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Music, stage & screen
Groundhog Day
By Ryan Gilbey
Paperback
Published 01-Apr-2004
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It is becoming clearer and clearer that 'Groundhog Day', directed by Harold Ramis, is one of the masterpieces of 1990s Hollywood cinema. Ryan Gilbey begins his account of the film with the long and unlucky gestation of the script by Danny Rubin and celebrates the inspired casting of Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.
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Nijinsky
By Lucy Moore
Hardback
Published 02-May-2013
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Tells the tragic story of ballet's great revolutionary, Nijinsky. In this book, the author examines a career defined by two forces - inspired performance and an equally headline-grabbing talent for controversy.
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Story of Music
By Howard Goodall
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Published 10-Jan-2013
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Music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multi-layered orchestration can seem bewilderingly specialised and complex. This title focuses on what changed when and why, picking out the discoveries that revolutionised man-made sound.
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Verdi and/or Wagner
By Peter Conrad
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Published 25-Feb-2013
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Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfort to mankind.
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On Poetry
By Glyn Maxwell
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Published 01-May-2012
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I'm Your Man
By Sylvie Simmons
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Published 01-Nov-2012
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The genius behind such classic songs as "Suzanne", "Bird on the Wire" and "Hallelujah", Leonard Cohen has been one of the most influential songwriters of our time, a man of spirituality, emotion, and intelligence whose work has explored the definitive issues of human life. This title explores various facets of Cohen's life.
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This is Your Brain on Music
By Daniel Levitin
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Published 01-May-2008
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Explains how humans experience music and unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, this work reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born, and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience.
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How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
By Leslie Woodhead
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Published 25-Apr-2013
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Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev
By Simon Morrison
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Published 21-Mar-2013
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Lina Prokofiev was alone in her Moscow apartment one night when the telephone rang. The caller insisted that she come downstairs to collect a parcel, but when she reached the courtyard she was arrested. Born in Madrid to a Russian soprano and a Spanish tenor, Lina had spent much of her youth in Brooklyn.
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In Two Minds: a Biography of Jonathan Miller
By Kate Bassett
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Published 15-Nov-2012
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