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Shaw on Music
ISBN: 9781557831491 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This selection of George Bernard Shaw's musical writing includes sections on Gluck, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Verdi, Berlioz and pieces on opera, musical analysis, oratorios and Gilbert and Sullivan. An autobiographical preface is also included, one of Shaw's most self-revealing works.
This selection of George Bernard Shaw's musical writing includes sections on Gluck, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Verdi, Berlioz and pieces on o...
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59,56 |
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A Flea in Her Rear (or Ants in Her Pants) and Other Vintage French Farces
ISBN: 9781557831651 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This anthology contains seven one-act farces and three full-length plays. It includes works by Feydeau, Labiche, Sardou, Courteline, Allais and Scribe.
This anthology contains seven one-act farces and three full-length plays. It includes works by Feydeau, Labiche, Sardou, Courteline, Allais and Scribe...
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The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky: The Television Plays
ISBN: 9781557831910 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of the television plays of Paddy Chayefsky which is part of a four-volume set of his work. The television plays contained in this volume are Holiday Song, Printer's Measure, The Big Deal, Marty, The Mother and The Bachelor Party.
A collection of the television plays of Paddy Chayefsky which is part of a four-volume set of his work. The television plays contained in this volume ...
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The National Black Drama Anthology: Eleven Plays from America's Leading African-American Theaters
ISBN: 9781557832191 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Applause Books). "Though New York remains the de facto capital of American theater, much of the most daring and interesting work today is done by regional theaters. This is doubly true of plays by African American authors, who, despite a few notable exceptions (August Wilson, George C. Wolfe), suffer under a commercial apartheid that keeps black plays off Broadway. Of necessity, African American theater artists have to create their own venues from the ground up. This wide-ranging anthology edited by the founder of the New Federal Theater celebrates the work of that company's black-owned,...
(Applause Books). "Though New York remains the de facto capital of American theater, much of the most daring and interesting work today is done by reg...
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74,47 |
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Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radner: A Sort of Love Story
ISBN: 9781557832764 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Applause Books). In a series of funny, tender, and touching dialogues, former Saturday Night Live writer Zweibel recalls his buddy-and-almost-lover friendship with SNL actress Gilda Radner, who died of ovarian cancer. Zweibel claims he "merely scribbled the dialogues playing in my head," and, indeed, these recreated conversations have a neurotic, sarcastic, and vulnerable air of aunthenticity. The actress and writer become fast friends on the SNL set and segue into personal revelation.
(Applause Books). In a series of funny, tender, and touching dialogues, former Saturday Night Live writer Zweibel recalls his buddy-and-almost-lover f...
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The Merchant of Venice
ISBN: 9781557833884 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Applause Books). These popular editions allow the reader and student to look beyond the scholarly reading text to the more sensuous, more collaborative, more malleable performance text which emerges in conjunction with the commentary and notes. Each note, each gloss, each commentary reflects the stage life of the play with constant reference to the challenge of the text in performance. Readers will not only discover an enlivened Shakespeare, they will be empowered to rehearse and direct their own productions of the imagination in the process.
(Applause Books). These popular editions allow the reader and student to look beyond the scholarly reading text to the more sensuous, more collaborati...
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Plays by American Women: 1930-1960
ISBN: 9781557834461 / Angielski / Miękka / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes: Clare Booth's The Women; Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes; Shirley Graham's It's Morning; Gertrude Stein's The Mother of Us All; Fay Kanin's Goodbye, My Fancy; Jane Bowles' In the Summer House; Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind; Halle Flanagan and Margaret Ellen Clifford's Can You Hear Their Voices?
Includes: Clare Booth's The Women; Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes; Shirley Graham's It's Morning; Gertrude Stein's The Mother of Us All; Fay Kanin...
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74,47 |
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The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis, A Personal Biography
ISBN: 9781557837172 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following her intimate portraits of Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder, Chandler draws on her extensive interviews with Davis to reveal new details about the public and private lives of the legendary actress in her own words. of photos.
Following her intimate portraits of Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder, Chandler draws on her extensive interviews with Davis to reveal new details abo...
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From the Page to the Stage: The Educator's Complete Guide to Readers Theatre
ISBN: 9781563088971 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Readers theatre is a powerful tool for building language skills and involving young readers with literature. Educator and seasoned readers-theatre coach Shirlee Sloyer provides teachers and librarians with nuts-and-bolts guidelines for integrating readers theatre into the classroom and library. Detailed instructions for every step guide readers through the process of setting up and conducting a successful program that is based on NCTE and IRA standards. Grades 4-8 Includes: An Overview of Readers Theatre Selecting the Literature Exploring Key Literary Elements Compiling and... Readers theatre is a powerful tool for building language skills and involving young readers with literature. Educator and seasoned readers-theatre ... |
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Funny Business: An Introduction to Comedy with Royalty-Free Plays and Sketches
ISBN: 9781566080378 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comedy relies upon exaggeration, incongruity, automatism, character inconsistency, surprise and derision. This work contains 22 one-act plays and sketches demonstrating comedy techniques suitable for student actors. It covers comedy genres such as absurdism, tragicomedy, farce and melodrama.
Comedy relies upon exaggeration, incongruity, automatism, character inconsistency, surprise and derision. This work contains 22 one-act plays and sket...
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Multicultural Theatre--Volume 2: Contemporary Hispanic, Asian, and African-American Plays
ISBN: 9781566080422 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Teachers nationwide have a great need for good, up-to-date writing on themes related to cultural diversity for literature classes, oral interpretation, and forensics. Roger Ellis's original multicultural anthology of scenes and monologs has been in popular use for several years. Now, here's a unique anthology of complete plays from new writers of the multicultural experience. These plays have been gleaned from over 100 playscripts on the basis of the opinions of producers, directors, and audiences. Each of the plays in this drama text contains a significant number of roles capable of being... Teachers nationwide have a great need for good, up-to-date writing on themes related to cultural diversity for literature classes, oral interpretat... |
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New One Act-Plays for Acting Students: A New Anthology of Complete One-Act Plays for One, Two or Three Actors
ISBN: 9781566080842 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This latest volume in a series of short play anthologies compiled by Deb and Norman Bert provides roles for almost any mix of students in an acting class. The plays in this drama book range in mood from serious and heavy to dark or satiric comedy to farce. The heart of the book includes 15 scripts for two actors. Also included are five monologs and five three-character plays. The playwrights are icons of the American avant garde, writers who have contributed much to regional theatre over recent years. An excellent resource for classrooms and festival competition use. Includes four sections:...
This latest volume in a series of short play anthologies compiled by Deb and Norman Bert provides roles for almost any mix of students in an acting cl...
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Beethoven: The First Biography
ISBN: 9781574670066 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book has intrigued scholars, even though many have pointed out the flaws in Schlosser's 1827 biography. Beethoven scholar Barry Cooper puts Schlosser's work into perspective. It provides a contemporary view of the man and the musician and illuminates what was known and believed in Vienna and Prague in 1827.
This book has intrigued scholars, even though many have pointed out the flaws in Schlosser's 1827 biography. Beethoven scholar Barry Cooper puts Schlo...
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Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice
ISBN: 9781574670158 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An illustrated guide to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the largest and most comprehensive art museum in the western United States. The text is written by the curators of the museum and accompanies reproductions of works from each of the museum's eleven departments, integrated into five sections: Asian, European, Latin American, American, and modern and contemporary art.
An illustrated guide to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the largest and most comprehensive art museum in the western United States. The text is ...
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The Musical Dialogue: Thoughts on Monteverdi, Bach and Mozart
ISBN: 9781574670233 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of lectures, talks and essays focuses on three major composers of the 17th and 18th centuries.
This collection of lectures, talks and essays focuses on three major composers of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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A Guide to the Harpsichord
ISBN: 9781574670639 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This guide treats the mechanics and evolution of the harpsichord and offers a survey of its literature. The author discusses touch and technique, including articulation and fingering, with an exposition of the issues involved in historical performance practice and an explanation of ornamentation.
This guide treats the mechanics and evolution of the harpsichord and offers a survey of its literature. The author discusses touch and technique, incl...
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A Pianist's Landscape
ISBN: 9781574670738 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Amadeus). These intensely personal and perceptive essays explore the author's life as a pianist practicing, performing, teaching, and writing but they could be the thoughts and reflections of any artist. They recount the challenges, rewards, and joys of her experiences in her chosen profession.
(Amadeus). These intensely personal and perceptive essays explore the author's life as a pianist practicing, performing, teaching, and writing but the...
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Pierre Monteux, Maitre
ISBN: 9781574670820 / Angielski / Twarda / 353 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Amadeus). Pierre Monteux became famous at the age of 38 for conducting the riotous world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Paris on May 29, 1913. The composer, fearing bodily harm, escaped through a backstage window, while the imperturbable conductor persisted, forever to be identified with the event. He would also conduct the first concert performance and one of the first two recordings of Stravinsky's masterpiece, the other one conducted by Stravinsky himself. Though French by birth, the distinctively portly man with the walrus mustache resisted being typecast as a French...
(Amadeus). Pierre Monteux became famous at the age of 38 for conducting the riotous world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Paris on May...
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149,03 |
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Dvorak: Romantic Music's Most Versatile Genius
ISBN: 9781574671070 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The music of Antonin Dvorak defies fashion. He is one of the very few composers whose works entered the international mainstream during his own lifetime, and some of them have remained there ever since. The pieces that historically define his international reputation, however, represent only a small fraction of what he actually composed. They comprise just one facet of his complex and remarkably rich artistic personality. This book/2-CD pack invites readers to celebrate his extraordinary achievement and experience the pleasure of getting to know more than 90 of his most important works. The...
The music of Antonin Dvorak defies fashion. He is one of the very few composers whose works entered the international mainstream during his own lifeti...
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129,11 |
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Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist
ISBN: 9781574671094 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Amadeus). This first, authorized biography of one of the 20th century's greatest violinists chronicles the life of Michael Rabin from his young boyhood to his premature death at the age of 35. By his teen years in the 1950s, he had already joined the ranks of violin greats and he was being compared to Heifetz, Milstein, Stern, and Francescatti. Lovingly detailed, rich in music history and drama, this biography documents the many forces that shaped Rabin's extraordinary life and career, from his meteoric rise to his surprising decline. Feinstein charts Rabin's many artistic successes, as well...
(Amadeus). This first, authorized biography of one of the 20th century's greatest violinists chronicles the life of Michael Rabin from his young boyho...
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149,03 |