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In this exciting new study of a largely overlooked but nevertheless extremely important figure in American music, author Allen Cohen explores the relationship between theory and practice in the works of Howard Hanson, a prominent twentieth-century composer, conductor, and educator. In Hanson's book Harmonic Materials of Modern Music, he proffered a theory of classification of all possible pitch-class collections in the chromatic scale, showing ways of deriving larger collections from smaller ones, and demonstrating significant relationships among them. This theory anticipated in many ways the standard formulations of music set theory, while also influencing Hanson's own compositions. Following an introduction and biographical overview, Howard Hanson: Theory and Practice summarizes its subject's theoretical writings, examines their usefulness for both musicologists and composers, and analyzes in particular two of Hanson's musical pieces. In this way, Howard Hanson represents an exciting and highly educational look at a man and his work, both unacknowledged for too long. ... Read more

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An excellent book on Hanson's work
This is the first full-scale analytical book (other than a bio-bibliography) to be published on the work of American composer Howard Hanson.

Cohen's book is an excellent and required read for any scholar or serious listener interested in the music and compositional processes of Hanson -- an undervalued and underacknowledged figure in the history of American music. ... Read more

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This book is the second volume of the history of the Eastman School of Music, beginning in 1932 after George Eastman's death, and ending in 1972 with the resignation of the school's third director, Walter Hendl. This book is very much about Howard Hanson, director of the school from 1924 until his retirement in 1964. After forty years under Hanson's guidance, the Eastman School of Music was a near-perfect reflection of the values and ideals of its long-term director. Under Hanson's leadership, the school became widely known as an institution that welcomed the performer and the scholar, the composer and the educator. It was a school committed to the development of musical leadership, and above all an institution that was thoroughly American in its outlook, method, and goals. In 1945 Howard Hanson spoke of the school as serving a great and noble art. These words provide a vivid picture of Hanson and also accurately describe his vision for the institution which, to this day, bears the unmistakable influence of his forty-year tenure as director. Hanson's successor as director, Walter Hendl, had a far less happy tenure at Eastman. A musician of great talent, his time at the Eastman School of Music ended in considerable controversy amid personal struggle. His eight years as director nonetheless witnessed many new initiatives, positive changes, and important faculty appointments. The record of his leadership, therefore, deserving of attention and gratitude, is recounted in this volume. ... Read more

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Dr. Howard G. Hanson of northern Georgia, USA, is the author of two royalty books of poetry, Ageless Maze and Future Coin or Climber.Her most recent volume, Under the Diamond Pulse, was published in December, 2009.A graduate of Vanderbilt University with a PhD in Comparative Literature, Howard is retired after a career in college teaching and as co-founder and registrar for the Dianne Mize Studio, a private art school originating in Clarkesville, GA, but becoming the Art Studio at Sautee Nacoochee Center. ... Read more

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Poetry and pose at its finest.
What a pleasure to read such writings.It makes you want to "pick" Hanson's brain.
And the art work just added to the pleasure.

Under the Diamond Pulse
"An artist revolves within a cycle of masterpieces."This aphorism is certainly appropriate with regard to "Under the Diamond Pulse" and Hanson's two previous books of poetry.The author obviously has a love affair with the English language, and this romance has produced a work that cannot fail to reward the reader fortunate enough to browse these charming and attractively-illustrated pages.Dr. Hanson marshals all her talents and knowledge to produce poetry that is variously lyric, playful, and eerie.

Takes me to another place
There is so much meaning in each poem that I find myself going to a new place and thinking about what the poet is describing for me.Sometimes it is very real and other times it is all in my imagination.

compelling poetry
This is amazing!! Howard Hanson's new work is far and away the best poetry I've read in many a year. Intelligent, compelling, thought provoking and wonderously literate; she delivers her verse with a virtuosity rarely found! You owe it to yourself to read Dr. Hanson's newest book.

Poet of Poets
There is verse and there is poetry.Howard G. Hanson's work is among the finest poetry written today.Passionate and personal, each poem reaches into the universal nature of human beings while reflecting Howard own life experience.But unlike so much verse being written today, Howard's poetry is masterfully crafted, reflecting an understanding of the language and of poetic forms that evolved from it, creating an art rather than a mere expression. ... Read more

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HP Hanson's Four Corners Mysteries from 1stBooks LibraryThe Dean's Murders (2000)'Fresh and lively...delivered through prose that is clean and fluid...a crackershot story. Weathers is so well characterized that he reminded me of some of my favorite professors from college.' (Writer's Digest)Classical Villainy (2001)'A well-developed story...with a well-constructed plot that is...a pleasure to follow. Perhaps Hanson has rightly seen that the next unexplored territory in Southwestern mysteries might be the unfathomable peculiarities of the Anglo.' (Santa Fe New Mexican)And now...The Four Corners region is swept by a wave of serial murders, murders so professional that they remain unconnected for months. A Nazi prison-camp diary, mailed to a wealthy industrialist, describes gruesome medical experiments on inmates. A rag-tag band of environmental activists turns to arson as a means of self-expression.Nothing makes much sense until detective Annette Trieri joins the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to take the case. With suitably academic help from her favorite Dean, Hal Weathers, she uncovers a conspiracy that extends deep into the Colorado legislature and places the US President in mortal danger. Ultimately, she finds a way to corral the people behind Excess Homicide. ... Read more

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The Inner City Girls of Wal-Mart
"I buy Playboy for the articles." Yeah, right.We've heard that story for several generations now, since 1953 when Marilyn Monroe graced the pages.Then in 1955, Betty Page appeared as "Santa's Helper".Well, there were those interviews with Stanley Kubrick, John Lennon, Rush Limbaugh, and Jimmy Carter.Several big name authors got some great exposure for their writing(Ray Bradbury) as well as artists and their work (think LeRoy Neiman).Does anyone wonder how well Hefner's magazine would have sold without the nudity?

Such flimsy excuses as a faux interest in literature and celebrity interviews aren't necessary for Howard Huang's Urban Girls, a new book from Taschen.With the exception of a four page introduction (in three languages) titled, "When Booty Calls", there is no text -- just 245 pages of exotic, erotic, multi-racial Hollywood glamour.2010 marks the thirtieth anniversary for Taschen publishing and this collection of glossy inner city pin-up girls is one of their latest coffee table books.

Dian Hanson edits as has been her responsibility with Taschen since 2001. Hanson's experience includes stints with several well known porn magazines, Oui, Outlaw Biker, Juggs, and Leg Show among others.Together, Huang and Hanson have put together an attention-getting volume filled with images that pay homage to famous pin-ups and poses -- and no nudity.We see alluring women of color re-enacting such famous shots as the Marilyn Monroe Playboy shot with a solid red background, Betty Page in leopard skin and James Bond movie posters.

Over sixtygorgeous models fill the readers', wait scratch that, viewers' eyes in scenes as diverse as dark allies, deserts, jungles, and boudoirs. [One image has the model shopping in what could easily be a Wal-Mart). Whether fantasy or dreamscape, Huang begins most shots in his studio and uses photo editing software (Photoshop) to complete the image with the locale of his desire.Although inspired by the Frank Miller/Robert Rodriquez film, Sin City, I was surprised and a bit disappointed that few if any images in this collection were in black and white.

Urban Girls was released on October 15, 2010 and celebrated with a launch party at the Taschen store in New York City on October 19.Just in time for Christmas!
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Merry Mount is an opera in three acts by American composer Howard Hanson; its libretto, by Richard Stokes, is loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The Maypole of Merry Mount", taken from his Twice Told Tales. Hanson's only opera, it was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, and was given its world stage premiere by that company on February 10, 1934; the opera had been heard in concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1933. As the performance took place at a Saturday matinée, it was broadcast nationally as part of the company's weekly radio series, with Milton Cross serving as announcer. The premiere featured Lawrence Tibbett in the central role of Wrestling Bradford, the Puritan minister, with Gladys Swarthout as his betrothed, Plentiful Tewke. Swedish soprano Göta Ljungberg and Canadian tenor Edward Johnson took the roles of the Cavalier lovers, Lady Marigold Sandys and Sir Gower Lackland; Tullio Serafin was on the podium. The opera was performed eight more times during the season, but never returned to the Met's repertory, and subsequent performances have been scarce. Merry Mount is unusual in that its libretto was written without a composer in mind. Stokes had conducted comprehensive research into Puritan fanaticism, sexual obsession, and demonology; he found that it often reached pathological levels, and usually ended in death as a form of punishment, or redemption, for its victims. While he found his title in a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stokes crafted an original libretto which some compared to The Scarlet Letter. Upon completion of the text, Stokes went in search of a composer, finally finding one in Howard Hanson. Hanson, for his part, was new to the composition of opera, although he had already written... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7719059 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : L. Ron Hubbard, James Coburn, Henry Fonda, Robert Taylor, Howard Hanson, Harold Lloyd, Darryl F. Zanuck, Marg Helgenberger, Edward Ruscha, Neal Hefti, Thurl Ravenscroft, Ben Nelson, Red Wing, Mark Calcavecchia, Sandy Dennis, Tillie Olsen, Bob Boozer, Curtis Tomasevicz, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Willis Wagner Wirth, Stanley Knapp Hathaway, Sam Crawford, George Wells Beadle, Arthur Sperry Pearse, Jon Kyl, Max Mathews, Brian Deegan, Duke Erikson. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Ron Hubbard (13 mars 1911, 24 janvier 1986), de son nom complet Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, était un auteur américain qui s'est d'abord fait connaître pour ses œuvres de fantasy à l'époque de l'âge d'or de la science-fiction. Il est également connu pour avoir élaboré en 1950 la Dianétique, qu'il décrit comme une technique de développement personnel, et surtout comme fondateur de la « Scientologie ». Il la déclare comme une religion en décembre 1953, date à laquelle la première église de Scientologie est fondée. Il supervise ensuite la croissance de ce qui devient une organisation mondiale, avant de revenir à l'écriture de science-fiction à la fin de sa vie. Lorsque la Scientologie fut mise en cause dans les années 1970, il fut condamné pour escroquerie en France; aux États-Unis, s'étant à cette époque retiré de la direction de l'organisation, il ne fut pas poursuivi lors de l'affaire d'espionnage Snow White où son épouse et d'autres dirigeants scientologues furent condamnés. L. Ron Hubbard est né en 1911 à Tilden au Nebraska, de Harry Ross Hubbard (1886-1975) et de Ledora May Waterbury. Son père est né Henry August Wilson à Fayette en Iowa ; devenu orphelin encore enfant, il fut adopté par les Hubbard, des fermiers de Frede...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Robert Russell Bennett, William Grant Still, George Russell, Howard Hanson, Carl Davis, Yehudi Menuhin, John Coolidge Adams, Murray Perahia, Paul Wehage, Pierre Monteux, Richard Hageman, Edward Macdowell, Werner Janssen, Jeff Alexander, Leonard Bernstein, Louis F. Gottschalk, Nathaniel Shilkret, Serge Koussevitzky, André Previn, William Christie, Eugene Ormandy, Meredith Willson, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Thomas Schippers, Myung-Whun Chung, Stephen Kovacevich, George Szell, Lukas Foss, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, George Bassman, Sheldon Morgenstern, Kent Nagano, Paul Hess, Antal Doráti, Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Arthur Fiedler, Erich Leinsdorf, Dean Dixon, Nicola Rescigno, Yoel Levi, Herbert Blomstedt, Efrem Zimbalist, Jaime Laredo, Johnny Otis, Vincent Lopez, Efrem Kurtz, Maurice Abravanel, Marin Alsop, Adrian Mcdonnell, Lawrence Foster, Dennis Russell Davies, David Robertson, James Newton, Alan Curtis, Sergiu Comissiona, Percy Faith, Ignace Strasfogel, Leon Fleisher, Alfred Wallenstein, James Levine, John Nelson, Joann Falletta, David Zinman, Theodore Kuchar, Enrique Jordá, Robert Craft, Todd Reynolds, James Conlon, Elizabeth Askren, Arnie Roth, Michael Riesman, Ray Conniff, Jeanne Lamon, James Depreist, Donald Johanos. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Robert Russell Bennett était un compositeur, orchestrateur, arrangeur musical et chef d'orchestre américain, né à Kansas City (Missouri) le 15 juin 1894, décédé à New York le 18 août 1981. Il est parfois crédité Russell Bennett. Né de parents musiciens, il apprend d'abord auprès d'eux la musique (le piano avec sa mère, le violon et la trompette avec son père), avant d'étudier le contrepoint et l'harmonie avec Carl Busch, à Kansas City,...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Goffredo Petrassi, Howard Hanson, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Bohuslav Martinů, Werner Janssen, Leon Kirchner, Elliott Carter, Lukas Foss, David Del Tredici, Roger Sessions, Gail Kubik, Aaron Jay Kernis, Salvatore Martirano, Earle Brown, Rand Steiger. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Goffredo Petrassi (Zagarolo, Province de Rome, 16 juillet 1904 - Rome, 3 mars 2003) est un compositeur italien. Il est diplômé du Conservatoire de Rome, au début des années 30, en composition et orgue. Avec Partita per orchestra en 1932 - considérée comme repère de sa période néoclassique - Petrassi obtient la renommée internationale, en gagnant l'année suivante le premier prix au festival de musique contemporaine du Syndicat national des musiciens. Au milieu des années 30, démarre la phase du baroque romain, lorsque Petrassi, au moment des innovations de Stravinski, Hindemith, Malipiero et Casella, s'intéresse à la musique du siècle et du siècle, avec des œuvres fortement influencées par l'art baroque romain, comme Salmo IX, Magnificat et Quatre Hymnes sacrés. Dans cette perspective on peut inscrire l'utilisation du clavecin, instrument auquel Petrassi, comme plusieurs autres compositeurs contemporains, a donné une nouvelle vie après l'oubli souffert pendant le siècle. Ensuite, à partir du Chœur de morts composé au début de la guerre sur une poésie de Giacomo Leopardi et le Dialogue de Federico Ruysch, l'attitude de Petrassi se fait plus libre et autonome en s'approchant au filon expressionniste et atonal. Ce parcours culmine dans la série des huit Concertos pour orchestre composés sur une période de quarante ans, de 1934 à 1972, dans lesquels on observe le passage graduel des influences initiales de Stravinski à...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Title: Howard Hanson: A Bio-Bibliography.
Author: Carl Rahkonen
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1995
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: v52Issue: n1Page: p112(3)

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Title: The Resurgence of Racism: Howard, Hanson and the Race Debate.(Review) (book reviews)
Author: Lisa Hill
Publication: Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Page: 193(1)

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