1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785741703321

Autore

Petersen Leif Bo <1942->

Titolo

The music and life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro [[electronic resource] ] : infatuation / / Leif Bo Petersen, Theo Rehak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009

ISBN

1-283-60148-6

9786613913937

0-8108-6722-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Studies in jazz ; ; no. 59

Altri autori (Persone)

RehakTheo

Disciplina

788.9/2165092 B

Soggetti

Jazz musicians - United States

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. [357]-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Musical Examples; Series Foreword; Preface; Intro - Key West; Chorus One: Theme - The Birth of a Jazz Musician; Cody; On the Road Up North; Chorus Two: Tutti - Big Band Apprenticeship; Wheelin' with Andy Kirk; Recordings with Andy Kirk, 1943-45; Fat Boy in B's Band; Recordings, Early 1945-46; Chorus Three: Solos - Fats Blows; Bebop Boy; Recordings, Second Half of 1946; Climbing up the Scene; Recordings, 1947; Interlude - The Romance of Junk; Chorus Four: More Solos - Lady Be Good; Hot House

Recordings with HamptonThe Roost and Rena; Recordings, August-October 1948; Move; Recordings, November 1948-February 1949; Chorus Five: Outchorus - Twilight; Dance of the Infidels; Recordings, Second Half of 1949; Birdland Nights; Recordings, 1950; The Final Note; Coda-The Significance of Fats Navarro; Appendix A: Recording Techniques in the Navarro Era; Appendix B: Discographical Terms; Appendix C: Nomenclature for Navarro Recordings; Appendix D: The Compositions of Theodore Navarro; Appendix E: A Chronological Overview; Sources and Literature; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first comprehensive study of the music and life of Theodore 'Fats' Navarro. It provides biographical, discographical, and analytical information on the trumpeter and his recorded legacy, offering new



perspectives on Navarro's role in the history and emergence of Bebop.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974848103321

Titolo

Das Nibelungenlied : Song of the Nibelungs / / translated from the Middle High German by Burton Raffel ; foreword by Michael Dirda ; introduction by Edward R. Haymes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-281-73096-3

9786611730963

0-300-13142-9

Edizione

[1]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RaffelBurton

Disciplina

831/.21

Soggetti

Epic poetry, German

German poetry - Middle High German, 1050-1500

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- TO THE READER -- DAS NIBELUNGENLIED. Part 1 -- DAS NIBELUNGENLIED. Part 2 -- TRANSLATOR'S NOTES

Sommario/riassunto

No poem in German literature is so well known and studied in Germany and Europe as the 800-year-old Das Nibelungenlied. In the English-speaking world, however, the poem has remained little known, languishing without an adequate translation. This wonderful new translation by eminent translator Burton Raffel brings the epic poem to life in English for the first time, rendering it in verse that does full justice to the original High Middle German. His translation underscores the formal aspects of the poem and preserves its haunting beauty. Often called the German lliad, Das Nibelungenlied is a heroic epic both national in character and sweeping in scope. The poem moves inexorably from romance through tragedy to holocaust. It portrays the existential struggles and downfall of an entire people, the Burgundians, in a military conflict with the Huns and their king. In his foreword to the



book, Michael Dirda observes that the story "could be easily updated to describe the downfall of a Mafia crime family, something like The Godfather, with swords." The tremendous appeal of Das Nibelungenlied throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is reflected in such works as Richard Wagner's opera tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen, Fritz Lang's two-part film Die Nibelungen, and, more recently, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.