The romantic overture and musical form from Rossini to Wagner / by Vande Moortele, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables and Examples; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; I Making Overtures; II Form as Formula; III Potpourri Overtures; IV Beginning Before the Beginning; V Strong Subordinate Themes; VI Open-Ended Expositions; VII Recomposed Recapitulations; Appendix: List of Works; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Vive la France! / by Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880

Table of Contents: “…Selections from Gaîté parisienne / arranged and orchestrated by Manuel Rosenthal (23:11)-- Orpheus in the underworld (8:56) -- Vert-Vert : Kakadu (7:01) -- La grande duchesse de Gérolstein (7:06) -- Concerto rondo in G major for cello and orchestra (with Ofra Harnoy, violoncello) (21:16) -- Overture to a grand orchestra (8:34) -- Souvenir d'Aix-les-Bains : valse (4:33) -- Schüler polka (2:07) -- American eagle waltz (with Philip Collins, trumpet) (6:07) -- La belle Hélène (9:21) -- L'île de Tulipatan (4:46).…”

The American Indian and the end of the Confederacy, 1863-1866 / by Abel, Annie Heloise, 1873-1947

Table of Contents: “…Overtures of Peace and Reconciliation --…”
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Troubadour on the Road to Gold : William B. Lorton's 1849 Journal to California / by Lorton, William B., 1828-1892

Table of Contents: “…Gold Rush Overture --…”
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Brahms in the home and the concert hall : between private and public performance /

Table of Contents: “…At the piano with Joseph and Johannes: Joachim's overtures in Brahms's circle /…”
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The music of Joseph Joachim / by Uhde, Katharina

Table of Contents: “…Overture to Shakespeare's Henry IV Op. 7 (1853-54); Overture to a Comedy (Lustspiel) by Gozzi Op. 8 (1854)…”
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The fight for Scottish democracy : rebellion and reform in 1820 / by Armstrong, Murray

Table of Contents: “…1820: Death on the Green -- 1812: Overture -- 1815: A Disputed Peace -- 1816-17: Alarm -- 1817: Repression -- 1818-19: Fever -- 1819: Peterloo -- 1819: Radicals vs Loyalists -- 1820: Underground -- 1820: Address to the Inhabitants -- 1820: Hostilities -- 1820: Purge -- 1820: Retribution -- Retreat -- Postscript.…”
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Creatively undecided : toward a history and philosophy of scientific agency / by Fisch, Menachem

Table of Contents: “…I (orientations) -- Two beginnings: an overture in the first person -- We (philosophers) -- The philosophical framework -- The problem for science -- Toward a narratology of scientific framework transitions -- Interlude the story so far and that to come -- They (a history) -- Peacock, Babbage, and the "heresy of the dots" -- Creatively undecided: the making of Peacock's two algebras -- Peacock's impact.…”
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Liszt's representation of instrumental sounds on the piano : colors in black and white / by Kim, Hyun Joo, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Approaching the reproductive arts -- "Partitions de piano" -- Between "text" and "event": Liszt's Guillaume Tell overture -- Translating the orchestra: Liszt's two-piano arrangements of his symphonic poems -- Interpretive fidelity to gypsy creativity: Liszt's representations of Hungarian gypsy -- Cimbalom playing -- Conclusions: recurring techniques and aesthetics -- Appendix: Liszt's preface to his piano arrangements of Beethoven's fifth and sixth symphonies in the Breitkopf & Härtel edition, 1840.…”
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Liszt's Representation of Instrumental Sounds on the Piano : Colors in Black and White / by Kim, Hyun Joo, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Approaching the reproductive arts -- "Partitions de piano" -- Between "text" and "event": Liszt's Guillaume Tell overture -- Translating the orchestra: Liszt's two-piano arrangements of his symphonic poems -- Interpretive fidelity to gypsy creativity: Liszt's representations of Hungarian gypsy -- Cimbalom playing -- Conclusions: recurring techniques and aesthetics -- Appendix: Liszt's preface to his piano arrangements of Beethoven's fifth and sixth symphonies in the Breitkopf & Härtel edition, 1840.…”
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The fight for Scottish democracy : rebellion and reform in 1820 / by Armstrong, Murray

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Map -- 1 1820: Death on the Green -- 2 1812: Overture -- 3 1815: A Disputed Peace -- 4 1816-17: Alarm -- 5 1817: Repression -- 6 1818-19: Fever -- 7 1819: Peterloo -- 8 1819: Radicals vs Loyalists 109 -- 9 1820: Underground -- 10 1820: Address to the Inhabitants 156 -- 11 1820: Hostilities -- 12 1820: Purge -- 13 1820: Retribution -- 14 Retreat -- Postscript -- References -- Bibliography -- Index…”
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Serfdom, society, and the arts in imperial Russia : the pleasure and the power / by Stites, Richard, 1931-2010

Table of Contents: “…Exploring the interior -- pt. V. Finale and overture. 9. When did the real day dawn? -- List of abbreviations -- Notes.…”
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In Command : Theodore Roosevelt and the American Military / by Jordan, Jonathan W., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…OVERTURE: SHIFTING WINDS -- PROLOGUE: PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION (1832-1835) -- One: The Troubled Texas Waters -- Two: Drawing Blood -- Three: The Influence of Naval Power on the Texas Revolution -- ACT ONE: FLEET OF THE REVOLUTION (1835-1836) -- Four: A War of Privateers -- Five: The Fleet that Sank its Government -- Six: Iron Men for Wooden Ships -- Seven: The Revolution at Sea -- ACT TWO: A NATIONAL FLEET (1836-1837) -- Eight: Defending the Lone Star -- Nine: The General at the Helm -- Ten: A Clash of Flagships -- Eleven: Mister Fisher's Revenge -- Twelve: Death of a Navy -- Thirteen: Hell to Pay -- INTERMISSION: THE PAPER NAVY (1837-1839) -- Fourteen: Managing a Ghost Fleet -- Fifteen: Vive la France! …”
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Meyerbeer's Le Prophete : a parable of politics, faith and transcendence / by Letellier, Robert Ignatius

Table of Contents: “…The Vacillating IdealistThe Religious Chorale; Coronation and Cottage; The Hymn and the March; The Pastorale; Harmonic Language; Orchestral Colour; Formal Continuity; The Cathedral Scene; The Prison Scene; Chapter Eight; Musical Application; Fidès; Leitmotif; Vocal Lyricism; Mannerist Elements; The Scenic Tableaux; The Overture; The Coronation March; The Ballet Music (The Pastoral as Implicit Reproof); Chapter Nine; 1) The rehearsals of Le Prophète from Meyerbeer's Diary; 2) The Original Score…”
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Fugitive borders : Black Canadian cross-border literature at mid-nineteenth century / by Sawallisch, Nele

Table of Contents: “…Radicalism -- A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood (Coloured Man) (1851); 3.1 Place-ing Black Life Writing in the 1850s; 3.2 Overture: Establishing the Extraordinary…”
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Lone Star navy : Texas, the fight for the Gulf of Mexico, and the shaping of the American West / by Jordan, Jonathan W., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…OVERTURE: SHIFTING WINDS -- PROLOGUE: PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION (1832-1835)-- One: The Troubled Texas Waters -- Two: Drawing Blood -- Three: The Influence of Naval Power on the Texas Revolution -- ACT ONE: FLEET OF THE REVOLUTION (1835-1836)-- Four: A War of Privateers -- Five: The Fleet that Sank its Government -- Six: Iron Men for Wooden Ships -- Seven: The Revolution at Sea -- ACT TWO: A NATIONAL FLEET (1836-1837)-- Eight: Defending the Lone Star -- Nine: The General at the Helm -- Ten: A Clash of Flagships -- Eleven: Mister Fisher's Revenge -- Twelve: Death of a Navy -- Thirteen: Hell to Pay -- INTERMISSION: THE PAPER NAVY (1837-1839)-- Fourteen: Managing a Ghost Fleet -- Fifteen: Vive la France! …”
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Lincoln and the politics of slavery : the other Thirteenth Amendment and the struggle to save the union / by Crofts, Daniel W.

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The life and music of Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884), a woman composer of the Victorian era : a critical assessment of her achievement / by Graham-Jones, Ian

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The evangelical origins of the living constitution / by Compton, John W., 1977-

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Home fires : how Americans kept warm in the nineteenth century / by Adams, Sean P.

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