The invention of Li Yu / by Hanan, Patrick

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Funnybooks : the improbable glories of the best American comic books / by Barrier, J. Michael

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Music in the Renaissance / by Brown, Howard Mayer

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The theater of experiment : staging natural philosophy in eighteenth-century Britain / by Coppola, Al

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The spectacle of experiment and the politics of virtuoso satire in the 1670s -- Retraining the virtuoso's gaze: The emperor of the moon and the Spectacles of science and politics -- Physiology, commerce and comedy: Three hours after marriage and A bold stroke for a wife -- Harlequin Newton: Faustus pantomimes and public science in the 1720s -- Modest witnesses and eager spectators: engendering enlightenment science -- Epilogue: rehearsing spectacle.…”
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Giacomo Meyerbeer : reputation without cause? : a composer and his critics / by Jackson, Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…Foundations : the young virtuoso and composer -- The genius of the spree : Meyerbeer's Italian operas -- Anxious genius : the first Parisian successes -- The greatest music dramatist : Berlin and Paris -- Purification -- Degeneration -- Under restoration -- Appendix -- Conclusions.…”
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The birth of bebop : a social and musical history / by DeVeaux, Scott Knowles

Table of Contents: “…Progress and the bean -- The making of a virtuoso -- Out of step with swing -- Spitballs and tricky riffs -- The jazzman's true academy -- Wartime highs -- and lows -- Showcasing the real stuff -- The rush to record -- Eckstine and Herman: a contrast in fortunes -- Short stay in the sun -- Epilogue: unfinished business.…”
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Franz Liszt : a story of Central European subjectivity / by Quinn, Erika

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Virtuoso Prophet; Chapter 2 The Hungarian Patriot; Chapter 3 The Romantic Hero and the Kulturnation; Chapter 4 The War of the Romantics; Chapter 5 Composing a Nation-Church Bond in Hungary; Chapter 6 The General German Music Association; Coda; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Literature and interregnum : globalization, war, and the crisis of sovereignty in Latin America / by Dove, Patrick, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Tonalities of literature in post-dictatorship Argentina: mood and history in post-utopian times -- Mediatization and the literary neo-avant garde in Argentina -- The dis-jointures of history: market, virtuoso labor, and natural history in post-dictatorship Chile -- Literary contretemps: histories of love, labor, and abandonment -- Repetition or interruption? …”
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Literature and interregnum : globalization, war, and the crisis of sovereignty in Latin America / by Dove, Patrick, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Tonalities of literature in post-dictatorship Argentina: mood and history in post-utopian times -- Mediatization and the literary neo-avant garde in Argentina -- The dis-jointures of history: market, virtuoso labor, and natural history in post-dictatorship Chile -- Literary contretemps: histories of love, labor, and abandonment -- Repetition or interruption? …”
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Literary and cultural intersections during the long 18th century /

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; VEILED YET STILL REVEALED; THE READER'S IDLE TALK; GENRE CONTAMINATION AND GENDER CRITIQUE IN LADY MARY MONTAGU'S TURKISH EMBASSY LETTERS; SITE/SIGHT AND SENSIBILITY; THE MOCK VIRTUOSO; PART II; THE SEASONS COMPARED; TURNING ITALIAN STUPIDITY INTO ENGLISH WIT; LIKE AN AUDIENCE OF FOREIGNERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY; NO FEAR JACK OBI- BAG; CONTRIBUTORS.…”
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Experiencing Mozart : a listener's companion / by Schroeder, David P., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Marching bands, church music, and escape from Salzburg -- The shadow of Haydn : symphonies -- The friendship with Haydn : chamber music -- In the realm of Joseph II : the abduction from the seraglio -- Virtuoso performer : concertos -- Salons : solo keyboard works -- Revolutionary thoughts about women and power : Figaro and Così -- Carnival versus Lent : Don Giovanni -- A fellow prankster and a strange commission : the Magic Flute and Requiem -- Coda : then until now.…”
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Experiencing Mozart : a listener's companion / by Schroeder, David P., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Marching bands, church music, and escape from Salzburg -- The shadow of Haydn : symphonies -- The friendship with Haydn : chamber music -- In the realm of Joseph II : The Abduction from the Seraglio -- Virtuoso performer : concertos -- Salons : solo keyboard works -- Revolutionary thoughts about women and power : Figaro and Così -- Carnival versus Lent : Don Giovanni -- A fellow prankster and a strange commission : The Magic Flute and Requiem -- Coda : From then until now.…”

Stephen Wall : Trollope and character and other essays on Victorian literature / by Wall, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…(1982) -- Affective Intentions (1985) -- Virtuoso Variations (1987) -- Going Beyond the Repertory (1990) -- A Little Local Irritation (1998).…”

Writing between the lines : portraits of Canadian anglophone translators /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; 1 William Hume Blake, or the Translator as Amateur Ethnologist; 2 Glassco Virtuoso; 3 Joyce Marshall, or the Accidental Translator; 4 Philip Stratford: The Comparatist as Smuggler; 5 On D.G. …”
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John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea scrolls : sixty years of discovery and debate /

Table of Contents: “…Brooke -- John, Qumran, and virtuoso religion / Brian J. Capper -- Purification in the fourth gospel in light of Qumran / Hannah K Harrington -- "Protect them from the evil one" (John 17:15) : light from the Dead Sea scrolls / Loren T. …”
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Musical meaning : toward a critical history / by Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Hermeneutics and musical history: a primer without rules, an exercise with Schubert -- Hands on, lights off: the Moonlight Sonata and the birth of sex at the piano -- Beyond words and music: an essay on songfulness -- Franz Liszt and the virtuoso public sphere: sight and sound in the rise of mass entertainment -- Rethinking Schumann's Carnaval: identity, meaning, and the social order -- Glottis envy: the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera -- Hercules' hautboys: mixed media and musical meaning -- The voice of Persephone: musical meaning and mixed media -- Powers of blackness: jazz and the blues in modern concert music -- Long ride in a slow machine: the alienation effect from Weill to Shostakovich -- Chiaroscuro: Coltrane's American songbook -- Ghost stories: cultural memory, mourning, and the myth of originality.…”
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A History of Singing. by Potter, John

Table of Contents: “…NOTRE DAME AND AFTER: THE SPECIALISED SOLOISTSECULAR MONOPHONY: FROM ORAL TRADITION TO POETIC LYRIC; CHAPTER 3 The emerging soloist and the primacy of text; POLYPHONIC SONG; OCKEGHEM AND JOSQUIN: COMPOSING SINGERS; THE WRITTEN AND THE SUNG: INTABULATION; FROM POLYPHONIST TO SOLOIST: THE RISE OF THE VIRTUOSO; REVELATION VERSUS ROULADES: VIRTUOSITY AND THE PRIMACY OF TEXT; ITALIAN SINGING EXPORTED; CHAPTER 4 The age of the virtuoso; CASTRATO: AN ARTIFICIAL VOICE FOR VOCAL ARTIFICE; TRAINING AND PEDAGOGY: THE LONG TAIL OF RENAISSANCE TECHNIQUES; FROM PRIMO UOMO TO PRIMA DONNA.…”
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Staging the blues : from tent shows to tourism / by McGinley, Paige A.

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Andy Akiho found (his) sound /

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Charles Valentin Alkan : his life and his music / by Eddie, William Alexander

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