Puzzles about Art: An Aesthetics Casebook

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The first casebook for use in courses in aesthetics, Puzzles about Art provides more than 180 real and hypothetical cases that illustrate important principles and theories in the philosophy of art. With 25 illustrations as well as concrete examples from legal cases, museum experiences, newspaper articles and various media, including painting, sculpture, photography, music, drama, and film, Puzzles about Art helps students understand specific problems in the visual arts.

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Versatile.......2002-09-24

This was a thought provoking text, easily digestible and not intimidating. I found this book to be selectively useful with a wide range of students. My middle school students were stimulated by a selection of "puzzles" to decide art's validity and purpose. I plan to send this book to a college professor as well, knowing that the thought provoking segments will also be enticing for him to use in his class in Nice, France.

Puzzles provide exciting introduction to aesthetics........1999-06-05

"Puzzles About Art" is a welcome and refreshing departure from the standard approach to philosophical aesthetics which can often make the novice shake her head and wonder how philosophical debates could be relevant to resolving issues in art. Following trends in comtemporary ethics, Battin uses both fictional and factual puzzle cases to introduce and highlight many of the problems which arise when making judgements concerning art. The puzzles are written in such a way that even the philosophically uninitiated can begin to take up and discuss the issues and to feel the tensions inherent in the puzzles.

The puzzles cover a wide-range of aesthetic issues including the definition of art, interpretation, and conflicts between art and other values. Each section begins with a discussion of the main issues highlighted in the following cases and some of the ways in which philosophers have tried to resolve the issues presented.

I came across this book while searching for a suitable resource to help introduce primary-aged students to philosophical aesthetics, but needed a more active approach that would capture the interest and curiousity of children. The puzzles are constructed in such a way that many can be stripped of their more advanced concepts and adapted for this age group, yet retain much of their force and intrigue.

If you are interested in issues in aesthetics or in teaching aesthetics, it is definitely worth looking at this book!

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Puzzles About Art: An Aesthetics Casebook
John Fisher, Ronald Moore, Anita Silvers Margaret P. Battin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Depicting the Colours in Portraits (Colour Notes)
Michael Wilcox
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THE MODERN FAMILY COOK BOOK
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No comic or satiric holds are barred in these comic books about Mars and its inhabitants that—beyond being educational and frank—are also enormously entertaining. Finally, key Martian behaviors are revealed: they disdain deodorant and stutter when they talk.

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Invasores de Marte (Col.Leccio Lectura I So)
Mondadori
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Precisely What I Expected.......2006-11-03

I saw the other reviews for this product. People seemed truly outraged and disgusted by this book and had terrible things to say about the authors. To them, I ask "What did you expect?" This book is exactly what I thought it would be - a great deal of fluff and speculation about Brad, Jennifer and their lives together. What struck me about this book was how I could read over 200 pages and end up knowing so little. It seems to me that this is VERY typical of a certain kind of reportage (and I use the word advisedly). I find the whole celebrity fascination fascinating and this seemed to me an excellent specimen and case study. With all that said, the content of the book seemed remarkably superficial and vacuous.

HA HA HA OHHHH MY............2005-06-25

I piked up this book after seeing John Stewart "Review" it on the Daily Show. It's funny only because the author takes it so seriously, when it is clearly so ridiculous.

Deplorable.......2005-05-07

I wonder what kind of person revels enough in another's private anguish to buy this rubbish.
The authors and publishers should be ashamed of themselves.

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Lousy Book .......2005-03-23

I came across this book in Barnes and Noble the other day and I must say I was horrified. The title alone is enough to make we want to write a letter to US Weekly and ask why in the world they hired those writers. Anyone who thinks about buying this book should ask themselves two very important questions "Do I care?", "Should I care?" If you're somewhat intelligent your answers to both of those questions will be NO and you'll put the book back on the shelf and feel bad the rest of the day.

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Performed by David Syme, piano. Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emil Kahn. This romantic concerto is one of the composer's few works with orchestra and displays great lyricism and grandeur. Revealing Chopin's unique understanding of the piano, it is a challenging and rewarding work which combines poetry and excitement as only this master could. A high point in the literature, essential for every serious pianist. This deluxe 3-CD set includes a slow-tempo practice version to help you get up to speed. Includes an authoritative, newly engraved 112-page music score printed on high-quality ivory paper, and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist); a second compact disc in digitally remastered stereo of the orchestral accompaniment, minus the soloist; and a third compact disc containing a -25% slow-tempo practice version of the accompaniment.

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The Chopin Concertos
Indestructible--Frederic Chopin would have approved.

The Piano Concertos in Full Score
Frederic Chopin
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The authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel full-score edition in one volume of Piano Concertos No. 1 in E Minor and No. 2 in F Minor.

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The Chopin Concertos.......2003-08-15

Whether you have heard these works many times or are new to them, reading and following the score of a masterwork is a way to get yet closer to the piece.

Chopin wrote both concertos when he was 18-20 years of age. His masterly writing for the piano is astounding, and while it's been written and said that he wasn't much of an orchestrator, after reading the score I found this not to be the case. Sure, the piano is the star, spotlight and all, but the orchestra has much to contribute.

There's no finer scores for the money than these by Dover. Recommended!

Indestructible--Frederic Chopin would have approved........1998-11-16

The I. Paderewski edition of Chopin's Piano Concerto's No. 1 and 2 is the best edition I've looked at. The orchestral part is intricately transcribed for the second piano. Like all Dover products, this book and its binding are virtually indestructible...a major plus for the monumental task of mastering the greatest concertos of them all (Concerto No.2 in F minor). A good buy!

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: Study Score

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: Study Score
Michael Stegemann
Manufacturer: Eulenburg
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Preface/Vorwort * Editorial Notes/Revisionsbericht * 1 Facsimile * I. Allegro maestoso * II. Romanze. Larghetto * III. Rondo. Vivace

Chopin: The Piano Concertos (Cambridge Music Handbooks)

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Setting the records straight

Chopin: The Piano Concertos (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
John Rink
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Chopin's E minor and F minor Piano Concertos played a vital role in his career as a composer-pianist. This Handbook reevaluates them so that their many outstanding qualities can be fully appreciated. It describes their genesis, Chopin's own performances and his use of them as a teacher. A survey of their critical, editorial and performance histories follows, in preparation for an engaging narrative analysis of the concertos as embodied in sound. The final chapter investigates Chopin's enigmatic "third concerto", the Allegro de concert.

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Setting the records straight.......2000-05-13

Renowned Polish composer Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849) composed an amazing variety of compositions including some 50 mazurkas, 25 preludes, 24 etudes, 21 nocturnes, 17 waltzes, 11 polonaises, 4 ballades and 3 sonatas. Chopin's E minor and F minor Piano Concertos, however, are particularly important as they played a vital role in his career as a composer-pianist. Chopin: The Piano Concertos, written by Chopin expert John Rink - recipient of a Ph.D. from Cambridge University for his thesis The Evolution of Chopin's `Structural Style' and its Relation to Improvisation in May, 1989 - provides an engaging, comprehensive analysis of these concertos as well as providing vital information about the environment in which these Concertos were composed and how they were received. The author's multifaceted exploration of these concertos successfully provides the reader with a sound understanding of Chopin's Piano Concertos as well as offering a deeper appreciation for his work and his genius. As well as including Chopin's E minor and F minor Piano Concertos, the book is complete with an in-depth analysis of Chopin's enigmatic `third concerto', the Allegro de concert.

Before going into Chopin's Piano Concertos, the author sets the tone for the book by noting that "Chopin's piano concertos have enjoyed enormous popularity ever since their composition ... but they have also suffered some of the harshest scholarly criticism inflicted on his works". He rebuttals with, "... when viewed as music to be performed rather than scores to be dissected on paper, they belong to [Chopin's] most successful creations". He offers this book as "[an attempt] to set the record straight, re-evaluating the concertos against the early nineteenth-century traditions that shaped them so that their many outstanding qualities can be better appreciated."

In his first chapter, appropriately titled "Creation", the author explains the great significance of the Piano Concertos to Chopin's evolution as a musician. He describes the creation of Chopin's F minor Concerto, Chopin's newly found commitment to a virtuoso career, the creation of the E minor Concerto, and offers a brief introductory analysis of the parallels between these two concertos. He goes on to describe the first performances, first reviews and first editions of these concertos, explaining the general acceptance of Chopin as a genius in the musical community, yet also the criticism Chopin faced introducing a creativity that was often mistaken as a weakness. The chapter continues with an overview of the publication of these concertos and concludes with an insightful section titled "Chopin as teacher", outlining Chopin's teaching practices and depicting a connection between the glosses in scores used by Chopin's pupils and associates and Chopin's own playing and teaching styles.

Before reevaluating the concertos, the author provides a chapter titled "Interpretation", summarizing Chopin's incredibly diverse reception over the past 150 years and providing an inclusive summary of reactions from noted critics, composers, editors and performers. These reactions include, among others, those of critics Ludwig Rellstab, Gottfried Fink, J. W. Davidson, and those of composers Schumann and Liszt. An analysis of Frederick Nieck's influential biography of Chopin - the first scholarly monograph on Chopin - and its impact on society and influence on future authors assessing the concertos is also included. The author continues with a description of the trials and tribulations in the musical scores of these concertos, explaining the evolution of the scores from first edition to later versions, collected editions, editions with second-piano accompaniment, full scores, transcriptions and arrangements and finally re-orchestrations. The chapter concludes with a discussion titled "Performers", a very interesting and informative section considering Chopin's first two concertos are available on over seventy recordings each, performed by most concert pianists throughout the twentieth century. The author describes an appeal from several of Chopin's former students - Lenz, Mikuli and Princess Marcelina Czartoryska - that Chopin's concertos had been misinterpreted, and goes on to further debate the interpretations of Chopin's music.

Having successfully prepared the readers, author John Rink goes on to offer his own re-evaluation of the two concertos. Beginning my explaining the principles and premises by which music is evaluated, he describes his narrative approach in the analytical re-evaluation of Chopin's concertos:

"I shall first define each movement's skeletal structure, identifying important `stabilizing' features such as tonal scheme and sectional form, and then in tracing through the music I shall observe temporally defined processes like the generation and relaxation of momentum, rhythmic flux, and small- and large-scale gestural impulse, all of which help to transform the structural bedrock into a living musical statement."

He goes on to do just that, providing 17 pages of analysis on Chopin's Opus 21 and a subsequent 22 pages of analysis on Opus 11. He cautions that "words can never fully capture musical experience: its temporal course and emotional impact ultimately lie beyond the powers of verbal description" and continues by stating that "the foregoing analytical re-evaluation is in one sense another futile attempt to encapsulate the concertos in words, but at least it has been undertaken in a spirit of appreciation, not denigration. If nothing else, it has revealed the utter hollowness of Nieck's criticisms and those of his successors".

Finally, the fifth and final chapter "Chopin's third concerto" explores Chopin's third concerto, the Allegro de concert... Unlike the other two concertos, the author concludes that the current evaluation of this concerto is quite fair and states:

"it may be a legitimate interpretation, sure to be superseded in due course, but for the time being enlightening some aspect of the music's elusive meaning while leaving space for fresh evaluations to come."

The nature of this book is somewhat complex, however this book appeals not only to the music scholar but also to the music enthusiast. The comprehensive, informative and engaging nature of the book alone is sufficient to give it purpose, however, the heart of this book really lies in the re-evaluation of Chopin's first two concertos. John Rink set out to set the records straight, and succeeded to do so in an analytic and objective manor. As a devoted admirer of Chopin's work myself, having listened to Chopin everyday during the entire 9 month term before my birth and having learned to play his pieces since the age of 3, I find deep emotion, passion and genius in Chopin's work. However, to write a book such as this one takes a vast scholastic understanding of music and Chopin in particular, and John Rink is certainly qualified to do so. Previously I had little knowledge of these concertos, however I'm sure that even if I had, I would still have found this book to be very valuable, as I'm sure many others have and will. It is a valuable and much needed contribution to the study of Chopin.

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
Jurgen Neubacher
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Chopin's Piano Concertos have often been criticized for their orchestration. In the past this has frequently led to changes or complete re-workings of the instrumentation. But on closer examination Chopin's own versions contain many sophisticated and subtle orchestral effects, especially in the F minor Concerto. This is the first printed edition of an authentic version based on a partly autograph source and dateable to the summer of 1835. It is supplemented by a detailed editorial report with further information for the scholarly user. Preface * Transmission and Publication * Assessment of the sources * Editorial Notes * Editorial principles * Individual Notes * Readings in Schlesinger's edition for piano solo * I. Maestoso * II. Larghetto * III. Allegro vivace

Complete Works XIV; Concertos for Piano and Orchestra.

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Complete Works XIV; Concertos for Piano and Orchestra.
Fryderyk Chopin
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Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11 [Complete Works for the Piano, Book XIV]

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Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11 [Complete Works for the Piano, Book XIV]
Frederic Chopin
Manufacturer: SCHIRMER
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ASIN: B000K0ATQK

Concerto No. 2 (F minor) for piano and orchestra. Transcription for two pianos.

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Concerto No. 2 (F minor) for piano and orchestra. Transcription for two pianos.
Chopin Frederic.
Manufacturer: Kompozitor (SPb.)
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Music Minus One Piano: Chopin Concerto in F minor, op. 21 (Book & 2 CDs)

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Music Minus One Piano: Chopin Concerto in F minor, op. 21 (Book & 2 CDs)

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Performed by Raluca Stirbat, piano Accompaniment: Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov Chopin's most magnificent piano concerto is now available from MMO. The Polish-French master's F-minor concerto is a remarkable composition, filled with soaring passages and a heart-melting Larghetto of unmatched lyricism. A masterpiece which holds a very special place in Chopin's oeuvre, and in the entire concerto repertoire. This deluxe 2-CD pack includes a printed music score on high-quality ivory paper, with informative historical liner notes; a digital stereo compact disc featuring a complete performance of the concerto with orchestra and soloist, and a second performance minus you, the soloist; and a second compact disc containing a full-speed version of the complete version as well as a special -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes. The concerto is voluminously indexed for your practice and performance convenience.

Schirmer's Library (Chopin's Complete Works for the Piano (Concerto in F Minor(Opus 21)) Book Fifteen, Volume 1557)

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Schirmer's Library (Chopin's Complete Works for the Piano (Concerto in F Minor(Opus 21)) Book Fifteen, Volume 1557)

Manufacturer: G. Schirmer (Inc.), New York
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If he learned to speak American, this rating would be 5 stars.

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A Thinking Man's Book

How Good Is Your Pot-Limit Omaha
Stewart Reuben
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If he learned to speak American, this rating would be 5 stars........2005-12-21

A terrific book for thinking through how to play a number of pot limit Omaha hands. It is not quite as well written as his later book on Pot Limit Hold Em, but I think Reuben is a better Omaha player than Hold Em player.

The simple fact is, there is no definitive book on Omaha, and maybe the subject is too complex for there to be one. I've learned from this book and the Cloutier/McEvoy book, but there are still gaps in my education that I am filling with experience, some of it not so pleasant.

The technique is to present a hand and ask you what you would do at various betting points in the hand. I sometimes disagree with his advice and do not play hands because I'm bored, as he does. So, we sometimes disagree about my score. The explanations of the correct strategy, which are often not the same as what Reuben did, himself, present many ideas we need to ponder to improve our games.

His phrasing is sometimes odd. I know, he's English and he can't help it. In one hand, he describes a player as making a straddle bet on the blinds. Huh? I trade options for a living and play straddles all day long. Whatever he is describing has no relationship to anything I call a straddle.

Still, a great book that would be even better with a nice, pretty English nanny translating it for me.

How good are you at playing hands that should be folded?.......2005-06-27

This book was quite instructive, but I found it annoying how many hands I thought should have been folded before the flop, and Stewart agreed with me. Once we get that question right, what is the point in going on with the analysis?

I also found that the games that these hands came from were much more aggressive than the low-limit games that you find online. I don't think that these strategies are completely appropriate for those games. But, if you are playing for thousands at the Grosvenor Victoria, this is your handbook.

Still, in the end, I would say that it improved my game. Plus, there is very little written on the subject of Pot-Limit Omaha, so you are going to end up reading all three of those books, anyway.

I disagree with many plays and author compares right and wro.......2005-06-19

wrong based on his plays. This is still a very good book to learn from but like the highest level books...holdem for advanced players , You MUST determine the intrinsic value of your hand for yourself as you will be the one playing in the casino. So read the quizes and take them for what they are worth. I labeled all the quizzes with a headline at the top after I wrote it. Some read MEANINGLESS ENTRY...nothing to be learned but this was maybe for 2 of the first 10. Take it for what it is worth...if you have the extra 13 bucks and want to improve your game I say go for it.

A Thinking Man's Book.......2004-11-29

This book consists of fifty quizzes based on real poker hands. Each of these hands Rueben either participated in or watched happened. For example, Rueben will say he was dealt KKQJ double suited in late position and the book quizzes you a.) fold b.) call c.) min raise d.) pot raise. Next the flop comes T93 rainbow and three players check to you. What do you do, the book asks, a.) check b.) small bet or c.) big bet? And so on until the river. At the end of each hand, Rueben explains what he thinks the correct decision is at each step, his rationale and what really went down. It is up to you to think about whether you agree or disagree with his decision making processes. This book is not a "how to play pot limit omaha" manual for beginners.
For the most part, I disagreed with his style of play. I thought he was overly aggressive. But you have to remember he has made a lot of money playing poker and I have only made a little.

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How Good Is Your Pot-limit Omaha?
Stewart Reuben
Manufacturer: D & B Publishing
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