Hedwig Stein was starting to make her mark as a concert pianist in Germany in the early 1930s when she fell in love with a Russian emigre pianist, Iso Elinson.
Zen Buddhist practice has its own indigenous music: the ritual chanting which, along with bells and percussion instruments, form a part of virtually every Zen ceremony and formal event, both monastic and lay.
In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur.
The intersection of Christian theology/living with one of the greatest pop albums of all time, the Beach Boys Pet Sounds, provides a look into the reality and truth of the Christian faith.
As winging through fogfear vanished in the bright lightof morning s true skyThe aging process can be a confusing time that leads many of us to wonder about the meaning and purpose of our existence as we move forward into later-life.
A title such as this, Musical Musings of One Viewing Life Through a Catholic Eye, entails quite a responsibility on the part of the author mainly because, unlike a conventional book, it begs the readers not only to use their sense of sight but also their sense of hearing.
El Clave Bien Temperado, Volumen 1 presenta los 24 preludios y fugas compuestos por Johann Sebastian Bach, una obra fundamental para el estudio y la interpretación del teclado clásico.
En este libro, el pastor Jorge Lozano, quien nació en México y vive en Argentina desde hace más de 20 años, nos enseña cómo acercarnos más a la persona de Jesús para experimentar Su abrazo y ser cambiados para siempre.
Fragments of Home: Piecing Life Together after Childhood Sexual Abuse seamlessly integrates poignant vignettes, theoretical reflections and original music, exploring a range of themes encountered by many adult survivors of childhood abuse.
Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, 1567, was compiled and published by Johann Leisentrit, a Roman Catholic priest who from 1559 to the time of his death in 1586, was Dean at the Cathedral of St.
Fiddled out of Reason is a study of several poems spanning the life and career of Joseph Addison, who, along with John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Ambrose Philips, Isaac Watts, and many British poets of the turn of the eighteenth century, helped to cultivate a broad new current of nonliturgical "e;hymnic"e; verse that became immensely popular across that century, though it has eluded critical notice until now.
Fiddled out of Reason is a study of several poems spanning the life and career of Joseph Addison, who, along with John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Ambrose Philips, Isaac Watts, and many British poets of the turn of the eighteenth century, helped to cultivate a broad new current of nonliturgical "e;hymnic"e; verse that became immensely popular across that century, though it has eluded critical notice until now.
Embraces an all-encompassing interdisciplinary methodology to uncover the symbiosis of saintly and civic ideals in music, rituals, and hagiographic writing celebrating the origins and identity of a major clerical center.
A founding member of the acclaimed New York-based company Mabou Mines, Breuer's gifts as a writer and director have have made him a mainstay of the theatrical avant-garde.
