Sir Yehudi Menuhin packs a lifetime of recollection, experience, and emotion into the telling of this tale of the violin, from its earliest days as a primitive stringed instrument to its unrivaled position today in popular, folk, classical, and jazz music. Studded with anecdotes about many equally legendary figures encountered in a lifetime of music-making, as well as personal musings on the role of music in everyday life, and on its power to heal and federate, this book will speak powerfully to music lovers and violin aficionados in particular.

L'autore affronta gli argomenti più diversi, quali l'ambiente, la creatività, la società di consumo, l'idea di stato e di felicità, con uno sguardo lucido, talvolta utopico, ma sempre ottimista. Per l'autore il lavoro e il piacere, l'arte e la vita, lo spirito e il corpo lungi dall'essere in contraddizione, si completano per formare un tutto, così la conoscenza dell'arte diviene conoscenza della vita di tutti i giorni e l'atto stesso di vivere una ricerca artistica.

Updating Shankar's 1968 work, this edition includes new chapters chronicling his career and the history of Indian classical music, as well as being a manual on how to play the sitar.

The world's leading expert on reversing soil desertification shows how ecology can flourish only when spiritual elements are present

. Uses a parable from the African oral tradition to provide a living testimony of what has been lost with the rise of modern technology

. Provides a vital account of the strong relationship between soil and soul and how this relationship can be restored

As in the Heart, So in the Earth is a strong indictment of a civilization that, while seeking domination over the earth, mutilates, tortures, and desacralizes it. For Pierre Rabhi ecology is inseparable from spirituality. He shows how the growing desertification of North Africa is a reflection of the "desert" that is claiming the hearts and souls of the inhabitants of the Western world--how dead soil is mirrored in our deadened souls--and how reconciliation with Mother Earth must be accompanied by relearning our ancestors' reverence for the soil.

Using a traditional African parable grounded in the very wisdom of the earth, Pierre Rabhi seeks to initiate the reader into a time when the people that dwelled on this planet did so harmoniously and could converse easily with the land. Village elder Tyemoro recounts the gradual destruction of his village's culture and all that has sustained it as the miracles promised by modern technology brought more harm than good. This same drama is recurring throughout the world, where indigenous value systems that have endured for millennia are torn apart by contact with modern civilization. Yet Rahbi offers hope--if those in the modern world will stop to hear the words of their ancestors who worked the land, for our destiny is linked irrevocably to that of the earth.

This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and overly strenuous labor into an exhilarating and rewarding experience. Acclaimed pianist and teacher Madeline Bruser combines physiological and meditative principles to help musicians release physical and mental tension and unleash their innate musical talent. She offers practical techniques for cultivating free and natural movement, a keen enjoyment of sounds and sensations, a clear and relaxed mind, and an open heart and she explains how to

Prepare the body and mind to practice with ease
Understand the effect of posture on flexibility and expressiveness
Make efficient use of the hands and arms
Employ listening techniques to improve coordination
Increase the range of color and dynamics by using less effort
Cultivate rhythmic vitality
Perform with confidence, warmth, and freedom

Photographs show essential points of posture and movement for a variety of instruments.