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New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 60/64 | 01 star
| 1,209,081,600 | Not the wonderful old version - everything is changed for the worst. | I loved the original Moosewood cookbook. I had borrowed it from a friend and cooked with it often. When I bought the new version, I was quite surprised at the changes in the recipes. The recipes had lowered the fat and upped the sugar content. That's good you might say - well I didn't know too many fat vegetarians in the 70's. Good fats from eggs butter and cream - satisfy your hunger plus give you good nutrition. Sorry to say these revised recipes are just not as good as the old ones. I am very disappointed in this version. Plus the new photos take out the charm of the book.I do recommend buying the original version used if you can find it. | 5Book
| 0.9375 | 64 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 38/40 | 34 stars
| 962,323,200 | More inventive recipes from Mollie Katzen | I don't like to cook. It bugs me. But I love to eat. I'm a strict vegan, and the only one in my family, so its hard to find good food to eat. To be honest, I don't like tofu much more than the average schmo, and I like to eat entrees that actually has flavor, not something like a slimy "healthy" greens salad you'd be served on an airplane. If you can relate to me, you can appreciate the New Moosewood Cookbook. The recipes in this book are meatless and pretty low-fat, but I'm sure you can add something meat-based to them if you wanted to. The recipes are simple, and they taste good. They are recipes you wouldn't mind giving up so time to make. One of my favourites was the Lentil-Bulgar salad. Instead of the refrigerated tabouli like version, I just ate it fresh and warm. It was so good I scarfed it all in about two days, a total of 12 hours, and I made enough for the average household. Lentil-Bulgar Salad and the other recipes in the book are that good. Even non-vegetarians enjoy her recipes. Thank you, Mollie. | 5Book
| 0.95 | 40 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 39/43 | 23 stars
| 1,073,088,000 | Leaner cuisine than the original, but not as tasty . . . | This cookbook might be a good introduction to vegetarian cooking, but I prefer the "old" version of this cookbook, although that one was a bit heavy on more fattening ingredients (cheeses, for example). The "Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home" might be a better choice for someone who doesn't already have a Moosewood Cookbook, or who is looking for a beginner vegetarian cookbook. Still, it's worth having on your cookbook shelf if you don't have the original version, and already have started your veg cookbook collection with other cookbooks. | 5Book
| 0.906977 | 43 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 21/22 | 45 stars
| 946,252,800 | Even an omnivore can love this book | Look, all I wanted to do was start eating more vegetables, and this book is getting me to do just that. All the recipes are easy; very few call for ingredients I can't find in rural Nebraska; and, most importantly, everything tastes *wonderful*. Do NOT assume that only vegetarians will find this book useful. | 5Book
| 0.954545 | 22 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 16/16 | 45 stars
| 945,820,800 | Excellent! | A friend gave me this cookbook six years ago and I have tried nearly every recipe. This began my collection of vegetarian cookbooks, namely those from this author (Mollie Katzen) and the Moosewood Collective. I highly recommend it--it is easy to follow, has a lot of great information about ingredients, and the recipes all are delicious! The only drawback is that some of the recipes are time-consuming, but each recipe has an estimated time for its preparation and cooking. This is very helpful, especially if you are cooking for company. If you are vegetarian, this is a MUST for your collection. If you are not, it's a great cookbook to have anyway. Treating non-vegetarian friends to these recipes has often resulted in their reconsidering their eating habits! | 5Book
| 1 | 16 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 20/21 | 45 stars
| 957,744,000 | Fantastic | I've had this cook book for about 9 years now and have cooked nearly every recipe in it. It's easy to follow and the recipes are delicious. Each recipe has an estimated preparation and cooking time which is a great way to gauge the intensity of what you're in for before you start. I'd highly reccomend this book for beginers as well as more advanced cooks. Katzan explains each step in clear and easy langauge and also adds hints for where to obtain some of the more exotic ingredients. I've gotten so used to cooking some of the dishes that I've begun experimenting by substituting ingredients and seasonings. This cookbook includes dairy and eggs so it's not for vegans, but if you are ok with dairy and eggs then it's a good source. | 5Book
| 0.952381 | 21 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 40/46 | 01 star
| 1,143,244,800 | A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT! | I loved the first (1970s) edition of this cookbook, just as I do Mollie Katzen's other books, and those by the Moosewood Collective. Unfortunately, however, everything I tried from this book was a poor imitation of the version in the first book (and many were grossly inedible). If you want a good, healthy vegetarian book, I recommend those by Martha Rose Schulman (I've never had a failure with any of her recipes; even the fat-free, salt-free are okay), or Moosewood's Low-Fat Favorites (which vary in quality; some are wonderful and other's mediocre, but none were this bad) | 5Book
| 0.869565 | 46 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,283,644,800 | Can't go wrong! | A friend loaned me this book as I love cooking. Having tried two recipes, I bought my own copy and can honestly say that every recipe I tried - and that is most of them - Have turned out perfectly each time. I received many compliments on my cooking and have been asked for repeat performances many times over by old and young alike. I tell everyone about it, and have bought quite a few as presents. The book is fun to read, recipes easy to follow and it is so nice to be offered alternative ingredients which helps if you don't have quite the right things in the cupboard. Read, Cook, Enjoy! | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,281,225,600 | The cookbook that started eating well for me | As good today as it was when my roommate and I cooked out of it nightly in Seattle in 1986! For healthy eating and great taste combined. | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,255,219,200 | Amazon purchase | This is one of the best cookbooks I've ever had. I have made over 5 recipes so far and they are wonderful!! A friend recommended it to me and I'm so glad. Vegetarian or not, this book is a must in your kitchen. The soups are fantastic and feed plenty! There is a great mixture of different cultural recipes as well if you are an adventurer in the kitchen. | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,231,200,000 | The Best of the Moosewoods! | This is by far, the best of all the great Moosewood Cookbooks!I have many, but I always find myself returning to this one.The simple, yet delicious suggestions and variations for lasagnas and parmigianas, vegetable strudels, and stuffed vegetables can't be beat!You'll find recipes in this book to please any vegetarian; from soups, salads and entrees to a wide range of spreads, sauces and desserts.I have even found that I can adapt many of the vegetarian recipes to serve my vegan family members and friends.I have the early 1977 version and I still continue to give and share the revised additions to the sincere delight of friends. Whenever I need a dish that promises to be special and good, I always return to this book! You just can't go wrong with the original Moosewood Cookbook!! | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,215,129,600 | great cookbook even for meat eaters | Love this cookbook-I use it all of the time for main dishes and desserts. The cheesecake is one of my favorites ever! | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,212,192,000 | Just tasty food | This is my all-time favorite source for fail-safe recipes for tasty, healthy food. The recipes turn out well every time--nothing tricky, and always are packed with flavor, as well as a variety of good-for-you vegetables, herbs, nuts, seeds, low-fat dairy (she tells you if you can substitute soy--you usually can), optional eggs. The ingredients are available in most supermarkets--perhaps you might have to check the health food aisle for some of the grains.The biggest downside is that I tend to eat too much of what I cook--it isn't low carb, for the most part, but with portion control, can be lower calorie. This is food that happens to be vegetarian--you could add meat to the casseroles and serve it on the side of a lot of the other dishes. It doesn't taste at all bland, or as is often the case when vegetarian food is "made tasty"--it isn't particularly spicy (you can always add heat if you must). This is a great way to get kids (and others) to eat a variety of vegetables, and to have a repertoire of company-worthy make ahead menus. | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,188,691,200 | This book and its recipes have never failed me | This is the ideal vegetarian cookbook with recipes from around the world. It has many familiar and everyday recipes which makes it a great reference for the forgetful. As well, it has unique and interesting recipes which I continue to try. I have given it as a gift to a niece just learning to cook as well as a brother who needs to eat healthier food. Each recipe has simple instructions, an estimated time of preparation and most have variations to allow you to be creative. It has catagories of soups, salads, sauces and dips, baked goods, entrees and desserts as well as primers on low fat, dairy and egg substitutions and explainations of ingredients, cooking utensils and techniques. If you shop at natural food stores or the co-op, this is a great reference. | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,168,473,600 | A must have for any kitchen | After finding this gem of a book for myself quite a while back, I decided that it would be the perfect Christmas gift for family & friends as well... even all the nonvegetarians! Honestly, this book IS the secret to making meals that people will not even realize don't have meat in them because you won't miss it one bit.Lots of very impressive recipes fill this book that are made up of easy to find or already have ingredients. Anyone can look like a chef with this book!Aside from the actual recipes, there is a lot of very interesting and helpful information about food, cooking, and the Moosewood Restaurant. Hands down, this is the best cookbook you coul ever add to your collection. | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,069,372,800 | Tasty, well directed, and encouraging | Molly's cookbooks make me feel like I AM a cook. She anticipates the million questions and quandries that I normally encounter when following a recipe; her words and drawings create an atmosphere that is inclusive -- one can be a total novice in the kitchen and feel safe and encouraged within her pages. The mushroom streudel is the very first recipe I attempted out of this book and to this day it never fails to generate requests for the recipe. It is our main course for Thanksgiving dinner, and I always make extra to send home with delighted family members. | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 5/6 | 45 stars
| 1,167,868,800 | Excellent! | I love this cookbook! Mollie Katzen has a way of presenting a recipe that makes it easy to follow and fun to do. If I had to give up all but my top 5 favorite cookbooks, this would be a keeper.My favorite recipe in the book is Hot & Sour soup. I moved to a rural area that does not have any good Chinese restaurants (I'm very spoiled to have grown up in the NYC area where the food is always excellent and you have many choices). The few that I could find that have reasonably decent food would not make the soup without meat for me, so I was forced to learn how to make it on my own. Fortunately Mollie Katzen has a great recipe that was so simple to follow. I can once again have my vegetarian Hot & Sour soup!!The only thing that would make this book better is if it had full color pictures of all the dishes (but still is wonderful even without). The drawings are very charming, however. | 5Book
| 0.833333 | 6 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,277,337,600 | Delicious! | Speaking as a non-vegetarian who was looking for a good vegetarian cookbook in order to cook healthier meals every so often, I can say this is an excellent cookbook (as are the other Moosewood cookbooks). It's been very difficult finding vegetarian recipes that are quick and easy to make without being completely bland. The New Moosewood Cookbook has flavorful recipes that are easy to make and taste delicious.This cookbook has the recipes all written out by hand which is kind of neat - like a family cookbook - including small doodles here and there that give it some extra character. I highly recommend this cookbook for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. All you need is to be looking for delicious healthy meals and the New Moosewood Cookbook won't disappoint. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,276,992,000 | great cookbook, lots of variety | This is a great vegetarian cookbook to have especially if you're trying to eat foods that taste great and are also good for your health. Plenty of variety to choose from and most of the ingredients are easily found even at the average grocery store. This will definitely be a cookbook that I will come back to repeatedly. Anyone who likes good food will enjoy this book. Who ever knew healthy cooking would taste so heavenly? | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,266,192,000 | It's a classic for a reason | This is such a wonderful book, filled with a love. The book itself is "comfort food." In practical terms, it is full of well-thought-out recipes, good advice, yet respect for readers as intelligent and caring cooks (it doesn't talk down), and really wonderful recipes. Many have variations, many are vegan. It deserves its status as a cooking classic. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,241,222,400 | A Classic | My sister gave the original back in 1985 and I bought the New Moosewood copy for a friend. In my opinion it ranks up there with "The Joy of Cooking" for vegetarian cooking. Many tips, hints and techniques. I love this cookbook! | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,240,272,000 | Best cookbook that I own | This cookbook is a classic, I just bought three as gifts because people kept asking me for the recipes from it. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,233,446,400 | Review of Moosewood cookbook | It is hard to review a cookbook when one has tried only two recipes from the book. I first found the book at a coffee shop and was intrigued about how good the recipes sounded. This is a vegetarian book but there are soups, sauces, vegetables, dips, sandwiches, pies, etc. It is very varied. The recipes are hand printed, but perfectly readable, and most recipes are accentuated with drawings.I am very satisfied with my purchase. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,213,142,400 | Vegetarian Cookbook | If you have ever purchased one Moosewood cookbook and tried some of the recipes, then you know you need to purchase more of their cookbooks. This one has some great recipes that make you want to get in the kitchen and get busy. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,199,145,600 | cookbook | great cookbook, recipes so good when I took it out of the library, I knew I had to buy it! | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,198,713,600 | As informative as the Enchanted Broccoli Forest | Mollie has a way with writing vegetarian cookbooks that make even the novice vegetarian want to commit to the lifestyle. The illustrations are extremely helpful and make the recipes easy and fun to follow. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
New Moosewood Cookbook | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,013,990,400 | One of my favorites... | I just bought this cookbook a few weeks back and have already made numerous recipes from it. The recipes make it easy to incorporate veggies into your diet. The drawings and hand-written text make it a very charming read. The Broccoli/Mushroom/Noodle casserole is to die for! Even my meat-eating hubby has liked everything so far... | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 10/15 | 34 stars
| 1,105,488,000 | A good introduction into the evolution of the classical styl | The author does an impressive job of showing how the classical style of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven evolved from the musical chaos following the high baroque period. Perhaps giving too little credit to transitional composers who blazed the trail for these three geniuses, Rosen intersperses analysis with superlatives that at times is useful but at other times seems more like hero worship.I found some parts particularly fascinating, such as the comparison between a work by Haydn and C.P.E. Bach. Certainly when the analysis was complete, you could see why Haydn's art was more rational and complete, however Rosen's dismissal of C.P.E. Bach's work as incoherent was somewhat off base in my opinion because the styles and goals of the two composers were not synonymous.Though I didn't always agree with the author's conclusions, this book is still the best out there that I have read on the subject and is well worth reading. | 5Book
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The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,294,099,200 | One of the best | This is one of the very best books on music that I've ever read. I disagree with the unfavorable reviews and find that Rosen writes with authority, insight, and humor. While it is difficult reading for a complete amateur, it is certainly not written for the specialist only. | 5Book
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The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 0/0 | 34 stars
| 1,257,552,000 | It is what it says | I needed a concise book giving me information on the classical style by the top three composers at the time. This book is it. | 5Book
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The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 3/7 | 45 stars
| 904,435,200 | inspiring | After I read Mr. Rosen's book, I started to listen the Viennese Composers with greater insight. The word classical gained fuller meaning with the introduction of the literary, fine arts and the thinking style of the period. The study of this large scale point of view gave fuller directions to my interpretation of the Viennese Composers. It's a must for all performers who are to become interpreters rather than mere players. | 5Book
| 0.428571 | 7 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 5/11 | 45 stars
| 932,428,800 | first rate! | Charles Rosen at his best, discussing the music of Haydn, Mozart and the big B. I've read it twice and will continue to reread it for the rest of my life. | 5Book
| 0.454545 | 11 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 3/8 | 45 stars
| 1,125,705,600 | Utility in interpretation | This analysis is most valuable in describing/explaining/analysing classical style in a way that assists actual performance of the piano music of that style. Excellent comments are interspersed throughout it. | 5Book
| 0.375 | 8 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 1/5 | 34 stars
| 1,234,137,600 | A grad student perspective | The content of this book is very informative and thorough. However, the language is very "academic" and at times verbose. If you are purchasing this book for a class, like another reviewer on this page states, you may have to re-read portions of the book several times to fully comprehend the detail with which he writes. I would not recommend this book for an "easy read" about the style period. | 5Book
| 0.2 | 5 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 4/23 | 45 stars
| 1,040,342,400 | If this is a three star book what's a five star book? | This is a beautifully written and illustrated book on a noble subject. On the basis of that rarity alone it deserves five stars. | 5Book
| 0.173913 | 23 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 44/48 | 45 stars
| 1,071,014,400 | Classic writing about Classical music | Charles Rosen by now has attained a place among musical analysts on a par with the likes of Tovey and Grout, though his style is very different from either of these luminaries. Taking the music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven as the pinnacle of the musical style that developed in the late eighteenth-century, Rosen explains how around 1775 there was a decisive shift away from the High Baroque style of Bach and Handel, and why this new music was different. After his general introduction to the style most of the book explores different genres, symphony, opera, concerto and string quartet among them, to create a lucid and multi-faceted picture of how these three great composers approached and solved common musical and formal problems. The new edition adds a preface that addresses criticisms of the original book and an additional late chapter on Beethoven.Rosen's writing, though it can be dense and repetitive, at its best is unmatched in its ability to relate analysis to what actually is heard by a listener. To this end, an ability to read and understand the copious and detailed musical examples is essential to fully grasping his points--this book is not for the casual amateur. But to those willing to do the work, The Classical Style remains as richly rewarding after three-plus decades as when it first appeared. As another reviewer has mentioned, it is a book one returns to again and again simply for the sheer pleasure of reading it. | 5Book
| 0.916667 | 48 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 29/35 | 45 stars
| 983,836,800 | Tough sledding, but worth it | As a music lover with a superficial knowledge of the technical aspects of music-making, I found this book to be a real challenge. It took me several attempts over the course of a couple of years to get through it. But having expended that effort, I can say that every minute was worth it. I now have a good understanding of what "classical" music (in the stricter definition of "classical") is about, and why its three great Viennese exponents were such masters. I now can listen classical music -- indeed, to any common-practice period music -- with much more insight, understanding, and enjoyment than I could heretofore. | 5Book
| 0.828571 | 35 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 9/9 | 45 stars
| 1,269,993,600 | Insights that will last a lifetime | Rosen's The Classical Style is my favorite book all-time on classical music in general, and Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn in detail. There are other books about these great composers that I love and cherish, but this one is the most intellectually stimulating. It is full of those rare insights that have total impact on my thinking. There are gems in its pages that will enrich your understanding profoundly.The book is laid out in topics that either address a certain type of piece, a certain period of time and a particular composer. For example, a chapter would be "Haydn before the death of Mozart." Or "Piano concerto". Or "Haydn after the death of Mozart". Or "Piano Trio". Each chapter shows who was best at a certain type of work, why they were the best and then he gives specific musical examples to bolster his arguments. Of course in the process of doing this, Rosen greatly expands your understanding of every topic he covers.While there are many printed musical examples, it is really better if you are familiar with the pieces in the examples. If you are a proficient music reader, especially on piano, you can probably do pretty well without knowing the music but chances are those two skills aren't mutually exclusive and if you do one, you've probably done the other. In any case, this is a serious book that requires serious work by the reader. You will get out of the book a direct proportion to how much listening and thinking you are willing to do. If you want to seriously learn about the classical period and the elements of music that grew out of that period, this book will help you do that.If you think that by buying and reading this book you will learn everything there is to know about the classical period, you might be disappointed. How? Well, if you don't know the music from that period and you can't read music, this will leave you seriously lost. In other words, you need some background or you will need to do some serious listening to really get the jewels out of this book. If this sounds elitist to you, you are right. Yet it is done with the purpose of keeping you from wasting your money. So make sure you have some background or are willing to do some work if you expect to get the best this book has to offer.So, if you have some background in classical music and you want to sharpen your understanding of the period, I think this is easily one of the best books out there for that purpose. The more listening you do, the more you will get out of this great book. Rosen isn't the easiest read but he is brillant and writes like a very brilliant person talks. The sentences are compound and sometimes require you to hold more than one thought for the span of many paragraphs. If you stay with Rosen's prose and read with care though, you will have many "aha" moments and increase your understanding of the elements of the classical period manyfold.I found this book not only an absorbing read and a top flight textbook, it is a reference book as well. I refer to it from time to time and it solidifies my understanding everytime I visit its pages. It helped me understand Haydn's wit and genius as well as his growth as an artist. It turned me on to his wonderful Piano Trios to go with his great String Quartets and Symphonies. It helped me understand Mozart's gifts in opera and his astonishing String Quintets. It also gave me a much greater understanding and appreciation of his great Piano Concerti, which I already loved to a great degree. Somehow he refreshed my joy in those works and that alone made the book greatly worthwhile. He opened my eyes to Beethoven's originality and rekindled my enjoyment of his music. Most of all, it always enhances my understanding and enjoyment of the musical works being discussed. So many times it has inspired me to fire up the stereo and put actual sounds what I've just read. In the end, satisfaction is greatly increased and you actually feel smarter!Rosen is a rare intellect who has written strikingly original and highly valuable books on classical music. This particular book is his pinnacle and belongs in the library of any serious student of the classical period, or anyone who appreciates classical music and would like to sharpen their understanding of the finer elements of one of the greatest pinnacles of Western culture. | 5Book
| 1 | 9 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 75/97 | 23 stars
| 930,873,600 | I think we need a new book on this subject. | This much quoted (and somewhat overrated) book aims at a thorough exposition of the Viennese Classical era, mainly for the lay fan. The goal is obviously laudable, and there are no other similar volumes around, which perhaps partially explains the book's fame. (Rosen's framework does owe a major debt to Tovey's writing, now hard to find.) The book discusses the elements of classical forms and their partial history, and the prevailing cultural climate, but downplays the influence of other composers, and oversimplifies in its distillation of the essence of the style.Due to the ambitious breadth of material, the book's contents - with a few notable exceptions - remain shallow, at least in the view of someone fairly familiar with both the music and the basic theory as presented in this book. Rosen does sprinkle perceptive remarks throughout, but also too often engages in the typical ramblings of a fan (okay, of an exceptionally well educated fan): Rosen makes pronouncements rather than substantiates his points. Many are pretty much unsubtantiable or bafflingly meaningless anyway - e.g. "Mozart's music is the most sinful music ever composed." (An objective quantitative measure for tuneful sinfulness will hopefully never become anyone's thesis topic.) Since Rosen hardly ever offers serious evidence for his rather sweeping generalizations, a newcomer to the music may not be able to distinguish between more universally accepted assessments and those strongly based on the author's individual taste. (Hint: all the many superlatives in the book are in the latter category!) In addition, there are some dubious technical points, and Rosen engages in a certain amount of standard mythologizing about the composers. So actually, on closer inspection, there's a surprising amount of sloppy thinking in this book.The basic point of view is that of a unifying classicist's. Rosen ends up more or less equating classical style with 'music with a certain dramatic logic', a huge generalization. Rosen sounds perhaps superficially quite impressive, for instance in discussing the tension created by structural key changes in sonata form. But the book never progresses beyond these basics, readily obtainable from any decent course on the subject. So the reader is left with only a vague understanding of the real techniques used by these composers to produce their effects - whether dramatic in aim or not. (A plain tonic-dominant change in itself doesn't make for a particularly interesting composition.) Rosen also dismisses music not convenient for his definitions, thus somewhat shortchanging Haydn and Beethoven, compulsive innovators both. For example, Beethoven's early period, which contains a wide variety of original, characteristic, often humorous works, and includes some true masterpieces, is ignored as "classicizing" or purely imitative - a strangely tin-eared (and hackneyed) viewpoint.To me by far the finest sections are the relatively few pages devoted to extended analyses, notably late Beethoven piano sonatas. Here, Rosen avoids generalizations and gets deeper into the music, and these analyses can be quite valuable. (For example, Rosen discusses the true culmination point of the first movement of Op. 106, noticeably missed even by some great pianists.)This book can be read as an introduction to an era, though the limitations of its presentation make it an iffy choice for those who want a more complete picture. (I would also supplement the initial basic concepts sections.) A better version of this book, with fewer vague statements and opinions, and a steadier concentration on truly explaining the music, would be a great achievement. | 5Book
| 0.773196 | 97 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 40/52 | 45 stars
| 961,632,000 | Rosen's The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | I am not a Classical Music Expert but I am slowly learning it (most of my book reviews are in mathematics and physics). One of the reviewers criticizes Rosen for some technical reasons that I cannot evaluate. However, I do know that many universities recommend Rosen's book, so the critic is not entirely without his own critics. I find this book endlessly engrossing, as some of the reviewers have. You cannnot come away from this book without understanding many of the main differences between and among Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, and between Classical, Baroque, and Romance music. I was especially interested to find that Beethoven, widely touted as an immoral person in some of the popular media, was in fact a person of great moral character (and the popular impression of Mozart seems to be wrong too, although there is less information on this). Those who believe that creative genius is stimulated by severe suffering (Beethoven, Van Gogh in art, Godel in mathematical logic, Galileo in physics and astronomy, etc.) will find much material in this book that seems to indicate the accuracy of this theory more or less. This is also a book that tells you what Haydn learned from Mozart and Mozart from Haydn, what Beethoven thought of Mozart and Schubert, what classical music learned from Baroque music and so on. | 5Book
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The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 14/17 | 45 stars
| 1,018,224,000 | Great Place to Start | This book stimulated my interest in trying to figure out how music works more than anything else I have ever read. Sure, it is not the latest word, the most comprehensive or closely argued, but to get the interested amatuer started down the path of analysis of musical forms, why it sounds good, and what the big three Classical Era composers did to create a large chunk of our western musical heritage, this is the place to start. Rosen steered me toward many, many other books, cited in his bibliography and notes, on related topics, such as sonata form, how it works and does not. Sure, scholars can quibble and somebody else could and should write a followup to answer the complaints, but until then, Rosen is the place to start. His other books are just as good, but not as enjoyable. Dense, you bet, but worth it. | 5Book
| 0.823529 | 17 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 4/4 | 45 stars
| 1,242,259,200 | As Good as they Say | In The Classical Style Charles Rosen does a marvelous job characterizing the music epitomized by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.Of all the formal principles that have defined any period, the elements of classical style are perhaps most amenable to formal analysis. The classical period is principally characterized by sonata form and tonality. We can agree with Sir Donald Tovey that we do violence to compositions by interpreting them as if sonata form constitutes a set of binding rules rather than a post-facto abstraction of what the masters of the classical period actually did. Nonetheless, the principles of tonality may be expressed with an intellectual clarity which is more elusive when characterizing, say, a canon or polyphonic mass.This is a reflection of the ideals of the classical period, whose audiences delighted in elegance and structural economy. Classical composers highlighted the structural contours defining works by emphasizing modulation and calling attention sectional boundaries with an intensified emphasis cadence. Elegance of structure was taken by the classical masters as an end in itself, and their harmonies glide on a framework they trace and enact. That is in itself a large part of the game of classical composition.An understanding of the classical period is not only relatively easy to acquire, but of central importance to understanding nearly all subsequent composition. With the arguable exceptions of minimalism and some wings of the avant garde, nearly every important composition in the Occident since Haydn is either tonal or a reaction against tonality. Tonal harmony is the very foundation of our music theory to this day, and understanding its history and development can open up a deeper understanding of everything from Verdi to Schoenberg to Robert Johnson to Kylie Minogue.Rosen makes all of this remarkably evident and comprehensible in dazzling prose that astonishes the reader with his insight on every page. I'm not a musicologist and browsed through a lot of the close passage analysis that comprises a big chunk of the book, but I still got my money's worth many times over. | 5Book
| 1 | 4 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 1,286,668,800 | Greatness | This is one of the greatest books ever written. It was my introduction to the structure of classical music, and without it that whole world would have remained opaque to me. I read it first without any music theory at all, but it explains how musical structure works, so I was driven to learn some music theory to keep up. But you need so little that it is hardly a big challenge. Who knew that the basics of music theory were so simple? Then I read it again, and it was twice as good. Then I decided to learn to play an instrument so I could make more sense of it. Then I read it again, and it was twice as good once more. As one other reviewer said, it is a book to read and reread; and it is so clearly written.His other book "The Romantic Generation" has some very beautiful chapters (the first few especially), but I got bogged down in it -- it gets too technical for mere mortals. But someday I might have another go at it. "The Classical Style" is not like that, a masterpiece of exposition from beginning to end. | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 8/11 | 45 stars
| 942,883,200 | Awe-inspiring | This is not a book to be read casually -- it's that rare type of book that is worthy of studying and rereading. The author does a great job of conveying the depth of his knowledge. | 5Book
| 0.727273 | 11 |
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | null | 11/16 | 45 stars
| 970,185,600 | One of the best | This was one of my main texts for Advanced Music History in graduate school. It just blew me away. The commentary is exquisite, the writing is first-rate, and the examples are wonderfully thorough!I even pick it up and read it just for pleasure from time to time! | 5Book
| 0.6875 | 16 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,357,257,600 | Inspiring | This book gave me the confidence I needed to become a better speaker. Prior to purchasing the book, I had one national speaking engagement. After reading this book, I made the decision to join a 'professional speaking' club. I'd like to thank the authors of the text. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,351,555,200 | Excellent books for public speaking beginners! | To be honest, I was very intimidated with the size of the book. My impression of this book was "what can this book cover on public speaking?" But I was wrong.It is the first time for me to take up public speaking and having this book was a requirement. Upon reading it, it filled me with great knowledge on public speaking.Concise, brief, and an absolute fun to read! Sometimes, I forgot it's actually a textbook. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 34 stars
| 1,347,580,800 | Helpful for Student's Majoring in PS. | Really helpful and concise for public speaking students. Keeping it as a reference because I never know when I might have to go back and read some key points. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 34 stars
| 1,346,716,800 | Finally a teacher with reguard. | Took a speech class and this was the textbook. The teacher said she used this book becuase it was a great book and great for a reference down the road, plus it was cheap! I can respect an instructor like that. This book is great and I am keeping this one for reference down the road. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,344,211,200 | Good | I got what I expectd. Ended up dropping the class. I hope to be able to use it in the future. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 34 stars
| 1,327,795,200 | You'll improve your skills | You definitively will be more given to give talks in front of people. How to lose your fears is one of the must taken topics. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,301,184,000 | Buying college textbooks can be scary but not from this seller! | My book came brandnew in the packaging with not a mark on it. It came on time, early even I believe which was nice because the book is for a college class and it was nice to not have to stress over it getting here. I feel very confident ordering from this seller again. I was pleased in absolutely every way. Thank you | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,273,795,200 | Communication Apprehension NO MORE | If you have doubts about doing a successful speech or even for giving a presentation whether for class, work, or some event I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELINGS. I have read this book in its entirety several times over and over, it is an absolutely FABULOUS little guide thats EXTREMELY HELPFUL. It contains chapters on building an outline for persuasive or even informational presentations, has hints on combating anxiety, and sample outlines to help you on your way. I used it for school having to conduct an informative speech on communication apprehension and then for my senior capstone presentation to an audience of professionals, in both instances I got an 'A'. I LOVE THIS BOOK, TRUST ME YOU WILL TO! | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 1/2 | 45 stars
| 1,357,171,200 | great | i ordered this book because my dining table wobbled a lot and often ruined family dinners. one of the legs was far shorter than the others and caused drinks to spill, and gravy to slide off of my mashed potatoes and directly into my salad. This book was the perfect height and width to place under the leg and we have enjoyed our meals ever since! i now put extra gravy on my mashed potatoes knowing my salad is completely safe | 5Book
| 0.5 | 2 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/1 | 45 stars
| 1,348,444,800 | AAA | this was exactly what I needed and it teaches you how to survive in college and take good notes so you can get the most out of your lesson. It also explains how the brain works and this will help you to develop good study habits. | 5Book
| 0 | 1 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/1 | 45 stars
| 1,293,840,000 | Great Service | Book was at my doorstep very quickly and in excellent condition as indicated by seller.A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking | 5Book
| 0 | 1 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/1 | 23 stars
| 1,280,534,400 | Okay | I wouldn't say this is one of the best books I've ever had. It provides very little information, half of the information discussed in class is not in the book. This could be much better. | 5Book
| 0 | 1 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/2 | 45 stars
| 1,280,016,000 | a pocket guide to public speaking | best seller i have dealt with so far. i received my book in 2 days and i did not pay for express shipping. i recommend anyone to buy from this seller. 100% satisfied with my book | 5Book
| 0 | 2 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/2 | 34 stars
| 1,276,387,200 | Public Speaking book review | This book was shipped fast. There was a little bit of highlighting in it but it was still in good condition. | 5Book
| 0 | 2 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/3 | 45 stars
| 1,224,028,800 | Great | I recieved this book in a very timely fashion and it was in great condition. I was definitely satisfied. | 5Book
| 0 | 3 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/4 | 01 star
| 1,318,291,200 | The book was used | The vendor said " this book is NEW, NEVER OPEN, NEVER USED", but this book have highlight page, is it New ...the vendor lied to me...sorry but you have to be honest...I paid for NEW BOOK , NOT FOR USED BOOK..... Thanks | 5Book
| 0 | 4 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/6 | 01 star
| 1,298,678,400 | worst!!! | I ordered this book for my communications class, I was supposed to get it on Feb.16 but til this day I still havent gotten it. I got my money refunded but now I had to go buy the book at the book store which costs me a lot more. | 5Book
| 0 | 6 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/8 | 01 star
| 1,283,040,000 | horrible shipping times | I have ordered a simple book, and it has been 9 days already and they still say that it will take about 5 more days. for something that should take only about 3-4 days to ship. This has been a horrible experience for me. | 5Book
| 0 | 8 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 4/4 | 45 stars
| 1,206,489,600 | Essential book | The word is that people fear public speaking more than they fear dying, so this book is for any of those people. These tips help get anyone ready to not only get over their fear of speaking, but to command audiences. There are excellent tips for giving a presentation and using PowerPoint. Being able to master these two can give anyone a one-two knock out punch for public speaking. | 5Book
| 1 | 4 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 5/6 | 34 stars
| 1,171,238,400 | Pocket full of Help... | This book was very helpful to use when preparing speeches for an oral communications class. The chapters were organzied effectively and it had everything you need to know about organization and presentation. | 5Book
| 0.833333 | 6 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,252,281,600 | All new as it say it is. | It's a really good book for those who want to improve their speaking skills and over come it's fears. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 34 stars
| 1,361,664,000 | Great book! | I needed this textbook for a Public Speaking class and it has been really helpful in clearly explaining and understanding the aspects of Public Speaking skills. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,360,886,400 | Good product! | Great price and great product. Came exactly as it stated. A lot cheaper on here than at my college bookstore. Thanks! | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 34 stars
| 1,359,849,600 | Unfortunately.. (Not really seller's fault). But a cheap book none the less. | Unfortunately, I barely used this book (teacher's fault, not seller's) and when going to sell it back, you can only get about $2. But, on the plus side it came in good condition and it was what it said it was, as well as being fairly cheap for a text book. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,359,504,000 | Speach | It came in great condition, just as advertised. I have been using it for class and I am very happy with it. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,359,158,400 | ? | i thought it was very helpful, generally speaking, but myu instructor rarely requested us to use it. i was able to resell to another student that really needed it for their instructor's lessons. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,358,812,800 | cool | good. very good and so good, concise, and also well, theres a lot of info packed in here and the binding is unique. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Pocket Guide to Public Speaking & Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication | null | 0/0 | 34 stars
| 1,357,948,800 | Great | This book came in handy for my public speaking course at school. It was very helpful and I definitely recommend it! | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Sesame Street: Elmo's Jumpin' Jukebox (Interactive Song Book) | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,196,812,800 | One of our favorites! | I'm actually really surprised by the other reviewer's experience. Our batteries lasted nearly a year. We've had it for 2 years, and I'm only on the second batch of batteries. The book has Sesame Street versions of children's songs. The music plays without words so you can sing the original lyrics like we do, or you can sing them as Elmo and the gang would. The microphone is great because it doesn't work unless a song is playing...so your toddler can't just drag the book around by the mic singing and having it projected. Trust me, mine tried. Quite durable too! Our has been well, well-loved. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
Sesame Street: Elmo's Jumpin' Jukebox (Interactive Song Book) | null | 1/2 | 23 stars
| 1,142,380,800 | Not so great for one reason. | The book in itself was great. My son loved it, but the battery didn't even last a week and a replacement battery is too expensive. I recommend this book for people who can afford to replace the battery every week. The pictures and music were great and we had fun until it crashed. | 5Book
| 0.5 | 2 |
Queen Consorts of England: The Power Behind the Throne | null | 11/11 | 12 stars
| 954,979,200 | Entertaining, but can I believe it? | Petronelle Cook should be lauded for taking on a long overdue task -- compiling biographies of the 37 women who have been married to kings of England since 1066. Her book is lively and fun to read, offering many juicy tidbits about the loves and lives of these royal consorts, providing a riveting soap opera lasting nearly 1,000 years. The trouble is -- is any of this information reliable? Let's start with an obvious problem: Matilda of Scotland (first wife of Henry I) is cited as having been born in 1080, and died in 1118 -- at the age of 41. There is either a problem with arithmatic or editing here, but regardless, it is an unforgivable gaff. The exact same problem happens with Queen Adelaide (b.1792, d.1849, age 67?) and probably others. But beyond that, Ms. Cook makes sweeping statements about her subjects that are simply not backed up by the facts. Getting back to Matilda of Scotland, she says "there is no evidence that she ever had the slightest influence over her husband," a statement which flies directly in the face of Matilda's contemporaries and subsequent biographers. Eleanor of Acquitaine is accused by Ms. Cook of conceiving a child, Prince William, out of wedlock with the future Henry II of England -- except that she has gotten the year of William's birth wrong. By the time he was born, Eleanor and Henry had been legally married for some fifteen months. So what is the reader to make of Ms. Cook's assertion that the disastrous civil war of the twelfth century was spurred by the Empress Matilda's unrequited love for the hapless King Stephen? Who knows? An intriguing theory is hampered by slipshod research and appalling editing. It is a shame, because Petronella Cook is obviously a writer of some talent who relishes her subject. Let's hope that a subsequent edition cleans up such errors and restores her credibility. | 5Book
| 1 | 11 |
Queen Consorts of England: The Power Behind the Throne | null | 6/7 | 01 star
| 968,803,200 | Nonsense | From claiming that no Queen of England had a drop of English blood and failing to identify Mathilda (Edith) of Scotland as the daughter of Margaret of England, grand-daughter of Edmund II Ironside to saying that Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Kingmaker was his father's younger son and married twice proves a lack of research that is damning and makes this book absolutely worthless. | 5Book
| 0.857143 | 7 |
Queen Consorts of England: The Power Behind the Throne | null | 3/3 | 23 stars
| 1,120,780,800 | Good effort, with caveats | Any study of the royal dynasties of Great Britain usually treats a monarch's spouse as a shadowy figure of no real importance, once the diplomatically important marriage has been made. Yes, there are exceptions. No one doubts the active nature of Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom Henry II found it expedient to lock away, and Henry VIII's repudiation of Catherine of Aragon was of momentous historical importance to the English -- but what about Matilda of Boulogne, who was utterly unable to control or even to moderate the chaos caused by King Stephen? Or Berengaria of Navarre, pro forma wife of the possibly homosexual Richard I? (Cook calls her "the first unlucky Spanish-born English queen.") Or Mary of Teck, George V's queen? (Though, after Parliament took control of the nation for good, it's debatable whether even the king could have any significant power, much less the queen.) Since she has to cover thirty-seven royal spouses, the author, a professional archaeologist with an M.A. from Oxford, is unable to spend much time on any one of them, but her writing style is clear and concise and this is a pretty good non-scholarly introduction to the other side of the throne. On the other hand, I found several relatively minor errors, such as the misattributed parentage of Edith of Scotland and inaccurate details about Neville "the Kingmaker," earl of Warwick, which leads me to wonder how many errors I didn't see. | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
Queen Consorts of England: The Power Behind the Throne | null | 2/2 | 01 star
| 1,209,340,800 | Read with caution! | While I applaud the idea of this book, the research behind it is terribly faulty. Aside from the mistakes already mentioned, she claims that Isabelle of Angouleme, John's queen, was betrothed to an incorrect individual and blames her for the loss of John's French lands, which has not been believed for at least a century. Read with caution, and double check any information! | 5Book
| 1 | 2 |
Queen Consorts of England: The Power Behind the Throne | null | 1/7 | 34 stars
| 926,812,800 | A look into the personal lives of the English Monarchs | This book tells the story of all the women to marry onto the English throne. Where the came from. How the came to be Queen Concorts of England. And how there lives influenced England. | 5Book
| 0.142857 | 7 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 11/11 | 45 stars
| 968,803,200 | Absolutely STELLAR! | For anyone who ever had a longing for a complete, accurate, and all-encompassing critique of the treasure trove that is Disney animation, this is as good as it gets! From early, unheard-of black-and-white shorts to the latest animated programs and features, this anthology will enthrall readers/animation fans with its painstakingly exact analysis of every element of animation: the art, music, story, script, voice performances, characterizations, and basic dynamic of the film. In addition, the readers will find very well-researched analysis of other reviews of Disney's works and exactly where the given piece of work fits into the Disney cannon. One cannot possibly recommend this encyclopedia highly enough- it is DIVINE! Bravo for John Grant and his masterful evaluation of Disney animation. Those of us who have been lucky enough to discover this virtually sacred tome await with baited breath for the next installment, likely to be published in 2003. | 5Book
| 1 | 11 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 13/14 | 45 stars
| 895,276,800 | New edition of the single most useful Disney reference book | John Grant's "Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters" is, beyond doubt, the single most useful reference volume about Disney's animated films ever printed. The original edition, published in 1983, was phenomenally complete -- it seems Grant *saw* every Disney animation ever made, and listed them in two sections: "The Shorts" and "The Features." It was up-to-date for its time; the "Features" section ended at "The Great Mouse Detective," and information on what were then Disney's only animated TV series, "The Wuzzles" and "Gummi Bears," was included in the "Shorts" material.The first revision, published in 1993, brought the "Features" section up to date as of the summer of 1992, including a short entry on "Aladdin," still in production when the book went to press. It also added a third section on Disney's animated TV series. Unfortunately, the new material showed signs of having been hastily assembled. The television section included more promotional art than still frames; information was duplicated between the "Shorts" and "TV" pages; and there were a few noticeable inaccuracies (most egregious of all, a picture of the malignant asylum keeper from "Beauty and the Beast" was inexplicably captioned, "The old witch whose curse condemns the vain Prince to become the Beast").First Net-rumors of a new revision were heard in the summer of 1997. The new edition was finally officially announced, with a release date of "November 1997." Now, nearly six months later, the third edition is available. The errors have been rectified, and don't seem to have been replaced by new ones. The TV section has been updated to cover, albeit briefly, the entire "Disney Afternoon" syndication lineup, as well as Saturday-morning shows. The "Features" section now fills two-thirds of the book's 460 pages.This is a large, thick, h! eavy volume. It is massively indexed, and gorgeously illustrated with still frames -- literally hundreds of them, most in color. And best of all, it's great fun to read. The section on "The Shorts" includes not only such classic characters as Mickey, Goofy, and Donald, but the nameless "lithe young male sapling" and "Garbo-esque lady sycamore" from the first Technicolor cartoon, "Flowers and Trees"; specific names for the Three Little Pigs; and sympathetic comments on Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow, co-workers of Mickey's from the early 1930s, who remained "perennial extras" as later characters soared to stardom. The huge section on "The Features," includes every animated Disney feature from "Snow White" to "Hercules," with plot outlines, character lists, voice casts, complete credits, and even release dates. What were the names of the ballet dancers in the "Dance of the Hours" segment of "Fantasia"? (Mlle. Upanova, Hyacinth Hippo, Elephanchine, and Ben Ali Gator.) Who was Namontack? (The Native American shot and wounded by Governor Ratcliffe in "Pocahontas.") What were the names of the elephants who ostracized Dumbo? (Prissy, Matriarch, Giggles, and Catty.) How about Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters? (Lady Tremaine and her daughters, Anastasia and Drizella.) How many Dalmatian-spots appear in the animated "101 Dalmatians"? (6,469,952.)For the true Disney fan, this book is absolutely indispensable. I recommend it with no reservations. | 5Book
| 0.928571 | 14 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 11/12 | 45 stars
| 940,377,600 | excellent book for Disney fans | I find this book really fantastic. The true delight of this book, apart from great reviews of many Disney movies and their characters, is the fact that it contains tons of color pictures! Another great point is that one can find references to many different Disney short movies, many of which I did not have a chance to hear about before. I could only wish though that even more detail was given describing the characters of the films (i.e. include even more characters), and more photographs were included. For example, the description of the "Fun and fancy free" movie does not include any photographs of the "Bongo" section characters, and I thought this short section contained some really lovable bears that should have been represented. Another problem (although nothing major) is that some of the full length animated movies that were sequels to others are not included in their own category but reather in a small section "spin offs" of the first episode movie. Hence "Return of Jafar", etc. are not described in any great detail. But it is really great book, for once probably worth the price, since it is also considerably big book too. Enjoy the reading. | 5Book
| 0.916667 | 12 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 4/4 | 45 stars
| 1,045,785,600 | Great Disney Resource | This is a definite must-have for any Disney fan. The book is divided into three basic sections: Characters in shorts, characters in television shows, and characters in features. Each category has a mention of every Disney character created until 1997 including interesting articles about them. This is also a great place to find information on lesser-known or forgotten Disney characters such as Spike the bee from a number of Donald Duck cartoons and Little Hans, a star of his own wartime propaganda film. Combine this with hundreds of pictures from the films and you have a book that is sure to be a favorite of any Disney fan. | 5Book
| 1 | 4 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 3/3 | 45 stars
| 929,145,600 | Wonderful reference book for Disney fans | This encyclopedia gives thoughtful, complete portrayals of every Disney character, from the shorts to the movies to the TV series. From the 9-page essay on Donald Duck to the paragraph or two on a minor character, it all makes for great reading. It is wonderful reference material and even as a good book; John Grant treats the characters like real people! It is very well reasearched, too. It's also got great animation stills of almost every character, too. Wonderful to read, browse through or look up stuff! | 5Book
| 1 | 3 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 1/1 | 45 stars
| 1,189,468,800 | Next Best Thing to Owning the Movies! | I'll start this review by saying that, in fact, I haven't read THIS book, but I own Grant's older book from the '80's of the same title (which I bought from a used book seller for $3!), and I assume that this is the same material, but with some new stuff added. I plan to buy this newer book, because I can't wait to see this author's views on the subsequent movies that came out.John Grant's description of the Disney movies and cartoons is amazingly detailed, and he profiles every character, from Mickey Mouse to obscure supporting characters that most people have forgotten about. While reading the entries, I remembered several movies and cartoons that I had seen as a kid, and forgotten about. It made me want to run out and buy all the old movies on DVD, so I could watch them again and relive this simpler time!While Grant is definitely a Disney fan, he does look at the movies with a critical eye, and is willing to admit some of the shortcomings they had, including some of the racism that appeared in the earlier films (although I think he was a little too soft on this, which could be seen as insensitive to many people). He also has this charming, very British style of writing, that's addictive to read. Great escapist fun for any Disney fan! | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 5/7 | 45 stars
| 937,785,600 | Excellent Disney Resource | I own an animation art gallery, and we use this book all the time for information on characters which are obscure, or to look up years of cartoons, etc. A must for Disney collectors.Debbie WeissWonderful World of Animation | 5Book
| 0.714286 | 7 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,268,611,200 | Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | This book was in excellent condition, even contained the book jacket. Price and shipping were fair and it arrived in a timely matter.I would complain if I was unhappy, since I was pleased I wanted to say so, | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 1/2 | 45 stars
| 1,198,022,400 | Will there ever be a new edition of this title? | Will there ever be a new edition of this title? It's been ten years. Any info. would be much appreciated. | 5Book
| 0.5 | 2 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 1/3 | 45 stars
| 904,089,600 | THIS BOOK HAS ALL THE INFO ON ALL DISNEY ANIMATED CHARACHTER | IF YOUR A DISNEY FAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS BOOK. PACKED WITH EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT DISNEY'S ANIMATED CHARACHTERS. | 5Book
| 0.333333 | 3 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 1/3 | 45 stars
| 897,177,600 | A virtual bible for the Disney character fan | A fascinating and colorfully informative book. I especially liked to read the character outlines of my favorite film, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". I did think the author was rather rough on "Clopin" in his review; the character has his dark side, but has such an impish charm that I couldn't help but love him. Besides, in the Court of Miracles scene, he did think Quasi and Phoebus were Frollo's spies, and was trying to protect his people (though he was far too eager to hang them!). Besides, what would YOU do if two guys broke into your home? | 5Book
| 0.333333 | 3 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 1/6 | 45 stars
| 904,176,000 | THE BEST DISNEY BOOK I HAVE EVER SEEN! | I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A GOOD BOOK THAT HAS PICTURES OF DISNEY CHARACTERS AND THIS ONE IS IT! I RECOMEND IT OVER ALL THE BOOKS I HAVE SEEN AND THERE ARE ALOT OF THEM OUT THERE! BELIEVE ME! IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHARACTER LIKE BOOKS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE OF LOONEY TUNES THAT ANYONE KNOWS OF E-MAIL ME THE INFO PLEASE. | 5Book
| 0.166667 | 6 |
Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters | null | 3/12 | 34 stars
| 973,036,800 | Excellent but not with every characters | Excellent Disney historic resource. If you're a Disney fan you will enjoy it, unless you're locking for a line about Eega Beeva, because you won't find any- a pity. Daniel | 5Book
| 0.25 | 12 |
Nova Scotia Patchwork Patterns: Instructions and Full-Size Templates for 12 Quilts (Dover needlework series) | null | 12/15 | 45 stars
| 959,904,000 | Novia Scotia Design Patterns | Novia Scotia quilt designs often are hung (as a diamond, or herringbone shape) versus the early American tradition of sqares. So, the patterns listed, are often on this angle.Patterns include: Nine-patch quilts, square and triangle variations, Windmill "hung" with herringbone, basket quilt, t-square quilt, jacob's ladder quilt, snowball quilt, whirligig quilt, giant tulip quilt (with appliqued stems), and rose of sharon wreath.The full-size pattern pieces are included, with 1/4" seam allowance included (my preference). | 5Book
| 0.8 | 15 |
Trigonometry (Quickstudy Reference Guides - Academic) | 3.30 | 1/1 | 34 stars
| 1,341,446,400 | really liked it | This has almost everything you need to pass a trig class. Its cheap, and its a great study guide to keep by your desk. Couple it with a TI-89 calculator and you have a win win combination. | 5Book
| 1 | 1 |
Trigonometry (Quickstudy Reference Guides - Academic) | 3.30 | 0/0 | 12 stars
| 1,360,886,400 | Won't be used | These are laminated in hopes of keeping the precious info preserved. And it is jam packed with info BUT.... you won't use them. You'll rely on your notes and the text. Its a great idea but not useful enough to warrant purchasing. Even for studying it is a waste because tests are specific to subjects and this is just a fly over of ALL Trig. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Trigonometry (Quickstudy Reference Guides - Academic) | 3.30 | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,353,196,800 | Helpful | This sheet and reference guide is actually really helpful. Hold on to this if you get it and plan to move on to more advanced math courses, like I have. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Trigonometry (Quickstudy Reference Guides - Academic) | 3.30 | 0/0 | 45 stars
| 1,353,024,000 | Useful Tool! | I am taking a foundations of math class this Fall and this quick study academic guide helped me in completing my homework. The information is well-organized and uncluttered, unlike some of the other study aid charts I have seen. Poly-coated and durable, it will last a life time! Fits inside a standard 3 ring binder with ease. | 5Book
| 0 | 0 |
Trigonometry (Quickstudy Reference Guides - Academic) | 3.30 | 3/16 | 45 stars
| 1,246,665,600 | Fast Shipping | Product was shipped very fast, got it after only one week all the way to Iraq! Thank you | 5Book
| 0.1875 | 16 |
Generalist Practice with Organizations and Communities | null | 4/7 | 34 stars
| 1,083,196,800 | good text book | Excellent text-book. Useful information, well organized, good examples. An easier and more interesting read than some. Includes a (small) section on Procrastination which identifies with me a little too well (in fact, guess what I'm doing right now?). :)The reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is just because it is a text book and I was forced to read it. However, I think I'd much rather read this one than something else. | 5Book
| 0.571429 | 7 |