Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, Lithuania, on May 13, 1886. He attended the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied the violin with Leopold Auer and theory with Anatol Liadov, graduating in 1904. After teaching at the Kharkov Conservatory for three years, he toured Russia, Europe and the Near East as a concert violinist for about six years, and settled permanently in the United States in 1925. Some of his most ambitious and significant compositions were written in this country. ...

The year was 1905, the name of the show was The Earl and the Girl, the hit tune was "How'd You Like to Spoon With Me?" and it started an unknown young songwriter named Jerome Kern on the road to success. Forty years and 1,000 songs later, at the time of his death, Jerome Kern was already a legend in Tin Pan Alley.Now the fantastic life story of this gentle little "music man" is told for the first time in a full-scale biography. David Ewen has painted a masterful portrait of Kern—the...

Under extreme duress, publican and ex-spy Mike Strange hands over vital coded information about an impending terrorist incident to Frank Sterling. Straight away, the private investigator is impelled into a fast-moving, unorthodox race against time.With diverse, eccentric and often unexpected support, can Sterling stay ahead of his relentless, violent pursuers and complete his latest mission?

Learn about the marketing language model used since 2011 to successfully market content in print, audio, and film. This methodology, invented by award winning entrepreneur David K. Ewen, M.Ed. Since 2004, Professor Ewen has taught marketing for digital multimedia content as part of entrepreneurial studies.Ambassador Professor David K. Ewen, M.Ed. is an award-winning content producer and highly acclaimed public speaker in the book publishing industry. His expertise has been sought a...

Copyright Law: Protecting Authors and Writers is based on an 11-year tour in the seven states of New York and New England that included copyright protection. The tour called the “Professor Lecture Series” included copyright law for publishing, broadcasting, filming, and content creation. A long-term veteran of book publishing, filming, and radio broadcasting, author David K. Ewen, M.Ed. has compiled the methodology that protects authors and writers from copyright infringement due to plagia...

David K. Ewen, M.Ed. is an author, speaker, and talk show host on media topics related to digital multimedia technology, entrepreneurial studies, marketing, publicity, and business adventurism. He is the former Executive Director of the New England Publishers Association which was sold and re-founded as the Independent Publishers of New England. David toured the seven states of New York and New England with his "Professor Lecture Series" for 11 years from 2004 to 2015.Since 1998, D...

Learn about the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Classic Music in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Classical Music Book brings a fresh and vibrant take o...

MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSICWho are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy? What is a concerto and how does it differ from a sonata?Maybe you don't know the answers to these questions; author Phil Goulding certainly didn't. When Goulding first tried to learn about classical music, he found himself buried in an ava...

From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart’s singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always...

A twisty, chilling psychological thriller cum gothic ghost story set in a Victorian psychiatric home with a disturbing history, and someone set on revenge…LONGLISTED for the Guardian's Not the Booker PrizeNumber One Bestseller in Ebook'Cements Holliday's position as one of the most gifted and entertaining psychological thriller writers in the business' Steve Cavanagh'Saunters from c...

If you enjoy great music but want to know more about how it came to be the way it is - without investing time in a graduate degree - here are the background stories of over 200 great compositions. If you're only just coming to experiment with great music, here are guideposts to help you understand and enjoy what you encounter. The stories and sounds behind the scenes: welcome to Classical Music Insights.

Eminent historian Paul Johnson dazzles with a rich, succinct portrait of Mozart and his musicAs he’s done in Napoleon, Churchill, Jesus, and Darwin, acclaimed historian and author Paul Johnson here offers a concise, illuminating biography of Mozart. Johnson’s focus is on the music—Mozart’s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation.Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained ...