Customer Reviews:
Excellent Reference & Source Guide.......2002-02-01
Barbour's book (probably not the definitive on the subject of the classic movie serials) is an outstanding reference compendium and source guide for cinema's golden age. The edition clearly outlines an entire host of serials that appeared on the silver screen during the motion picture business's infancy, and the author even goes to great length (where the information is available) to credit the serials various inspirations throughout the ensuing years. Additionally (a great pleasure for this movie viewer), CLIFFHANGER is replete with black and white photos (excellent reproductions from the original negatives) of major characters and serials from this vintage era. A truly wonderful and inspiring book, penned clearly by an author with a love of the subject material.
This book made me a serial fan!.......1998-08-01
Mr Barbour's book is a loving look back to the exciting days of the movie serial. The book is lavishly illustrated with rare photgraphs and lobby cards. Chapters look at different genres of the serial and the elements that made them great: the stunt men, the villains and the two- fisted leading leading men and women. If you want to discover what inspired the " Indiana Jones" movies (and Zorro) , seek out this book!
Book Description
This succinct overview of the development of Western music can help students of all levels understand the evolution of musical styles. Although the text is only half the size of most music histories, it is enhanced by the many cross-references to the best anthologies and recordings for further information and examples.
Customer Reviews:
A great resource to own.......2007-08-27
This is a great source to have! It is easy to read and covers everything all the major music history text books cover. Overall it is a faster, eaiser, and more interesting read than other texts. World history is also linked with music history to help the reader understand what actually happened. I strongly suggest this book for Graduate students reviewing for comprehensive exams!
Valuable resource.......2000-09-13
Concise, but inclusive. Would make a valuable text for undergrad Music History or for general graduate study.
Book Description
Studying Music History: Learning, Reasoning and Writing About Music History and Literature: Second Edition develops a thorough knowledge of genres, composers and compositions, as well as skills for organizing, assimilating, applying and writing using this knowledge. The text maintains a strict three-fold emphasis that includes (1) a systematic approach to the data of music history and literature, (2) identification and interpretation of unidentified music samples and excerpts from several kinds of historical documents, and (3) properly written expression of musical knowledge and judgment through small-scale writing projects.
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Great as an overview.......2006-08-09
This is an excellent review and condensation of Western Music History. I recommend it in particular for:
1. Master's students preparing for music history placement tests.
2. Doctoral students in music, preparing for comprehensive exams.
3. Any music teacher who would like a concise description of musical styles, in a more condensed format that traditional music history books (such as those by Grout or Stolba).
I would not recommend it for anyone studying the History of Music for the first time.
A great tool to prepare for exams.......2000-02-11
As a music graduate student, I don't think I would have passed my oral or qualifying exams if not for this book. Poultney takes the major details of the major musical periods and boils them down to broad strokes. If you've studied a lot of music history but need a way to pull it all together, this book is a great tool.
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Francis Poulenc (Outlines)
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Richard Burton explores the fascinating world of early to mid-twentieth century artistic gay Paris and in particular the links between Poulenc's sexuality, his music and his relgious beliefs, with extensive reference to other artists in his circle, including Cocteau and Radiguet.
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An Introduction to Music and Art in the Western World, 10th edition, is a clear and attractive guide to the great artists and composers of the West and the societies in which they lived and worked.
Customer Reviews:
Good for the class.......2007-02-21
Brought it for a class have not used it out of those confines but good for what I brought it for.
Good overview.......2004-07-07
This is an excellent chronological overview of the art, music and architecture of the Western world. It's well written and the color illustrations are well chosen and helpful. All in all, it's a good way to brush up on a few thousand years of cultural history in a short time.
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Prepared for students by renowned professors and noted experts, here are the most extensive and proven study aids available, covering all the major areas of study in college curriculums. Each guide features: up-to-date scholarship; an easy-to-follow narrative outline form; specially designed and formatted pages; and much more.
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Chronological Musical History.......2005-08-02
Do you know when the music's Baroque Period begins? And when does it finish? And the Romantic Period? And which are the most important composers in these and other Periods? Is J.S. Bach a Baroque composer, or a Classic composer? Which are the styles and techniques in the different Musical Periods? These and other informations you will find them in this well structured book that covers from the music of the old western cultures, until our days. Recommended for all those that want to have a concrete chronology of the events and features in the Music's History.
Great book for review and supplemental information!.......2000-04-22
This book is written in a consise easy-to-follow format and went along perfectly with a music history college class I was taking. I found it half way through the course and used it to review and consolidate information I was confused about and then aced the final! Topics are addressed clearly and musicians and their countries are linked for easy reference and understanding. Fun to read and the lay out makes sense. Good reading.
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Outlines of Music History
Clarence G. Hamilton
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
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1908. This book is meant to meet the demand for a concise history of the entire field of musical development, presented in the light of new research. It is designed for both the student and general reader. The author hopes this volume will give the reader an intelligent conception of how music developed and has added numerous illustrations to illuminate the text as to the style and materials used in the different epochs and as to the personality and characteristics of the leading composers.
Book Description
In this thoroughly updated edition of his classic book, Hargrove introduces you to Masterful Coaching, the method, Hargrove draws on his in-depth experience of coaching leaders at all levels gained since writing the first edition. The book provides guiding ideas, tools, and methods that will empower you on your own journey to Masterful Coaching. You will learn to empower people to transform who they are as leaders and at the same time their ability to produce results that were previously considered impossible by applying triple loop learning. This is about ripping the blinders off so that people see that who they are, the goals they set, and the plans they make, and actions they take are often part of historical winning strategies that are the source of their past success but that limit them from achieving what's possible or playing a much bigger game.
Customer Reviews:
Essential For Your Library!.......2007-01-10
For anyone who is a coach, considering becoming a coach, or curious about coaching, this book is a MUST read! Hargroove clearly distinguishes between a coach and a "Masterful Coach" - one that gets results. It's a different paradigm and different way of being with coaching clients that gets results. He shows that coaching is about serving others from the perspective that they are whole and complete; it's not about fixing or helping them.
Coaching + Systems Thinking = Transformation!.......2005-12-15
The author integrates coaching with systems thinking and the learning organization popularized by Peter Senge's book "The Fifth Discipline". This revised edition shows the Hargrove's approach is still fresh and surprisingly unique, given all the recent books published on coaching.
One unique contribution is Hargrove's model of triple-loop learning. It is a model of reflection. The first loop is reflecting on the outcome of actions for incremental improvement. The second loop is reflecting on assumptions that led to the decisions about those actions. The third loop is self-reflection on the core identity of the decision maker. This acknowledges that who we are influences our assumptions about the world and thus our actions. This type of reflection has become the core of quality coaching.
Other particularly helpful sections are the chapters on stretch goals and breakthrough thinking. Pushing for breakthroughs, rather than incremental change, requires the use of stretch goals. Hargrove tells us how to coach through the process of setting stretch goals. He says you first must decide what would be a breakthrough, then dig inside for motivation by examining why it is important to achieve and what's in it for me? Finally, learning and acting differently is essential to reaching stretch goals.
Hargrove's combination of systems thinking and learning organization principles with coaching is a real winner. Other books might be more thorough on the "how to" of coaching but his theory and tools for transformational change are excellent and unique.
Every coach should read this book!.......2003-05-03
In the last ten years since I started coaching managers and leaders, I have read almost everything out there on the subject. This book stands out! The distinctions Hargrove makes about coaching provide clarity, while being very useable and transferable to others. He also writes in a very readable style, and balances profundity and humor to get his points across. Some points that I found especially useful were:
How to generate a powerful coaching relationship by clarifying what each person needs to bring to the party. I found this extremely helpful in re-igniting an ebbing coaching relationship.
Hargrove writes that a leader needs to "be the source" of their impossible future or what it is that they want to create. He shows how to coach someone to do this.
Thinking drives behavior. Hargrove provides clarity and examples on how to coach people in a more profound and deeper way than the usual tips and techniques that novice coaches give.
Hargrove also writes about getting feedback for the coaching client by doing interviews rather than using the typical 360 degree feedback forms. He says, "If more than one person calls you a horse, saddle up!"
I recommend this book to coaches, managers and leaders who want to up the level of their game.
Fantastic revision of an already great book!.......2003-05-03
I found Hargrove's book inspiring, insightful, and useful. I had read his first book - which was pivotal for me in creating my own coaching business-- and have found that he has taken this work to another level-a very compelling, as well as easy read. The two parts that I found most applicable to my own coaching clients were his step-by-step approach to coaching executives and the part on creating a "laboratory" that fosters collaboration within a group. I was able to bring these principles to a client who was wowed by what we were able to generate for her business. I would recommend this book to any coach, internal and external to a company, as well as to any leader who wants to create an "impossible future."
New Paradigm For Werner Erhard's Est?.......2003-04-23
Are people still being fooled by this same hash and rehash of Werner Erhard's "est," which is going by a new name "The Landmark Forum?" Hargrove's work looks to have been lifted wholesale from the Landmark Education so-called "Curiculum For Living." One wonders if he pays royalties for the use of Werner's, what he himself liked to refer to as, technology. Of course, no one told Werner there were lots of people around who would recognize his use of the word "technology" in this context as having come from one of his inspirations, L. Ron Hubbard and his "Philosophy for Living." And that is what characterizes this book, made all the more obvious by the long list of glowing testimonials, all using thoses tried-and-true estie buzz-words and phrases, the copy-cat, unimaginative litany: transformation, paradigm, empowerment, mastery, extraordinary results, tools for living, taking a stand, blah, blah, and blah. So here is my question. Is Mr. Hargrove shilling for Landmark Education or has he struck out on his own as so many of L. Ron's and now Werner's followers using the same formula and the same ideas? Rick Ross and Steven Hassan's websites have anough background on the "coaching" phenomenon to get you started, if you are curious about the dubious roots of this practice.
Book Description
Create an organization of masterful coaches! Based on Robert Hargrove's acclaimed five-step coaching model--field-tested by thousands of leaders throughout the world--these tools will help you create a comprehensive training program for your organization that will fundamentally shift thinking and attitudes in the service of extraordinary results.
Use this dynamic model to teach the coaches (and potential coaches) in your organization to:
- Build a personal coaching mission and teachable point of view
- Invest in relationships
- Plan stretch goals collaboratively
- Encourage action with small do-able projects
- Create feedback that stretches, corrects, and builds self-esteem
Order your copy today!
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A Field Guide to Great Coaching.......2001-05-20
Bob has done a masterful job of pulling together a wide variety of coaching situations to illustrate the coaching models from his previous book. This is a book for the serious coach seeking how-to applications. The emphasis on creativity is a nice enhancement.
* Mark Kelly, coauthor of MASTERING TEAM LEADERSHIP: 7 ESSENTIAL COACHING SKILLS
Diverse coaching styles.......2000-01-25
When you are interviewed for a book like this (I am interviewed as a chapter in this book) you are always worried about the context and company of your interview. Robert Hargrove is great at synthesis and gathering diverse methods around a subject.
I am pleased to be in its company and that of the other masterful coaches he brings you.
He puts many practical ideas into one book. He does this from a diverse thinking approach.
Book Description
Robert Hargrove shares his secrets as a masterful coach with leaders of all levels: Coaching is about realizing an impossible dream and winning at the great game of business, not just about changing attitudes and behaviors.
This book describes:
- How to find the best talent on earth
- How to create an impossible future and WIN in your business
- How to create a winning game plan
- How business can be the ultimate self-development and growth experience
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A ready-made training program that works!
Based on Robert Hargrove's acclaimed five-step coaching model--field-tested by thousands of leaders world-wide--these tools will help you create a comprehensive training program for your organization that will fundamentally shift thinking and attitudes in the service of extraordinary results. The modular program is adaptable to the needs of any organization and its flexible workshop design can be conducted in as little as one-half day or extended over several days.
The Deluxe Trainer's Set contains everything you need to conduct a complete Masterful Coaching training program:
The Masterful Coaching book
The Masterful Coaching Fieldbook
The Masterful Coaching Feedback Tool, which includes one Facilitator's Guide complete with scoring software and PowerPoint slides on CD-ROM, an instructional video, one Participant's Workbook with a Self-Assessment Instrument, and one Observer Assessment Instrument
**Please remember you will need one Participant's Workbook with a Self Assessment Instrument and five Observer Assessment Instruments per program participant.
Help the leaders in your organization become the exceptional coaches they were meant to be and then watch your business grow!
Customer Reviews:
Masterful Coaching Feedback Tool:.......2007-01-10
This book has helped me to coach myself in a new perspective. It's a quick read with helpful hints. It's been great.
Book Description
Based on Robert Hargrove's acclaimed five-step coaching model--field-tested by thousands of leaders world-wide--The Masterful Coaching Feedback Tool will help you learn how to fundamentally shift thinking and attitudes in the service of extraordinary results. The modular program is adaptable to the needs of any organization and its flexible workshop design can be conducted in as little as one-half day or extended over several days.
Use the Self Assessment Instrument to rate your skills and practices.
Customer Reviews:
Glad you asked; not at all helpful.......2007-08-16
I bought this thinking it would be a helpful tool for me to evaluate myself as a coach. All it consists of is a series of questions and a ranking system but it offers no way to analyze the results or do anything with it once you have completed it. Unless I am missing something obvious, it seems to me this should not be sold as a stand alone book; it is designed perhaps to accompany another book. Mystifying and a complete waste of money, in my view.
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Masterful Coaching Participant's Wkbk Workbook
Hargrove
Manufacturer: Jossey Bass Wiley
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Binding: Hardcover
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