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  Music Sense and Nonsense -...

  Alfred Brendel

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  Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of our time, is renowned for his masterly interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, and has been credited with rescuing from oblivion the piano music of Schubert's last years. Far from having merely one string to his bow, however, Brendel is also one of the world's most remarkable writers on music - possessed of the rare ability to bring the clarity and originality of expression that characterised his performances to the printed page. The definitive collection of his award-winning writings and essays, Music, Sense and Nonsense combines all of his work originally published in his two classic books, Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts and Music Sounded Out, along with significant new material on a lifetime of recording, performance habits and reflections on life and art. As well as providing stimulating reading, this new edition provides a unique insight into the exceptional mind of one of the outstanding musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Whether discussing Bach or Beethoven, Schubert or Schoenberg, Brendel's reflections are illuminating and challenging, a treasure for the specialist and the music lover alike.

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  Between Riverside and Crazy

  Stephen Adly Guirgis

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  After his wife’s death, retired cop Walter ‘Pops’ Washington has made a home for his ex-felon son in his sprawling, rent-controlled, Riverside Drive apartment. Will a long-simmering feud with the NYPD cause him to lose his home and the family he’s built there? The play was the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring (in alphabetical order): 
  Elisa Bocanegra as Church Lady; John Cothran as Pops;Seamus Dever as Lieutenant Carrow; James Martinez as Oswaldo;Ana Ortiz as Lulu; Larry Powell as Junior;and Emily Swallow as Detective Audrey O’Connor. 
  Directed by Diane Rodriguez and recorded before an audience at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater in November 2017.

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  Cecil B DeMille's Hollywood

  Robert S. Birchard

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  A look at the wide-ranging work of the Golden Age genius who made The Ten Commandments and other blockbusters—and helped found the American film industry.  Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood is a detailed and definitive chronicle of the director’s screen work that changed the course of film history—and a fascinating look at how movies were actually made in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Drawing extensively on DeMille’s personal archives and other primary sources, Robert S. Birchard offers a revealing portrait of DeMille the filmmaker that goes behind studio gates and beyond DeMille’s legendary persona.   In his forty-five-year career DeMille’s box-office record was unsurpassed, and his swaggering style established the public image for movie directors. He had a profound impact on the way movies tell stories, and brought greater attention to the elements of decor, lighting, and cinematography. Best remembered today for screen spectacles such as The Ten Commandments and Samson and Delilah, DeMille also created Westerns, realistic “chamber dramas,” and a series of daring and highly influential social comedies—while setting the standard for Hollywood filmmakers and demanding absolute devotion to his creative vision from his writers, artists, actors, and technicians.   “Far and away the best film book published so far this year.” —National Board of Review

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  Private Lives

  Noel Coward

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  The lights of a yacht on the French Riviera are reflected in the water and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers. Private Lives shimmers with wit, romance, desire and bittersweet truth.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Rosalind Ayres, Marnie Mosiman, Ian Ogilvy, Begonya Piazza and Kristoffer Tabori.

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  Night Beat: The Black Cat

  Frank Lovejoy

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  For Randy Stone of the Chicago Star, stories begin in many ways. This one began with a Halloween killing and ended with a black cat sweet revenge.

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  Anecdotes from Backstage - A...

  Peter O. Bischoff

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  This is a fast motion journey through the musical decades. Leaping back and forth from backstage scenes to practice room parties to personal encounters with the stars. Use the decade symbols at the top of each page as a guide or scan through the index to search for known names. Throughout this musical diary you will discover rare and yet unpublished photos from Peter's personal archive. There is so much waiting here to be unveiled . . .

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