Greenberg, Robert
Summary: Dr. Greenberg examines eighteenth and nineteenth century music through the examples of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Liszt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1995
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Sloan, Nate
Summary: 'Switched on Pop' illuminates the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. The text moves through close studies of 16 modern pop classics by artists from Beyoncé to Zedd, each chapter bringing out key aspects of a particular song as well as introducing core concepts such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and timbre. As the work progresses, more complex concepts such...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 SLOWilliams, Jarrett
Summary: "How did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new sounds, charismatic MCs let their clever lyrics flow, and B-boys and B-girls pioneered inventive dance moves, hip-hop quickly became a musical and cultural revolution." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 WILSummary: Filmed over four years, Concerto - A Beethoven Journey follows world-class pianist Leif Ove Andsnes as he attempts to understand and interpret one of the greatest sets of works for piano ever written: Beethoven's five piano concertos. Considered one of the top pianists of his age, Leif Ove Andsnes offers rare insights into the mind of a leading pianist and access to his personal and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CONGreenberg, Robert
Summary: Describes the life and operas of the 19th century Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi. Provides analysis and interpretation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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Summary: A group of addicts in a dingy apartment await the arrival of their "connection," to bring them heroin, while a documentary film maker struggles to film them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONGreenberg, 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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Summary: “Opera has its ABCs, the most popular works in the repertoire: A is for Aida and C is for Carmen, but do you know what B stands for? It’s Bohème, and it is the subject of today’s Opera Easy segment,” says host Natalie Choquette.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: “There is a rescue opera that is dramatic and comic and is like an episode of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Good versus bad; virtue pitted against evil. Can love conquer all? Can the virtuous prince vanquish all obstacles ? Come and find out,” says program host Natalie Choquette, “as we explore the world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte - or, if you prefer, The Magic Flute.”
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: “Here’s a real quiz question. Can you name this famous opera written to an Italian libretto based on a revolutionary French play by an Austrian composer and first produced in Vienna in 1786? Any idea? Well, Opera Easy’s featured work today is - drum roll, maestro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro!” says host Natalie Choquette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: “If I tell you that today’s Opera Easy is set in Ancient Gaul and features a conquering horde of Roman legionnaires,” says host Natalie Choquette, “you might think that someone has written an opera on the comic strip Asterix and Obelix - but you’d be wrong. No, today’s featured work does include Roman centurions but is centered on one of the most remarkable characters in all of 19th-century...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In this program, host Natalie Choquette introduces viewers to Manon. Manon Lescaut is the heroine of Abbé Prévost’s famous 18th-century novel that French composer Jules Massenet set to music. The young and beautiful Manon falls in love with the gallant Chevalier des Grieux, but her desire for the good life and its material possessions compromises her love and her future. By the time des Grieux...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, host Natalie Choquette introduces viewers to Il Trittico, three one-act operas that make up Giacomo Puccini’s operatic triptych. The River Seine in Paris is the setting for the dramatic Il Tabarro, a gruesome tale of a love triangle, betrayal, and brutal vengeance. In Suor Angelica, the nun Angelica tragically dies of sorrow when informed of the death of the infant child she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Hutcheson, Ernest
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. A. Knopf 1964
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 786.4 HUTPlotkin, Fred.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Music PlotkinSummary: “How does a medieval court jester wind up involuntarily having his daughter assassinated? Stay with us for an intriguing and passion-filled tale of vengeance, love, and betrayal,” says program host Natalie Choquette. “Sound like The Young and the Restless? No, it’s Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic masterpiece, Rigoletto!”
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: “At the turn the 20th century, the most popular French opera was not Carmen but an opera whose principal character was the Devil. This 1859 opera was based on one of the most celebrated works of German literature and did nothing less than revolutionize French opera. Welcome to Opera Easy’s featured work: Charles Gounod’s opera Faust,” says host Natalie Choquette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: “Tragedy makes for great opera. Opera is full of stories of unrequited love such as Romeo and Juliet, of jealousy and murder such as Otello, and of ultimate happiness ruined by premature death such as in La Traviata. But of all the tragic tales that inspired composers, one of the most effective and lasting is one inspired by Greek mythology - no, not Oliver Stone’s tragic film adaptation of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In this program, host Natalie Choquette introduces viewers to Die Entführung aus dem Serail. This Mozart rescue opera is set in Pasha Selim’s palace in 18th-century Turkey where Constanze, her maid Blondchen, and the servant Pedrillo are held prisoner. Before Constanze’s beloved, Belmonte, can set them free, he has to deal with the Pasha’s servant, the eunuch Osmin. A series of comic and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Hanley, Jason
Summary: "Finally! A hip, fun and culturally relevant series of music appreciation books, perfect for modern music-loving families who want to take advantage of this era of exploding musical access! Get a personal guided tour through an amazing historical back-catalog of music that was previously unavailable. We Rock!: A Fun Family Guide for Exploring Rock Music History is a guided tour through...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 HANKernfeld, Barry Dean
Contents: Introduction -- Rhythm -- Forms -- Arrangement -- Composition -- Improvisation -- Sound -- Epilogue: an introduction to style -- Appendixes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 KERPogue, David
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: IDG Books Worldwide 1997
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 782.1 POGSummary: Today Opera Easy zeroes in on one of the most fascinating and intriguing operas in all of operatic history,” says host Natalie Choquette. “The composer of today’s featured work was born in Germany in 1819 but became a naturalized Frenchman. He was called the King of the Operetta, having written over 90 popular and hilarious operettas for the Parisian stage during the Second Republic. Yet...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: In a span of under two years, Giuseppe Verdi produced his three most popular operas. “The Holy Trinity,” as they are still known today, began with Rigoletto and ended with La Traviata. The piggy in the middle,” says host Natalie Choquette, “is Opera Easy’s featured work today. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Verdi’s 1853 melodramatic masterpiece about love and vengeance: Welcome to Il Trovatore!”
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004