Physical disability
This research identified that the main barriers to learning for physically disabled students are: physical, attitudinal and communication, because many schools still don't have adapted physical structures and professionals trained to deal with different disabilities. It was noted that there is a need to adapt the academic environment to overcome the barriers that interfere with the teaching-learning process of physically disabled students, such as: building access ramps, wheelchair-accessible toilets, hiring Libras and Braille teachers, reducing prejudice and assistive media. The descriptive research used a questionnaire, mediated by an interview, as a data collection tool. It was noted that the failure to provide conditions for access, permanence, success and guaranteeing quality standards in this process has an impact on learning difficulties, low grades and the interaction process of these students. This work served as a guide for eliminating physical, attitudinal and communication barriers to learning for the physically disabled.
Relaxation and its physiological, psychological and emotional effects
Currently, the energies of criticism, indignation and revolt are very present on the planetary surface. All the kingdoms of nature are at their maximum capacity and stress levels are sky-high. Interrupting this energy within us, accessing higher levels of our consciousness (which are internal) in order to maintain our physical, mental and emotional integrity is a great challenge. Seeking inner silence, this inexhaustible source of encouragement and strength, even in this unfavourable environment, is possible! With discipline and simplicity, seeking to keep our hearts in peace educates our mental and emotional bodies to manifest what our Consciousness wants to manifest. Relaxation exercises and meditation can even change our chemistry!
A Revolution in Music
Established in the 1950s by musician and engineer Pierre Schaeffer, the Groupe de Recherches Musicales would become the nerve center for avant-garde artists experimenting with sound and acoustics, as well as the birthplace of a genre of music-making enabled by new recording technologies and sound pioneers: musique concr癡te. ?velyne Gayou--herself a researcher, composer, and producer at the GRM--tells the history of the storied institution through the people, works, technologies, and research developed there. Placing musique concr癡te within a broad historical context extending from the early twentieth-century avant-garde's experiments with noise to the development of techniques in sound recording (at the Studio d'Essai in the 1940s) and later in sound synthesis, Gayou shows how recording technology made it possible for composers to not only create music from sounds in the world around them but also create acousmatic music--novel sounds without a visible connection to their source. Available in English translation for the first time, this updated edition will be an important resource for readers interested in the pioneering works and techniques of Schaeffer and his contemporaries, as well as their influence on the makers of new music and the contemporary avant-garde.
Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1
This Element offers a critical analysis of the history of Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1 and the composer's rise to public acclaim, not through the study of the work itself but through intriguing and captivating narratives that surround this quartet and their socio-cultural-political context, which led Carter to become one of the most dominant voices in the post-1945 American music scene. Carter's road to success was meticulously paved by powerful institutions and individuals, including critics, scholars, festival and radio programming directors, and the US government, for whom, in the context of the Cold War, Carter was chosen to represent an exemplary American triumphant story. The author argues that it is not the quartet itself that contributed to Carter's reception and legacy, but the inextricable narratives that we associate with this work.
Literary Impressionism in The Mayans
Impressionism was a painting movement that emerged in Paris in 1874 and influenced other artistic manifestations, including literature. In their paintings, artists sought to represent an environment or a scene in such a way as to faithfully capture movement, light and colour. The ephemeral nature of everyday life and sensory resources also inspired the authors of the time, including E癟a de Queir籀s. This work aims to analyse the impressionist marks in Queiros's prose.
Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1
This Element offers a critical analysis of the history of Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1 and the composer's rise to public acclaim, not through the study of the work itself but through intriguing and captivating narratives that surround this quartet and their socio-cultural-political context, which led Carter to become one of the most dominant voices in the post-1945 American music scene. Carter's road to success was meticulously paved by powerful institutions and individuals, including critics, scholars, festival and radio programming directors, and the US government, for whom, in the context of the Cold War, Carter was chosen to represent an exemplary American triumphant story. The author argues that it is not the quartet itself that contributed to Carter's reception and legacy, but the inextricable narratives that we associate with this work.
Camilla
NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS Camilla: A Tale Of A Violin. Being The Artist Life Of Camilla Urso. This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a fresh and newly reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.
Elvis: The King of Fashion
A marvel and celebration that contains interviews of those intimately involved in the legacy of an intensely shy and disadvantaged boy from the wrong side of Tupelo, Mississippi who went on to become one of the most idolized and imitated solo performer of all time.A highly engaging homage to the iconic style of Elvis Presley, who shook up the world of music and fashion, triggering a cultural revolution that stopped 1950s America in its tracks.Born into poverty, his voice of liquid gold and show-stopping appearance propelled him into a life of extreme wealth.Elvis's extraordinary story - told through a fashion lens - celebrates the shy, lonely boy who awakened an entire generation to forbidden fruit.The defiant hair, the sultry good looks, the gender-ambivalent outfits - even the famous sideburns of the man who would be King - are all considered in loving detail.From impoverished scamp and teenage antihero in pink, through Hollywood heartthrob and sensual leather-clad rock star, to caped superhero in Vegas jumpsuits, the author describes his clothes with as much joy as she does his journey through the decades.A contemporary take on the evolution of Elvis the Showman, featuring interviews with people who knew, met and dressed him, and analysis of the 2022 hit movie, Elvis.A rags-to-riches tale, forged in the hardship and music of the poor South, it personifies the American Dream, retold with style by an author raised on Elvis's songs and movies and who walked in his shoes through Memphis to discover they really were two-toned.Set in a fascinating period in time, it looks at his powerful legacy, preserved by his devoted fans, and the films and tributes still being produced in his honour today.
A Music of Stormy Cs
This collection of compositions by David Petersen offers a diverse and captivating musical journey. From the delicate lyricism of "A Gentle Everest" to the breathtaking virtuosity of "Horseback", these works challenge performers to explore the full range of expression and technical prowess on their instruments. Whether for piano, strings, winds, or voice, each piece weaves intricate harmonies and rhythms that both delight the listener and inspire the musician. Petersen's compositional voice is at once innovative and rooted in classical tradition, creating a dynamic interplay of the familiar and the unexpected. Performers and audiences alike will be transported by the emotional depth and intellectual rigor inherent in these compelling additions to the contemporary repertoire.
The Military Band and the Musical Organization of an Army
Following the victory of the band of the Prussian Guards at the 1867 European Military Band Competition in Paris, Wilhelm Wieprecht, the director of all the music of the Royal Prussian Guard Corps, promised Emperor Napoleon III of France that he would write him a detailed memorandum on the purposes and organisation of military music. Repeated illness and official matters prevented Wieprecht from presenting this memorandum to the Emperor in person, and finally the Franco-German war made it impossible. The memorandum was eventually published after Wieprecht's death in 1872. This work contains Wieprecht's detailed instructions for the instrumentation of all military bands, as well as the roles and responsibilities of the conductors and musicians.
Singing Zarzuela, 1896-1958
In the last few years, digitizations and reissues of historical recordings of Spanish zarzuela - from wax cylinders in the 1890s to long-play records in the 1950s - have revealed a range of contrasting vocal performance styles. By focusing on portamento, this Element sets the foundations for a contextually sensitive history of vocal performance practices in zarzuela. It takes stock of technological changes and shifts in commercial strategies and listening habits to reveal what the recorded evidence tells us about the historical development of portamento practices and considers how these findings can allow us to reconstruct the expressive code of zarzuela as it was performed in the late nineteenth century and how it transformed itself throughout the next half century. These transformations are contextualized alongside other changes, including the make-up of audiences, the discourses about the genre's connection to national identity and the influence of other musical-theatrical genres and languages.
Original Pirate Material
With his debut album Original Pirate Material (2002), Mike Skinner, who recorded under the name The Streets, combined the world of UK dance music with US hip-hop. OPM is the result of the so-called 'bedroom producer', hybridizing previous forms into something novel. This Element explores a number of themes in this album: white masculinity, the everyday, technology, sampling, hybridity, the Black Atlantic, and US-UK transatlantic relations. It examines the exoticism of Englishness from a US perspective as well as within the wider context of Anglo-American cross influence in post-WWII popular music. Twenty years since the album's release, this element provides an investigation of the album's content and reception, as an important case study of (postcolonial) hybridity and (English, male) identity.
Tales from the Flipside
In 2007 Mark Devlin self-published his first ever book. Having since become eclipsed by his 'Musical Truth' series and his allegorical novels, it remains something of a "lost" or "forgotten" work.The book stood as a compendium of anecdotes about life as a full-time travelling DJ, delivered with wry humour throughout. It was written, however, in a time before he had undergone any semblance of a "conscious awakening." As such, it stands as a fascinating glimpse into a mindset still conditioned by mainstream ways of seeing the world.Here, the book is presented in its original form, but with a new foreword from the author, and with new footnotes throughout.
Opera in Warsaw
A microcosm of busy operatic life during the reign of the enlightened King Stanislaw August Poniatowski (r. 1764-95), Warsaw reveals complex processes and entanglements affecting dissemination of opera in the late eighteenth century. To the fun-loving city torn by whimsical contradictions, imported as well as domestic opera provided attractive and increasingly accessible urban entertainment, while also serving important utilitarian functions prescribed by local initiatives. Warsaw's participation in transnational circulations of works and performers encompasses both ideological and pragmatic factors that had far-reaching consequences not only for the city itself but also for Europe's shared cultural space.
Opera in Warsaw
A microcosm of busy operatic life during the reign of the enlightened King Stanislaw August Poniatowski (r. 1764-95), Warsaw reveals complex processes and entanglements affecting dissemination of opera in the late eighteenth century. To the fun-loving city torn by whimsical contradictions, imported as well as domestic opera provided attractive and increasingly accessible urban entertainment, while also serving important utilitarian functions prescribed by local initiatives. Warsaw's participation in transnational circulations of works and performers encompasses both ideological and pragmatic factors that had far-reaching consequences not only for the city itself but also for Europe's shared cultural space.
Singing Zarzuela, 1896-1958
In the last few years, digitizations and reissues of historical recordings of Spanish zarzuela - from wax cylinders in the 1890s to long-play records in the 1950s - have revealed a range of contrasting vocal performance styles. By focusing on portamento, this Element sets the foundations for a contextually sensitive history of vocal performance practices in zarzuela. It takes stock of technological changes and shifts in commercial strategies and listening habits to reveal what the recorded evidence tells us about the historical development of portamento practices and considers how these findings can allow us to reconstruct the expressive code of zarzuela as it was performed in the late nineteenth century and how it transformed itself throughout the next half century. These transformations are contextualized alongside other changes, including the make-up of audiences, the discourses about the genre's connection to national identity and the influence of other musical-theatrical genres and languages.
Original Pirate Material
With his debut album Original Pirate Material (2002), Mike Skinner, who recorded under the name The Streets, combined the world of UK dance music with US hip-hop. OPM is the result of the so-called 'bedroom producer', hybridizing previous forms into something novel. This Element explores a number of themes in this album: white masculinity, the everyday, technology, sampling, hybridity, the Black Atlantic, and US-UK transatlantic relations. It examines the exoticism of Englishness from a US perspective as well as within the wider context of Anglo-American cross influence in post-WWII popular music. Twenty years since the album's release, this element provides an investigation of the album's content and reception, as an important case study of (postcolonial) hybridity and (English, male) identity.
DIL Chahta Hai Soundtrack
The 2001 buddy film Dil Chahta Hai (dir. Farhan Akhtar), had arguably the first rock soundtrack in Bollywood. The award-winning soundtrack is an entry point into the relationship between Bollywood film songs, Hindi language music, and the Indi-pop movement of the '80s and '90s. Beaster-Jones draws from reviews by music critics and fans, industry interviews, and his own close analysis of the music and the film to trace the role of the Dil Chahta Hai soundtrack in transforming both the sound and production practices of Bollywood cinema in the new millennium. These songs emerged from the rock band and live performance aesthetic of writing trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Their collaborative compositional approach for this soundtracks and later soundtracks reveals the changing tastes of India's urban youth audiences and how that taste fueled the rise of the rockstar narrative in Hindi films. The music for this soundtrack was the second Bollywood soundtrack composed by the superstar trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (i.e. Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa), with lyrics penned by the inimitable Javed Akhtar. The songs from this soundtrack paved the way for the rock and EDM-oriented compositions of Hindi-language cinema that came to dominate the first decades of the 21st century, making Dil Chahta Hai among the most influential soundtracks in Indian cinematic history.
Monographs on medicinal plants with anti-diabetic activity
Despite the growing importance of medicinal plants in health care, their use often remains empirical, and their scientific validation is still lacking. Monographs provide detailed information on medicinal plants, their characteristics, therapeutic uses and safety.As part of our ethnobotanical study, we identified ten medicinal plants most used by diabetic patients in the Rabat-Sal矇-K矇nitra region in Morocco. These are Olea europaea, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Salvia officinalis, Origanum grosii, Allium cepa, Marrubium vulgare, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Artemisia herba-alba, Rosmarinus officinalis and Coriandrum sativum. The present work aims to develop detailed monographs of these medicinal plants following the monograph model proposed by the WHO. Their content is based entirely on an exhaustive synthesis of the literature.The book is intended for researchers and scientists, health professionals, diabetic patients, and medicinal plant enthusiasts.
A Year In The Country
Lost Transmissions weaves amongst brambled pathways to take in the haunted soundscapes of electronica, the rise of the occult in the 1970s, cinema and television's dystopian dreamscapes and hauntological work which creates and gives a glimpse into parallel worlds. It is a recording of a personal journey that delves amongst both the esoteric fringes and mainstream of culture, and which at times holds a shadowed scrying mirror up to the modern world and some of its ills, while also reflecting visions of a hopeful future in its depths. Alongside other experimenters in electronic sound the book explores Boards of Canada's invoking of "the past inside the present"; Paul Weller's visiting of Ghost Box Records' elsewhere universe; work by Cosey Fanni Tutti, Hannah Peel and the reformed Radiophonic Workshop, and their collaborations across time with electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire; Dominik Scherrer and Natasha Khan's summoning of "pastoral spook" via a hidden language of angels; and takes a trip in the company of fairground and rural ghosts conjured up on records released by Castles in Space. Alongside these it examines the paranormal and "worlds beyond" via the semi-lost supernatural-orientated television series Leap in the Dark which included work by Alan Garner and David Rudkin, Sharron Kraus' contemporary investigations into the preternatural and the conjuring of modern-day phantasms in Luciana Haill's artwork. The book also includes an intertwined consideration of the "deluxe dystopias" that can be found in films such as Rollerball and Andrew Niccol's Gattaca and prescient views of the future's past & media collusion in film and television including Nigel Kneale's work and the overlooked corners of science fiction. * * * Book chapters: Leap in the Dark, Alan Garner, David Rudkin, Fay Weldon and Russell Hoban: The Rise of the Paranormal 77 Posters/77 Plakatow, Quest for Love & The Man Who Haunted Himself: The Phantasmagoric World of Polish Film Posters and Other Celluloid Alternate Realities Boards of Canada: The Past Inside the Present Andrew Niccol's Gattaca, In Time and Anon: Striving for the Stars and Tales of Near Tomorrows Andy Votel's Styles of the Unexpected & Bridge and Tunnel: Revisiting Hauntological Precursors Rollerball, Three Days of the Condor and The Anderson Tapes: Deluxe Dystopias and the Cinema of Paranoia Paul Weller's In Another Room & Broadcast: Psychedelic Reimaginings & Signposts Towards Ghost Box Records' Elsewhere Universe Luciana Haill's Apparitions: A Modern-Day Conjuring of Dreamlands Burial: Spectres of Spectres Awash in a Landscape of Static Death Watch, The Vision, The Year of the Sex Olympics & Network: Prescient Views of the Future's Past The Heartwood Institute's Tomorrow's People: Exploring Far Off Utopian Flipsides Delia Derbyshire, Caroline Katz, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Hannah Peel, The Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society, The Radiophonic Workshop & Drew Mulholland: Forging Bridges Across Time Michael Radford's 1984: Searching for a Last Inch of Space Castles in Space, Nick Taylor, Pulselovers, Keith Seatman & Dave Clarkson: Otherly Geometries & Ghosts of the Seaside Dominik Scherrer & Natasha Khan's Soundtrack for Requiem: The Unexpected Appearance of the Language of Angels Sharron Kraus' Preternatural Investigations, Simon Reynolds' "Haunted Audio" and Oliver Assayas' Personal Shopper: Journeys on the Edge of Knowing * * * The book is released as part of the A Year In The Country project, which explores wyrd rural & folk culture, the hidden tales of the land & where they intertwine with the parallel wo
On the Records
Far from being yesterday's fading, forgotten format, vinyl records have survived and flourished as the music medium of choice for not only baby-boomers, but all ages. Every record a collector acquires comes with a story of its own, and the recent Covid-19 lockdowns prompted many vinylholics, including Sharpe, to look more closely at their reasons for collecting, take stock of existing collections and rediscover old favourites. ON THE RECORDs: Notes from the Vinyl Revival includes interviews and contributions from voices across the record industry - shop owners, record company insiders, online/postal sellers, auction organisers, market traders of vinyl, amateur collectors - who share their stories with candour, warmth and humour. A mesmerising blend of memoir, travel, music and social history that will appeal to anyone who vividly recalls the first LP they bought and any music fan who derives pleasure from the capacity that records have for transporting you back in time.
Clump-A-Dump and Snickle-Snack
What is it about the pentatonic scale that children like so much? It's always harmonious, therefore it always sounds good and adds to the fun.Gnomes, fairies, sylphs, sprites, and all the "people" in a child's world animate these 42 pentatonic songs for young children aged 4 years and older.
Music, the Avant-Garde, and Counterculture
This book studies how the complex relationship between music, the avant-garde, and counterculture challenges all sorts of boundaries. By exploring the avant-garde as a thoughtful inquiry into experimentation, creativity, and originality, we bring to the fore the "invisible republics" of culture, the ephemeral, the suppressed, and the unconformity of artistic and political undercurrents. Avant-garde and experimental art are international in scope, and their trajectory, as we see it, has been to expand themselves towards a new enlightenment, a critical project, and a rhizomatic entity, albeit with tacit harmony and cohesion. From Bucharest to Paris, London to New York, Paris to Brazil, Cuba, or Chile, to name a few, the same urge for the unknown and anti-art poetics emerged almost simultaneously in every field. We ask how these separate geographical territories (and practices) speak to each other and how this might reshape scholars' historical understanding of European and American modernity. This is an open access book.
Blues Soloing For Guitar, Volume 2
Volume 2 in the blues guitar book series gives you everything you need to know to play smokin' blues guitar. Packed with blues guitar licks and solos, essential blues guitar techniques, scales, and chords demonstrating some more advanced blues guitar concepts.With video lessons, backing tracks and audio demo tracks included, Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 2 is the perfect blues guitar book for intermediate level blues guitar players or beginner players who have completed Volume 1 in the series: Blues Basics.A complete blues guitar method book for intermediate guitar players who want to go beyond the basics of electric blues guitar and study some more advanced conceptsMaster the blues guitar techniques, licks and solos you need to sound like an authentic blues player. Taught step-by-step using 100% confusion-free language and with simple explanationsSee all the blues licks and solos demonstrated up close with the dedicated website featuring video lessons and easy to follow demonstrations at multiple speedsNo music reading necessary: guitar tab, chord and fretboard diagrams make it easy to learn even if you can't read musicDownloadable 'play-along' audio practice tracks and blues backing tracksBlues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 2 gives you a complete course for building on the basics of blues guitar. You'll learn: The 12 bar minor blues form plus variationsMinor blues soloing and chord shapesOpen string blues scales, Texas blues licks, jazz style blues licks ('jump blues' style) and moreComplete blues solos in the styles of BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker, Albert King and other blues legends, complete with a lick-by-lick breakdownString bending, blues curls, vibrato, mixing major and minor sounds and other important blues techniques and approachesHow to apply basic jazz concepts to your blues soloing (chord tones, 'minor 6' pentatonic etc.)How to jam and improvise your own tasty blues licks and solos (with my blues 'power moves' method)This book is perfect for you if: You want a blues guitar course for learning intermediate blues concepts without it being confusing and taking you yearsYou want to play cool blues solos using a range of blues licks, techniques and approachesYou are an intermediate blues guitar player who wants to brush up your skills, learn new techniques and build up your vocabulary of blues licksYou want to feel more confident when you step up to play blues in your band or at a jam sessionYou're fed up of trawling through millions of YouTube guitar lessons and want a proven, easy to use method to follow which will get you resultsSo if you're ready to take your blues playing to a new level, then I'm looking forward to seeing you in Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 2: Levelling Up
Roxy Music
In ten short years, Roxy Music made two of the most experimental albums in popular music history and one of the most smoothly romantic. Conceived by Bryan Ferry at the turn of the 1970s, the band released its first album, Roxy Music, to wide acclaim in 1972 and swiftly followed up with the ground-breaking single 'Virginia Plain'. Ferry, Andy Mackay, and Phil Manzanera remained Roxy's core players over seven more albums, in three distinct phases. The debut and For Your Pleasure (1973) featured all manner of electronic weirdness from Brian Eno, while Stranded (1973), Country Life (1974), and Siren (1975) marked the peak of Ferry's songwriting and struck a delicate balance between edgy art and gorgeous craft. Finally, Manifesto (1979), Flesh + Blood (1980), and Avalon (1982), the last two without powerhouse founding drummer Paul Thompson, framed Ferry's tales of doomed romance within a sophisticated wash of sound that used the studio itself as an instrument. The members of Roxy Music have had long and distinguished careers outside the band, but nothing can surpass the eight albums they made together. This book tells the musical story of this most enigmatic of British bands.
Roll with It
'The best Oasis photo book...you won't find better than this'-RECORD COLLECTOR'Captures the rise and fall of Oasis over a wild decade'-THE TIMES 'The definitive photographic chronicle...Sheehan's photographs tell the story of Oasis from the inside'-OASIS FANS CLUB'Enough to make you mad fer it all over again'-ROLLING STONERELIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHER TOM SHEEHAN More than 200 images of Oasis, with many seen here for the very first time, in a stunning cloth-bound hardback.Renowned photographer Tom Sheehan (Melody Maker, NME, Uncut) worked with Oasis throughout their career. Starting with a wild trip to New York before the release of the band's debut album, this stunning book also documents seminal (What's the Story) Morning Glory? recording sessions as well as blistering live performances, intimate off-duty moments and portraits that graced iconic magazine covers down the years. Featuring Tom's memories from his time with Oasis and a new biography by acclaimed writer Sylvia Patterson - drawing on personal interviews with Liam and Noel Gallagher - Roll With It is a breathtaking celebration of a band that will live forever.
Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll
Dury always met life head on, both in his relationships and in his music. As rocker, lyricist, artist and actor he was unsentimental and uncompromising. As a man he was harder to fathom - until now.This acclaimed biography shines a light on it all, chronicling his darker moments as well as his triumphs.Author Richard Balls talked to more than fifty of Dury's friends, as well as to Dury himself shortly before his death. This remastered edition includes the continuing success of The Blockheads and tells the inside story of the biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, a foreword by Martin Freeman and an afterword from Andy Serkis.There are vivid insights into harsh post-war schools for disabled children, the fifties art school scene and the ramshackle pub rock circuit, plus a mixed bag of celebrities from Peter Blake to Omar Sharif.
The Art of Counterpoint from Du Fay to Josquin
This book transforms our understanding of a fifteenth-century musical revolution. Renaissance composers developed fresh ways of handling musical flow in pursuit of intensifications, unexpected explosions, dramatic pauses, and sudden evaporations. A new esthetics of opposition, as this study calls it, can be contrasted with smoother and less goal-oriented approaches in music from before - and after - the period ca. 1425-1520. Casting wide evidentiary and repertorial nets, the book reinterprets central genres, theoretical concepts, historical documents, famous pieces, and periodizations; a provocative concluding chapter suggests that we moderns have tended to conceal the period's musical poetics by neglecting central evidence. Above all the book introduces an analytical approach sensitive to musical flow and invites new ways of hearing, performing, and thinking about music from Du Fay to Josquin.
Diagnostic Jaw Model
The research data on all major sections of dentistry with the use of diagnostic models are presented in detail. The indications and principles of using dental diagnostic models are defined and clarified. The necessity of such improvements, implementation and use is caused by the great interest to this problem due to their wide diagnostic, prognostic and practical possibilities.Attention is paid to medical, deontological and legal problems, as well as many other aspects arising from the use of diagnostic jaw models.
The perception of relatives of ICU patients about communication
The object of this study is 'The perception of relatives of patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) about the process of communication with the nursing team'. In common sense, the ICU environment is characterised by being cold, dark, noisy and not very welcoming, where users' first contact with this environment can cause fear, but it is the only high-tech environment that can provide adequate care for cases of serious complexity, and with good communication, it can transform the fear felt into hope. To guide this work, we set out to answer the following question: What is the perception of the relatives of ICU patients about the communication process with the nursing team? In order to answer this question, we set ourselves the following objective: To describe the perception of the relatives of ICU patients about the communication process with the nursing team.
Militant memory
The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship of identity built between communist militants and the Communist Party of Brazil (PCB) in the memories of Jos矇 Pureza da Silva, Lyndolpho Silva and Br獺ulio Rodrigues da Silva when they acted as mediators in the land conflicts that began to materialise in the Baixada Fluminense region in the late 1940s to early 1960s.
Bright Lights Dark Shadows
The definitive biography of pop sensations ABBA, revised and fully updated.Exploding on to the international music scene after winning Eurovision with 'Waterloo' in 1974, Abba have since become one of the most famous pop groups in the world. Bright Lights Dark Shadows is the definitive account of the rise, fall and rise of the Swedish pop music titans.This new edition of the best-selling book has been extensively updated to include details of ABBA Voyage, the phenomenal ninth and final album, the amazing concert experience in London and the ongoing personal lives of Bj繹rn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha F瓣ltskog.
Dil Chahta Hai Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the film Dil Chahta Hai (2001) was arguably the first hit soundtrack in Bollywood created by a rock band. Through interviews and analysis of the soundtrack, this book provides insights into the relationships between Bollywood films, their songs, and new production practices at a key moment of Indian popular music history. Music scholar Jayson Beaster-Jones illustrates how the collaborative approach for this Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy soundtrack generated momentum for a new kind of Indian film song. He highlights the changing tastes of India's urban youth audiences in the twenty-first century and shows how Dil Chahta Haipaved the way for the rock and EDM-oriented compositions of Hindi-language cinema that came to dominate the first decades of the 21st century, making Dil Chahta Hai among the most influential soundtracks in Indian cinematic history.In his discussion of this landmark album, Beaster-Jones draws from interviews with the musician-composers of this soundtrack, reviews by music and film critics, and his own close analysis of the music to trace the production and reception of the Dil Chahta Haisoundtrack in India. Placing the soundtrack in its cultural, historical, and musical contexts, he describes how the rock band aesthetic of the music director trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (i.e. Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa) and the lyrics of Javed Akhtar transformed both the sound and the compositional practices of Bollywood cinema in the new millennium.
Choral Music
Choral Music: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive guide to the literature on choral music. Clearly annotated bibliographic entries guide scholars to resources, while comprehensive indices make the volume user-friendly. This third edition has been brought up to date with entries covering the latest scholarship.
Taylor Swift by the Book
"Even the most obsessive Swiftie will discover new Easter eggs in these pages."--Oprah Daily From a Robert Frost poem on her debut album to the myth of Cassandra on The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift's lyrics are filled with literary connections. Make sure you're catching them all with this expert guide to the novels, poems, and plays that influence her songwriting. Let a literature professor and a musical theater artist guide you through the Taylor Swift canon--from Shakespeare to the Bront禱 sisters to Daphne du Maurier! Learn what "New Romantics" has to do with the old RomanticsGet to know the Gothic monsters haunting MidnightsSpot Taylor's many Great Gatsby referencesDiscover what Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson have in commonAnd find your new favorite tortured poet!Packed with fun facts, entertaining analysis, and literary-themed playlists that fans will love, Taylor Swift by the Book will turn anyone from a Taylor Swift lover into a Taylor Swift scholar. With full-color illustrations highlighting the literary eras of Dr. Swift (yes, she has an honorary PhD), it's a perfect gift for the Swiftie in your life.
The Capitalist Imaginaries of Popular Music
Traditionally, popular music has long been said to intrinsically contest, resist, and defy the powers that be. This new book challenges this long-standing orthodoxy, arguing that popular music more often participates in the social reproduction of the biggest power there is: neoliberal capitalism. This is done mainly through the widespread mediation of a very particular and remarkably cohesive ideology of greatness and value. This ideology is drawn from principles and prescriptions that have long been constitutive of neoliberal capitalism. We have been told this story over and over again for decades. The music is real. The music is powerful. The music is defiant. It is a story that has gradually spread to encompass everything from classic rock to contemporary pop to hip hop to dance music. This suite of ideas came to dominance since the mid-1980s and persist to the present, an era in which the vast majority of people have been disempowered, impoverished, and marginalised at home, at work, and in politics. This book explains why such a robust, pervasive, and persistent set of ideas about popular music has taken such a tenacious hold in a historical era which has repeatedly and thoroughly demonstrated the utter falseness of those same ideas nearly everywhere they have been experienced.
The Bad Bunny Enigma
This book explores Bad Bunny as a multifaceted signifier whose meanings evolve depending on the generational, geographical, and sociopolitical perspectives framing the enigma.
Ours Is The Open Door
A collection of original contemporary sacred songs designed for use in worship and other services for uplifting and celebrating people of any faith.
Conversational Musicology
An informal but knowledgeable guide to the array of research in music, with comments on the terms, methodologies, and biases of each, and a discussion of solutions for improving navigation and exchange of ideas between areas and other cognate disciplines. The book aims to provide stimulating reading for scholars as well as those simply curious to know more about how we study and talk about music.
Changes in the Family
The family is constantly changing, and we can't deny that. A brief study into the influence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the changes that have taken place in the family since its promulgation has helped us to understand how much laws can interfere in the contemporary way of being/living in the family. We invite everyone immersed in this reading to experience with us the paths that this FAPESP-funded research has shown us.
Where Voices Meet
Discover the Magic of Collective HarmonyImmerse yourself in the enchanting world where harmony bridges hearts and transcends boundaries. In "Where Voices Meet: The Power of Singing Together," embark on a mesmerizing journey exploring the profound impact of communal singing across different cultures and eras. This book is your doorway to a rich tapestry of stories and insights, revealing how singing together can shape communities and transform lives.Uncover the universal language of music and its unparalleled ability to connect our souls. Whether breaking cultural barriers or fostering a sense of belonging, discover the diverse choral traditions that have united societies for centuries. From the spiritual dimensions explored in religious settings to the joyous diversity of global choirs, each chapter unveils the unique power of collective melody.Feel the emotional resonance of choral music echoing through the pages as you delve into personal stories of connection and transformation. Experience the profound emotional and spiritual growth that only group singing can offer. Learn how choirs have been pivotal during times of social change, serving as beacons of resilience and healing in tumultuous times.Join the journey towards inclusivity and innovation. Whether you're a seasoned singer, choir leader, or newcomer, this book offers valuable insights into creating inclusive spaces and embracing the technological advances shaping the future of choral music. Discover the physical and mental health benefits of singing, and explore the vibrant future of choirs through inspiring case studies and testimonies.Let "Where Voices Meet" inspire and guide you to find your own place within this remarkable world of choral singing. Awaken your inner musician, embrace the harmony, and become a part of something much greater than yourself.
Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs was the 'The Prince of Protest' in the sixties. The only real rival to Bob Dylan, he was the archetypal Greenwich Village topical songwriter. Whether protesting the Vietnam War or campaigning for civil rights, workers' rights and social justice, Phil was always there. Phil was the man to take up causes, write songs, play at rallies and even risk his life. His clear voice and sense of melody, linked with his incisive lyrics, created songs of beauty and power. As his career progressed, with lyrics and music becoming more highly poetic and sophisticated, he still never lost sight of his cause.Towards the end of the sixties he joined with the YIPPIES in protest against the Vietnam War. But idealism became Phil's downfall. He was an idealist who could see no point in continuing if he was unable to make the world a better place. Phil lost all hope and descended into depression, which, along with excessive alcohol consumption, led to his suicide in 1976. Shortly before he took his life, Phil asked his brother if he thought anyone would listen to his songs in the future. Well here we are; sixty years later, still listening. The songs of Phil Ochs are every bit as relevant as they ever were and they are making the world a better place!
Independent games
Creative spaces need freedom. Any production, especially artistic ones, needs room for 'error', experimentation, in other words, for attempting to invent outside the established pattern. The independent production environment is recognised in various artistic sectors as a space for innovation, as it is detached from the logic of mass production. The greatest innovations on the international games scene have come from independent productions. Great classics have revolutionised the aesthetics and functionality of this new medium. This research aims to analyse the production chains of independent Brazilian games, starting with a regional analysis in the city of Bauru-Sp. The aim is to be able to observe the factors responsible for the innovation that these games are able to propose, in terms of the management of creative processes, the articulation of innovative agents and the resources mobilised. Understanding the mechanisms of innovation in the world of games and their impact on audience formation are possible outcomes of future studies and research that this work could contribute to.
Sounds of the Sunny Island
Sounds of the Sunny Island provides a historical overview of music in this rapidly developing city and the impact of immigration on its melodies. Covering folk music to popular tunes, this book reveals the basis of music and relates it to society. Explore how Chinese opera tunes, Malay rhythms, Indian raga, and Western styles evolved to become the Singapore memories of today. With each chapter, the definitive cultural milestones and art movements of the chapter's featured cities are revealed, along with the locals that keep the music scene alive today. Incorporating elements of Traditional and Modern, "Sounds of the Sunny Island" is your gateway whether you are a music freak or a wanderlust. Feel the beat of this gay sunny island and learn about the pulse of the people that from generation to generation continued to beat in music.
Sounds of the Sunny Island
Sounds of the Sunny Island provides a historical overview of music in this rapidly developing city and the impact of immigration on its melodies. Covering folk music to popular tunes, this book reveals the basis of music and relates it to society. Explore how Chinese opera tunes, Malay rhythms, Indian raga, and Western styles evolved to become the Singapore memories of today. With each chapter, the definitive cultural milestones and art movements of the chapter's featured cities are revealed, along with the locals that keep the music scene alive today. Incorporating elements of Traditional and Modern, "Sounds of the Sunny Island" is your gateway whether you are a music freak or a wanderlust. Feel the beat of this gay sunny island and learn about the pulse of the people that from generation to generation continued to beat in music.
