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Vincent Persichetti: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music)
Donald L. Patterson , and
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This is the first book to focus exclusively on Vincent Persichetti, whose widespread influence as composer, conductor, and educator has had a significant impact on twentieth-century American music. A gifted pianist, Persichetti often performed the works of others as well as his own, and many of his compositions have become classics of the twentieth-century repertoire. Because of his long teaching career and guest appearances at universities throughout the United States, Persichetti became an important figure in American musical education as well, and is the author of the definitive textbook on twentieth-century harmony. The present volume contains the most extensive selection of biographical material ever published on Persichetti, and provides a listing of his compositions by chronology and opus number. It details the premiere of each work and describes other major performances, which are cross-referenced to citations in the bibliography and discography. Following the annotated bibliography of more than 507 entries on all aspects of Persichetti's style and music is an annotated bibliographical section on Persichetti's writings. There is an extensive discography of commercially produced recordings which includes, for each selection, information on performers date of issue and recording company. In addition, the appendixes provide alphabetical, chronological, and opus-number-order listing of all his works. This volume, Number 16 in The Music Reference Collection: Bio-Bibliographies in Music, is intended as an introduction to Persichetti's life and work, and it provides a source of useful research materials for scholars, educators performers, historians, and professionals in the field of music.
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Great Stories for Pagan Kids.......2002-01-19
My 8 year old daughter fell in love with this book when we visited the local Pagan bookstore, and was thrilled to get it as a Yule gift. She has sat every night, by herself, reading the stories and then talking to me about the Goddesses they describe, relating them to our family's own practices and beliefs. The illustrations are beautiful, and the stories well-written and aimed at kids 8-12 (my daughter has had to ask the meanings of some words, but not too many). It would make great bedtime stories for younger kids, too. :)
Goddess Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.......2001-11-21
This beautiful book tells the folktales of ten Goddesses from different cultures around the world. The illustrations are truly lovely with colorful detailed costumes and borders on the pages filled with diverse flora from water lilies to hazel branches, to cherry blossoms. You will discover many different faces of the Goddess and young girls in particular will benefit from these positive role model examples. The stories are purely good yarns which have stood the test of time and when combined with the artistry of Helen Cann they sparkle! Invite Isis, Kuan Yin, Cerridwen, Freya, White Buffalo Woman, Oshun, Ama-terasu, Persephone, Demeter, and Hekate in when you enjoy this bountiful treasure of stories and add balance and beauty to your life.
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Testimonies from the Kindertransport.......2006-05-18
The testimonies written by the Jewish children of the Kindertransport are very scary - scary because the fear that Hitler systematically used on the German people that began as the erosion of their civil liberties and culminated in Jewish Germans and German Jehovah's Witnesses perishing in concentration camps is the same fear that U.S. president Bush is constantly pushing: "Give me full power to do whatever preemptive act is necessary to keep you safe from whatever I determine is a threat to you".
The testimonies in this collection are very upsetting - a dark sense of dread and the need to not just cry but to bawl one's heart into exhaustion haunt them. Anne Fox and Eva Abraham-Podietz have collected unique stories written by fellow escapees on the Kindertansport to Britain from Hitler's Nazi Germany. The stories are arranged under seven chapter headings: 1) Life Under Hitler, 2) Kristallnacht (Crystal Night), 3)Preparing to Leave, 4) The Journey, 5) Life in England, 6) The War Years, 7) After the War. The seven chapters are preceded by a section subtitled "To the Reader" and followed by an Epilogue. The stories are each followed by an update written by Fox and Abraham-Podietz informing the reader how each child fared in adulthood. Both authors were not yet teenagers when they joined 10,000 other children who escaped to Britain without their parents to end up living with foster parents.
In the foreward, we learn that the British are generally a cold people and not very charitable between themselves compared to other societies (I can testify to that), and many children (they call themselves "the kinder") felt unwanted in their new homes. Some were made to work as servants. When World War II was over, most of the children had no choice but to stay on in Britain because Hitler had wiped out millions of their parents in his concentration camps.
Under Chapter 1) Life under Hitler, Sylvia is the first of the "kinder" to share her account, which is mostly about the "Heil Hitler" salute that everyone did out of fear of being punished otherwise. " 'Mother would not have given the Hitler salute', I confided to Ruth"(p16), wrote Sylvia. In the update, we learn that her parents died in Hitler's concentration camps and her aunt in New York brought her to America where she became a secretary, got married, and became a mother.
Other stories include entries by Ruth, Dorit, Karla, Susie, Vera, Eva, Marta, Kurt, Peter, Marion, Ben & Stefan, Sara, Ernie, Ilse, Trudy, Ina, Klara, Anne, Celia, and Lilly. Their stories are profoundly touching in an unanticipated way - and that is a gross understatement. The photos of the children carrying their belongings such as an occasional violin and waving farewell to their parents - who we know did not survive is just too painful to contemplate. It hurts as much as watching those kids being bombed by Bush at the Baghdad wedding party in "Fahrenheit 9/11" by Michael Moore.
The chapter arrangement of the above stories serves to illustrate the gradual progression of Germany's slide down Hitler's slippery slope to a Nazi nightmare. When the first measure were taken against civil liberties in Germany, they seemed minor and perhaps even reasonable if you bought into the fear-mongering by Hitler. People's rights were taken little by little. Kosher slaughtering of meat was outlawed as were all publications of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society. Eventually, people were incarcerated without charges just as Bush does today in the USA. Jews were forced to wear the yellow Star of David and Jehovoh's Witnesses wore Purple Triangles. Christians and Jews were Hitler's targets, Muslims are the targets of today's Bushies and neocons.
In the Epilogue we learn of the Kindertransport reunion in 1989 in London, England. Britain is a difficult place for a British Jew or Jewess to grow up - imagine how much more difficult it was for Jewish children who were also GERMAN! But despite the cold British weather and its effects on British behaviour, the British did rescue these children from a despotic madman whose evil is beyond imagination - when you think you know how bad Hitler was, you have reached an awareness equal to one one-thousandth of a percent of his evil. We can never know or understand that amount of evil.
Thomas Paine wrote "War is the gambling table of governments, citizens the dupes of the game". Just as the Civil War was not started by elites for anything but money, yet it was won by the common man fighting against slavery - so was the Second World War started over money but was won by the common man stopping Hitler. On behalf of my Step-Grandfather Hugh "Skeets" Beatty (RIP), may the Almighty forgive his shortcomings and reward his effort at Normandy, amen. [...]
FASCINATING HISTORY.......2003-04-23
This was an illuminating and evocative book. Anyone interested in this topic should also read "Escape Via Siberia" and "The Uprooted" by Dorit Whiteman. Whiteman's books -- which expertly weave gripping personal accounts with historical context -- explore how survivors of the kindertransport and other Holocaust horrors coped with the legacy of their harrowing ordeals as adults. Whiteman is an expert in the field and some of her material was used in the movie, "Into the Arms of Strangers."
War through a child's eyes.......2000-11-25
As the generation of World War II survivors is all-too quickly disappearing, today's children are running out of opportunities to connect with those who survived the war. Ten Thousand Children is a series of true anecdotes told by the children who escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport. The stories of the evacuated children come to life with emotion and clarity. Readers will be amazed at the courage of the children involved and the hardships they faced as they were separated from their families and sent to live in a foreign land. Each child tells his or her story in first person narrative, then the story is followed by an update which tells about the child's life after the war. Captioned photographs illustrate every story. The book is divided into seven chapters, each beginning with a news-like article giving background information to support the stories included in the chapter. The stories and articles are short enough to be read easily by children, and relevant vocabulary words are defined in reader-friendly terms in the margins. This book will help children understand the lessons which must not be forgotten from World War II. The cruel realities of war and intolerance leap from the pages of each story. Readers will be touched by those children from long ago. All those who read this book will walk away with a deeper understanding of the Kindertransport children and an appreciation for the freedoms we must cherish today.
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- Nice rhyme, fun drawings
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- Galloping into your heart
- Review: Jennifer LB Leese, Children's Book Review Columnist
- Incredible feats and heart-thumping adventure
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10,000 White Horses
Betsy B. Lee , and
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Come catch a wave as a child pretends that 10,000 white horses rise from the sea foam. The child misses the first wave, is dunked by the second one, but catches the third one. Throughout the book, the text reflects the rhythm of the galloping horses and the waves. This "try, try again" tale crescendos with these lines. "I caught you!" I shout.
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Nice rhyme, fun drawings.......2006-08-30
As a mother and professional working with young kids, I always like to look outside the box for special literature and art for children. And it has paid off over the years in how much more expanded their minds became. I loved the fun rhyme in this small book. The words splashed and played, and made you want to recite them aloud! I look for such books because rhyme, alliteration, and so forth, are very good developers of the whole brain, allowing right and left hemispheres to communicate and strengthen their synchronicity together. I wish major publishers weren't so afraid to do this type of thing more often. I much prefer books like this to books published by major publishers with movie and TV-character tie-ins! The drawings were lovely, and made you want to look closely amidst the ocean to see something no one else sees. A nice relief from a screaming, loud, video game world.
Terrific imagery for little ones.......2006-04-12
This little book packs a wallop: beautifully written lines and elegant pen drawings ebb and flow like the ocean, and perfectly capture the idea that the ocean waves are like thousands of wild horses. The author suggests reading it aloud, then having your child read it out loud as well--when spoken aloud the rhythmic verses really do resemble the sea. Definitely recommended.
Galloping into your heart.......2006-04-06
What a fun, vivid story full of summer fun and memories. Children ask to hear this rhythmic story again and again. The illustrator did a great job of making the images leap off the page while hiding the horses in a unique way that adds to the reading experience by encouraging kids to seek and find the frolicking foals among the ocean foam. The writing style and tempo provide a great educational style that allows children and adults to not only read the words but to also feel the excitement of a day at the ocean. For those who love horses, live near the ocean or visit the ocean, this one is sure to gallop into your heart.
Review by JoAnna Carey, Author of Rat Race Relaxer: Your Potential & The Maze of Life
Review: Jennifer LB Leese, Children's Book Review Columnist.......2004-04-30
In Betsy B. Lee's book, a little girl plays at the shore, imagining that 10,000 WHITE HORSES take her up and over the roaring waves. She giggles as they race up her back, nagging her to play. The girl tries to float on the white horses and doesn't give up as her mother lovingly watches from the shore.
Lee's book teaches children to try, try again using rhyming, playful text. Catharine E. Varnedoe, from Savannah, Georgia, sketched the charming illustrations that add a visual flair to the wonderfully written children's storybook.
10,000 WHITE HORSES would make a wonderful addition to any library, classroom, or day care center, and comes highly recommended by this reviewer.
Incredible feats and heart-thumping adventure.......2004-03-28
Picture a clear blue sky along the coastal beach, miles and miles of the mighty ocean offering up her latest show just for you. A spectacular panoramic view of breathtaking waves of imagination, will give you memories to last a lifetime.
In this poetic story a young girl experiences some of that feeling during her outing at the beach. Having missed the first wave, is dunked by the second one, and then finally catches the third.
While on her floater, from the white caps of the roaring sea waves arise 10,000 White Horses, some unique guest members of the aquatic world. Running along the waves, pushing and shoving, as they playfully race for the shore. For one heart pounding moment upon reaching the sandy beach they jump through darkness and disintegrate back into the sea.
10,000 White Horses is a great adventure and a way to introduce young children to the wonders of nature, gaining a deep appreciation for these cosmically remarkable creatures.
This is an excellent starter book for both English and Spanish speaking children and an instrumental teaching tool for teachers and parents.
Reviewed by Betsie
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Children, parents, and teachers love the adventurous Christian Heroes Then & Now biographies and unit study curriculum guides. Now Heroes for Young Readers introduces younger children to the lives of Christian heroes!
Whether reading for themselves or being read to, children love the captivating rhyming poems and unforgettable color illustrations of the Heroes for Young Readers series.
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Chicken Ten Thousand
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- Interesting idea and writing style, but feels unfinished. Not recommended.
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Ten Thousand Charms
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Roddy's dirt poor. He has no family to speak of and has been sold off like a slave to labor endlessly at making rope in cruel Mr. Queed's factory. Thea's father is of royal blood, though his tiny kingdom has been taken away from him. Exiled from their homeland, Thea and her sisters have come all the way from Germany to the frontier of America, where wild beasts still roam, and much stranger creatures too. Enter Scalander, who commands the crows and evil spirits, and skulks in primeval forests. He sees Thea and plots to make her his bride. Roddy joins forces with the king and his daughters, fighting back to free themselves from Scalander's plans of blackmail and murder. This dark and mystical third novel by Leander Watts continues the gothic tradition of Stonecutter and Wild Ride to Heaven. Like the ropes Roddy labors to make, this story is woven together from a number of twisted strands. Fear, loyalty, suspicion, and love all combine to make a fantastic and original tale.
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Interesting idea and writing style, but feels unfinished. Not recommended........2006-07-23
An old German king without a kingdom sets sail for America with his three daughters in tow. The King knows no English, he had no desire to rule his country; his only interest is in "charms," the unexplained mysteries that he finds in the world: mysterious objects, unexplained events, archaic remnants. In America he meets a boy named Roddy, a young ropemaker's apprentice who seems to be surrounded by the charms that fascinate King Ivars. Ivars, Roddy, and Princess Thea are pulled into a web of mystery, darkness, magic, and fear when one charm, the Parliament of Crows, comes to town. Ten Thousand Charms is a young adult book with very short chapters, an impersonal writing style, and a distinct gothic charm. It is a promising novel with a number of interesting underlying concepts, but it feels unfinished and leaves the reader unfulfilled. I like the idea and the style, but I don't really recommend this book. There are better YA novels out there, although it would be nice to see more with the dark, mysterious aspects that this one offers.
I have a longstanding love for young adult fiction. Because children, more than adults, are willing to indulge mystery and miracle, young adult fiction tends to be more magical without being bogged down with excuses and apologies for the magic. Furthermore, YA novels are often coming of age stories (it is, after all, the issue of the age), and a good coming of age novel is rewarding, heartening, and comforting. They reaffirm choices, character, and the rocky but rewarding journey toward maturity. Watts starts in with a sense of magic and opens up a coming of age story, but neither reach fruition in this novel. In Ten Thousand Charms, the magical basis is there--the reader is thrown into a story where strange events happen, crows gather in the thousands, and one main character lives among these events while another actively seeks them out. The coming of age story begins when Roddy begins for the first time to look at his ability to interact with these mysteries as a gift rather than a curse.
The plot then gets absorbed with Thea's marriage to a magical dark prince of the forest. Roddy and the King are almost forgotten, and even thought they arrive to rescue her they never again become interesting characters. The magic is there but the book doesn't delve into it very deeply; Roddy's coming of age is returned to briefly at the end of the book but his story seems truncated. It's as if this is merely the briefest of introductions into a non-conformist, gothic, sharp-edged magical story about growing up. If there were more it would be really interesting, but as it stands it's disappointing, teasing, unfulfilling, even frustrating for the reader. Watts has the right idea and I commend that, I even hope to see his style and ideas in a longer work, but I don't recommend this book. There are other YA novels out there to read instead, and, even if it's short, this one isn't worth picking up.
Echoes of Dark Tales .......2005-07-09
Ten Thousand Charms transports the dark mood of a Grimm fairytale to upstate New York, but, as is the case with many fairytales, the narrative remains slight. Roddy is a young boy sold as an indentured servant to a rope factory, where he turns the crank as a rope monkey. When an ousted Germanic king and his three pretty daughters purchase a farm down the road, the paths of the family and Roddy begin to intertwine. The eccentric king is obsessed with "charms" - odd occurrences and omens. A gathering of crows provides the impetus for a series of threatening events involving Roddy, the king, and the king's treasured second daughter Thea.
The book is a mishmash of literary echoes. Queed, the despotic ropemaker, is a direct descendant of Dickens's Mr. Squeers, the cruel schoolmaster in Nicholas Nickleby. Thea's courage and beauty, as compared to the laziness of her sisters, are qualities lifted straight from Beauty and the Beast. Roddy, like so many heroes, is a virtual orphan, with the same naiveté of a David Copperfield. The strange thing with yellow eyes that lives in the woods and assumes many forms has, unfortunately, already been eclipsed by Rowling's description of the slithering Voldemort.
Many of the plot twists seem peripheral to the mood that Watts has created. In fact, the book's strengths lie in the way Watts weaves the reality of early America with the mythic sensibility built up in Europe over thousands of years of history. Roddy, Thea, and the king's inner workings are never fully explained, which fits with the dialogue, firmly planted in folktale. The plot's denouement, while atmospheric, was a little flat, and some of its elements (a ring, fire, and taking care of minor villains) had a Lord of the Rings feel.
Watts's book, which has a lovely lyrical rhythm in parts, may have been better served by a shorter story, omitting superfluous characters and descriptions and focusing on the mix of a dark tale with prosaic folk life in the Genesee Valley. Watts is the not the first to try this combination (Washington Irving can be heard muttering "Crane" from his grave), but it remains an intriguing premise.
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Title: Uncounted and unseen: tens of thousands of children have parents in prison. Many people call these children 'crime's invisible victims.' Institutions trying to help are often disconnected from these families and each other.(Children of the Incarcerated)(Cover story)
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