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Drawing from Memory

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Copies: 7

Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist

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Allen Say

Lexile:

HL560L

About Face: Copley's Portrait of a Colonial Silversmith

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Curriculum ideas centered around the Portrait of a Colonial Silversmith by John Singleton Copley, housed at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY. Teachers will have to wade through some repetitive info and the occasional broken link to find useful ideas, but the concept fits perfectly within the 4th grade Interdependent Roles in Colonial Times Module.

Women's Rights

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Rochester Voices is a project of the Local History & Genealogy Division of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. It is operated and administered by the Rochester Public Library.

This Theme focuses on women's rights, and the suffragettes in Rochester.

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

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Former Vice President Al Gore presents an eye-opening and compelling view of the future of our planet - and our civilization - in the MUST-SEE documentary of the year. This is a wake-up call that cuts through myths and misconceptions to deliver the message that global warming is a real and present danger.

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Middle

Length:

01:36

Debussy

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Copies: 1

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Track Listing:

1. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 10'54
London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

2.   The Girl with the Flaxen Hair 2'43
       from Preludes, Book 1
       Paul Crossley, Piano

3.   Fetes 6'21
       from Two Nocturnes
       Philharmonia Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

Handel

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Copies: 1

Track Listing:

1.   Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 3'05
       from Solomon
       English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard

       Water Music Suite No. 1 (Excerpts)
2.   3. [Allegro] - Andante - [Allegro] da capo 7'37
3.   5. Air 2'38
4.   6. Minuet 3'52
5.   7. Bourree 1'07
6.   8. Hornpipe 1'32
       New York Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez

Ravel

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Copies: 1

Track listing:

1. Bolero 15'24
London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

2. Pavane for a Dead Princess 5'45
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

3. Alborada del gracioso 8'40
Orchestre National de France/Lorin Maazel

4. "Feria" from Rapsodie espagnole 6'41
London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

Mozart

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Copies: 1

Track Listing:

1. The Marriage of Figaro Overture, K. 492 4'43
Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil

2.   Theme from Elvira Madigan (Andante) 6'39
       from Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
       Murray Perahia, Pianist & Conductor
       Chamber Orchestra of Europe

       Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545 ("Sonata facile")
3.   I. Allegro 1'49
       Glenn Gould, Piano

Bach

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Copies: 1

Track Listing:

1.   "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" 3'10
       from Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
       Mormon Tabernacle Choir
       (Richard P. Condie, Director)
        Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

       The Anna Magdalena Notebook, And. 114
2.    Minuet 1'35
       (arr. Thomas Frost)
       Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

Bernstein

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Copies: 1

Track Listing:

1. Candide Overture 4'22
Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp

       Selections from West Side Story:
2.   Maria 2'39
3.   Tonight 6'36
4.   Somewhere 5'14
       Peter Hofmann, Tenor
       Deborah Sasson, Soprano
       Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

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An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

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