Greenberg, Robert
Summary: For anyone wanting to master music's language, being able to read musical notation is a necessity. But this course, as Professor Greenberg notes, is a basic course, designed to introduce you to music's language in a way that is similar to the way you learned your own native language, by "discovering and exploring musical syntax through our ears-- by learning what the parts of musical speech...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc 1: The great migration is my story and yours -- Exodus: why migrants quit the South -- Racial violence in migrant cities -- How Chicago became the black metropolis -- Harlem, the mecca of the great migration -- The new Negro and the Harlem Renaissance -- disc 2: Blueswomen and black filmmakers take the stage -- Jazz as the music of the migration -- How migrants made gospel music -- Negro...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.8 HOWNoble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 LATSummary: 'To know the history of the American South, within its own context, is to come to terms with one of modern history's most astonishing, polarizing, and illuminating stories. In these 24 lectures, you'll relive the unforgettable drama of the South, from the rise and fall of the slave South to the making of the New South, examining the full scope of a historical epoch that still affects life in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 NEWKung, David T.
Summary: "Understanding the connections between music and mathematics helps you appreciate both, even if you have no special ability in either field--from knowing the mathematics behind tuning an instrument to understanding the features that define your favorite pieces. By exploring the mathematics of music, you also learn why non-Western music sounds so different, gain insight into the technology of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 HOWSummary: Presents 24 lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by professor and physicist S. James Gates, Jr., covering superstring theory, which attempts to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 530 SUP Part 1Call number: DVD 530 SUP Part 2
Summary: The force of gravity rules the universe. It governs our everyday lives on Earth and it controls the motions of the heavens above. Yet it is one of the least understood of all the forces of nature. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of the forces of gravity that rule the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 531.14 BLACochran, Ford
Summary: "Discover awe-inspiring natural landscapes and explore the geological histories and mysteries of our national parks with National Geographic."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 557.3 WONCall number: DVD 557.3 WON
Summary: Twenty-four lectures on the history of Asia Minor, from its origins as a civilization in Anatolia to the Ottoman Empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 939.3 GRECall number: DVD 939.3 GRE