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Drawing on oral history and testimony, as well as extensive archival research, this powerful story recounts the transformation of Polish nationalist Aleksander Kulisiewicz after an unlikely friendship with a Jewish conductor in Sachsenhausen who tasked him with a mission: to save the musical heritage of the victims of the Nazi camps.
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BILL JONES
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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My Memories of a Singing Country Legend' is a fast moving biography of Country Singer Lance James. It's up close and personal and is written by myself, Bill Jones the Jazz Drummer, international author and movie director. I originally met the singing country legend when we worked together fifty years ago, in the music department of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. I became a close friend and compadre of Lance James at the beginning of his...
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Scribner
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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"Checkpoint Charlie is the story of the men and women - from both sides of the Cold War's political divide - who lived, served on, or escaped through the Berlin Wall during its life span (13th August 1961 - 9th November 1989). This physical monstrosity created by the East German communist state was to divide one of the most beautiful and by 1961, ruined cities of the world; dividing families, friends and lovers. Its creation, and its sudden collapse...
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Viking
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©2024
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English
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"World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renee Fleming curates a collection of essays from leading scientists, creative arts therapists, educators, healthcare providers and artists about the powerful impacts of music and the arts on health and the human experience. A compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions, from providing pain relief, to...
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VIZ Media, LLC
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[2018]-
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English
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"Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world"--Publisher.
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Teaching Company
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[2015]
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English
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Experience the majesty and beauty of the transcendent chorales, cantatas, masses, and oratorios of the Western sacred music tradition. Lectures are 45 minutes long and include examples of music discussed in the lecture.