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Alice May: Gilbert & Sullivan's First Prima Donna (Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre)
By Adrienne Simpson. 2003
This biography tells the story of Alice May, a touring prima donna in the nineteenth century who travelled from England…
to Australia, New Zealand, India and the US, taking part in pioneering performances of the popular light operas of the day. Along the way she took part in many premieres, including the first production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer and the first authorised American production of The Mikado . This colourful life story will appeal to theatre historians, fans of the melodrama, burlesque, and the musical stage.Twentieth-Century Chamber Music
By James McCalla. 1996
Music of Louis Andriessen (Studies In Contemporary Music And Culture Ser.)
By Maja Trochimczyk. 2002
This book presents the musician in dialog with a Polish-Canadian musicologist and three of his Dutch friends and collaborators, Reinbert…
de Leeuw, Elmer Schönberger and Frits van der Waa. Topics include his artistic evolution, his relationship to minimalism, his prevalent interest in mysticism and meaning, the use of quotation and writing forConstructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching: Growth, Inquiry, and Agency
By Mark Robin Campbell, Linda K. Thompson, Janet Revell Barrett. 2021
Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching: Growth, Inquiry, and Agency, (Second Edition), is a textbook for studies in music…
education. Expanding upon the first edition, the authors promote inquiry and reflection to facilitate teacher growth, lifelong learning, and a disposition toward educational change. The revised text responds to current calls for social change and teacher education reform by reaffirming and intensifying the need for music teachers to adopt a personal orientation toward their work. A personal orientation encourages teachers to initiate their own growth, engage in inquiry, and exercise agency in school contexts. Strongly grounded in current theories and research in teacher education, Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching: Growth, Inquiry, and Agency strives to do the following: Engage readers in analyzing their own experiences in order to conceptualize the complexity of teaching Involve them in clarifying their reasons for seeking a career in teaching Support their insights, questions, and reflections about their work Promote a reflective, critical attitude about schools in general as music teachers are urged to think of themselves as change agents in school settings Construct a moral purpose as a compass to guide their current and future endeavors in the profession. Every chapter includes a wealth of pedagogical features, including new methodologies and examples of practice to engage the readers in processes of inquiry and reflection. The second edition is organized in two parts. Part I focuses on positioning music teachers as learners in the profession, significantly expanding concepts explored in the first edition that are central to a personal orientation to professional growth. In the new edition, a reconceptualized Chapter 5 challenges teachers to cultivate their identities as change agents. The second half of the book—focusing on becoming a student of music teaching— features five new chapters. A provocative chapter on curriculum sets the stage for a set of additional chapters that invite deeper considerations of the commonplaces of teacher, learners, subject matter, and context. An epilogue speaks directly to the power of agency, imagination, and hope in teachers’ lives.Musical Healing in Cultural Contexts
By Penelope Gouk. 2000
How do people use music to heal themselves and others? Are the healing powers of music universal or culturally specific?…
The essays in this volume address these two central questions as to music‘s potential as a therapeutic source. The contributors approach the study of music healing from social, cultural and historical backgrounds, and in so doing provide perspectives on the subject which complement the wealth of existing literature by practitioners. The forms of music therapy explored in the book exemplify the well-being that can be experienced as a result of participating in any type of musical or artistic performance. Case studies include examples from the Bolivian Andes, Africa and Western Europe, as well as an assessment of the role of Islamic traditions in Western practices. These case studies introduce some new, and possibly unfamiliar models of musical healing to music therapists, ethnomusicologists and anthropologists. The book contributes to our understanding of the transformative and healing roles that music plays in different societies, and so enables us better to understand the important part music contributes to our own cultures.Music as Medicine: The History of Music Therapy Since Antiquity
By Peregrine Horden. 2000
Music, whether performed or heard, has been seen as therapeutic in the history of many cultures. How have its therapeutic…
properties been conceptualized and explained? Which cultures have used music therapy? What were their aims and techniques, and how much continuity is there between ancient, medieval and modern practice? These are the questions addressed by the essays in this volume. They focus on the place of music therapy in European intellectual, medical and musical traditions, from their classical roots to the development of the music therapy profession since the Second World War. Chapters covering the Judaic, Islamic, Indian and South-East Asian traditions add global, comparative perspectives. Music as Medicine is the first book to establish the whole shape of the history of music therapy in a systematic and scholarly way. It addresses the problem of defining what music therapy has meant in different cultures and periods, and sets the agenda for future research in the subject. It will appeal to a diverse readership of historians, musicologists, anthropologists, and practitioners.The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things…
through the sound of his lyre and voice. Over time, the Orphic theme has come to indicate the power of music to unsettle, subvert, and ultimately bring down oppressive realities in order to liberate the soul and expand human life without limits. The liberating effect of music has been a particularly important theme in twentieth-century African American literature. The nine original essays in Black Orpheus examines the Orphic theme in the fiction of such African American writers as Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Baldwin, Nathaniel Mackey, Sherley Anne Williams, Ann Petry, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones, and Toni Morrison. The authors discussed in this volume depict music as a mystical, shamanistic, and spiritual power that can miraculously transform the realities of the soul and of the world. Here, the musician uses his or her music as a weapon to shield and protect his or her spirituality. Written by scholars of English, music, women’s studies, American studies, cultural theory, and black and Africana studies, the essays in this interdisciplinary collection ultimately explore the thematic, linguistic structural presence of music in twentieth-century African American fiction.Edvard Grieg: The Choral Music
By Beryl Foster. 1999
Edvard Grieg‘s choral music has remained little known outside Scandinavia. One of the chief aims of this book is to…
bring this body of work to the notice of a wider audience, in the hope that it may receive greater prominence in concert programmes. Choral pieces form a relatively small proportion of Grieg‘s total output, although works such as the Album for Male Voices and the Four Psalms represent significant developments in his compositional career. In this study Beryl Foster not only provides an in-depth examination of this music, but also presents a picture of Norwegian musical life in the second half of the nineteenth century. An overview of Norway‘s choral tradition from the Middle Ages provides the historical context from which Grieg came to the genre. Subsequent chapters discuss in detail the types of choral works that he wrote, such as occasional and commemorative pieces, dramatic works and solo song arrangements. A set of useful appendices, including a chronological list of works and a discography complete this original survey.Music Business For Dummies
By Loren Weisman. 2015
aunting than before. This guide gives you a roadmap around the landmines, and provides expert advice for starting out on…
the right foot.Find the right players, agents, and business managersMake more money from your work with smart distributionBuild your brand and get people talking about youGet gigs, go on tour, and keep on growingIf music is your calling, you need to plan your career in a way that sets you up for success from the very beginning. Put the right people in place, get the most out of your investments, and learn how to work the crowd both virtually and in person. Music Business For Dummies is your companion on your journey to the music career you want.Underestimated: An Autism Miracle (Children’s Health Defense)
By J. B. Handley, Jamison Handley. 2021
The incredibly moving and inspiring story about a quest to finally be heard.In Underestimated: An Autism Miracle, Generation Rescue&’s cofounder…
J.B. Handley and his teenage son Jamison tell the remarkable story of Jamison&’s journey to find a method of communication that allowed him to show the world that he was a brilliant, wise, generous, and complex individual who had been misunderstood and underestimated by everyone in his life. Jamison&’s emergence at the age of seventeen from his self-described &“prison of silence&” took place over a profoundly emotional and dramatic twelve-month period that is retold from his father&’s perspective. The book reads like a spy thriller while allowing the reader to share in the complex emotions of both exhilaration and anguish that accompany Jamison&’s journey for him and his family. Once Jamison&’s extraordinary story has been told, Jamison takes over the narrative to share the story from his perspective, allowing the world to hear from someone who many had dismissed and cast aside as incapable.Jamison&’s remarkable transformation challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding autism, a disability impacting 1 in 36 Americans. Many scientists still consider nonspeakers with autism—a full 40 percent of those on the autism spectrum—to be &“mentally retarded.&” Is it possible that the experts are wrong about several million people? Are all the nonspeakers like Jamison? Underestimated: An Autism Miracle will touch your heart, inspire you, remind you of the power of love, and ultimately leave you asking tough questions about how many more Jamisons might be waiting for their chance to be freed from their prison of silence, too. And, for the millions of parents of children with autism, the book offers a detailed description of a communication method that may give millions of people with autism back their voice.Artistic Dynamos: An Ethnography On Music In Central African Kingdoms
By Brian Schrag. 2021
Artistic Dynamos: An Ethnography on Music in Central African Kingdoms uses stories and research from Ngiemboon communities of West Cameroon…
as touchstones for proposing new approaches to arts scholarship and community development. Building on the results of ethnographic research, artistic action is viewed through the lens of communication. This view brings a picture of increased cultural energy in the enactment of artistic genres—melodic, rhythmic, poetic, dramatic, visual, and performative. Schrag’s treatise will change how scholars across disciplines understand and engage with the arts. This volume offers methods for improved scholarship, resulting in communities living better lives. The author’s website contains the video and audio recordings discussed in the book, plus full-color versions of many photos and diagrams. www.ArtisticDynamos.comEthics and Christian Musicking (Congregational Music Studies Series)
By Mark Porter, Nathan Myrick. 2021
The relationship between musical activity and ethical significance occupies long traditions of thought and reflection both within Christianity and beyond.…
From concerns regarding music and the passions in early Christian writings through to moral panics regarding rock music in the 20th century, Christians have often gravitated to the view that music can become morally weighted, building a range of normative practices and prescriptions upon particular modes of ethical judgment. But how should we think about ethics and Christian musical activity in the contemporary world? As studies of Christian musicking have moved to incorporate the experiences, agencies, and relationships of congregations, ethical questions have become implicit in new ways in a range of recent research - how do communities negotiate questions of value in music? How are processes of encounter with a variety of different others negotiated through musical activity? What responsibilities arise within musical communities? This volume seeks to expand this conversation. Divided into four sections, the book covers the relationship of Christian musicking to the body; responsibilities and values; identity and encounter; and notions of the self. The result is a wide-ranging perspective on music as an ethical practice, particularly as it relates to contemporary religious and spiritual communities. This collection is an important milestone at the intersection of ethnomusicology, musicology, religious studies and theology. It will be a vital reference for scholars and practitioners reflecting on the values and practices of worshipping communities in the contemporary world.Mi viaje continúa...: El trayecto del ser espiritual (Mi viaje continúa #1)
By A. K. Frailey. 2021
Los personajes de libros y películas no son los únicos que tienen puntos de inflexión. Usted. Yo. El tipo en…
la fila de la tienda. La señora en la cafetería de la escuela. El repartidor de UPS. Usted sabe de que estoy hablando. Esos momentos que captan nuestra atención y nuestro corazón y nos hacen detenernos. Nos hacen pensar. Nos hacen sentir. Una mirada personal a mi experiencia de vida, que se centra en los temas de la maternidad, la viudez, las relaciones familiares, la práctica de la gratitud y el redescubrimiento de la alegría a pesar de los días oscuros y los horizontes nublados.Class Act: The Jazz Life of Choreographer Cholly Atkins
By Jacqui Malone, Cholly Atkins. 2001
Cholly Atkins's career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship…
in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. As tap reached a nadir in the fifties, Cholly created the new specialization of "vocal choreography," teaching rhythm-and-blues singers how to perform their music by adding rhythmical dance steps drawn from twentieth-century American dance, from the Charleston to rhythm tap. For the burgeoning Motown record label, Cholly taught such artists as the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Marvin Gaye to command the stage in ways that would enhance their performances and "sell" their songs.Class Act tells of Cholly's boyhood and coming of age, his entry into the dance world of New York City, his performing triumphs and personal tragedies, and the career transformations that won him gold records and a Tony for choreographing Black and Blue on Broadway. Chronicling the rise, near demise, and rediscovery of tap dancing, the book is both an engaging biography and a rich cultural history.Verdades a medias
By India Martínez. 2021
La gran artista India Martínez nos muestra en su primer libro sus emociones más íntimas a través un precioso conjunto…
de textos relatados con sensibilidad y emoción y acompañados de sus propias ilustraciones. «La verdad es muy subjetiva, depende de la piel que la percibe». Bellamente ilustrado por la propia artista, Verdades a medias es una colección de textos poéticos y dibujos en los que la cantante India Martínez indaga en lo más profundo de sí misma y de sus vivencias, transportándonos a su universo más personal. Nostalgia, dolor, amor, fantasía y hondura llenan las páginas de esta declaración de intenciones, de esta rasgadura de alma de la artista, que se desnuda de canción para vestirse de letras y ofrecernos su faceta más transparente y cercana. «Iré dando una de cal y otra arena. Una de voz y otra de música, una de India y otra de Jenny».This book unfolds the manifold, complex and intertwined relations between Fuzzy Logic and music in a first comprehensive overview on…
this topic: systematically as an outline, as completely as possible, in the aspects of Fuzzy Logic in this relation, and especially in music as a process with three main phases, five anthropological layers, and thirteen forms of existence of the art work (Classics, Jazz, Pop, Folklore). Being concerned with the ontological, gnoseological, psychological, and (music-) aesthetical status and the relative importance of different phenomena of relationship between music and Fuzzy Logic, the explication follows the four main principles (with five phenotypes) of Fuzzy Logic with respect to music: similarity, sharpening 1 as filtering, sharpening 2 as crystallization, blurring, and variation. The book reports on years of author’s research on topics that have been only little explored so far in the area of Music and Fuzzy Logic. It merges concepts of music analysis with fuzzy logical modes of thinking, in a unique way that is expected to attract both specialists of music and specialists of Fuzzy Logic, and also non-specialists in both fields. The book introduces the concept of dialectic between sharpening and – conscious – “blurring”. In turn, some important aspects of this dialectic are discussed, placing them in an historical dimension, and ending in the postulation of a 'musical turn' in the sciences, with some important reflections concerning a “Philosophy of Fuzzy Logic”. Moreover, a production-oriented thinking is borrowed from fuzzy logic to musicology in this book, opening new perspectives in music, and possibly also in other artistic fields.Music and Empathy (SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music)
By Elaine King, Caroline Waddington. 2017
In recent years, empathy has received considerable research attention as a means of understanding a range of psychological phenomena, and…
it is fast drawing attention within the fields of music psychology and music education. This volume seeks to promote and stimulate further research in music and empathy, with contributions from many of the leading scholars in the fields of music psychology, neuroscience, music philosophy and education. It exposes current developmental, cognitive, social and philosophical perspectives on research in music and empathy, and considers the notion in relation to our engagement with different types of music and media. Following a Prologue, the volume presents twelve chapters organised into two main areas of enquiry. The first section, entitled 'Empathy and Musical Engagement', explores empathy in music education and therapy settings, and provides social, cognitive and philosophical perspectives about empathy in relation to our interaction with music. The second section, entitled 'Empathy in Performing Together', provides insights into the role of empathy across non-Western, classical, jazz and popular performance domains. This book will be of interest to music educators, musicologists, performers and practitioners, as well as scholars from other disciplines with an interest in empathy research.Zoltan Kodaly: A Guide to Research (Routledge Music Bibliographies #Vol. 44)
By Michael Houlahan, Philip Tacka. 1998
First Published in 1998. This book serves as the key to study of Kodaly for an English-speaking audience. The volume…
presents a biographical outline, a catalog of his compositions according to genre, and over 1,400 annotated primary and secondary sources. Three indexes cover listings by author and title, Kodaly's compositions, and proper names. Primary sources include Kodaly's own essays, articles, lectures on folk music and art music, letters and other documents, and his folk music collections and facsimiles. Secondary sources include: biographical and historical studies; theoretic, analytic, stylistic, and aesthetic studies of his music; discussions of folk music influences and art music influences; studies of his compositional process; and discussions of the Kodaly concept. Doctoral dissertations and Masters theses pertaining to Kodaly are included in this guide. This annotated, topically organized book is the first to draw together the most important primary and secondary bibliographic sources that cover his varied activities as composer, ethnomusicologist, linguist, and educator.Sei un genitore che ha bisogno di un metodo genitoriale forte, solido e collaudato per disciplinare tuo figlio, sempre più…
disobbediente? Vuoi anche che tuo figlio non solo sia obbediente, ma anche amorevole e rispettoso nei tuoi confronti come risultato delle tue scelte genitoriali? “Rispetto e Amore incondizionati” sta per cambiare tutto questo per TE! La chiave per crescere un figlio sano, felice e fiducioso inizia dallo stile Genitoriale Positivo I benefici di seguire una Genitorialità Positiva includono: Un legame rafforzato tra genitore e figlio Incontrare i bisogno del bambino decostruire ciò che sta sotto al comportamento negativo credere nell’affermazione del bambino apprendimento e curiosità aumentati nel bambino migliore comprensione della psicologia e del comportamento del bambino promozione della salute emotiva rafforzare nei bambini il fare bene e prendere decisioni significative attaccamento sicuro coi genitori In questo libro imparerai: Come affermare e validare tuo figlio positivamente Come incontrare i bisogni di tuo figlio al suo livello di sviluppo ome regolare positivamente le emozioni tue e di tuo figlio Le basi della genitorialità positiva Consigli e suggerimenti su come offrire incoraggiamento genuino senza adulare tuo figlio Auto-consapevolezza come genitore Errori comuni che fanno molti genitori Come stabilire canali di comunicazione corretti e porre limiti per tuo figlio E molto altro ancora!1981 - Diario
By Patrick Loiseau. 2021
Il 1981 fu un anno importante. Importante per me, perché ancora una volta mi liberavo dalle catene dimettendomi dal mio…
impiego e scrivendo, per mia figlia, che sarebbe nata di lì a poco, o perlomeno così speravo. Anche la Francia tentava di liberarsi dalle sue catene, o almeno la Francia popolare, quella che lavoro e si alza presto. In entrambi i casi, per me e i lavoratori, la posta in gioco era una scommessa sul futuro, la cui parola libertà non era il minimo dei concetti. Scommessa rischiosa. Per quanto mi riguarda, la scommessa era vinta in anticipo; da un lato perché sapevo che questo bambino sarebbe nato anche solo per onorare il papà-gallina rivoluzionario in moto che ero, d'altra parte perché all'inizio non avevo molta illusione su cosa sarebbe stato un governo di collaborazioni di classe..