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Nnwonkoro is a genre of womens song found among the Akanspeaking peoples of Ghana It has become a hybrid musical form incorporating songs and dance movements based on traditional practices alongside others reflecting Christian influence Nnwonkoro groups perform regularly at funerals on state occasions for entertainment and even in church In common with other Akan musical traditions nnwonkoro is transmitted orally and aurally Based on extensive fieldwork in the Asante and Bono Ahafo regions and featuring many transcriptions of songs this book investigates the nature of composition in oral culture together with issues such as the scope of the poetic imagination and the transformation processes that accompany modernization This study illuminates the musical style of nnwonkoro in a way which it is hoped will facilitate future comparative study of African songs A CD recording is included
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The music of Igor Stravinskys Funeral Song Op 5 composed by the young composer as an orchestral memorial to his teacher Nikolai RimskyKorsakov
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Califone is at the peak of its powers on All My Friends Are Funeral Singers its sixth song based album The longawaited followup to 2006s acclaimed Roots and Crowns the album is the strongest collection of songs in a career with no shortage of strength TAll My Friends Are Funeral Singers is a dense collage of sounds expertly formed into fully realized pop songs
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The Funeral March is a spectrelike fantasy on the US Army Air Corps Song This publication is the fully realized performance edition from the sh
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Remembering Song sold at 52.79 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
This work covers turnofthecentury New Orleans and the formative years for jazz from Buddy Boldens aboriginal rise and fall to Jim Robinsons funeral The author writes of figures like Freddie Keppard and Bunk Johnson This expanded edition includes 16 pages of rare photographs and a new chapter on Allan Jaffe and Preservation Hall
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on All Is Song sold at 122.65 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
It is late summer in London Leonard Deppling returns to the capital from Scotland where he has spent the past year nursing his dying father Missing from the funeral was his older brother William who lives in the north of the city with his wife and three young sons Leonard is alone and rootless separated from his partner and on an extended sabbatical from work He moves in with William hoping to renew their friendship and to unite their now diminished family William is a former lecturer and activist serious defiantly unworldly and forever questioning a man who believes that happiness and freedom come only from knowing oneself and who spends his life examining the extent of his ignorance running informal meetings with exstudents Leonard realises he must drop his expectations about the norms of brotherhood and return to the island of understanding the two have inhabited for so long Yet for all his attempts at closeness Leonard comes to share his late fathers anxieties about the eccentricities of Williams behaviour But it seems William has already set his own fate in motion when news comes of a young student who has followed one of his arguments to a shocking conclusion Rather than submit William embraces the danger in the only way he knows how a decision which threatens to consume not only himself but his entire family Set against the backdrop of tabloid frenzies and an escalating national crisis All Is Song is a novel about filial and moral duty and about the choice of questioning above conforming It is a work of remarkable perception intensity and resonance from one of Britains most promising young writers
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In traditional China a funeral and the accompanying death rituals represented a critical moment for the immediate family of the deceased to show their filial piety a core value of the society At the same time death rituals were social occasions and channels for the outward demonstration of belief in a religiously pluralistic society During the Northern Song period however death rituals increasingly became an arena for political contention as attempts were made to transform these practices from a private matter into one subject to state controlDeath Rituals and Politics in Northern Song China examines how political confrontations over the proper conduct of death rituals during Northern Song dynasty 9601127 inaugurated a period of Confucian revivalism Mihwa Choi interprets Northern Song court politics family ritual practices burial practices and the popular imagination of the afterlife as sites of contest between groups of varying social status political vision and religious belief She demonstrates that the oversight of ritual affairs by scholarofficials helped them gain the political upper hand they sought and more broadly fostered a revival of Confucianism as the dominant value system of Chinese society in the period that followed
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At South Indian village funerals women cry and lament men drink and laugh and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event Isabelle ClarkDecès demonstrates that rather than mourn the dead these Tamil funeral songs first and foremost give meaning to the caste gender and personal experiences of the performers
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Awardwinning composer arranger pianist and recording artist Mark Hayes has crafted this superb collection for vocal soloist with piano accompaniment Wonderful for concerts contests and recitals ideal for worship throughout the year weddings and funerals Titles On Eagles Wings Bright and Beautiful A Childrens Suite Praise Him All Ye Little Children All Things Bright and Beautiful and Jesus Loves Me Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Make Me a Channel of Your Peace Lord of the Dance Safe Within Your Arms Alleluia Sing to Jesus Come Thou LongExpected Jesus Marchin On Up Marching to Zion Battle Hymn of the Republic
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In traditional China a funeral and the accompanying death rituals represented a critical moment for the immediate family of the deceased to show their filial piety a core value of the society At the same time death rituals were social occasions and channels for the outward demonstration of belief in a religiously pluralistic society During the Northern Song period however death rituals increasingly became an arena for political contention as attempts were made to transform these practices from a private matter into one subject to state controlDeath Rituals and Politics in Northern Song China examines how political confrontations over the proper conduct of death rituals during Northern Song dynasty 9601127 inaugurated a period of Confucian revivalism Mihwa Choi interprets Northern Song court politics family ritual practices burial practices and the popular imagination of the afterlife as sites of contest between groups of varying social status political vision and religious belief She demonstrates that the oversight of ritual affairs by scholarofficials helped them gain the political upper hand they sought and more broadly fostered a revival of Confucianism as the dominant value system of Chinese society in the period that followed
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Nnwonkoro is a genre of womens song found among the Akanspeaking peoples of Ghana It has become a hybrid musical form incorporating songs and dance movements based on traditional practices alongside others reflecting Christian influence Nnwonkoro groups perform regularly at funerals on state occasions for entertainment and even in church In common with other Akan musical traditions nnwonkoro is transmitted orally and aurally Based on extensive fieldwork in the Asante and Bono Ahafo regions and featuring many transcriptions of songs this book investigates the nature of composition in oral culture together with issues such as the scope of the poetic imagination and the transformation processes that accompany modernization This study illuminates the musical style of nnwonkoro in a way which it is hoped will facilitate future comparative study of African songs A CD recording is included
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Awardwinning composer arranger pianist and recording artist Mark Hayes has crafted this superb collection for vocal soloist with piano accompaniment Wonderful for concerts contests and recitals ideal for worship throughout the year weddings and funerals Titles On Eagles Wings Bright and Beautiful A Childrens Suite Praise Him All Ye Little Children All Things Bright and Beautiful and Jesus Loves Me Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Make Me a Channel of Your Peace Lord of the Dance Safe Within Your Arms Alleluia Sing to Jesus Come Thou LongExpected Jesus Marchin On Up Marching to Zion Battle Hymn of the Republic
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Commissioned by the South Carolina Band Directors Association Finya Wulo Mende funeral song is written using a distinctive 128 bembe feel in
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Original soundtrack to the 2009 film from director Richard Curtis Four Weddings A Funeral Notting Hill Love Actually The film was released overseas under the title The Boat That Rocked Bringing together some of Curtis favorite songs this soundtrack is truly integral to the movie It features some of the greatest songs from the 60s and 70s as well as the odd gem from the 80s A new version of Stay With Me Baby performed by Duffy meanwhile provides the backdrop to one of the film
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Mr Lewis The Funeral 5 and producer Danny Reisch closed ranks and created a devastating masterpiece of grief and regret tempered with Greg Lewis clever morbid and dryly humorous lyrics The songs on Before The World Beat You Down take the listenerS on a journey through a loungey hellride that appears to be headed toward some sort of closure only to leave them suspended in midair
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Yesterday everyone knew The Beatles Today only Jack remembers their songs Hes about to become a very big deal From Academy Awardwinning director Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire Trainspotting 28 Days Later and Richard Curtis the Oscarnominated screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral Love Actually and Notting Hill comes a rocknroll comedy about music dreams friendship and the long and winding road that leads to the love of your life Jack Malik Himesh Patel BBCs Easten
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A woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and given three months to live She asked her Pastor to come to her home to discuss her final wishes She told him which songs she wanted sung at her funeral and what scriptures she wanted read and which outfit she wanted to be buried in Then she said One more thing I want to be buried with a fork in my hand The woman explained In all my years of attending church socials and potluck dinners I always remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared someone would inevitably say to everyone Keep your fork It was my favorite time of the dinner because I knew something better was coming like velvety chocolate cake or deep dish apple pie something wonderful So I want people to see me there in that casket with a fork in my hand and wonder Whats with the fork Then I want you to tell them Keep your fork because the best is yet to come This story attributed to Roger William Thomas 1996 A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul touched our hearts and prompted us to capture our own reallife stories of what people think the best is yet to come looks like We hope the 17 stories between the front and back covers of Keep Your Fork will be thoughtprovoking and inspirational and that youll understand why we ask you to Keep Your Fork The best is yet to come
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For some the song of America is an anthem exalting the fabled American Dream for others it is a funeral dirge for a dream indefinitely deferred Yet from the optimism of Emma Lazaruss The New Colossus to the disenchantment of Paul Laurence Dunbars We Wear the Mask the diverse and sometimes dissonant voices in this collection combine to form an eclectic collage of American poetry This anthology explores a wide range of themes many universal and some uniquely American ruminations on beauty and grief can be found alongside thoughts on bigotry Buffalo Bill the birth of a nation and the death of Kurt Cobain This patchwork of American poetry is as diverse and multifaceted as the country itself This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and notes to help readers understand and appreciate the nuances of the poems in this collection
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PianoVocalGuitar Artist Songbook The ultimate collection of 62 of Elton Johns best songs spanning from 1965 to 1990 Songs include Bennie and the Jets Candle in the Wind Crocodile Rock Daniel Dont Go Breaking My Heart Funeral For a Friend Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Im Still Standing Rocket Man I Think Its Gonna Be a Long Long Time Sacrifice Your Song and many many more 264 pages
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