Derived from the classic Oxford Dictionary of Music, this is the most authoritative dictionary of music available in paperback. Up-to-date and clearly written, it is a rich mine of information for lovers of music of all periods and styles. Written by Michael Kennedy, a renowned authority on classical music and chief music critic for The Sunday ...
Reviews of The Oxford Dictionary of Music 'For anyone interested in music, whether as a student, concert-goer, record collector or radio 3 listener ...it is a welcoming book - I which the author shares his enthusiasm for the obvious as well as the obscure.' THES '...a comprehensive and useful resource for accurate and concise definitions and ...
This is the must-read of the decade for anyone whose livelihood depends on new products. Those familiar with industry today know western companies are scrambling to emulate the Toyota Production System. But most don't realize that Toyota's new product development system is every bit as important to Toyota's ongoing success. If they have heard that ...
From the author of The Cuisines of Mexico comes the first fully illustrated cookbook featuring more than 200 never-before-published authentic recipes, an 8-page full-color insert, 100 photos, and 50 drawings from the Mexican kitchen.
"The Art of Mexican Cooking," a brilliant exploration of one of the world's truly great cuisines, includes more than 200 extraordinary recipes, many for dishes previously unknown north of the border, and features more than 50 evocative illustrations and 150 photographs.
One in a series of illustrated guides to the historic places of America, covering towns, cities and natural wonders. The books are arranged to facilitate easy reference, with entries arranged geographically and including maps to locate important sites and landmarks.
This title presents a unique approach to learning and teaching GIS, updated for ArcGIS 9.3. "Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS, Second Edition" serves as both an easy-to-understand introduction to GIS and a hands-on manual for the ArcGIS 9.3 software. This combination theory-workbook approach is designed to quickly bring the ...
An improved product development process is the key to a resurgence in US ability to develop technologically innovative products. Superior Product Development presents lessons learned by firms whose high-value, robust, timely products have been technical and market successes for students of engineering and business as well as business persons, ...
Authored by some of the world's preeminent authorities in its field, this new book represents today's best single source of guidance on obstetrical imaging! It presents: more details for each diagnosis; more representative images; more case data; and, more current references than any other reference tool. At the same time, its user-friendly format ...
"The Jesus Meditations" is rooted in the meditation custom known as visualization. The powerful voice of Martin Sheen setting the scene and reading Kennedy's meditations on the companion CD can aid readers in their use of this process.
Bridging the nineteenth- and the twentieth-centuries, the late-Romantic tradition and the beginnings of modernism, Mahler's music is an intimate reflection of his life and thought - and his continual self-questioning on matters of belief and the role of mankind. In this revised and enlarged edition of his Master Musicians volume, Michael Kennedy ...
The search for housing that is healthy, affordable, and environmentally responsible is leading a growing number of people to take a fresh look at building techniques long shunned by the modern construction industry. Recently, books on specific techniques such as straw-bale construction, cob or rammed earth have become available, but there has been ...
This book re-evaluates a figure whom the author considers to be the greatest composer of the twentieth century. Kennedy deals fully with Strauss's life as leading composer and national figure in the Third Reich, during which he was both feted and cold-shouldered by the authorities. In putting this period into perspective he draws heavily on ...
In a uniquely fascinating history of the missions of North America, Kennedy serves as a witty and urbane tour guide through the some of the most unusual and romantic architecture in the American landscape, from crumbling ruins in Florida to the restored La Purisima in California.
From New York to Pennsylvania, this volume of the twelve-volume set details the historic sites of the Mid-Atlantic states. 195 full-color photographs and 13 commissioned maps complement the text.
Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of the greatest English composers. He studied under such teachers as Parry, Charles Wood, and Alan Gray, and later in Germany with Max Bruch and in France with Ravel, developing a strongly individual style that marked him out, with Holst and others as one of the leaders of the 20th-century revival of English music. He ...
In this biography by one of England's foremost writers on music, William Walton's personality emerges in all its complexity and self-contradiction. Kennedy portrays a creative artist completely committed to his art yet plagued by misgivings and doubts, prey to insecurity and frustration, vulnerable to criticism, and jealous of the achievements of ...
The years 1936-1945 in Spain saw catastrophic civil war followed by fierce repression and economic misery. Families were torn apart and social relations were disrupted by death, exile and defeat. Society became traumatized so deeply that people avoided talking openly of these years for decades. This study attempts to show how the Civil War was ...
The Solidarity movement of the early 1980s not only triggered a transformation in Polish society, it forced a fundamental reconsideration of the nature of socialism throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Seen as one of the most important social movements of the twentieth century, Michael Kennedy develops a theoretical conception of Soviet ...
The poems in this collection were chosen for their appeal to young people, and sorted into the four seasons, so readers can get a taste of growing up in New England year-round. James Hayford's poems include a Vermont way of talking--no wasted words. His language is whittled into poems satisfying to read aloud and surprising in their power to ...
Over the Threshold is the first in-depth work to explore the topic of intimate violence in the American colonies and the early Republic. The essays examine domestic violence in both urban and frontier environments, between husbands and wives, parents and children, and masters and slaves. This compelling collection puts commonly held notions about ...
A collection of poetic ruminations on the Gospels, Eyes on Jesus offers an experience of prayer based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Readers are invited to embark upon a transforming journey to risk engaging Jesus' story and the stories of those he touched.
This important biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which have become available in the last twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a leading scholar of British music and a distinguished musical biographer, uses this new material, which includes Elgar's own vast correspondence, in an attempt to get to the centre of the composer's complex ...
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