Author: John C. Esposito
Publisher: Da Capo Pre
Keywords: grove, aftermath, tragedy, cocoanut, fire
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-10-09
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 030681501X
ISBN-13: 9780306815010
A gripping account of the disastrous Cocoanut Grove fire--the most deadly nightclub fire in American history--and the pursuit of justice that rose from its embers On Saturday night, November 28, 1942, Boston suffered its worst disaster ever. At the city’s premier nightspot, the Cocoanut Grove, the largest nightclub fire in U.S. history took the lives of 492 people--nearly one of every two people on the premises. A flash of fire that started in an imitation palm tree rolled through the overcrowded club with breathtaking speed and in a mere eight minutes anyone left in the club was dead o
Author: Edwin M. Ripin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: new, grove, series, keyboard, instruments
Number of Pages: 313
Published: 1989-09-17
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0393305155
ISBN-13: 9780393305159
The New Grove Musical Instruments Series, a companion to the much-acclaimed New Grove Composer Biography Series, presents in book form many of the lengthy and informative articles published in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Each book is a comprehensive guide to all facets of an instrument: its history, construction, repertory, playing techniques, and makers, written by leading authorities. The resulting volumes are suitable for performers, students, historians, and amateurs. All the material has been expanded and updated and each volume is supplemented by a full glossary of
Authors:Carl Dahlhaus, John Deathridge,
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: new, grove, series, wagner
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 1997-10-17
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0393315908
ISBN-13: 9780393315905
Authors:Maurice J. E. Brown, Eric Sams,
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: new, grove, series, schubert
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 1997-10-17
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 039331586X
ISBN-13: 9780393315868
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is the most comprehensive and up-to-date body of musical knowledge ever gathered together. The New Grove composer biographies have been selected from the dictionary to bring the finest of the biographies to a wider audience. Each has been expanded and updated for book publication and contains a comprehensive work-list, index, and fully revised bibliography, in addition to the definitive view of the subject’s life and works.Maurice J. E. Brown, one of the world’s leading authorities on Schubert, completed this fine biography of the co
Author: Christoph Wolff
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: new, grove, series, bach, family
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 1997-10-17
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0393303543
ISBN-13: 9780393303544
Authors:Jens Peter Larsen, Georg Feder,
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: new, grove, biographies, haydn, composer
Number of Pages: 237
Published: 1997-10-17
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0393303594
ISBN-13: 9780393303599
The son of an 18th century Austrian wheelwright, Haydn is acknowledged for refining the symphony and string quartet and praised for his oratorios and masses. Deeply involved in the evolution of the Classical style, its subsequent growth can be seen in his own music. Indeed, he is considered to be one of the most significant composers of the Classical Period. Under his care the symphony and string quartet came to life, and the oratios and masses of his late years belong to the consummation of the classical spirit in music. This biography of Joseph Haydn is one in a new series of composer biogra
Author: Philip R. Belt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: new, grove, series, piano
Number of Pages: 190
Published: 1997-10-17
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 039330518x
ISBN-13: 9780393305180
The New Grove Musical Instruments Series, a companion to the much acclaimed New Grove Composer Biography Series, presents in book form many of the lengthy and informative articles published in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Suitable for performers, instrument makers, students, historians, and amateurs alike, each book is an invaluable guide to all facets of an instrument—history, construction, playing technique, and manufacturers—written by leading authorities. All material has been expanded and updated and is supplemented by a full glossary of terms, an index of instrum
