Born in 1912; in a small town in Wyoming; Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim; and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning; Pollock was the ldquo;icebreakerrdquo;. For Max Ernst and Masson; Pollock was a fellow member of the European Surrealist movement. And for Motherwell; Pollock was a legitimate candidate for the status of the Master of the American School. During the many upheavals in his life in Nez York in the 1950s and 60s; Pollock lost his bearings - success had simply come too fast and too easily. It was during this period that he turned to alcohol and disintegrated his marriage to Lee Krasner. His life ended like that of 50s film icon James Dean behind the wheel of his Oldsmobile; after a night of drinking.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. One StarBy CustomerMisleading; and I believe; dishonest description0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not perfect but comparatively a pretty good book.By AnonI have read the negative reviews here and I definitely see the validity in their points. I will write this positive review a bit differently; in comparison to most of the other mass market Beatles music books out there. I am a junkie for these things and have virtually every one of recent decade release; and scans of dozens others which are not in print any longer; and I might select this as the best single volume.You can read the hundreds of reviews of "The Complete Scores" and it boils down to two main legitimate complaints: Impossible to read and mistakes in the score. While there are only 21 songs here; it is much easier to read than TCS; taking care of the former. As for mistakes; they will always exist; and sometimes ears and opinions differ; and that to me makes it more fun. My big thing with Beatles songs are the vocals; which few books (or bands) get right; and this one does a better job than most IMHO.I would say if you are playing in a band and you want to play one of these songs in a relatively reproductive "Fab Faux" kind of way; this book is a pretty good choice. And if your ears tell you something other than what you see; play it the way you hear it!The other Beatles books I like to recommend are "The Complete Chord Songbook" which is great for simple strumming and singing (but take it to Kinkos and get spiral binding put in); and the two volume "Beatles As Musicians" which has an very little score but an academic and sometimes sterile breakdown of what they did in the studio; etc. Those are opposite ends of the spectrum of course. And I do think you have to have TCS despite its flaws. I have written to Hal Leonard asking for a proper electronic version of that book but I doubt well get one!0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not as advertisedBy PabloAs with other Transcribed Scores in the Hal Leonard series; this is advertised as being a full score transcription but that is misleading. A full score would have a staff dedicated to each instrument; with the staff clearly labeled in the left margin of each page; showing you the name of that instrument. Some instruments have been combined and reduced down to a single staff called Synth such that several instruments are having to share that staff. On most pages; you wont know what instrument is being represented by the notes in the Synth staff and you will have to flip back in the book to wherever the instrument begins playing in order to find out; making the book more difficult and time consuming to use.The publisher has wasted a lot of white space in the margins and between staves. Theyre using abbreviations for parts like L.V.; B.V.; Gtr.; R.G. and Drs. when there was plenty of room to type them without making you think about what each stands for while the staves come and go with each page; depending on which parts are involved on that page. This book will make you appreciate a REAL full score if you can find one.If thats not enough; there arent even chord symbols or fret diagrams included. I guess if want to know which chords they used; you have to go buy the easy piano sheet music. Pathetic; isnt it? Hal Leonard needs to start over with blank sheets of paper and do it right. Id send it back; except that like anything else; the cost of shipping both directions with nothing to show for it; writing it off as a mistake and a loss; makes that prohibitive. I might as well just sell it on Ebay.