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The Brilliant History of Color in Art

Victoria Finlay · J Paul Getty Museum
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

The history of art is inseparable from the history of color. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of characters, eye-opening details, and unexpected detours through the annals of human civilization and scientific discovery. Enter critically...
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Metallica - Updated Edition: The Complete Illustrated History

Martin Popoff · Hal Leonard
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

This new, thoroughly updated edition is the ultimate tribute to Metallica, complete with coverage of the band's most recent DVD set and live albums.Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, Metallica has become the best-selling heavy metal group in music history, with an estimated 100 million...
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Messiah: The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece

Jonathan Keates · Basic Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From Handel's renowned biographer, the story of one of the most celebrated compositions of Western classical music, Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful...
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Acting the Song: Performance Skills for the Musical Theatre

Tracey Moore · Allworth
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Acting the Song offers a contemporary, integrated approach to singing in musicals that results in better-trained, smarter performers everyone wants to work with. In this new, thoroughly updated edition of the paperback, directors and teachers of musical theater will find guidance in developing...
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Hand Drawn Lettering: Draw Paint Print

Mark Bergin · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 127
Format: Paperback

Unleash your creativity with this book that encourages readers to explore new ideas, nurture originality, and create unique forms of lettering. You'll find:32 pages of instructions, and another 96 pages of alphabet samples for practicePointers on techniques and the use of colorTips on materials...
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I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan

Seamus Murphy · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 149
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening collection of clandestine poems by Afghan womenBecause my love's American,blisters blossom on my heart.Afghans revere poetry, particularly the high literary forms that derive from Persian or Arabic. But the poem above is a folk couplet--a landay, an ancient oral and anonymous...
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A Portrait of Bowie: A tribute to Bowie by his artistic collaborators and contemporaries

Brian Hiatt · Cassell
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

This strikingly unique tribute to David Bowie includes a collection of 40 stunning visual portraits of the icon throughout his career, as well as written tributes by his artistic collaborators and contemporaries.Artists and musicians who worked with David Bowie during his lifetime - or who were...
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Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings

James Fisher · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Historical Dictionary of American Theater Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880. The years covered by this volume features the rise of the popular stage in American during the colonial era and the first century of the United States...
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Piano Fun - Folk Songs and Spirituals for Adult Beginners

Brenda Dillon · Hal Leonard
Pages: 47
Format: Paperback

(Educational Piano Library) . Piano Fun Folk Songs and Spirituals is a collection of 14 lead sheets and arrangements for the beginning pianist who has learned to read music and wants to play easy arrangements of familiar melodies. The price of this book includes access to beautifully orchestrated...
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So You Want to Sing A Cappella: A Guide for Performers

Deke Sharon · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 370
Format: Paperback

From amateur collegiate a cappella groups to professional ensembles like Straight No Chaser and Pentatonix, contemporary a cappella has exploded onto the world pop music scene. In So You Want to Sing A Cappella, Deke Sharon combines historical context and a comprehensive look at the a cappella...
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First 50 Movie Songs You Should Play on the Piano

Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages: 216
Format: Musical score

(Easy Piano Songbook) . 50 memorable movie classics simply arranged for beginning pianists, including: Danger Zone * Don't You (Forget About Me) * (Everything I Do) I Do It for You * Eye of the Tiger * Flashdance...What a Feeling * Footloose * Ghostbusters * Happy * I Will Always...
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Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life

Steven Hyden · Back Bay Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Music critic Steven Hyden explores nineteen music rivalries and what they say about lifeBeatles vs. Stones. Biggie vs. Tupac. Kanye vs. Taylor. Who do you choose? And what does that say about you? Actually--what do these endlessly argued-about pop music rivalries say about us?Music opinions...
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