The long-awaited memoir by “the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers” (New York Times). A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet here in Words Without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice, that of a bor...(展开全部)

The long-awaited memoir by “the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers” (New York Times). A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet here in Words Without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice, that of a bor...(展开全部)

This historical survey focuses on music for piano solo but also includes important compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Scholarly yet readable, it covers the entire repertoire from the Renaissance to the late 20th century and incorporates a bibliography of 1,100 sources for further study.

The author begins with showing how to solve common problems of writing. He covers: how to recognize common problems of writing, and words and phrases that should be cut; how to shorten cumbersome sentences; how to arrange the elements of pairs, series, and compound subjects and predicates; how to recognize and rectify mismanaged participles; and how to be on the lookout for the...(展开全部)

The author begins with showing how to solve common problems of writing. He covers: how to recognize common problems of writing, and words and phrases that should be cut; how to shorten cumbersome sentences; how to arrange the elements of pairs, series, and compound subjects and predicates; how to recognize and rectify mismanaged participles; and how to be on the lookout for the...(展开全部)

The Italian Renaissance was a creative period for art criticism as well as for art itself. The early efforts to give verbal accounts of visual representations and their quality throw light not only on art during the Renaissance but also on art criticism at any time. This collection of papers by the art historian and critic Michael Baxandall represents his thinking over the past...(展开全部)

From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes The Music Lesson, the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the teacher would guide the young musician on a spiritual jo...(展开全部)

劳伦斯·布洛克Lawrence Block 1938年生于美国布法罗，当代欧美硬汉派侦探小说代表作家。他的许多作品以苍凉不安、危机四伏的纽约为背景，被誉为“纽约犯罪风景的吟游诗人”。 布洛克曾多次获得爱伦·坡奖、夏姆斯奖、马耳他之鹰奖，并且得到了美国推理作家协会颁发的终身大师奖、英国推理作家协会颁发的钻石匕首奖等推理小说界重要大奖。 布洛克主要的作品有马修·斯卡德系列、雅贼系列、伊凡·谭纳系列、奇普·哈里森系列、杀手凯勒系列等。 曾与香港著名导演王家卫合作编写电影《蓝莓之夜》的剧本。

Francesco Casetti believes new media technologies are producing an exciting new era in cinema aesthetics. Whether we experience film in the theater, on our hand-held devices, in galleries and museums, onboard and in flight, or up in the clouds in the bits we download, cinema continues to alter our habits and excite our imaginations. Casetti travels from the remote corners of fi...(展开全部)