Check out these new albums coming to HPL! Americana Chemtrails Over the Country ClubLana del Ray Critics call this album her “folksiest” (Tavakoli, Pitchfork) and the tracks on it stray from her usual coastal tribute to instead pay that particular kind of Lana-esque, sentimental homage to the Heartland. Aside from her phenomenal vocals, Del Ray’s…
“The Nocturnes are short works in a slower tempo, often with a more animated middle section. These compositions have an elegiac, Romanz, or reverie-like character. The form had its first flowering in the works by John Field. Chopin based his efforts on Field, yet surpassed him in every way.” (Hugo Leichtentritt)
“To quote from Whitman, ‘O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?’ Answer. That you are here — that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may…
“Stravinsky was born in Russia in a town now called Lomonosov near St. Petersburg on 5 June 1882, although he lived for most of his life outside his home country, in Switzerland, France and later America, also obtaining French and American nationalities.” (British Library)
“The 24 Préludes in all major and minor keys, op. 28, can be placed among Chopin’s best compositions. The works have a special position in the piano literature as well.” (Hugo Leichtentritt)
Since January is National Hobby Month, we wanted to highlight some nonfiction books in the children’s department to get you started. What is a hobby exactly? It is something that you do for fun and not because you have to do it! As a librarian one of my favorite hobbies is reading and listening to…
