Throughout his life, Mozart was inspired, fascinated, amused, aroused, hurt, disappointed and betrayed by women -- and he was equally complex to them. But, first and last, Mozart loved and respected women. His mother, his sister, his wife, her sisters, and his female patrons, friends, lovers and fellow artists all figure prominently in his life. And his experience, observati...(展开全部)

作者简介 简•格拉芙，英国当代著名指挥家、古典音乐学者。早年毕业于牛津大学。在1975年的维克斯福德音乐节上，她以自己编定的卡瓦利（Cavalli）的歌剧《埃力忒莉娅》（L ʼEritrea）完成了职业生涯的首演，这也是创作于17世纪的该剧在当代的首次复排演出。 1981年至1985年，她出任格林德伯恩巡回歌剧团的音乐总监，带领剧团上演了《后宫诱逃》《伊德梅尼欧》《唐•乔万尼》及《女人皆如此》等多部莫扎特的歌剧作品；1984年至1991年，出任伦敦莫扎特演奏家乐团艺术总监；2009年至2016年，在皇家音乐学院任歌剧系主任，至今仍在此任教，同时也在牛津大学任客座教授。简•格拉芙指挥过英国多个重要的交响乐团和室内乐团，也曾在欧陆、美国、亚洲和澳洲的各大乐团职棒。在最近几个音乐季当中，她和纽约爱乐乐团、克利夫兰交响乐团、费城交响乐团、班贝格交响乐团等团体...(展开全部)

Throughout his life, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was enchanted, amused, aroused, and betrayed by women—his mother, sister, wife, sisters-in-law, female patrons, friends, lovers, and fellow artists—and he was equally complex to them. But ultimately the great composer loved and respected the women he knew intimately and those whom he admired from afar. In this fascinating, evocative,...(展开全部)

Where Rivers and Mountains Sing takes readers on a journey through the rich sonic world of inner Asia, where the elemental energies of wind, water, and echo, the ubiquitous presence of birds and animals, and the legendary feats of heroes have inspired a remarkable art and technology of sound-making among nomadic pastoralists. For inner Asian pastoralists, sound and music form p...(展开全部)

Theodore Levin takes readers on a journey through the rich sonic world of inner Asia, where the elemental energies of wind, water, and echo; the ubiquitous presence of birds and animals; and the legendary feats of heroes have inspired a remarkable art and technology of sound-making among nomadic pastoralists. As performers from Tuva and other parts of inner Asia have responded ...(展开全部)

Where Rivers and Mountains Sing takes readers on a journey through the rich sonic world of inner Asia, where the elemental energies of wind, water, and echo, the ubiquitous presence of birds and animals, and the legendary feats of heroes have inspired a remarkable art and technology of sound-making among nomadic pastoralists. For inner Asian pastoralists, sound and music form p...(展开全部)

Most previous books about Dmitri Shostakovich have focused on either his symphonies and operas, or his relationship to the regime under which he lived, or both, since these large-scale works were the ones that attracted the interest and sometimes the condemnation of the Soviet authorities. "Music for Silenced Voices" looks at Shostakovich through the back door, as it were, of h...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗•伊舍伍德（1904—1986） 英裔美国作家。一九二九年随好友诗人奥登前往柏林，在当地待了四年，恰好见证了纳粹在德国的兴起。一九四六年获得美国国籍，余生定居美国。其作品带有浓郁的自传色彩，以细腻优美的文笔及对人性独特的洞见，构成绝妙的社会寓言。代表作《单身男子》被改编为电影并获多项国际大奖。《别了，柏林》和《诺里斯先生换火车》合称为《柏林故事集》，被美国国家图书馆与《时代》杂志选入“二十世纪一百部最佳英语小说”。曾与奥登合写日记《战地行纪》，记载一九三八年周游中国的见闻。美国著名剧作家、小说家和散文家戈尔•维达尔称伊舍伍德为“最好的英语散文作家”。

克里斯托弗•伊舍伍德（1904—1986） 英裔美国作家。一九二九年随好友诗人奥登前往柏林，在当地待了四年，恰好见证了纳粹在德国的兴起。一九四六年获得美国国籍，余生定居美国。其作品带有浓郁的自传色彩，以细腻优美的文笔及对人性独特的洞见，构成绝妙的社会寓言。代表作《单身男子》被改编为电影并获多项国际大奖。《别了，柏林》和《诺里斯先生换火车》合称为《柏林故事集》，被美国国家图书馆与《时代》杂志选入“二十世纪一百部最佳英语小说”。曾与奥登合写日记《战地行纪》，记载一九三八年周游中国的见闻。美国著名剧作家、小说家和散文家戈尔•维达尔称伊舍伍德为“最好的英语散文作家”。

杰丝米妮·瓦德（Jesmyn Ward，1977- ），黑人女作家，密歇根大学艺术硕士，现任杜兰大学创意写作副教授。著有小说《哪里疼痛》（Where the Line Bleeds）及《拾骨》（Salvage the Bones），后者荣获2011年美国国家图书奖。非虚构作品包括为《纽约时报》编辑的畅销文集《这一次烈火》（The Fire This Time）及回忆录《我们收获的男人》（Men We Reaped）。2017年荣获麦克阿瑟天才奖，同年凭借第三部小说《唱吧！未安葬的魂灵》（Sing, Unburied, Sing）二度摘得美国国家图书奖，成为历史上第一位两次获得该奖项的女性。2018年获选《时代》百大影响人物。目前与家人居住于密西西比州。 孙麟，大学讲师，中国美国史研究会会员。从事美国非裔文学与文化的教学和研究。