54 Results for : nationalistic
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The Mission House
The Sunday Times (London) 2020 Novel of the Year "Luminous…a writer to watch—and to savor." —Oprah Daily From the award-winning author of West and The Redemption of Galen Pike, a "sublime" (The Toronto Star) and propulsive novel that follows an Englishman seeking refuge in a remote hill town in India who gets caught in the crossfire of local tensions. In this "jewel of a novel" (The Observer), Hilary Byrd flees his demons and the dark undercurrents of contemporary life in England for a former British hill station in south India. Charmed by the foreignness of his new surroundings and by the familiarity of everything the British have left behind, he finds solace in life's simple pleasures, travelling by rickshaw around the small town with his driver Jamshed and staying in a mission house beside the local presbytery where, after a chance meeting, the Padre and his adoptive daughter Priscilla take Hilary under their wing. The Padre is concerned for Priscilla's future, and as Hilary's friendship with the young woman grows, he begins to wonder whether his purpose lies in this new relationship. But religious tensions are brewing and the mission house may not be the safe haven it seems. A "skillful drama of well-meant misunderstandings and cultural divisions" (The Wall Street Journal), The Mission House boldly and imaginatively explores postcolonial ideas in a world fractured between faith and nonbelief, young and old, imperial past and nationalistic present. Tenderly subversive and meticulously crafted, it is a deeply human story of the wonders and terrors of connection in a modern world.- Shop: buecher
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Pessoa (eBook, ePUB)
A NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'A revelation. Such a revolutionary literary discovery seems unlikely to be on offer again. It's that good' Sunday Times'A masterpiece of literary biography. Zenith has produced a work in some ways as astonishing as those of Pessoa himself' John Gray, New StatesmanFor many thousands of readers Fernando Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet is almost a way of life. Ironic, haunting and melancholy, this completely unclassifiable work is the masterpiece of one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic writers.Richard Zenith's Pessoa at last allows us to understand this extraordinary figure. Some eighty-five years after his premature death in Lisbon, where he left over 25,000 manuscript sheets in a wooden trunk, Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) can now be celebrated as one of the great modern poets. Setting the story of his life against the nationalistic currents of European history, Zenith charts the heights of Pessoa's explosive imagination and literary genius. Much of Pessoa's charm and strangeness came from his writing under a variety of names that he used not only to conceal his identity but also to write in wildly varied styles with different imagined personalities. Zenith traces the back stories of virtually all of these invented others, called 'heteronyms', demonstrating how they were projections, spin-offs or metamorphoses of Pessoa himself. Zenith's monumental work confirms the power of Pessoa's words to speak prophetically to the disconnectedness of modern life. It is also a wonderful book about Lisbon, the city which Pessoa reinvented and through which his different selves wandered.'Definitive and sublime' New York Times'Completely superb and magisterial. Finally, this extraordinary poet gets the great biography he deserves. Unsurpassable' William Boyd- Shop: buecher
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The Politics of Metanoia
The Politics of Metanoia - Towards a Post-Nationalistic Political Theology in Ethiopia: ab 60.6 €- Shop: ebook.de
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European Border Regions in Comparison
European Border Regions in Comparison - Overcoming Nationalistic Aspects or Re-Nationalization?: ab 38.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Politics of Metanoia
Politics of Metanoia - Towards a Post-Nationalistic Political Theology in Ethiopia: ab 65.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Cuba's International Relations
Cuba's International Relations - The Anatomy Of A Nationalistic Foreign Policy: ab 41.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Bowing Toward Babylon
Bowing Toward Babylon - The Nationalistic Subversion of Christian Worship in America: ab 24.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Chinese Fans of Japanese and Korean Pop Culture
Chinese Fans of Japanese and Korean Pop Culture - Nationalistic Narratives and International Fandom: ab 40.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Die Werke für Piano solo Vol.3
The penultimate volume in Hyperion's four-part survey of the complete solo piano music of Erno Dohnányi focuses on music from the period when the composer's pre-eminent position was being assured. The titles of the largest works here, Ruralia hungarica and the Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, mask in their nationalistic ostentation the skill of a true master of piano composition.- Shop: odax
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Michael Bautista
Below are notes on the works/transcriptions performed on the disc: Antonio Lauro (1917 - 1986) was born in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela. His father, a barber who could sing and play the guitar, taught his son what he could, but died when Antonio was still a child. While Lauro wrote many works for piano, orchestra, and voice, he is considered one of the greatest guitar composers of South America. In 1971, Lauro wrote the charming waltz "El Niño" for his eldest son Leonardo. Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986) was actually a virtuoso pianist but is often most well-known for his guitar compositions. His music is primarily neoclassical and combined elements of his Polish and Jewish heritage and his French musical influences. "Danza Pomposa" is a light, cheerful piece written for Andrés Segovia. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived an extremely short life but left the world with the legacy of his musical genius. "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" is a set of variations written for the piano and modeled after the famous children's song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." I actually developed a fascination for this piece as a child when my father would play the recording and point out how Mozart took a simple melody and transformed it into a masterpiece. In 2006, I decided to create a transcription to bring this work into the guitar world. Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), considered one of the masters of the Baroque period, was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent a great deal of his life in England. He is perhaps most well-known for compositions from his Messiah, such as the "Hallelujah.' I have found that his lesser-known works for harpsichord often exhibit a unique charm. I originally discovered his Suite II No.7 on a Keith Jarrett piano CD and this inspired me to create a guitar transcription. Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) has been considered one of the grandfathers of the classical guitar. From a young age, he showed talent on the guitar and actually ran away from home several times during his childhood in attempt to start his music career. "Estudio Brillante" captures the beauty of the Spanish guitar sound through rolling arpeggios and fountain-like melody. When I was young, this piece captivated me for it's ability to sound like two guitars. Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685-1750) "Chaconne," originally for solo violin, has gained status as a monumental piece among instrumentalists due to it's magnificent sound and virtuosic nature. Interestingly, the theme of the "Chaconne" is only 4 measures long (approximately 10-15 seconds), yet from that, Bach created a mesmerizing 15-minute musical journey. Enrique Granados (1867-1916) composed music in a highly-Spanish nationalistic style and many of his compositions have adapted beautifully to the guitar repertoire. Granados had several talents including his virtuoso piano skills and ability to paint in the style of Francisco Goya. La Maja de Goya, originally written for piano and voice, holds inspiration in a famous portrait by Goya. Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) achieved great success as composer despite being blind from a young age. His most well-known work is the Concierto de Aranjuez, which is statistically performed at least once every day somewhere in the world. "Un Tiempo Fue Itálica Famosa" tells a musical story about an ancient city, Itálica, that was founded in Spain in 206 BC by a Roman general in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in war. Michael Praetorius (c.1571-1621) showed great compositional versatility during his lifetime, as he wrote Protestant Hymns, chorales, organ works, and arranged over a thousand songs. On my albumu, I play four dances from his sole surviving secular work called Terpsichore (1612).- Shop: odax
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