Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wilfrid Laurier University Press is a scholarly press based in Waterloo, Ontario.
View Rights PortalWilfrid Laurier University Press is a scholarly press based in Waterloo, Ontario.
View Rights PortalHome to poetry slammers / stage poets and their stages-texts as well as novels / fictional works. What have all our authors in common? They can perform on stages what make every reading quite entertaining. When a stage-experienced actor and poetry slammer writes a dragon-novel for yound readers / listeners, then it's beatuful to read, listen and his readings are always fascinating. That way, the young dragon Fionrir, princess Quirina and their most unusual pack gained a intensely interacting fanbase. As the other stage-performers do.
View Rights PortalEin aufflammender Blitz im Garten lässt Elina Mercy stürzen. Sie rappelt sich auf und eilt einem verwundeten Engel zu Hilfe. Noch im Zweifel über die unfassbare Begegnung tritt Laurenz Winter in ihr Leben, ein Schauspieler und Freund des berühmten Richard Benigna. Ohne Nachzudenken beginnt sie mit Laurenz eine Affäre Doch diese bescherte ihr nur unerträglichen Schmerz. Sieben Engel, darunter der, dem Elina half, trösten sie. Und so wird Gottes Wort ihr Wegweiser. Bald darauf begegnet ihr Richard Benigna persönlich. Die beide werden Freunde und kommen sich sehr nahe. Stehen die Schauspielerei und die Romanze mit Laurenz wie ein unbezwingbarer Berg zwischen Elina und Richard? Gleichzeitig findet Elina eine neue Lebensaufgabe, die ihr Herzensangelegenheit wird. Und dann meldet sich auch noch Elinas Chefin Savina Cabello in Todesangst bei ihr, weil sie sich die Finger an den bösen Machenschaften eines Wahrsagers verbrannt hat. Es kommt zu einer dramatischen Begegnung ...
“Método de Tango” (Spanish for “Tango Method”) is the first fundamental book series that teaches how to play tango music, published in English and Spanish since 2014 by Tango Sin Fin in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This book series is the only collection which provides any musician, arranger, composer or ethnomusicologist from around the world a methodological and pedagogical approach to tango language, using academic terms, exercises and musical studies. CONTENTS» Each volume is focused on one instrument: violin, bass, bandoneon, piano, flute and guitar. » All the tools and techniques for playing tango music are covered throughout specific chapters and exercises. » 5 to 8 original works for ensemble are included in each book. Parts for other instruments are included on a separate insert. » Audio and video recordings and play-along tracks for each exercise and pieces are available for free on Tango Sin Fin’s YouTube channel. THE BASS IN TANGO CONTENTS » Time-marking models. The role of the bass as part of the rhythmic base. Marcato, pizzicato, and other typical articulations used in tango. » Bass lines. Characteristic devices used to create bass lines and perform them spontaneously. » Rhythmic melody. Articulation as a fundamental constituent element of the tango language. » Expressive melody. Fraseo as an essential device for expressiveness. » Milonga and vals, the use of percussive effects, guidelines to play in a tango ensemble, the history of the bass in tango, the different styles of the genre. » 6 original works for ensemble. » 250 audio and video examples.