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Islændingene har aldrig haft deres egen konge - Island har været en republik siden løsrivelsen fra Danmark under Anden Verdenskrig. Men selvom man ikke har blåt blod i årerne, kan man jo godt te sig som en konge. ISLANDSKE KONGER er fortællingen om den vidtforgrenede Knudsen-slægt fra det lille fiskerleje Tangavik, hvor legendariske fyldebøtter og slagsbrødre, mesterfiskere og skibsredere, skønhedsdronninger og troldkvinder, distanceblændere og matematikgenier lever side om side.

"For dock lovers and daydreamers"One wealthy family.One beautiful cottage.Many summers of secrets.More than a decade after tragedy strikes, Colin Montgomery returns to the Wynward's Muskoka cottage to spend one last summer with the marvelous Miss Elizabeth. As a child, he was saved by the Wynward family. Ultimately it's Colin who saves the Wynwards.Shy, orphaned Colin Montgomery appears to finally have it all: an ivy-league education, a century-old, lakeside cottage in Muskoka, and a benefactor in the marvelous "Miss Elizabeth" Wynward, the shrewd, champagne-swilling mistress of Pittsburgh's Wynward Steel. Colin spends idyllic summers of the 1970s alongside the spirited yet troubled Wynward grandchildren. They swim, they sail, they fall in love, they ride in glossy wooden launches. But when tragedy strikes, the Wynwards are ripped away from the lake, away from each other. Fifteen years later, with the grand lady's health failing, it's up to Colin to bring them together. With help from old family photographs, he must take on the charming force that is Miss Elizabeth to unravel family secrets and uncover what really happened.By welcoming him into the family as a child, the Wynwards rescued Colin. Ultimately it's Colin who rescues the Wynwards.loriknowles.comPRAISE FOR SUMMERS WITH MISS ELIZABETH!"For dock lovers and daydreamers."-Wendie Donabie, Muskoka Author & Artist "This novel is a must-read, powerful tour de force. Knowles skillfully explores the strength and fragility of the human condition, effortlessly weaving themes of love & loss, family, class, and the destructive power of secrets. The writing is rich and lush, taking you on a compelling whirlwind journey of discovery that will leave you breathless."-Cindy Watson, award-winning and best-selling author of The Art of Feminine Negotiation and Out of Darkness"With unforgettable characters, Summers With Miss Elizabeth is an emotionally charged saga in which to lose yourself.-Beverley Brewer, author of Dance Into The Light: a memoir

The history of early 20th Century Dance Bands has generally focused on the personalities of the Band Leaders, famous soloists, or the recordings they made, but the arrangers have been neglected. This book will attempt to show what made popular dance music in the 20th Century so different from dance music in the 19th Century and also show how these pioneer arrangers melded the many disparate elements together into a coherent art form.Dance styles come and go but their significance I think doesn't lie in the dances themselves but with what composers achieved through working with those styles. Few want to actually dance the Courante or Minuet today but who would want to lose these works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Beethoven? Similarly, the achievements of arrangers such as Arthur Lange, George Evans, and Lew Stone need to be evaluated and studied, to better understand how we have arrived at the situation we are in today, especially because modern score writing programmes and digital audio have completely changed how we can approach composition and arranging.Critics have often disparaged dance band arrangements as commercial and lacking in artistic merit, but in fact, these early arrangers were innovative and creative.

Nach einem Abend mit einer »Telefonkapelle« kommt »Der BassSpieler« nach Hause. Erschöpft vom Konzert, lässt er die letzten Stunden noch einmal Revue passieren. Erinnerungen werden wach. Er erzählt über sein Leben mit dem Kontrabass, Frauen, seinen Einstieg in den Oldtime Jazz, Riverboat Shuffle, Musiker und Konzerte. Episodenhaft durchlebt er die Zeit zwischen ¿MV3 und Gallien-Krueger¿, ¿Osten und Westen¿, ¿Bandausstieg und -neugründung¿, ¿Festivals, Film & Theater¿. Pointiert und kurzweilig blickt er auf all das zurück, was er mit seinem Instrument erlebt hat und hilft, so ganz nebenbei, den Kontrabass kennenzulernen. Wenn Sie schon immer mal wissen wollten, was so alles mit einem Kontrabass und seinem Spieler passieren kann, »Der BassSpieler« gibt Ihnen amüsante Antworten

Sarah Vaughan, a pivotal figure in the formation of bebop, influenced a broad array of singers who followed in her wake, yet the breadth and depth of her impact?not just as an artist, but also as an African American woman?remain overlooked. Equal parts biography, criticism, and good old-fashioned American success story, Queen of Bebop is the definitive biography of a hugely influential artist. This absorbing and sensitive treatment of a singular personality updates and corrects the historical record on Vaughan and elevates her status as a jazz great.

Looking back at one of the most historical eras in America and American music. Throughout the history of the United States, music has always been a big part of the fabric that was woven to create the canvas that shaped this country. The author takes you on a journey from the minuet during the early days of our country's birth, to the turn of century with the waltz through ragtime and blues into the explosion of the 1950's with the birth of "rock-and-roll!"

A Pocket-Sized Short Biography of Ella Fitzgerald in an Elegant Hardcover Edition