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  Music in World War II - Coping...

  Roberta Montemorra Marvin,...

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  A collection of essays examining the roles played by music in American and European society during the Second World War. 
   
  Global conflicts of the twentieth century fundamentally transformed not only national boundaries, power relations, and global economies, but also the arts and culture of every nation involved. An important, unacknowledged aspect of these conflicts is that they have unique musical soundtracks. Music in World War II explores how music and sound took on radically different dimensions in the United States and Europe before, during, and after World War II. Additionally, the collection examines the impact of radio and film as the disseminators of the war’s musical soundtrack. Contributors contend that the European and American soundtrack of World War II was largely one of escapism rather than the lofty, solemn, heroic, and celebratory mode of “war music” in the past. Furthermore, they explore the variety of experiences of populations forced from their homes and interned in civilian and POW camps in Europe and the United States, examining how music in these environments played a crucial role in maintaining ties to an idealized “home” and constructing politicized notions of national and ethnic identity.  
   
  This fascinating, well-constructed volume of essays builds understanding of the role and importance of music during periods of conflict and highlights the unique aspects of music during World War II. 
   
  “A collection that offers deeply informed, interdisciplinary, and original views on a myriad of musical practices in Europe, Great Britain, and the United States during the period.” —Gayle Magee, co-editor of Over Here, Over There: Transatlantic Conversations on the Music of World War I

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  The Improviser's Way - A...

  Katy Schutte

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  An inspiring and interactive workbook to help you develop skills for longform improvisation, by one of the UK's top improv performers and teachers.
  Structured as a twelve-week course, this book provides techniques, advice and exercises that can be done on your own or in groups – with activities to complete as you go – for learning faster and becoming (more) amazing at improvisation. It draws on the author's own experience of performing and teaching improv around the world, with added gems of wisdom from key experts.
  Starting with the basics of improvisation, it moves on to explore areas of the craft such as rehearsals, character, editing, form and style; plus career advice including how to cope with bad gigs, jealousy, fear of missing out and your Inner Critic.
  The Improviser's Way is ideal for improvisers at any level – from those new to improv entirely, through those familiar with shortform who are looking to extend their reach, to experienced longform performers and teachers looking to refresh their approach and embrace new ideas. It is also invaluable to anyone looking to discover more about this popular, thrillingly creative and empowering form of performance.
  By the end, you won't just be a better improviser – you'll be a better person!
  'Written with the calm and kind wisdom of someone who has been there and done that, here is a wealth of brilliant suggestions to help you improvise better and, perhaps more importantly, help you be better at the job of being an improviser' Lee Simpson (The Comedy Store Players, Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
  'Katy Schutte is a leading light of the UK improv scene and this book is as warm, witty, compassionate and funny as she is' Tom Salinksy (Spontaneity Shop)

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  The Real Thing

  Tom Stoppard

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  Henry may be the wittiest playwright of his generation, but he’s hopelessly naïve when it comes to understanding love and infidelity. Writing about betrayal is one thing, living with it is another. After Henry leaves his wife for another woman, he’s confronted with being the cuckold himself. Both dazzlingly clever and emotionally naked, Henry’s search for the “the real thing” in art and love demonstrates beautifully why both are worth the effort in the end.
  
  Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center in November 2008.
  
  Directed by Rosalind Ayres
  Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
  An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
  Andrea Bowen as Debbie
  Matthew Gaydos as Brodie and TV Director
  Carolyn Seymour as Charlotte
  Simon Templeman as Henry
  Douglas Weston as Max
  Joanne Whalley as Annie
  Matthew Wolf as Billy
  
  Associate Producers: Jennifer Brooks and Christina Montaño
  Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Editor/Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
  Sound Effects Artist: Theresa Arrison
  Music Supervisor: Scott Willis

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  Six Times the Fun

  Carl Amari

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  We have heard your requests, Hollywood 360 listeners- You wanted more classic radio, and starting this week, you're getting more classic radio! From now on, you'll get six classic radio episodes every week instead of four! This week, we'll hear The Adventures of Sam Spade, The Life of Riley, The Green Hornet, The Whistler, The Black Museum and You Bet Your Life!.A Falcon Picture Group audio production.

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  The Art of Embroidered Butterflies

  Jane E. Hall

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  With gorgeous photos, a renowned textile artist guides you through the details of her creative process—and twelve amazing projects.  
   
  The embroidery of Jane E. Hall is breathtaking, and in this book she combines her love of butterflies with her outstanding talent as a textile artist to produce three-dimensional renditions of exquisitely worked butterflies almost indistinguishable from the real thing. 
   
  Using the finest of silk threads and needles, Jane lovingly creates her butterflies’ wings using the tiniest of stitches worked on to silk. They are then carefully cut away and the edges strengthened with hair-fine wire before being attached to the bodies, crafted from air-drying modelling medium and brushed with whisper-thin threads to resemble hairs. The butterflies are then placed within a setting of silk leaves and flowers, all made with the same painstaking attention to detail and expert skill as the butterflies themselves. 
   
  This book provides a fascinating introduction to butterflies in nature, reflecting Jane’s love and admiration for these exquisite creatures, and goes on to describe the materials and methods Jane uses to produce her incredible creations. Twelve projects, each based on a different butterfly including the Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, and Brimstone, present the finished piece along with the materials Jane used, and the photographs, swatches, drawings, and paintings that inspired it.

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  Pre-Raphaelites 120 illustrations

  Robert de La Sizeranne

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  In the Victorian era, England – swept along by the Industrial Revolution, the Pre-Raphaelite fold, William Morris, and the Arts and Crafts movement – aspired to return to traditional values. Wishing to resurrect the pure and noble forms of the Italian Renaissance, a group of painters including John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Edward Burne-Jones, favoured Realism and Biblical themes. This work, with its informed text and rich illustrations, enthusiastically describes this singular movement which provided the inspiration for Art Noveau and Symbolism.

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