Musical Mysteries: From Mozart to John Lennon

From Edna Susman author: Borowitz, Albert Musical Mysteries: From Mozart to John Lennon Author Albert Borowitz, a graduate of Harvard and a true crime historian, presents us with a fascinating interplay between crime and music.  The book is divided into two parts: the first explores eight famous crimes and crime legends including the alleged killing [...]

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Fantasy [sound recording] : a night at the opera.

From Edna Susman author: Pahud, Emmanuel Fantasy [sound recording] : a night at the opera This new classical CD is sure to please opera lovers, flutists as well as classical music lovers. Emmanuel Pahud, the award winning French-Swiss flutist, is joined by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin and assisted by flutist Juliette [...]

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Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions

From Edna Susman author: Horowitz, Marc Eden Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions Published 8 years after the first edition, this expanded edition includes a new chapter discussing Sondheim’s entire career. It presents an updated song listing and discography which include all works composed and recorded since the previous edition. In the interviews [...]

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Resumes That Pop: Designs That Reflect your Personal Brand

From Edna Susman author: Criscito, Pat Resumes That Pop: Designs That Reflect your Personal Brand The beauty of this book is that it includes close to 200 examples of all possible types of resumes. In addition to executive resumes, curricula vitae and the usual resumes, the author explains how to create one’s electronic resume, including [...]

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YouTube in Music Education

From Edna Susman author: Rudolph, Thomas YouTube in Music Education This is a must for all music teachers, as well as anyone interested in learning more about the practical uses of YouTube.  A small book that packs a lot of information in its 241 pages such as: a brief history of YouTube, why YouTube works [...]

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Harp dreams : inside the USA international harp competition

From Edna Susman Harp dreams : inside the USA international harp competition. Most classical music buffs are aware of the major international music competitions. There’s the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the USA, the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia and the Paganini International Competition in Genoa among many others. How many of us have [...]

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SENTIR (sound recording)

From Edna Susman author: Levy, Yasmin SENTIR (sound recording) With this, her fifth album, Israeli singer/songwriter, Yasmin Levy, presents songs in her beautiful voice from the Ladino/Judeo-Spanish heritage, mixed with Andolucian Flamenco. The recording itself is clear and very well produced with enjoyable backround musicians on various instruments such as the guitar, bass, bouzouki, ney, [...]

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Man With the Golden Flute: Sir James, a Celtic Minstrel

From Edna Susman author: Galway, James Man With the Golden Flute: Sir James, a Celtic Minstrel Considered to be the most televised and recorded classical artist performing today, James Galway, to commemorate his 70th birthday, has shared with us his experiences as a very young child in a poor working-class neighborhood to his current world-renowned [...]

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Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves

From Edna Susman author: Mach, Elyse Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves Classical music lovers are in for a real treat with this book which the library recently acquired. It is a compilation of entertaining interviews, by Professor Elyse Mach, a concert pianist herself, with 25 world renowned pianists. Among the pianists included in the [...]

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