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Author: Adam Rapp
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780140368338
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables, " Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.
Author: Sophy Roberts
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2020-08-04
Total Pages: 443
ISBN-13: 0802149308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This “melodious” mix of music, history, and travelogue “reveals a story inextricably linked to the drama of Russia itself . . . These pages sing like a symphony.” —The Wall Street Journal Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos—grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos traveled into this snowbound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accomplished extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia follows Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful—and peppered with pianos. “An elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book.” —Paul Theroux
Author: Juha Virta
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Published: 2018-03-06
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781423649267
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What do you do when a piano shows up in your yard? Take a cat-nap? Use it as a coffee table? What's a band to do when one of its instruments goes missing? And what does a yellow sock have to do with anything?
Author: Adam Rapp
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables, " Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.
Author: Adam Rapp
Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 2002-03-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780613846066
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.
Author: Graham Marsh
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 2014-07-29
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781847805447
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Cool cat Max rides his scooter downtown to see if anyone's seen the note he lost while writing his latest tune. Created in consultation with a literary specialist, these editions contain the complete original stories, designed to support children who are gaining confidence in reading. With engaging illustrations, entertaining stories and new words to learn, these books are perfect for young readers to read on their own.
Author: James M. Doran
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press and the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Daniel McFarlane
Publisher:
Published: 2019-11-28
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781670474025
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Delight your students with these fun, playful pieces in the Land of the Middle Seas supplementary piano book. Each of the 16 Early Elementary pieces tells a new part of the musical story - creating an engaging, expressive way to explore the middle C range. The simple sheet music is designed for students at an early elementary level and can act as a bridge between Level 1 and Level 2 of the Supersonics Method or as a supplement to any other method. Watch their eyes light up every time you bring out these catchy, original pieces. This book comes with free backing tracks and more online. Find them inside the Supersonics Plus app. Support material: The Supersonics Plus App adds so much more to this book. Access the teaching resources, sample recordings, backing tracks, activities and more - in studio or at home, and create a rich, dynamic and engaging learning experience. All the core content is free! Content: 36 page supplementary piano book with expressive and original music for beginners (approx. ages 6+). Creatively track student's progress: Students will love to colour the map each time they master a piece on their musical journey, encouraging them to practice and take pride in their progress. BONUS FREE ACCESS to Supersonics Plus material: Get sample recordings and additional teaching resources that provide a fun and rich teaching experience for you and your students. Teaching Support via our Facebook Group: Join the Supersonics Piano Facebook Group to join a lively community of piano tutors using our method. This book includes the following pieces: Into the Mist, Genie in the Bottle, Dwarf Army, The Ruins of Alcabar, Fairy Flight, Sanctuary, Grimblekins, Will o' the Wisp, Fairy Rescue, Sleeping Dragon, Dragon Escape, Flower Fairies, Secret Passage, Lady of the Lake, Sea Serpents, The Great Battle Please note that this book is perfect bound.
Author: Lea Singer
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Published: 2020-10-06
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 1939931878
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Explosively passionate, this story of forbidden love and unmet potential is ... for anyone who’s ever felt the ineffable power of music." —Aja Gabel, author of The Ensemble The Piano Student is a novel about regret, secrecy, and music, involving an affair between one of the 20th century’s most celebrated pianists, Vladimir Horowitz, and his young male student, Nico Kaufmann, in the late 1930s. As Europe hurtles toward political catastrophe and Horowitz ascends to the pinnacle of artistic achievement, the great pianist hides his illicit passion from his wife Wanda, daughter of the renowned conductor Arturo Toscanini. Based on unpublished letters by Horowitz to Kaufmann that author Lea Singer discovered in Switzerland, this is a riveting and sensitive tale of musical perfection, love, and longing denied, with multiple historical layers and insights into artistic creativity.
