Colerick, Brad
Summary: A true story of "found and lost" ... and found again. "Zintka!" tells the troubled tale of a Native American girl caught between two worlds, accepted by neither. A Lakota (Sioux) baby and her mother who were fleeing for safety became victims in the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890. The baby was found four days after a South Dakota blizzard, alive by the warmth of her mother's dead body. She was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Deep Magic Song & Drawing Co. 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ZINCash, Johnny
Summary: "Johnny Cash is one of the most beloved and influential country-music stars of all time, having composed more than six hundred songs and sold more than ninety million records. He received twenty-nine gold, platinum, and multiplatinum awards for his recordings and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Hollywood Walk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious/ Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 CASH, JOHNNY CASPattison, Pat
Summary: "Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to more advanced techniques....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2009
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Summary: This highly original and universal portrait of the American workday is told from the perspective of those that the world so often overlooks - the schoolteacher, the housewife, the fireman and the waitress amongst many - whose daily grind and aspirations reflect the truths of the people that make up a nation. The musical is based on the Studs Terkel book Working: People Talk About What They Do...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ghostlight Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC WORScott-Heron, Gil
Contents: It's your world / music & lyrics, Brian Jackson -- Possum Slim ; New York City / music & lyrics, Gil Scott-Heron -- 17th Street / lyrics, Gil Scott-Heron ; music, Adenola, Bilal Sunni-Ali, Brian Jackson -- Trane / music, Alice Coltrane ; lyrics, Gil Scott-Heron -- Must be something / music, Brian Jackson, B. Adams, D. Bowen ; lyrics, Gil Scott-Heron -- Home is where the hatred is / music &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rumal-Gia Ltd. 2000
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Contents: His eyes, her eyes/music Michel Legrand, lyrics Alan and Marilyn Bergman -- What is a youth?/music Nino Rota, lyrics Eugene Walter -- Descansado/music Armando Trovajoli, lyrics Norma Winstone -- Vivre sa vie/music Michel Legrand -- Lisbon story/music Madreus -- Malena/music Ennio Morricone -- il postino/music Luis Bacalov, lyrics Norma Winstone -- Amarcord (I rembmber)/music Nino Rota, lyrics...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECM Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ WINSummary: A collection of music and lyrics to twelve traditional Christmas carols.
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: How do musicians find the inspiration to create? Do most songwriters come up with lyrics first, or music? What does it mean to be a composer in today's high-tech world? This program addresses questions young people may have about embarking on a career in music or musical composition. Focusing on current styles like rock, techno, and hip-hop, the video includes interviews with a classically...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now, in this first volume of a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents eight enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 AMESummary: Featuring the gorgeous music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin, this tells the impassioned story of art, friendship, and love between American GI, Jerry Mulligan, and Lise, a beautiful young dancer in the 'City of Light'.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS AMEContents: Yankee Doodle Dandy / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph ; original story by, Robert Buckner ; lyrics and music by, George M. Cohan ; directed by, Michael Curtiz -- This is the Army / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Casey Robinson and Claude Binyon ; music and lyrics by, Irving Berlin ; produced by, Jack L. Warner and Hal...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GREFranti, Michael
Summary: Michael Franti delivers fiery protest music and thought-provoking lyrics with seductive elements of dub, dance music, and soul.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Boo Boo Wax 2008
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FRARobbins, Tom.
Summary: A generous sampling, collected here for the first time and including works as diverse as scholarly art criticism and some decidedly untypical country-music lyrics. Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are a couple of short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an off-beat assessment of our divided nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 ROBPowell, John
Summary: In WHY YOU LOVE MUSIC, scientist and musician John Powell dives deep into decades of psychological and sociological studies in order to answer the question "Why does music affect us so profoundly?" With his relaxed, conversational style, Powell explores all aspects of music psychology, from how music helps babies bond with their mothers to the ways in which music can change the taste of wine or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016