Les Noces in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)Dover reproduces old editions of masterworks at very economical prices."Les Noces" is a fine example and at an unbelievable price.The format is large, which is welcome, and the text is in both the originalRussian (indispensable), and in French.An English translation is providedseparately, in the introduction.
The volume is more sturdilyconstructed and in a much larger format than the Boosey and Hawkes scoresof Stravinsky pieces; my "Persephone", while it is a beautifuledition, is small, expensive, and falling apart despite careful treatment.

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A sort of choreographic cantata depicting Russian peasant nuptials, Les Noces ("The Wedding") was produced by Diaghilev in Paris in 1923. This outstandingly original work broke new musical ground with its compact, concise style, using unusual combinations of instruments with vocal accompaniment rather than a large orchestra. Reproduced from an authoritative score, this handsome, inexpensive volume incorporates new lists of contents and instrumentation; a glossary and preface (with illustrations); a Note on the Translation and Translation of the French Text.

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Elementary Method for the Balalaika Review

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(More customer reviews)Until Bibs Ekkel wrote his Mel Bay's Complete Bailalaika Book this was *the* method to have. It was for many years the only method available in English, originally translated in 1964 from the original Russian-language edition. This is the same edition as published then, still worth the small investment. I still have my original 1964 copy!

The introductory material is succinct and gives you everything you would need to know to get started. Although the pictures are quite "old", they are helpful in reviewing your hand positions. This book is full of music throughout and would be an excellent companion to the Ekkel book. If you're serious about learning the balalaika you owe it to yourself to buy both books for the price of what would normally be a single music lesson.

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Translated from Russian by Simeon N. Jurist. An elementary method in one volume consisting of four parts. Part One introduces all the fundamentals including note reading and chordal accompaniment. Each succeeding part advances the player through the positions. Part Four contains supplementary repertoire.

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Grace Under Pressure: Passing Dance Through Time (Limelight) Review

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(More customer reviews)In Grace Under Pressure: Passing Dance Through Time, ballet expert Barbara Newman (Dance Critic of "Country Life" magazine and a journalist contributor to "Dancing Times"), has compiled remarkably informative interviews with eighteen contemporary illuminaries of the world of dance. This impressive collection of leading dancers and renowned dance instructors ranging from Suki Schorer (School of American Ballet) and Marc Du Bouays (Paris Opera Ballet School) to Yuri Fareyev, Margaret Mercier, and Richard Thomas. Enthusiastically recommended reading for anyone contemplating a life in ballet, Grace Under Pressure offers the reader a diverse selection of insights into the dedicated life and working world of the contemporary ballet as the aspirants experience the hard work and intense discipline for learning and practicing this demanding art.

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Grace under Pressure is a series of insightful essays by Ms. Newman and a collection of stimulating interviews with movers and shakers of today's dance world. They are: Suki Schorer, Violette Verdy, Kathryn Wade, Mark Morris, Anne Marie Vessel, Margaret Mercier, Robert Denvers, Richard Thomas, Sorella Englund, Marc du Bouays, Helgi Tomasson, Francia Russell, Maina Gielgud, David Bintley, Irina Kolpakova, Yuri Fateyev, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, Shelley Washington.
Grace under Pressure provides a brief history of important schools in four countries as well as a detailed overview of the audition policy, curriculum and pedagogic philosophy that shape each one. In dance as in every academic discipline, the classroom is a testing ground for dedicated pupils, who must constantly adapt to the rigorous demands of their chosen art. The subjects in this book speak openly about the challenges they face themselves as they attempt to breathe new life into familiar performance pieces and imbue each student with a unique love of dance that surpasses the drive for physical perfection.

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A Russian Song Book Review

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(More customer reviews)I play several of the songs in this book on the Trumpet for my own enjoyment.It includes some very beautiful songs.My favorites are: The Light (Ogonek), for which somebody should write English lyrics and get recorded, the Song of Greeting, written by Dimitri Shostakovich, Stenka Razin (did he really have to drown the poor princess to win back the confidence of his band of brigands?), Dubinushka, a bitter revolutionary song; Podmoscovskaya vechera (Moscow Nights) which was recorded as a jazz piece and popularized in America by Kenny Ball, the maudlin Tyawmnaya Noch (Dark Night) as well as the ever popular Katiusha and Kalinka.

Pieces the book does not include, but that I wish it did:Proshanie Slavyanki (Farewell to Slavic Women), the best Russian march; and Dolinnuyo Dorogayu (popularized by Mary Hopkins as "Those were the Days."

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traditional folk songs, plus 19 songs written in the folk style by 20th-century composers such as Shostakovich, Knipper and Zakharov. Reprinted from authoritative Soviet editions, each of the songs appears with a vocal line, full piano accompaniment and guitar chords. The lyrics are shown in the original Cyrillic, in transliteration and in an English translation. Introduction. Discography.

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