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Plays of Impasse: Contemporary Drama Set in Confining Institutions
ISBN: 9780691628820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This work probes the structure and significance of the increasingly numerous and highly visible plays set in contemporary society's dead ends the hospitals, insane asylums, prisons, and military training camps so aptly described by Erving Goffman as total institutions." Carol Rosen shows how the setting in these plays tends to engulf and then to exclude the audience, turning an encompassing stage structure a closed, controlling, absolute system into a protagonist that overwhelms the characters. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest... This work probes the structure and significance of the increasingly numerous and highly visible plays set in contemporary society's dead ends the h... |
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Players and Pretenders: The Basketball Team That Couldn't Shoot Straight (Revised)
ISBN: 9780803259645 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Players and Pretenders tells the story of the flip side of basketball s March Madness, where the game is played by average players for love, not for money. At the end of the 1970s at Bard College, where there was no pretense of institutional support, Charley Rosen gathered his hoops hopefuls and put together a basketball season whose impact reached far beyond the court.Writing with a humorous touch, Rosen details the Running Red Devils season, simultaneously examining the lives of those who made it so memorable and providing a glimpse of how the team members existed off the courts as...
Players and Pretenders tells the story of the flip side of basketball s March Madness, where the game is played by average players for love, no...
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Plays of Impasse: Contemporary Drama Set in Confining Institutions
ISBN: 9780691613260 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This work probes the structure and significance of the increasingly numerous and highly visible plays set in contemporary society's dead ends the hospitals, insane asylums, prisons, and military training camps so aptly described by Erving Goffman as total institutions." Carol Rosen shows how the setting in these plays tends to engulf and then to exclude the audience, turning an encompassing stage structure a closed, controlling, absolute system into a protagonist that overwhelms the characters. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest... This work probes the structure and significance of the increasingly numerous and highly visible plays set in contemporary society's dead ends the h... |
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252,61 |
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The Chosen Game: A Jewish Basketball History
ISBN: 9780803255432 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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94,84 |
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Critical Entertainments: Music Old and New
ISBN: 9780674006843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) An extraordinarily gifted musician and writer, Charles Rosen is a peerless commentator on the history and performance of music. Critical Entertainments brings together many of the essays that have established him as one of the most influential and eloquent voices in the field of music in our time. These essays cover a broad range of musical forms, historical periods, and issues--from Bach through Brahms to Carter and Schoenberg, from contrapuntal keyboard music to opera, from performance practices to music history as a discipline. They revisit Rosen's favorite subjects and... An extraordinarily gifted musician and writer, Charles Rosen is a peerless commentator on the history and performance of music. Critical Enterta... |
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224,74 |
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Piano Notes: The Hidden World of the Pianist
ISBN: 9780140298635 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) An exploration of the delights and demands of the piano. It considers various aspects of the instrument: from what makes a beautiful sound to suffering from stage fright, from the physical challenges of playing to tales of great musicians, including Vladimir Horowitz's recording tricks, and why Artur Rubenstein applied hairspray to the keys.
An exploration of the delights and demands of the piano. It considers various aspects of the instrument: from what makes a beautiful sound to sufferin...
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56,20 |
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Freedom and the Arts: Essays on Music and Literature
ISBN: 9780674047525 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Is there a moment in history when a work receives its ideal interpretation? Or is perpetual negotiation required to preserve the past and accommodate the present? The freedom of interpretation, Charles Rosen suggests in these sparkling explorations, exists in a delicate balance with fidelity to the identity of the original work.
Is there a moment in history when a work receives its ideal interpretation? Or is perpetual negotiation required to preserve the past and accommodate ...
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Beethoven's Piano Sonatas: A Short Companion
ISBN: 9780300255119 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Rosen places Beethoven's sonatas in context and provides an understanding of the formal principles involved in interpreting and performing this unique repertoire. Includes a CD of the author performing extracts from several of the works.
In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Rosen places Beethoven's sonatas in context and provides an understanding of the formal principles invo...
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Romantic Poets, Critics, and Other Madmen
ISBN: 9780674002029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) What is the real business of the critic?, Charles Rosen asks of George Bernard Shaw in one of his essays. It is a question he answers throughout this collection as he demonstrates and analyzes various critical approaches
What is the real business of the critic?, Charles Rosen asks of George Bernard Shaw in one of his essays. It is a question he answers throughout this ...
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Sonata Forms (Revised)
ISBN: 9780393302196 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Charles Rosen says of sonata form: " It] is not a definite form like a minuet, a da capo aria, or a French overture; it is, like the fugue, a way of writing, a feeling for proportion, direction, and texture rather than a pattern."
Charles Rosen says of sonata form: " It] is not a definite form like a minuet, a da capo aria, or a French overture; it is, like the fugue, a way of w...
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The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
ISBN: 9780393317121 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This outstanding book treating the three most beloved composers of the Vienna School is basic to any study of Classical-era music. Drawing on his rich experience and intimate familiarity with the works of these giants, Charles Rosen presents his keen insights in clear and persuasive language. For this expanded edition, now available in paperback for the first time, Rosen has provided a new, 64-page chapter on the later years of Beethoven and the musical conventions he inherited from Haydn and Mozart. The author has also written an extensive new preface in which he responds to other writers...
This outstanding book treating the three most beloved composers of the Vienna School is basic to any study of Classical-era music. Drawing on his rich...
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140,45 |
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Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist
ISBN: 9780743243124 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the hidden world of piano playing.
You'll read about how a note is produced, why a chord can move us, why the piano -- "hero and villain" of tonality -- has shaped the course of Western music, and why it is... Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their l...
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Arnold Shoenberg
ISBN: 9780226726434 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In this lucid, revealing book, award-winning pianist and scholar Charles Rosen sheds light on the elusive music of Arnold Schoenberg and his challenge to conventional musical forms. Rosen argues that Schoenberg's music, with its atonality and dissonance, possesses a rare balance of form and emotion, making it, according to Rosen, "the most expressive music ever written." Concise and accessible, this book will appeal to fans, non-fans, and scholars of Schoenberg, and to those who have yet to be introduced to the works of one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century.
""Arnold... In this lucid, revealing book, award-winning pianist and scholar Charles Rosen sheds light on the elusive music of Arnold Schoenberg and his challenge...
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Music and Sentiment
ISBN: 9780300178036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) How does a work of music stir the senses, creating feelings of joy, sadness, elation, or nostalgia? Though sentiment and emotion play a vital role in the composition, performance, and appreciation of music, rarely have these elements been fully observed. In this succinct and penetrating book, Charles Rosen draws upon more than a half century as a performer and critic to reveal how composers from Bach to Berg have used sound to represent and communicate emotion in mystifyingly beautiful ways. Through a range of musical examples, Rosen details the array of stylistic devices and techniques... How does a work of music stir the senses, creating feelings of joy, sadness, elation, or nostalgia? Though sentiment and emotion play a vital role ... |
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My Father, My Brother, My Husband: Memiors
ISBN: 9781470035532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A few years ago, I suddenly realized that the men in my life had each written his memoirs. My father, my brother, and my husband were each very different, with completely distinct backgrounds. Their memoirs were a unique gift to me, and now, dear reader, a gift to you. My father, Charles Rosen, was born and raised in Harlem in New York City and, after his father was killed leaving his mother with 6 sons, had to start work to survive. He finally became a printer but, then in World War I, he fought at the front in France. His memoirs are very vivid memories of that war. After being wounded in...
A few years ago, I suddenly realized that the men in my life had each written his memoirs. My father, my brother, and my husband were each very differ...
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47,45 |
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Achieving Global Cosmetic Market Access: Issues and Approaches (Harrys Cosmeticology 9th Ed.)
ISBN: 9780820601823 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The new 9th edition of Harry's Cosmeticology is available as a 3 volume set containing over 2600 pages of new information on the recent changes in the cosmetic and personal care industry. Chemical Publishing is now offering key parts of the title for those interested in a particular subject area covered in the book. Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Edition has developed a new line of "Focus Books" for this purpose. Focus books are a series of selected chapters that can be used as a reference guide for a particular subject area. This focus book covers: Achieving Global Cosmetic Market Access: Issues...
The new 9th edition of Harry's Cosmeticology is available as a 3 volume set containing over 2600 pages of new information on the recent changes in the...
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The Structure of American Medical Practice, 1875-1941
ISBN: 9780812278989 / Angielski / Twarda / 1983 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Based on the author's 1976 Richard H. Shryock lectures sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Dept. of History.
Based on the author's 1976 Richard H. Shryock lectures sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Dept. of History.
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Amphibians, Reptiles, and Their Habitats at Sabino Canyon
ISBN: 9780816524952 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Even in paradise, one needs to be mindful of what s underfoot. The Sabino Canyon Recreation Area is a desert oasis in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, a rich repository of wildlife and a favorite destination for Tucsonans and visitors for more than a century. This book presents annotated and illustrated descriptions of the amphibians and reptiles found at Sabino Canyon and an overview of their natural environment. Representing a study spanning nearly twenty-five years, it documents their present and past distribution and examines environmental and herpetofaunal change due...
Even in paradise, one needs to be mindful of what s underfoot. The Sabino Canyon Recreation Area is a desert oasis in the Santa Catalina Mounta...
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