The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs is the largest and most comprehensive survey of classical music on digital audio and video discs ever published. It covers thousands of recordings and films, offering candid evaluation of their relative artistic and technical merits, highlighting notable performances, and pinpointing the best buys. This guide takes into account the many hundreds of new and reissued CDs and DVDs that have appeared in recent years while also including all the major recordings from each work—from remastered vintage recordings to the latest releases. This essential reference work is designed to help select the very best video and music discs available today.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2005/06 Edition: The Key Classical Recordings on CD, DVD and SACD, 30th Anniversary Edition

Arts & Photography

Ivan March

Edward Greenfield

Robert Layton

Music

Penguin??Books

A thorough exposition of the general elements of music precedes essays on virtually every form of classical music, from extinct instruments and ancient vocal patterns through the immense variety of music available today

The Musical Companion

JOHN GARDNER

David Atherton

Alan Blyth

Hugo Cole

Roger North

charles-osborne

john-mccabe

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Victor Gollancz

Robert Layton provides an authoritative introduction to the richness and diversity of art forms in non-Western societies. He addresses the problems of aesthetic appreciation across cultures, the varied uses of art, and the fundamental problem of what constitutes "art" in societies varying from the traditional kingdoms of West Africa, with their specialist craftsmen using precious metals, to Australian hunter-gatherers, with their sand paintings and body decoration. Art forms discussed include bark, sand and rock painting, ivory, bone and wood carving, brass casting, masks, and house and body decoration. To understand the meaning of these diverse productions demands an understanding of cultural contexts. Layton relates particular art productions to rituals, myths and power relations. He also discusses and illustrates current perspectives on art within anthropological and sociological theory. This is a revised version of a book first published in 1981.

The Anthropology of Art

Columbia University Press

Sibelius (Master Musician)

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.

This book is intended for musicians, general music lovers, students of music from A-level onwards, university music departments.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Oxford University Press

Unleash the power of Python and its robust data science capabilities About This Book * Unleash the power of Python 3 objects * Learn to use powerful Python libraries for effective data processing and analysis * Harness the power of Python to analyze data and create insightful predictive models * Unlock deeper insights into machine learning with this vital guide to cutting-edge predictive analytics Who This Book Is For Entry-level analysts who want to enter in the data science world will find this course very useful to get themselves acquainted with Python's data science capabilities for doing real-world data analysis. What You Will Learn * Install and setup Python * Implement objects in Python by creating classes and defining methods * Get acquainted with NumPy to use it with arrays and array-oriented computing in data analysis * Create effective visualizations for presenting your data using Matplotlib * Process and analyze data using the time series capabilities of pandas * Interact with different kind of database systems, such as file, disk format, Mongo, and Redis * Apply data mining concepts to real-world problems * Compute on big data, including real-time data from the Internet * Explore how to use different machine learning models to ask different questions of your data In Detail The Python: Real-World Data Science course will take you on a journey to become an efficient data science practitioner by thoroughly understanding the key concepts of Python. This learning path is divided into four modules and each module are a mini course in their own right, and as you complete each one, you'll have gained key skills and be ready for the material in the next module. The course begins with getting your Python fundamentals nailed down. After getting familiar with Python core concepts, it's time that you dive into the field of data science. In the second module, you'll learn how to perform data analysis using Python in a practical and example-driven way. The third module will teach you how to design and develop data mining applications using a variety of datasets, starting with basic classification and affinity analysis to more complex data types including text, images, and graphs. Machine learning and predictive analytics have become the most important approaches to uncover data gold mines. In the final module, we'll discuss the necessary details regarding machine learning concepts, offering intuitive yet informative explanations on how machine learning algorithms work, how to use them, and most importantly, how to avoid the common pitfalls. Style and approach This course includes all the resources that will help you jump into the data science field with Python and learn how to make sense of data. The aim is to create a smooth learning path that will teach you how to get started with powerful Python libraries and perform various data science techniques in depth.

Data Science with Python

Dusty Phillips

Fabrizio Romano

Phuong Vo.T.H

Martin Czygan

Packt Publishing

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