1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796640203321

Autore

Seed Roderick

Titolo

Mastering the flute with William Bennett / / Roderick Seed ; foreword by William Bennett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

0-253-03164-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Disciplina

788.3/2193

Soggetti

Flute

Flute - Instruction and study

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Finding a sound -- Harmonics in tune tone -- Reaction in the sound -- Attacks, articulation, and repeated notes -- Prosody: "elephants and taxis" -- Harmonics exercises -- Shakuhachi exercise for embouchure control -- Intonation exercises -- Flexibility exercises -- Other exercises: whistle tones and vocalizes -- Approaching melodies.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778432303321

Autore

McCaffrey Donald W

Titolo

The road to comedy [[electronic resource] ] : the films of Bob Hope / / Donald W. McCaffrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn, : Praeger, 2005

ISBN

1-282-40463-6

9786612404634

0-313-01474-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/8/092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index.

Filmography: p. [179]-181.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Song, Dance, and Gags: From Vaudeville to Radio; 2 Hollywood Embraces a Song and Dance Man; 3 Starring Hope During the War Years; 4 There Was Hope and Hartmann; 5 Some Hits and Misses; 6 Neglected and Underrated Movies; 7 The Rocky Road to Exotic Worlds; 8 Fade Out on Movies: The Fade In of the Small Screen; 9 Through the Decades with Hope's Films: 1934 to 1972; 10 Assessment: Bob Hope's Legacy; Appendix A: Bob Hope Films; Appendix B: Selected Bob Hope Awards; Appendix C: Selected Bob Hope Honors; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although Bob Hope has been the subject of many biographies, no book yet has fully explored the comic persona he created in vaudeville and radio, brought to fruition in dozens of films from the 1930s through the 1960s, and made a lasting influence on comedians from Woody Allen to Conan O'Brien. Now, in The Road to Comedy: The Films of Bob Hope, noted film comedy authority Donald W. McCaffrey finally places Hope in his well-deserved position among the highest rank of film comedians of his era. Drawing on archival materials and interviews with collaborators, McCaffrey analyzes each major film in