accompanied by a story about its writer. Christopher Idle is Rector of a Church of England parish in Limehouse in the heart of London’s dockland. He has ministered in inner London since 1968. He is a student and writer of hymns and has a particular interest in the life and work of both John Wesley and George Whitefield.
Famous Italian Opera Arias: A Dual-Language Book
by Ellen H. BleilerEnjoy the passion and power of 145 arias from 50 operas by Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini, 12 other composers. Selections from Rigoletto, The Marriage of Figaro, Il Trovatore, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, La Bohème, many more. Original Italian librettos with excellent line-for-line literal English translations in facing columns. Introduction.
Fanatic!
by Henry RollinsIn 2004, when legendary Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1 asked Henry Rollins to host a show, he jumped at the chance. He chose the name "Harmony in My Head," based on his favorite Buzzcocks tune. As lead man for Black Flag, Rollins was present at the raw beginnings of punk and knew many of its stars. But Rollins' taste encompassed more than punk, and the show became a cult favorite featuring artists as disparate as the Stooges, Miriam Makeba, the Simpletones, Slim Galliard, and the Weirdos. An inspired Rollins began compiling extensive annotations for each song he played, a mix of history, anecdote, and Rollins's trademark trenchant opinions. His show can still be heard online in streaming audio, and his notes live on in this irresistible collection.
Fanatic! Vol. 2
by Henry RollinsFanatic! Vol. 2 contains annotated notes from the songs Henry Rollins broadcast on his Harmony In My Head radio show on Indie 103.1, from 12/27/05 to 12/26/06. Information on the bands, the songs, some anecdotes, websites, discographies and train spotter type information throughout. 470 pages of fanatic music worship.
Fanatic! Vol. 3
by Henry RollinsFanatic! Vol. 3 contains annotated notes from the songs Henry Rollins broadcast on his Harmony In My Head radio show on Indie 103.1 in 2007. Information on the bands, the songs, some anecdotes, websites, discographies and flyers throughout. Over 500 pages of fanatic music worship.
Fandom, Authenticity, And Opera
by Anna FishzonIn Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, printed literature and performances - from celebrity narratives and opera fandom to revolutionary acts and political speeches - frequently articulated extreme emotional states and passionate belief. A uniquely intense approach to public life and private expression - the 'melodramatic imagination' - is at the center of this study. Previously, scholars have only indirectly addressed the everyday appropriation of melodramatic aesthetics in Russia, choosing to concentrate on canonical texts and producers of mass culture. Collective fantasies and affects are daunting objects of study, difficult to render, and almost impossible to prove empirically. Music and art historians, with some notable exceptions, have been reluctant to discuss reception for similar reasons. By analyzing the artifacts and practices of a commercialized opera culture, author Anna Fishzon provides a solution to these challenges. Her focus on celebrity and fandom as features of the melodramatic imagination helps illuminate Russian modernity and provides the groundwork for comparative studies of fin-de-si#65533;cle European popular and high culture, selfhood, authenticity, and political theater.
Fandom, Image and Authenticity
by Jennifer Otter BickerdikeKurt Cobain and Ian Curtis. Their early and unexpected deaths propelled them to iconic status, as beacons for the values of individuality and authenticity. However, with each passing year, the images of the lead men become further removed from their original humanity. From Converse to cake, this book examines how their 'brands' lend credibility to commerce, while the increasing worth placed on the singers provides a modern example of a secular belief system propelled by media, technology and the value of immediacy in the 2. 0 world. Journeys to spaces and places associated with the two singers are akin to pilgrimages, sacred trips that hope to capture and connect with the very essences that the men have been stripped of in their ever-widening appeal. Within this context, Curtis and Cobain become guides and Anglicised role models in the search for personal identity and community in the modern uncertain world.
Fanfare for a City: Music and the Urban Imagination in Haussmann's Paris
by Jacek BlaszkiewiczFanfare for a City invites us to listen to the sounds of Paris during the Second Empire (1852–1870), a regime that oversaw dramatic social change in the French capital. By exploring the sonic worlds of exhibitions, cafés, streets, and markets, Jacek Blaszkiewicz shows how the city's musical life shaped urban narratives about le nouveau Paris: a metropolis at a crossroads between its classical, Roman past and its capitalist, imperial future. At the heart of the narrative is "Baron" Haussmann, the engineer of imperial urbanism and the inspiration for a range of musical responses to modernity, from the enthusiastic to the nostalgic. Drawing on theoretical approaches from historical musicology, urban sociology, and sound studies to shed light on newly surfaced archival material, Fanfare for a City argues that urbanism was a driving force in how nineteenth-century music was produced, performed, and policed.
Fanfares and Finesse: A Performer's Guide To Trumpet History And Literature
by Elisa KoehlerUnlike the violin, which has flourished largely unchanged for close to four centuries, the trumpet has endured numerous changes in design and social status from the battlefield to the bandstand and ultimately to the concert hall. This colorful past is reflected in the arsenal of instruments a classical trumpeter employs during a performance, sometimes using no fewer than five in different keys and configurations to accurately reproduce music from the past. With the rise in historically inspired performances comes the necessity for trumpeters to know more about their instrument's heritage, its repertoire, and different performance practices for old music on new and period-specific instruments. More than just a history of the trumpet, this essential reference book is a comprehensive guide for musicians who bring that musical history to life.
Fangirl
by Ken BakerWhile staring you straight in the eye, far above the tips of her Toms, Josie Brant would swear that she does not like Peter Maxx, the teen sensation who causes every girl within a 100-foot radius to scream at ear-shattering decibels. Even if Josie may completely, totally, and unequivocally be his biggest fan. So when Josie finds out her best friend has won a contest to meet Peter by stealing one of Josie’s songs, Josie is overwhelmingly shocked and upset-some of which flies out the window when Ashley introduces Josie to Peter as well. And suddenly, in a whirlwind of Tweets, IMs, texts, and phone calls, Josie finds herself in the middle of a flirtatious friendship that has the potential for complete harmony. But just when everything seems pitch-perfect, the paparazzi flashbulbs explode, along with any notion of a fairy-tale romance. Author Ken Baker, E! Channel’s Chief News Correspondent, uses his inside knowledge to craft a novel authentic to the teen pop idol experience with sincere heart and humor.
Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture (American Music Series)
by Hannah EwensOne of Pitchfork&’s 15 Favorite Music Books of 2020: &“An entertaining, in-depth examination of fan subcultures.&” ―The A.V. Club &“To be a fan is to scream alone together&”—this is the discovery Hannah Ewens makes in Fangirls: how music fandom is at once a journey of self-definition and a conduit for connection and camaraderie; how it is both complicated and empowering; and how now, more than ever, fandoms composed of girls and young queer people create cultures that shape and change an entire industry. Speaking to hundreds of fans from the UK, US, Europe, and Japan, Ewens tells the story of music fandom using its own voices, recounting previously untold or glossed-over scenes from modern pop and rock music history. In doing so, she uncovers the importance of fan devotion: how Ariana Grande represents both tragedy and resilience to her followers, or what it means to meet an artist like Lady Gaga in person. From One Directioners to members of the Beyhive to the author&’s own fandom experiences, this book reclaims the &“fangirl&” label for its young members, celebrating their purpose, their power, and, most of all, their passion for the music they love. &“Excellent.&” —The Independent
Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture (American Music Series)
by Hannah EwensOne of Pitchfork&’s 15 Favorite Music Books of 2020: &“An entertaining, in-depth examination of fan subcultures.&” ―The A.V. Club &“To be a fan is to scream alone together&”—this is the discovery Hannah Ewens makes in Fangirls: how music fandom is at once a journey of self-definition and a conduit for connection and camaraderie; how it is both complicated and empowering; and how now, more than ever, fandoms composed of girls and young queer people create cultures that shape and change an entire industry. Speaking to hundreds of fans from the UK, US, Europe, and Japan, Ewens tells the story of music fandom using its own voices, recounting previously untold or glossed-over scenes from modern pop and rock music history. In doing so, she uncovers the importance of fan devotion: how Ariana Grande represents both tragedy and resilience to her followers, or what it means to meet an artist like Lady Gaga in person. From One Directioners to members of the Beyhive to the author&’s own fandom experiences, this book reclaims the &“fangirl&” label for its young members, celebrating their purpose, their power, and, most of all, their passion for the music they love. &“Excellent.&” —The Independent
Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler: The Life and Times of a Piano Virtuoso
by Beth Abelson MacleodOne of the foremost piano virtuosi of her time, Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler reliably filled Carnegie Hall. As a "new woman," she simultaneously embraced family life and forged an independent career built around a repertoire of the German music she tirelessly championed. Yet after her death she faded into obscurity. In this new biography, Beth Abelson Macleod reintroduces a figure long, and unjustly, overlooked by music history. Trained in Vienna, Bloomfield-Zeisler significantly advanced the development of classical music in the United States. Her powerful and sensitive performances, both in recital and with major orchestras, won her followers across the United States and Europe and often provided her American audiences with their first exposure to the pieces she played. The European-style salon in her Chicago home welcomed musicians, scientists, authors, artists, and politicians, while her marriage to attorney Sigmund Zeisler placed her at the center of a historical moment when Sigmund defended the anarchists in the 1886 Haymarket trial. In its re-creation of a musical and social milieu, Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler paints a vivid portrait of a dynamic artistic life.
Fanny Crosby: Queen of Gospel Song
by Rebecca DavisA biography of the nineteenth-century blind woman who wrote more than 9,000 hymns.
Fanny Hensel: A Research and Information Guide (Routledge Music Bibliographies)
by Laura K. StokesFanny Hensel: A Research and Information Guide provides scholars in Hensel studies with a resource to navigate the research surrounding the composer’s over 450 musical works. As part of the larger blossoming of women’s music history, new research in the 1980s and 1990s promoted an awareness of Hensel’s output, in particular in the genres of the lied and the solo piano work. This research guide includes an introductory chapter, a summary paragraph at the beginning of each chapter, and annotations for more than 500 entries, focusing on scholarly works as well as selected articles from trade publications, catalogs, and Internet resources.
Fanny J. Crosby: An Autobiography (Hendrickson Classic Biographies Series)
by Fanny J. CrosbyThe memoirs and observations of the composer of over eight thousand hymns. Stories from her entire life from her blindness as an infant through her old age. Fanny Crosby was friends with famous people the world over including several presidents. She tells her story with love and compassion.
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Piano Music (Dover Music for Piano)
by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel R. Larry ToddAlthough best known as the sister of Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-47) was a virtuoso pianist and a composer of considerable merit in her own right. Her oeuvre of more than 400 compositions remained largely unknown for more than a century after her untimely death, and her newly rediscovered reputation as a composer rests chiefly with her piano music. This volume is the first American publication of her important early works. Reproduced directly from rare first editions, its contents include Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 2, Op. 6, and Op. 8, in addition to two selections from Six Mélodies pour le Piano, Op. 4 and Op. 5. Introduction.
Fantasies from Opera for Violin and Piano: Carmen, Faust, The Magic Flute and Otello (Dover Chamber Music Scores)
by Pablo De Sarasate Henryk Wieniawski Max Ernst Jeno HubayThis single-volume compilation features four popular opera fantasies arranged for violin with piano accompaniment. Each of these frequently performed pieces was arranged by a world-class artist and offers the convenience of a separate violin part: Carmen Fantasy from the Opera by Georges Bizet,Op. 25, transcribed by Jenö HubayFantasia on Themes from Gounod's Faust,Op. 20, transcribed by Henri WieniawskiFantasie from Mozart's The Magic Flute,Op. 54, transcribed by Pablo SarasateFantasie Brillante on the March and the Romance from Rossini's Otello, Op. 11, by Heinrich Wilhelm ErnstThis collection is ideal for practice, performance, teaching, and independent study by students, professional performers, and amateur ensembles.
Fantasmas de luz: Crónicas malditas de márgenes y fronteras
by Enrique SymnsLa noche y el lado oscuro de la vida narrados por su cronista más melancólico: Symns conoce los senderos que conducen al abismo. "Escribir es más importante que vivir, somos más lo que escribimos que lo que somos", me dijo una vez Enrique Symns. Y este libro lo demuestra. Aquí se reproducen crónicas inolvidables sobre territorios calientes: el Once mundano, el Soldati heavy, la noche después de Cromañón, los panaderos, los libreros y los buscadores de oro. Enrique mete el cuerpo y el alma en cada historia. Escucha y vive lo que le cuentan esos personajes extraviados de su universo: locos soñadores, sabios pistoleros, jóvenes con los ojos envenenados y miradas de araña, parias sin refugio, poetas malditos incurables. En tiempos en que las redacciones se volvieron grises oficinas y los periodistas cada vez salen menos a la calle a buscar historias, o pasan el día en las redes sociales, Symns nos invita a seguir soñando con el periodismo.Rodolfo Palacios «Nadie sale vivo de aquí, pero Symns tiene más vidas que un gato, y en este libro nos cuenta algunos instantes testigos de una poderosa mente, una poderosa alma.»Andrés Calamaro «Enrique fue el escritor más inmerso en un submundo pocas veces tan bien retratado como en sus relatos. Un ambiente de hampones baratos, de agonías subterráneas, de alucinaciones paranoicas y miedos totalitarios.»Indio Solari «Si Borges afirmó que todo periodista escribe para el olvido, desde ese ángulo sólo Symns sería la excepción. Porque fue y sigue yendo más allá de todo límite previsible, lo que me permite ubicarlo entre los grandes chamanes de esa nada absoluta de la que logramos huir gracias a seres como él.»Fernando Noy «En una casa tomada de Londres, en una villa en Río. Asesinos y poetas. Es lo mismo. Todos intentando decir algo y presos de la implacable cárcel del lenguaje. A por ellos y a no dejarse engañar. Nadie sabe nada. Salud, Enrique, a tu juego te han llamado. Y la próxima vuelta va por mi cuenta.»Fito Páez «Symns es un escritor; en este tiempo en que cualquier imbécil se autodenomina "artista" y los ejecutivos imprimen "creativo" en su tarjeta de negocios, Symns es un escritor. Y Symns, como todo escritor, se odia a sí mismo.»Jorge Lanata
Fantasy in F Minor, Barcarolle, Berceuse and Other Works for Solo Piano (Dover Classical Piano Music)
by Frédéric ChopinChopin's piano works, renowned for their technical brilliance, also invariably project the composer's mercurial moods. Their complex emotional content often lies close to the surface: a sparkling and graceful passage may be tinged with melancholy, a dark moment may be crowned with a note of triumph. This superb collection of fifteen of Chopin's works for piano reflects these compelling qualities in some of the greatest piano compositions of the Romantic period.Foremost among them is perhaps the magnificent Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49. Here, too, are the often-performed Barcarolle, Op. 60, and Berceuse, Op. 57; the Allegro de Concert, Op. 46, and the Andante spianato, Op. 22; and ten other works. The volume contains the following fifteen pieces: Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49; Barcarolle, Op. 60; Berceuse, Op. 57; Bolero, Op. 19; Tarantelle, Op. 43; Allegro de Concert, Op. 46; Andante spianato, Op. 22; Funeral march in C Minor, Op. 72, No. 2; Three Ecossaises, Op. 72, No. 3; Introduction and variations on "Je vends des scapulaires," Op. 12; Introduction and Variations on a German Air; Variation No. 6 from the Hexameron; Rondo in C Minor, Op. 1; Rondo "à la Mazur" in F Major, Op. 5; and Introduction and Rondo, Op. 16.All of these works have been meticulously reproduced here from the authoritative 19th-century German edition by Chopin's distinguished student Carl Mikuli, whose Foreword is reprinted here in an English translation. Printed on durable paper and sturdily bound, this edition offers pianists a choice selection of some of the most engaging works in the solo piano repertory.
Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip
by Joel Selvin Pamela TurleyA tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995The Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership of guitarist Jerry Garcia, but the band very nearly died along with him. When Garcia passed away suddenly in August of 1995, the remaining band members experienced full crises of confidence and identity. So long defined by Garcia's vision for the group, the surviving "Core Four," as they came to be called, were reduced to conflicting agendas, strained relationships, and catastrophic business decisions that would leave the iconic band in utter disarray. Wrestling with how best to define their living legacy, the band made many attempts at restructuring, but it would take twenty years before relationships were mended enough for the Grateful Dead as fans remembered them to once again take the stage.Acclaimed music journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joel Selvin was there for much of the turmoil following Garcia's death, and he offers a behind-the-scenes account of the ebbs and flows that occurred during the ensuing two decades. Plenty of books have been written about the rise of the Grateful Dead, but this final chapter of the band's history has never before been explored in detail. Culminating in the landmark tour bearing the same name, Fare Thee Well charts the arduous journey from Garcia's passing all the way up to the uneasy agreement between the Core Four that led to the series of shows celebrating the band's fiftieth anniversary and finally allowing for a proper, and joyous, sendoff of the group revered by so many.