Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Thomas Hart Benton and the American sound Thomas Hart Benton and the American sound Leo G. Mazow "Argues that musical imagery in the art of American painter Thomas Hart Benton was part of a larger belief in the capacity of sound to register and convey meaning"--Provided by publisher. OL15981176W
The Steinway Collection The Steinway Collection James Huneker In this historic volume, beautiful color paintings by prominent American artists and eloquent prose portraits by the renowned performing arts critic James Huneker celebrate the lives and work of some… OL17318750W
Drawing in the dark Drawing in the dark Sol Schwartz “Live musical performance is ephemeral. It often feels as ephemeral as life itself….In his drawings of musicians, Sol Schwartz has achieved something amazing and marvelous of his own: he has over and… OL24273299W
La musica celata La musica celata Giovanni Maria Pala L'a. dimostra come nella composizione dell'Ultima Cena di Leonardo siano leggibili una frase musicale strutturata ed eseguibile ed un testo sacro in alfabeto ebraico. OL29318071W
Music in medieval manuscripts Music in medieval manuscripts Nicolas Bell "Music was an important element of cultural life throughout the Middle Ages. Most of our knowledge of medieval music comes from surviving manuscripts, almost all of them connected in some way with th… OL5999414W
Visible Deeds of Music Visible Deeds of Music Simon Shaw-Miller "This book explores the relationship between music and the visual arts in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on the modernist period. Reassessing the work of such composers and art… OL9381188W