(Guitar Chord Songbook). A great resource for the chords and lyrics to 80 Christmas favorites; including: Baby; Its Cold Outside * The Chipmunk Song * The Christmas Shoes * The Christmas Song * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man * Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer * Happy Holiday * (Theres No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * Ive Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our First Christmas) * Merry Christmas; Darling * Miss You Most at Christmas Time * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Silver Bells * We Need a Little Christmas * What Are You Doing New Years Eve? * and more.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Most vivid accounts of legendary dancers in the Imperial Ballet eraBy Ivy LinBallets Magic Kingdom is definitely one of the few dance critic volumes that is a must-read for balletomanes (the others are Arlene Croces great series of books and Edwin Denbys collected writings). Volynsky was a Jewish writer in St. Petersburg during the last years of the Imperial Ballet era. He saw Mathilde Kschessinskaya. Anna Pavlova. Olga Spessivtseva. Tamara Karsavina and other legendary names dance. His descriptions of them are vivid and illuminating. For instance he says that Mathilde Kschessinskayas feet had "almost no arch" but that she wowed the crowds with effortless "double and triple turns" and "the most difficult cabrioles." A female dancer dancing cabrioles? Even today that implies a dancer of remarkable strength and virtuosity. His favorite dancer was Anna Pavlova. His description: "Anna Pavlova has a phenomenal arch. which she almost dares not bend entirely when she lifts herself on pointe. If she were to extend it. shed break her foot."Volynsky is like many balletomanes fiercely opinionated. For instance he loathed the "revolutionary" ballets of Mikhail Fokine. He also loathed the modern dance movement of Isadora Duncan but praised Duncans "lovely artistry." He follows up with this paean to Duncans charisma: "Duncan is beautiful in the purity of her emotions. which inspire the viewer more rapidly than any other more perfect form of art." He was a fierce protector of Petipa and the purity of academic classical ballet.The second half of the book is devoted to Volynskys "The Book of Exaltations: The ABCs of Classical Dance." Think it sounds boring? Its not. Volynsky applies his voluminous knowledge of Greek classical culture to create the most vivid description about the basic structure of classical ballet. His essays on turnout. posture. croise vs. efface. are models not only of dance writing but of descriptive writing. Volynsky is knowledgable. passionate. opinionated. and a great writer. His book is a must-have.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Absolutely splendid!By CA MomI am so thrilled with this book that I want to kiss the translators hands. The deep thinker. dance critic. art historian. AND ballet pedagogue Volynsky? Writings during a crucial period in Russian and ballet history? In English? Too good to be true... If only ballet would be taken so seriously today. It should be. It can withstand the intellectual rigor.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Needed MoreBy SedulousNeeded more interpretation by compiler
