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Publisher
Grolier
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
10 vol.
Language
English
Description
Contents: v.1 Classical music from earliest times--v.2 Classical music: romantic to modern--v.3 Music from around the world--v.4 Folk, country, and cajun music--v.5 Gospel, blues, and jazz--v.6 From rock and pop to hip-hop--v.7 Music of stage and screen--v.8 The music profession--v.9 Musical instruments and technology--v.10 The voice and song.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of 18th-century drawing-room intrigues.
11) Music is history
Author
Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapes- try, whether investigating how the blaxploitation era reshaped Black identity or considering the way disco took an assembly-line approach to Black genius. And these critical inquiries are complemented by his own memories as a music fan, and the way his appetite for pop culture taught him about America.
A history of the last half-century and an...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
201 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this short history, Marina Warner explores a multitude of tales through the ages and their manifestations on the page, the stage, and the screen. She persuasively demonstrates how fairy tales reflect and shape human understanding and culture.
16) Danse macabre
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Gallery Books trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xli, 459 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author addresses the topic of what makes horror horrifying and what makes terror terrifying. King delivers one colorful observation after another about the great stories, books and films that comprise the horror genre.