String Quartets, Opp. 20 and 33, Complete

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Full scores of Op. 20, Nos. 1-6, and Op. 33 (the "Russian" quartets), Nos. 1-6, in the reliable Eulenburg edition. 12 masterful quartets by the composer who helped define the form include such favorites as the "Joke" and the "Bird" from Op. 33.

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The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn
Floyd Grave , and Margaret Grave
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0195173570

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A monumental accomplishment from the age of Enlightenment, the string quartets of Joseph Haydn hold a central place not only in the composer's oeuvre, but also in our modern conception of form, style, and expression in the instrumental music of his day. Here, renowned music historians Floyd and Margaret Grave present a fresh perspective on a comprehensive survey of the works. This thorough and unique analysis offers new insights into the creation of the quartets, the wealth of musical customs and conventions on which they draw, the scope of their innovations, and their significance as reflections of Haydn's artistic personality. Each set of quartets is characterized in terms of its particular mix of structural conventions and novelties, stylistic allusions, and its special points of connection with other opus groups in the series. Throughout the book, the authors draw attention to the boundless supply of compositional strategies by which Haydn appears to be continually rethinking, reevaluating, and refining the quartet's potentials. They also lucidly describe Haydn's famous penchant for wit, humor, and compositional artifice, illuminating the unexpected connections he draws between seemingly unrelated ideas, his irony, and his lightning bolts of surprise and thwarted expectation. Approaching the quartets from a variety of vantage points, the authors correct many prevailing assumptions about convention, innovation, and developing compositional technique in the music of Haydn and his contemporaries. Going beyond traditional modes of study, The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn blends historical analysis and factual information with critical appraisal in a way that will engage all Haydn enthusiasts.

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String Quartets, Opp. 42, 50 and 54
Joseph Haydn
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ASIN: 0486242625

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Complete reproductions of Op. 42 in D Minor; Op. 50, Nos. 1-6 (the "Prussian Quartets") and Op. 54, Nos. 1-3 (first set of "Tost Quartets"). Striking compositions by one of the supreme masters of the form in the reliable Eulenburg edition.

Twelve String Quartets, Opp. 55, 64 and 71, Complete

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Twelve String Quartets, Opp. 55, 64 and 71, Complete
Joseph Haydn
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486239330

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Complete reproductions of 12 often-recorded works: Op. 55, Nos. 1-3 (including Razor); Op. 64, Nos. 1-6 (including "The Lark or Hornpipe"); Op. 71, Nos. 1-3. Reliable Eulenburg editions of mature, much-performed compositions written from 1789-93. Among the finest pieces by a great master at the top of his form.

Eleven Late String Quartets, Opp. 74, 76 and 77, Complete

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Eleven Late String Quartets, Opp. 74, 76 and 77, Complete
Joseph Haydn
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486237532

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This volume includes 11 string quartets in complete score — Haydn's last and best. Opp. 74, 76 and 77, complete. Reprinted from the reliable modern Eulenburg edition.

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String Quartets, Op. 17, Complete
Joseph Haydn
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In the course of a 50-year period, Haydn composed some 80 string quartets, whose range and variety of structural invention rank second only to those of Beethoven. This fine new anthology consists of the six pieces known collectively as Op. 17: String Quartet in E Major, Op. 17, No. 1; String Quartet in F Major, Op. 17, No. 2; String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 17, No. 3, and three other pieces.

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Joseph Haydn and the String Quartet
Reginald Barrett-Ayres
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The String Quartets of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven: Studies of the Autograph Manuscripts (Isham Library Papers)

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The String Quartets of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven: Studies of the Autograph Manuscripts (Isham Library Papers)
Christoph Wolff
Manufacturer: Harvard Department of Music
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The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of the six quartets, Dean Sutcliffe evaluates the Op. 50 in relation to Haydn's more frequently performed quartets and considers their relevance to Haydn's wider output. Each quartet is discussed in detail. The background to these works includes a brief history of the string quartet and an assessment of Haydn's earlier works in this genre and of his role at Esterhaza. The description of the composition and publication of the Op. 50 quartets is based on the evidence of Haydn's surviving letters and the recently discovered autograph copies of nos. 3 to 6--a discovery that is vividly documented here for the first time.

Drama und Diskurs: Zur Beziehung zwischen Satztechnik und motivischem Prozess am Beispiel der durchbrochenen Arbeit in den Streichquartetten Mozarts und ... Heidelberger Studien zur Musikwissenschaft)

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Nicole Schwindt
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In Easy Money, David Spanier examines the psychological motivation of gamblers—those who beat the system and those beaten by it. Portraying the personalities and legends of the gambling world, he ranges widely over his subject, considering the motivations of gamblers, even the physical sensations they experience. Although his focus is on the individual, he also looks at the percentages and the chances, the differences in European and American gambling, and the criminal element in U.S. gaming. David Spanier is a former London Times journalist and author of Total Poker and The Hand I Played.

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David Spanier
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David Spanier
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Easy Money: inside the Gamblers Mind

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"This is an important contribution to the literature on media history and institutions. The book also is written in an accessible style and definitely not aimed only at those in media or communication studies."

—Janet Wasko, author of Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen

In 1971, the Sloan Commission on Cable Communications likened the ongoing developments in cable television to the first uses of movable type and the invention of the telephone. Cable's proponents in the late 1960s and early 1970s hoped it would eventually remedy all the perceived ills of broadcast television, including lowest-common-denominator programming, inability to serve the needs of local audiences, and failure to recognize the needs of cultural minorities. Yet a quarter century after the "blue sky" era, cable television programming closely resembled, and indeed depended upon, broadcast television programming. Whatever happened to the Sloan Commission's "revolution now in sight"?

In this book, Megan Mullen examines the first half-century of cable television to understand why cable never achieved its promise as a radically different means of communication. Using textual analysis and oral, archival, and regulatory history, she chronicles and analyzes cable programming developments in the United States during three critical stages of the medium's history: the early community antenna (CATV) years (1948-1967), the optimistic "blue sky" years (1968-1975), and the early satellite years (1976-1995). This history clearly reveals how cable's roots as a retransmitter of broadcast signals, the regulatory constraints that stymied innovation, and the economic success of cable as an outlet for broadcast or broadcast-type programs all combined to defeat most utopian visions for cable programming.

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The Rise of Cable Programming in the United States : Revolution or Evolution? (Texas Film and Media Studies Series, Thomas Schatz, Editor)
Megan Mullen
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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The Rise of Cable Programming in the United States: Revolution or Evolution?
Megan Gwynne Mullen
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A great book introducing the novice to a useful language

Not very useful for me

Good, but Light on the Professional Side

A concise, well-written introduction to REALbasic

Beginning REALbasic: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice)
Jr., Jerry Lee Ford
Manufacturer: Apress
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If you're just getting into programming, or you're already an experienced VB programmer who wants to quickly learn a programming alternative, then REALbasic is the ideal language for you. REALbasic is an easy-to-learn, powerful, cross-platform programming language that allows you to write powerful applications that may be distributed across Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Beginning REALbasic is an ideal beginners' title: it starts off with a detailed introduction to REALbasic and its interface and basic functions to get you settled in comfortably. The book continues by exploring the fundamentals of programming with REALbasic--creating interfaces, menus, and toolbars, and working with conditional logic, loops, databases, object-oriented programming, sound, graphics, and more.

Each chapter provides essential background knowledge, without wasting any time on unnecessary theory. The book also features step-by-step tutorials that help you build real-world expertise.

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Mediocre -- I really wanted to like this, but can't at all recommend.......2007-07-07

I'm honestly surprised at the good reviews this book has gotten. I own literally hundreds of technical books (and have even helped write a couple), and believe I know good technical writing when I read it. Good technical writing makes the reader more enlightened, not more confused and frustrated. But after spending several trying hours with this book, the latter is just how I feel.

I don't doubt that Mr. Ford is a whiz programmer, and has a thorough understanding of the subject. But it's quite a different skill set to be able to convey that understanding in a methodical and enlightening way.

There's certainly a lot of information in this book, and much of it is helpful. But what drove me up the wall, among other things, is the subtle penchant the author seems to have for assuming that you already know what it is that he's referring to, even before he's actually bothered to explain it.

Thus, one of the first things I looked for was a brief Glossary of key terms and concepts. ... There wasn't any.

Failing that, I resorted to the Index -- which turns out to be quite hit-or-miss as well. A cursory search through the book reveals that certain key terms appear a full *80 pages* or more before their earliest reference in the index ("module" and "method" are but two examples).

And a handful of key terms don't even appear in the index at all! (Omissions I quickly chanced across included: class[!] ... declare ... intrinsic ... literal ... variant. And I'm sure if I continued to plow through this tome, my guess is I'd find a bunch more.)

Additionally, some passages describing key concepts scream out for a well-placed diagram or two. Instead, they're conveyed through languorous prose. (Example: Classes/Subclass/Super Class, on pages 209 & 211.)

There's also circumlocution: for example, on p.117, Mr. Ford goes on about how "difficult" it is to preview how menus will look under different OS's ... and then in the very next paragraph, demonstrates how easy it is!

But the last straw, and what spoke volumes to me, was a number of minor typos scattered throughout the text. Clearly, if I could find a bunch of these in just the first hour or two of reading, then clearly there wasn't a decent book editor/proofreader assigned to the case. (Someone worth their salt could also have helped spruce up organization of the content, and made it more accessible in general, with respect to much of the above.)

In spite of this book being billed as for "Beginners" and "Novices" -- I frequently got the impression that it's really targeted for *experienced* programmers (who just happen to be transitioning from some other language, like Visual Basic).

Thus, in spite of the glossy cover (and even the author's CV), I do get the distinct impression that the book is put out by a relatively-fledgling publishing company. Clearly, they aren't one of the majors -- or for that matter, my impression goes, even particularly experienced in this realm.

Now, don't get me wrong: I'm a very technically-savvy guy. And I really don't have an axe to grind. I just didn't know RealBasic ... which is why I bought this book! It's too bad there's such a dearth of current material on this intriguing cross-platform development environment, and thus, more choices of good books on the subject.

Nevertheless, based on all the foregoing, you may consider looking elsewhere (even at older books, by more established authors), if you're looking for a genuinely well-written introduction to the topic. As soon as I finish posting this review, I'm going to do the same.

[Addendum, 7/8/07]:
Yesterday, I just happened to run across the author's latest book, "AppleScript Studio Programming for the Absolute Beginner". Surprisingly, it's far better and seems to address many of the weaknesses from this book, listed above. But unfortunately, it's not about RealBasic! The notable difference in style, though, is enough to confirm my hunch that what "Beginning REALbasic" could have used was more rigorous editing and insightful layout, by someone knowledgeable about presenting technical material. Hopefully, someone will catch onto this for a future edition ... or perhaps some other author will give the subject a go. In the meantime, I'm going to return this book, and pick up the Neuberg and Tejkowski ones instead.

A great book introducing the novice to a useful language.......2007-02-14

REALbasic is a strongly-typed object-oriented form of the BASIC programming language. It allows you to create full-featured applications that support all of the features of the computer that your application runs on. Thus you end up with a single-file application that does not require a run-time engine, DLL, plug-in, etc. so that your application is easily deployed and installed and stands alone on either a Mac, a Windows machine, or a Linux-based computer. Best of all, the language is easy to learn, and this is one of the best books out there for introducing yourself to it.

The author has a very accessible style that truly does take you from the very beginnings of working with REALbasic to teaching you some of what you need to know to build professional applications. He usually starts each chapter telling you why this particular topic is important, and then uses screen shots of the Realbasic IDE to show you how to add functionality to your applications. Instructions are usually given in numbered steps along with these IDE screenshots. Tip boxes are added throughout the book where appropriate, and steps and concerns specific to a particular OS, be it Linux or Mac OS X or Windows, are addressed when applicable. The author usually concludes each chapter with a small application for you to design that tests the knowledge you should have gained, along with a summary. I found it very easy to pick up this language using this book. No previous experience with Visual Basic is assumed, though if the author thinks that a particular REALbasic concept might be particularly confusing for Visual Basic programmers, he adds a note or tip to make sure they don't get started down the wrong path. Highly recommended. The following is the table of contents:

PART 1 - INTRODUCING REALBASIC
1. An Introduction to REALBasic
2. Navigating the REALbasic IDE

PART 2 - LEARNING HOW TO PROGRAM WITH REALBASIC
3. Creating an Application's User Interface
4. Working with REALbasic Menus
5. Storing and Retrieving Application Data
6. Making Decisions with Conditional Logic
7. Iterative Processing
8. Object-Oriented Programming

PART 3 - ADVANCED TOPICS
9. Processing Text Files
10. Working with Databases
11. Working with Graphics and Audio
12. Debugging REALbasic Applications

PART 4 - APPENDIXES
Appendix A - Migrating Visual Basic Projects to REALbasic
Appendix B - What's on the CD-ROM
Appendix C - What's Next

Not very useful for me.......2007-01-10

This book gives a good overview of Realbasic but is not suitable to study RealBasic programming nor is it a useful reference book because it does not treat any subject in depth. I was looking for something like an updated version of Matt Neuburg's book "Realbasic, The Definite Guide" but Neuburg's book, even though dated, still answers many more questions for me than Jerry Ford's book. The title is misleading: A novice cannot get enough information and for a professional the book is not sufficiently advanced and detailed (I myself am somewhere in between).

Good, but Light on the Professional Side.......2006-11-24

This is a well-written book, especially for the novice to the intermediate REALBasic programmer, I'd say. Where I think it's a little light is on the "professional" side...after all, the subtitle is from Novice to Professional. A professional would need another book beyond this one to truly master REALBasic.

The author does make good use of examples and sample code, which always helps me. Building applications from scratch is the way for me to learn.

Overall, it's a good book, but if you're considering making the switch to REALBasic, you might want to think twice. REALBasic is not much different from VB .Net, so why not just go with .Net? Or better yet, if you're looking for a real alternative to VB that's both powerful and simple in the traditional BASIC programming tradition, you should try HotBasic. The site is www.hotbasic.org

A concise, well-written introduction to REALbasic.......2006-08-08

My first introduction to Jerry Lee Ford, Jr.'s work was an introduction to VBScript and WSH which was just plain awful. Thus I was a bit leery of ordering another book by him.

I'm pleased to report that Ford has done an excellent job of providing a solid introduction to REALbasic. It is indeed a basic introduction and may be too insubstantial for very experienced programmers. For beginners through intermediate, though, I think it's a fine piece of work and easier to work with than REALbasic's own tutorial manual.

Ford provides an overview of REALbasic first and contrasts it with VisualBasic. By page 58, he has the reader constructing a simple, but impressive, REALbasic application that does a nice job of demonstrating how easy it is to program REALbasic for simple tasks and how versatile it can be. He then moves through creating menu structures in REALbasic and other basic programming concepts.

Chapter 8 is a pretty good basic introduction to Object-Oriented Programming. Chapters 9 and 10 introduce text file and data processing. Chapter 11 covers graphics and audio and Chapter 12 covers debugging. Example programs are provided for each chapter. None of them are overly complex, but all do teach you the basic features of REALbasic.

All in all, it's well done for the new to intermediate level programmer who is coming to REALbasic.

Jerry

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