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In his life and in his music, Cole Porter was the top-the pinnacle of wit and sophistication. From the 1910s through the 50s, from Yale pep rallies through the Broadway triumphs of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate, he delighted audiences with a glittering torrent of song: "I Get a Kick Out of You," "Night and Day," "Love for Sale," and "Just One of Those Things." The bright surface of these gems made them instant pop hits. Their more subtle qualities...
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"When songwriter West Prescott tries a vacation trade for Christmas, he accidentally ends up playing the caretaker of his own house-and falling in love with the struggling musician staying there. Will keeping his true identity from her hinder their blossoming romance?"--Provided by publisher.
"All Emma Daley wants this holiday season is a white Christmas. But the young teacher and struggling musician sure can't find that in sunny Arizona. Luckily,...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
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English
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"There's dreadful news from the symphony hall, the composer is dead! If you have ever heard an orchestra play, then you know that musicians are most certainly guilty of something. Where exactly were the violins on the night in question? Did anyone see the harp? Is the trumpet protesting a bit too boisterously? In this perplexing murder mystery, everyone seems to have a motive, everyone has an alibi, and nearly everyone is a musical instrument. But...
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English
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Through the years of success in Hollywood composing music for the world's most lauded films, Chris always promised his wife they would return to the Yorkshire Dales one day. Now, after his wife's death, Chris feels he must not forget his promise. Back in the Dales, he rents an isolated house that will allow him the space to come to terms with his grief and the quiet to allow him to compose his piano sonata. But when he finds that the house was the...
5) Green book
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
During the nineteen sixties, a bouncer, whose nightclub closes for renovations, finds a temporary employment as a driver for black pianist Don Shirley going on a tour into the Deep South states.
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English
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Lin-Manuel Miranda gives readers an extraordinary inside look at "In the Heights," his breakout Broadway debut, written with Quiara Alegría Hudes, soon to be a Hollywood blockbuster. Miranda offers untold stories, perceptive essays, and the lyrics to his songs. Features newly commissioned portraits and never-before-seen photos from backstage, the movie set, and productions around the world.
7) De-Lovely
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
Description
In this exuberant cinematic ode to legendary composer Cole Porter, the lives of Cole (Kevin Kline) and Linda (Ashley Judd) Porter were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. Though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the 20th century. Featuring outstanding performances by some of today's greatest musical stars including Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow...
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Union Station Media
Pub. Date
c2007
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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Larry is a chronically unsatisfied ex-pat residing on a remote island village in the Mediterranean. The tiny village is famous for having been the home of one of Europe's most celebrated composers. Desperate to make his mark Larry stages a gala concert as a tribute to the late composer. With his kooky entourage in tow, Larry must learn to balance all the harmonies of his life and deliver his own masterpiece
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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xxxiv, 628 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map, music ; 24 cm
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English
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"From one of Bach's greatest living interpreters: a landmark study which explains in wonderful detail how the composer worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects--and what it can tell us about Bach the man. Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most famously unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so...
11) Amadeus
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
When Mozart arrives at the court of Emperor Joseph II, court composer Antonio Salieri is horrified to discover that the godlike musical gifts he desires himself have been bestowed on a bawdy joker. Mad with envy, he plots to destroy Mozart by any means.
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Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
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193 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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". . . tells the story of Beethoven from 1778 to his first major public appearance in Vienna in 1795. It begins when the family is living a difficult life in Bonn. Father Johann battles with alcoholism and is deep in debt. Only young Ludwig and his talent at the piano offer any hope for the future--if only he would stop composing his own pieces and just play what's expected of him."--
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