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A set of three piano pieces based on music from John Harbison's magnificent new opera, The Great Gatsby, that the composer calls "pianistically challenging and fun to play." Duration ca. 8 minutes. ... Read more

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Mirabai's ecstatic religious poetry was written in 16th century India. When she was 27, her husband was killed in a war. Mirabai refused to die on her husband's funeral pyre, as was the custom. Instead, she left her family compound, wrote her poems to Krishna, the Dark One, and sang and danced them in the streets. First performed on September 9, 1983, Susan Larson, soprano, and Craig Smith, piano. Recorded on Northeastern records, and on a very successful Nonesuch album by soprano Dawn Upshaw. This piece is also available in a version for voice and chamber ensemble, which is available on rental from G. Schirmer. Contents: All I Was Doing Was Breathing * Clouds * Don't Go, Don't Go * It's True, I Went to the Market * Where Did You Go? * Why Mira Can't Go Back to House. Duration: ca. 17 minutes. ... Read more

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New York's Metropolitan Opera ushers in the new millennium with the world premiere of John Harbison's splendid opera The Great Gatsby, with a libretto based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Among the highlights of the production are the fourteen "Gatsby Songs," written in the energetic dance style of the 1920s with sparklingly witty lyrics by Murray Horwitz.Contents: By the Shore * Kind of in Love * Funny New Feeling * A Saturday Night To-Do * I'm Leavin' It All to You * I Could End Up Loving You Tonight * Dreaming of You * Blowing a Bundle on You * I Can't Believe It * Remember the Old Days * I'm Doin' Fine * Cool * Who Can Say * Strange. ... Read more

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Sheet music songs
Formatted as sheet music songs (not arias), these excerpts from the opera by John Harbison--one of America's greatest living composers--ought to be in every singer's repertory. Getting copyright for actual Gatsby-era tunes was too expensive, so Harbison created his own (he played jazz in his younger days). ... Read more

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From the pitas of ancient Mesopotamia to the white breads of the modern bakery, kids can explore the globe with more than 30 exciting recipes and activities about the history of bread. "Loaded with things to do . . . Well written and well researched."--Tom McMakin, Director of Field Support, Great Harvest Bread Co. ... Read more

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Very Cool Little Book!
Great little book! Just the ticket for young, eager bakers who love behind-the-scenes info.;-)

FUN on every page
This book was chuck full of fun information, activities and history. It is the kind of book I could use to teach math, social studies, and science.I loved the recipes and fun facts about bread. Kids will love to just look through it anytime and can always find something knew.

loaves of fun
What a great book. We incorporated it into our homeschool curriculum (great for the kid who enjoys cooking!).In addition to the fascinating historical and cultural tour, the recipes are delicious, and provide an opportunity to work with all those tricky fractions as well. We're lookingforward to more books by the Harbisons.

This is an interesting read
My daughter needed this book for a school report she was doing, and I picked it up one night and started flipping through it.To my surprise, I really got interested.This is a very informative book and theillustrations are just adorable.Highly recommended!

Educational
Sure you've eaten white, rye and wheat bread.But how about Welsh Rabbit,Amish Friendship Bread and Jewish challah?These and other interestingbreads are made around the world.Hear all about them in LOAVES OF FUN: AHISTORY OF BREAD WITH ACTIVITIES AND RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.Thebook, which contains over 30 recipes and activities, also explains howFrench toast, pretzels and the first sandwiches were created.

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8 steps to successful strategic alliances--from the experts at Booz Allen & Hamilton

Turn to any business section in any newspaper today and you?ll find no shortage of stories about high-profile international strategic alliances. Many are success stories. The majority, however, are not. Now, you can learn what separates the successes -- like those of Corning, Mazda, and Oracle -- from the failures. In Smart Alliances, the two senior consultants who made Booz-Allen & Hamilton the foremost authority on alliance strategy present eight practical steps any company can take to adopt the best practices of today?s alliance leaders and turn them to their own competitive advantage.

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For more information on the fast growing and challenging world of Strategic Alliances, click here to visit the smartalliances.com website. ... Read more

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Overview but no best practice details
What a ripoff!I bought this book to get a great look at best practices for managing strategic alliances.But on page 75 in chapter 5, here's what I got: "The complete set of one hundred best practices and the associated skill levels is a proprietary tool that Booz-Allen uses with its clients, but let us consider here a few examples..."

Yet another overview book that talks about the subject without giving you the meat.

The best book about Strategic Alliances available!
I am familiar with Dr. Pekar's work on strategic alliances for the past decade, and am very impressed with his business acumen and knowledge about this topic. I believe that he is the top expert in the world in this field.

"Smart Alliances" is hands-down the best book on the topic of strategic alliances published today. Unlike the other books on strategic alliances, Pekar and Harbison rely on data to back-up all of their findings. They are the only people in this discipline that have conducted the kind of extensive research and analysis that can support their conclusions. The alligorical stories are used to provide the reader with true, specific examples of particular issues associated with strategic alliances, rather than general fluff and filler as in most of the other books.

This book serves more as a primer for determining where your organization stands with regard to understanding strategic alliances, institutionalizing the strategic processes behind forming and maintaining alliances, and giving some insight to what many of the most prominent problems organizations struggle with when forming alliances. "Smart Alliances" is about identifying the gap between your company and some of the more important best practices that other successful alliance companies employ.

This is not a "how-to" book. It does not step the reader through forming, building, or maintaining alliances. It would be irresponsible to say that this book intends to walk the average reader through a process on creating strategic alliances. Being disappointed because you expected that, would be like saying that a book on how to write a business plan was poorly written because it wasn't specific to a certain company's needs. The reality is that strategic alliances are, in many cases, more difficult to form and maintain than a typical business and each have their particular issues and quirks that must be resolved. Without the proper knowledge and guidance, disaster is lurking around the corner.

Does this book encourage hiring consultants to assist with building strategic alliances? I don't think that's its purpose. However, the book does make clear that knowledge and planning are the most critical elements of building strategic alliances, and does include enough information for the introspective executive to determine where her organization stands. If you haven't played this game before and been successful on your own, why wouldn't you approach an expert?

If you're interested in learning more about strategic alliances, would like to view strategic alliances in a different light, or learn to think about business differently, than this is the book for you. If you want something that is going to teach you, or hand-hold you through the strategic alliance process, look elsewhere, and be wary!

A solid and practical guide to alliances.
We just had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Pekar at Business Week's annual CFO conference in Palm Beach. We are a global company that forms alliances at a breathing pace - 18 alliances over the last quarter. We see alliances as an engine to grow. What impressed us with Dr. Pekar's presentation was his knowledge and experience in this area and his comprehensive research and analytical work that supports his position. We immediately bought copies of "Smart Alliances" and found the book to be right on target with our experience. We highly recommend it, especially to new comers to this area. I will say that Dr. Pekar has moved his research into new areas of deal making and governance. We hope that he will write a new volume on these critical items. We intend to utilize his services in our efforts.

Best Book on The Subject
I have been following Harbison's and Pekar's work for over a decade. I have also attended their annual alliance conference in NYC sponsored by theconference board. For those not familiar with their work, they havecompleted 10 alliance studies covering the top 1,000 global companies aswell as a recent study sponsored by the Association of Corporate Growth ofthe top small & medium size firms in the U.S. and Europe. Their work isthe cutting edge. We have passed out copies to our executive core. I highlyrecommend this book which discusses just the tip of their work and is basedon a number of their studies. To become more familiar with their thinking,I would suggest the reader also go to the web site"smartalliances.com" to read some of their latest Viewpoints onthe subject. Simply, they are the leaders in this area. Being an executivein a major high tech firm that does mutiple alliances, I can state that noother consulting firm or academic institution has amassed such a wealth ofinformation or experience on this important subject.

Intro Text
I gave this book 2 stars rather than 1, as it is a decent introductory text (with its share of fluff) with a couple of good charts (though a preponderance of "filler" charts).However, the book is a thinlydisguised publicity push of Booz Allen (and a few others).And the book isimpractical since it is virtually devoid of tools--rather useless for theprofessional.Caveat emptor. ... Read more

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New York's Metropolitan Opera ushers in the new millennium with the world premiere of John Harbison's splendid opera, The Great Gatsby, with a libretto based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Among the highlights of the production are the fourteen "Gatsby Songs," written in the energetic dance style of the 1920s with sparklingly witty lyrics by Murray Horwitz. ... Read more

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A collection of 32 songs from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison. Includes pop songs, theatre songs, novelty songs, and near-artsongs. ... Read more

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Intelligent music and lyrics
This songbook is a must for all who love and appreciate intelligent songwriting.The lyrics and music are fun and smart and provide a wonderful opportunity to dance and laugh and enjoy the Harbison wit displayed in both words and notes. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on June 1, 2010. The length of the article is 401 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: John Harbison.(Sound recording review)
Author: Rick Anderson
Publication: Notes (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2010
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 66Issue: 4Page: 852(1)

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For String Orchestra (8, 8, 4, 4, 4), most of Fantasia on a Ground<-i> was composed for the Music School at Rivers, in Weston, Massachusetts. Duration: ca. 6 minutes.

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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1240 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: John Harbison: Three City Blocks for Wind Ensemble. (book reviews)
Author: Daniel Gordon
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: v55Issue: n1Page: p199(3)

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John Harbison is among the growing number of contemporary composers who have addressed the wind ensemble as a serious vehicle for musical expression. This book examines in detail his ballet for winds, "Olympic Dances"; it is primarily an analysis of the work, although it also addresses performance considerations. Representative passages from his other works for winds, "Music for Eighteen Winds" and "Three City Blocks", are considered briefly to provide context for and contrast to the discussion of Olympic Dances. In the "Six Tanglewood Talks", Harbison stated that a subtle use of harmony is one of his primary goals as a composer. Harbison¿s manipulation of harmonic structure is critical to "Olympic Dances" and is therefore considered in detail. Theorists and composers will find the analysis of Harbison's approach to harmony illuminating, and conductors should find the stylistic discussion useful for approaching any of Harbison¿s works for winds. ... Read more

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HARBISONÕS ACCOLADE TO THE VIOLIST EMPHASIZES INSTRUMENTAL TIMBRES THE COMPOSER FEELS IS TYPICAL OF THE VIOLA.SCORE AND PTS AVAILABLE ON RENTAL ... Read more

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For Clarinet in A, Violin and Piano. ... Read more

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Vocal score with lyrics and complete piano score. ... Read more

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For Brass Quintet. ... Read more

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Trio Sonata is written for: Keyboard Solo (any type) 50482605 ¥ String Trio (Violin/Viola/Cello) 50482374 ¥ Double Reed Trio (Oboe/English Horn/Bassoon) 50482451 ¥ Clarinet Trio (Clarinet/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet) 50482450 ¥ Saxophone Trio (Soprano/Alto/Bari) 50482452. Mr. Harbison suggests performers try mixed configurations (ie: Violin/English Horn/Bass Clarinet). ... Read more

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Modern American composer John Harbison wrote this sonata for pianist Robert Levin. ... Read more

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Written on a commission by the NEA in 1985, Sonata No. 1 was first performed in 1988 and has already been recorded twice. Comprised of 4 sections, it is technically challenging and written to allow room for personal interpretation. ... Read more