Muziek - Film en Theaterboeken

Het eerste uit een reeks van vier delen van de complete vertaling door Jan Jonk van de werken van William Shakespeare. Voor het eerst wordt Shakespeares werk ongecensureerd en volledig gepubliceerd. Tevens wordt Shakespeare als een zestiende-eeuwer gezien en vanuit een 16de-eeuwse betekenis vertaald en geïnterpreteerd.
De tekst van het 16de-eeuws Engels van Shakespeare is zo zuiver mogelijk in hedendaags Nederlands omgezet, met strikt behoud van toon, poëzievorm en rijmschema's. Bij het juist lezen van de brontekst heeft Jan Jonk zich laten leiden door de commentaren bij de gebruikte uitgaven; slechts uiterst sporadisch is hij afgeweken van de interpretatie van kenners van het vroegmodern Engels.

Wat er in de vertaling staat, is hoe dan ook te herleiden tot het oorspronkelijk, al is het taalgebruik bepaald door het taaltraject en de taalvoorkeur van de vertaler. Het gebruikte Nederlands is niet de Noord-Nederlandse Reclametaal van 2006, met haar vele modernismen en het gebruik van het Nederlandse namaak-Engels; het is ook niet het Hollands van 2006, of het Vlaams; maar de vertaling wil een correct Nederlands zijn in al zijn schakeringen, van kerk tot kroeg, van hof tot schutting, van bed tot bordeel.

Deel 1 - De blijspelen:
1 De storm - The Tempest
2 De twee heren uit Verona - The Two Gentlemen of Verona
3 De vrolijke vrouwtjes van Windsor - The Merry Wiues of Windsor
4 Leer om leer - Measure for Measure
5 De klucht der vergissingen - The Comedie of Errors
6 Veel drukte om niets - Much adoe about Nothing
7 Zuchten zonder zoet - Loues Labour's Lost
8 Een midzomernachtdroom - A Midsommer Nights Dream
9 De koopman van Venetië - The Merchant of Venice
10 Dit wou u toch! - As you Like it
11 Het katje getemd - The Taming of the Shrew
12 Eind goed, al goed - All's Well, that Ends Well
13 Driekoningen of zo - Twelfe Night, or what you will
14 Het wintersprookje - The Winters Tale

Distinguished actors and actresses, producers and directors, critics and teachers give their opinions and ideas and tell some amusing stories about the perils and pleasures of performing the plays.

Documentaire van Suzanne Raes uit 2007 over de auteur Willem Elsschot, die in zijn boeken alles kon zeggen wat hij in het dagelijks leven als vader en grootvader Alfons de Ridder vermeed. In de film probeert dochter Ida De Ridder (87) de voor haar onverenigbare tegenstelling tussen de afstandelijke vader en de openhartige schrijver te overbruggen, om te begrijpen wie de man achter de schrijver Elsschot was. Dit is een verhaal over afstand en toenadering: hoe een dochter haar vader leert kennen via zijn literaire nalatenschap en in haar laatste dagen probeert het beeld wat van haar vader rest, te beschermen.

Schrijver Willem Elsschot wordt nog altijd veel gelezen. Zijn verzameld werk is pas weer opnieuw uitgegeven. Filmrechten van zijn boeken en vertalingen worden internationaal verkocht en er is een groeiende literaire fanclub. Veel gevraagde gast in dat bloeiende Elsschotcircus is zijn enige, nog levende dochter, Ida. Erfgenaam van Elsschot is een coproductie van Viewpoint Productions, 4Media, NPS en VRT. Deze productie kwam tot stand met steun van het Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties en het Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds.

Reportages over en interviews met in Nederland werkzame dirigenten: Jansons, Thielemann, Chailly, Haitink, Mengelberg, Gergjev, Rattle, De Waart, Vonk, Haenchen, Kreizberg, Metzmacher, Rostropovich en Brüggen.

Gives biographical information and outlines the movie careers of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.

The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.

The Tempest is the most lyrical, profound and fascinating of Shakespeare's late comedies. Prospero, long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda, seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies. Eventually, having proved merciful, he divests himself of that magic, his 'art', and prepares to return to the mainland. The Tempest has often been regarded as Shakespeare's 'farewell to the stage' before his retirement.

In the past, critics emphasised the romantically beautiful features of The Tempest, seeing it as an imaginative fantasia. In recent decades, however, The Tempest has also been treated as a potently political drama which offers controversial insights into colonialism and racism. Frequently staged and diversely filmed, the play has influenced numerous poets and novelists.

In 1955, at the age of 23, pianist Glenn Gould burst onto the world stage with his inspired recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. His dynamic virtuosity and passionate artistry inspired millions, and he spent the next nine years as a star on the international concert circuit. In 1964 he announced that he was retiring from live performance, and he devoted the rest of his life to recording and documentaries. Glenn Gould: A Life in Pictures is the first photographic treatment of the life of one of the greatest and most fascinating musicians of our time. This collection of more than 200 images includes a treasure trove of family pictures from the Glenn Gould Estate and rare photos from the CBC archives, Sony Classical and the National Library of Canada. The foreword by Yo-Yo Ma and the introduction by music critic Tim Page provide an insightful overview of Gould's life and art. Extensive captions by the estate's literary adviser and quotations from Gould himself and other luminaries, such as Leonard Bernstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Leopold Stokowski and Leonard Rose, appear throughout the book. The result is a lively portrait of a creative genius.

Lexicon van de westerse klassieke muziek, waarin behalve vreemde termen en biografische gegevens over componisten ook analyses van hun voornaamste werken zijn opgenomen.

Now brought completely up to date, the new edition of this classic work on documentary films and filmmaking surveys the history of the genre from 1895 to the present day. With the myriad social upheavals over the past decade, documentaries have enjoyed an international renaissance; here Barnouw considers the medium in the light of an entirely new political and social climate. He examines as well the latest filmmaking technology, and the effects that video cassettes and cable television are having on the production of documentaries. And like the previous editions, Documentary is filled with photographs, many of them rare, collected during the author's travels around the world. Covering the full course of the documentary from Louis Lumiere's first effort to recent landmark productions such as Shoah, this book makes the growing importance of a unique blend of art and reality accessible and understandable to all film lovers.

In 1975, four teenagers gathered in a kitchen in Dublin to discuss forming a band. The drum kit just about fit into the room, the lead guitarist had a homemade guitar, the bassist could barely play at all and nobody wanted to sing. Over thirty years later, they are still together, bound by intense loyalty, passionate idealism and a relentless belief in the power of rock and roll to change the world. U2 have sold over 130 million albums, revolutionized live performance all over the world, spearheaded political campaigns and made music that defines the age we live in. From the anarchic days of their Seventies punk origins, through their Eighties ascent to superstardom, the dark post-modern ironies of the Nineties and their 21st-century resurgence as rock's biggest and boldest band, this is a tale of faith, love, drama, family, birth, death, survival, conflict, crises, creativity--and a lot of laughter.--From publisher description.

Traces the life of Bette Davis and discusses her acting roles in motion pictures and on the stage.

Naslagwerk voor de westerse klassieke muziek.

Yehudi Menuhin shares with the reader his unique store of understanding about the violin, about how to exercise and practise, and about the techniques of performance. His reflections on the nature and scope of his instrument are profoundly illuminating and his theories on interpretation particularly valuable. William Primrose writes the distinguished monograph on the viola and describes the instrument as 'a violin with a college education'.

Featuring annotations and commentary by Stone himself, the screenplay of the controversial director's new motion picture Nixon is accompanied by essays by officials of the Nixon Administration and photographs from the film. Original. Movie tie-in.

Uitgegeven als essay in het kader van de Maand van de filosofie. Want vrijheid is nooit absoluut.

Historische schets van het leven van castraatzangers in kerk en theater (opera) in Italië in de 17e en 18e eeuw.

A play in 3 acts

Edward Albee Full Length, Drama Characters: 2 male, 4 female Interior Set This Pulitzer Prize winner enjoyed a stunning Broadway revival in 1996 with George Gizzard, Rosemary Harris and Elaine Stritch. Wealthy middle-aged couple, Agnes and Tobias have their complacency shattered when Harry and Edna, longtime friends appear at their doorstep. Claiming an encroaching, nameless "fear" has forced them from their own home, these neighbors bring a firestorm of doubt, recrimination and ultimately solace, upsetting the "delicate balance" of Agnes and Tobias' household. Winner of the 1996 Drama Desk and Award, Best Revival. "Powerful...A beautiful play filled with humor and compassion, and touched with poetry...[with] the stature and eloquence of a classic."-New York Daily News "A brilliant play."-New York Post "An evening of theatrical fireworks."-The New York Times

Opera began during the Italian Renaissance as an effort to present drama with music in imitation of the ancient Greeks. Here is the story of opera, with Orfeo of Monteverdi (1607), then evolving after nearly two centuries into the classical style, of which Mozart was supreme master. By the late eighteenth century, comic and grand opera were highly developed art forms in Italy, France, and German-speaking Europe. Here are accounts of the great opera companies of Paris, Milan, Bayreuth, London, and New York. Prominent composers discussed include Rossini, Donizetti, Berlioz, Verdi, Gounod, Puccini -- and in our own century, Hindemith, Berg, Menotti, Britten, Barber, and others. Performers profiled include Jenny Lind, Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, Luciano Pararotti, and others.

Once the king of the blues-derived "stride" school of jazz piano, Fats Waller earned his reputation as the most perfect of all jazz pianists with impeccable time keeping, instrumental mastery, the intensity of swing, and melodic gift. He arrived on the scene just as jazz was flowering nationwide, and he reaped a harvest of fame and fortune through his piano rolls, recordings, and much-lauded European tours. His death . . . in 1943, marked the end of the swing era. This informal narrative of Waller's life and music—a moving memoir of a musical genius and an outstanding human being—was written by Fats' personal manager. Reviewing Fats' brief but stellar career, Kirkeby reveals a life that was filled with paradoxes, and a man who moved with ease from a middle-class churchgoing home to New York's speakeasy subculture. Kirkeby details Waller's collaboration with lyricist Andy Razaf; his friendships with James P. Johnson, Willie "the Lion" Smith, and Duke Ellington; and his successful forays into films and Broadway musicals, including Hot Chocolates and Stormy Weather (with Lena Horne). He also weaves in his own personal memoir and includes a selected discography listing the most representative Waller recordings.