The Music Room

Author: Namita Devidayal
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 818400236X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
When Namita is ten, her mother takes her to Dhondutai, a respected Mumbai music teacher from the great Jaipur Gharana. Dhondutai has dedicated herself to music and her antecedents are rich. She is the only remaining student of the legendary Alladiya Khan, the founder of the gharana and of its most famous singer, the tempestuous songbird, Kesarbai Kerkar. Namita begins to learn singing from Dhondutai, at first reluctantly and then, as the years pass, with growing passion. Dhondutai sees in her a second Kesar, but does Namita have the dedication to give herself up completely to music—or will there always be too many late nights and cigarettes? Beautifully written, full of anecdotes, gossip and legend, The Music Room is perhaps the most intimate book to be written about Indian classical music yet.

Phantom of the Music Room

Author: Janet Gardner
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457439988
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Who or what is that shadowy figure playing the piano in the school music room after dark? Several students and Deputy Barney set out to solve this musical mystery with surprising results. Phantom of the Music Room features six songs with clever texts set to musical classics by Chopin, Dvorák, Sousa and others. For grades 3 and up. App. 30 minutes.

The Music Room: A Memoir

Author: William Fiennes
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393338789
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
Describes the author's childhood in an ancient family home with an epileptic older brother whose illness influenced the rhythm of the family's life, in an account that explores such topics as consciousness and the sensory existence of indoor and outdoor life.

The Music Room

Author: Dennis McFarland
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480465046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
DIVDIVDennis McFarland’s acclaimed debut novel, hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “a rare pleasure . . . Remarkable from its beginning to its surprising, satisfying end”/divDIV Musician Marty Lambert’s life is already falling apart when he receives the phone call that changes everything. His brother, Perry, has killed himself in New York, and Marty—with his marriage on the rocks and his record company sliding into insolvency—decides to leave San Francisco to investigate exactly what went wrong. His trip sends him headlong into the life his only brother left behind—his pleasures and disappointments, his friends, his lovely girlfriend, Jane—and finally, to the home they shared growing up in Virginia. Along the way, through memories and dreams, Marty relives their complicated upbringing as the children of talented, volatile musicians and alcoholics. Through the tragedy, Marty finally faces the demons of his past, ones he pretended he had buried long ago, to emerge on the other side of grief, toward solace and a more hopeful future./divDIV/div/div

The Music Room

Author: Jim Ellis
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
In 1950's Westburn, Scotland, Tim Ronsard only has a few months remaining until he leaves St. Mary's School. Bored and listless, he's anxious to get away. His life changes when a new music teacher is appointed: Isobel Clieshman, a Protestant working in a Catholic school. Soon, Tim's feelings go well beyond a school boy crush, but at 23 years old the teacher is out of his reach. Five years later, they meet randomly and soon, Tim thinks he has never been happier. But amid family issues, war and prejudice, can they find the road to happiness together?

Lessons From the Music Room

Author: Cheryl Baker
Publisher: Made For Success Publishing
ISBN: 1613396651
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
Finally, a “how to” book for music teachers New to teaching music and struggling to get your room set up? Frustrated after a year of trial and error? Starting to burn out and need some new ideas to infuse excitement into your programs? Look no further! Help is on the way! Did you know that 3 out of 5 teachers quit during their first five years of teaching? Why? They feel disconnected and under-supported. Lessons from the Music Room provides both support AND connection for the new (and veteran) music teacher. Discover the secrets to teaching music that your professors left out! It’s like you are sitting down with your mentor teacher sharing time saving tips and useful ideas. An incredibly valuable resource for all music teachers! In this book you will: • Discover practical tips on everything from the first day to the end-of-year performance • Find insightful ideas for planning your lessons • Read to Inspiring stories to assist in overcoming behavior issues • Gain sage advice on working with administration and colleagues • Find loads of downloadable forms for nearly every situation • Learn to reduce stress and have more fun • Unlock the secrets to becoming a super-star teacher! Even if you’ve been teaching for a while, there are strategies for the experienced teacher that will transform your music program at your school! The students will love you! Your administrator will beam! Your parents will give you rave reviews! With 28 years of classroom tested experience, these gems of advice and proven strategies, will prepare you to hit the ground running on the first day of school.

Words from the Music Room

Author: Stuart Favill
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491885882
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
Stuart Favill and I share the same birthday and year of birth, Im not sure if we share the same minute, but we do both share a love of poetry and music and our influences are very similar. Its probably why I find it so easy to relate to his words, because we come from the same world at the same time. His words are clear and concise, never wandering on aimlessly, like so many peoples lives. We have both also worked in areas with the most vulnerable of society and poems of his, such as Cutting, really reach the heart with their frank and direct observations. Stuart has a way of communicating without pretence some very powerful feelings and observations on life and can make extremely valid points. Yet he still maintains a sense of humour that manifests itself at many a lingual turn. We are aware of the social and family issues dealt with in poems like The Devil In The Corner, and Stuart makes clear the dangers of that little box that I am now writing on! In the Rite Of Passage, he shares with unashamed honesty the feelings he had when his mother passed away, and that is, I think, the root of Stuarts poetical strength, his honesty, even when it may be uncomfortable. In this collection, there is a poem which everyone should be able to relate to, if not many, a moving and entertaining view of life from Stuart Favills eyeline. Tony Stringfellow. Tony Stringfellow is an accomplished artist, sculptor, performer, poet and author. His works include the acclaimed book, The Wizards Gown a study of the lyrics of Marc Bolan, (T.Rex) and Silent Solitudes, a collection of thought provoking poetry.

Tales from the Music Therapy Room

Author: Claire Molyneux
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784509337
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
Moving beyond progress reports, clinical assessments and practical goals, this book brings to life the reflective aspects of music therapy. The result of a collaboration between New Zealand music therapists, it invites the reader to share their encounters in the therapy room through a wide variety of writings, including short stories, poetry and personal reflections. The addition of poems by a music therapy client adds a rare and innovative dimension to this book. Grounded in clinical practice, each piece of writing starts from the lived experience in the therapy room and conveys something of the ineffable elements of music therapy. Thoughtful, touching and featuring beautiful illustrations, this book will appeal to anyone looking for a more personal account of music therapy practice, including practitioners, clients and students.

Chaplin's "Limelight" and the Music Hall Tradition

Author: Frank Scheide
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786424257
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
Charles Spencer Chaplin was a stage performer before he was a filmmaker, and it was in English music hall that he learned the rudiments of his art. The last film he made in the United States, Limelight, was a tribute to the music hall days of his youth. As a parallel to Chaplin's past, the film was set in 1914, the year he left the stage for a Hollywood career. This collection of essays examines Limelight and the history of English music hall. Featuring contributions from the world's top Chaplin and music hall historians, as well as previously unpublished interviews with collaborators who worked on Limelight, the book offers new insight into one of Chaplin's most important pictures and the British form of entertainment that inspired it. Essays consider how and why Chaplin made Limelight, other artists who came out of English music hall, and the film's international appeal, among other topics. The book is filled with rare photographs, many published for the first time, sourced from the Chaplin archives and the private collections of other performers and co-stars.

Murder At The Music Hall (Auguste Didier Mystery 8)

Author: Amy Myers
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 1472213890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
The eighth Auguste Didier mystery. It's 1902 and Auguste Didier finds himself reluctantly recruited for a week's work at the Old King Cole music hall in the East End. Ostensibly there as chef of its greasy run-down eating house, Auguste has another role: to prevent a possible foul murder by being constant bodyguard to famous comedian Will Lamb. At first Will's fears of being the victim of someone's murderous intentions seem unfounded. After all, he's only had a portentous dream and he's really rather popular. But when other more sinister omens occur, Auguste begins to sense real danger - and Will Lamb dies on stage in front of his eyes. The search is on for a killer - and it has to be someone who's had access to the props. Auguste's job is made more complicated by the fact that a national treasure has also been reported missing from Windsor Castle. And there are enough tenuous threads to indicate that the crimes must somehow be linked...