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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. Chapters: Forrest J Ackerman, Lou Harrison, James Fallows, Mario Pei, Parley P. Christensen, Boris Kolker, Agnes Baldwin Alexander, Edward Saxton Payson, Ralph A. Lewin, Don Harlow. Excerpt:Agnes Baldwin Alexander (1875 1971) was an American author and leader of the Bahá'í Faith . Life Agnes Baldwin Alexander was born July 21, 1875 in Honolulu when it was the Kingdom of Hawaii . Her father was educator William DeWitt Alexander (1833 1913) and mother was Abigail Charlotte Baldwin. Both sets of her grandparents were Christian missionary couples: Dwight Baldwin and Charlotte Fowler Baldwin, and William Patterson Alexander and Mary Ann McKinney Alexander. She became a Bahá'í in 1900 while visiting Italy . In November 1914 she moved to Japan , at the request of `Abdu'l-Bahá , where she lived most of her life except during WWII and the last few years of her life when she retired to Hawaii. There she studied Esperanto also at his request, and became a member of the Universal Esperanto Association . The rest of her life, she used her ties to Esperanto to pierce language barriers and talk to others about the Bahá'í Faith. She was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi on March 27, 1957. She died January 1, 1971 in Hawaii. Books Alexander wrote one book on the history of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan and was covered in detail by a number of other books. By Alexander Alexander, Agnes Baldwin; editing and end notes by Barbara Sims (1977). History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938 . Osaka, Japan: Japan Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Covering Alexander See also (online edition) References (URLs online) Series on the Bahá'í Faith : : Central Figures : : Scripture : : Key Figures : : Principal Teachings : : See also (online edition) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Boris Kolker Boris Gri... ... Read more

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For five players. This series contains several of Lou's percussion ensembles written for more advanced percussionists. The instrumentation is diverse, containing conventional and unconventional instruments. These are the works of a true master! Instrumentation is: maracas, 3 flower pots (Player I); metal rattles, 3 muted brake drums, 3 suspended brake drums (Player II); thundersheet, 3 temple blocks (Player III); rasp, 3 Chinese woodblocks (Player IV); tam-tam, bass drum (Player V). ... Read more

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This multi-percussion quartet is part of the Lou Harrison Percussion Ensemble series. The difficulty level is advanced. ... Read more

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A ballet for three players and dancers. The eight movements are titled: I. The Trumpets of Heaven; II. Seed; III. Coronation; IV. The Battle with Bunyan; V. Fruition; VI. Meeting with the Ancient Days; VII. Ode; VIII. Whoops for Johnny. Instrumentation: vibraphone, 6 lengths of steel conduit pipe, pipe claves, wood claves (Player I); 5 cowbells, 1 pair of sistrums (metal maracas), 1 pair of maracas, wooden box, marimba (Player II); 5 tom-toms, bass drum, clock coils (Player III). Instructions are included in the score. ... Read more

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The twelve-tone Suite for Piano stands out in his oeuvre as one of his most compelling and tightly constructed compositions. Edition Peters No. 6427. 21-pages; staplebound. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Chinese sheng is a mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting essentially of vertical pipes. Traditionally, the sheng has been used as an accompaniment instrument for solo suona or dizi performances. It is one of the main instruments in kunqu and some other forms of Chinese opera. Traditional small ensembles also make use of the sheng, such as the wind and percussion ensembles in northern China. In the modern large Chinese orchestra, it is used for both melody and accompaniment. ... Read more