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The Composer, Herself

Author : Linda Kouvaras
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031239229
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Composer, Herself written by Linda Kouvaras and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume presents 27 original essays by living composers from all around the globe, reflecting on the creation of their music. Coterminous to the recent worldwide resurgence in feminist focus, the distinctive feature of this collection is the “snapshots” of creative processes and conceptualizing on the part of women who write music, writing in the present day, from prominent early-career composers to major figures, from a range of ethnic backgrounds in the contemporary music field. The chapters step into the juncture point at which feminism finds itself: as binary conceptions of gender are being dissolved, with critiques of the attendant gender-based historical generalizations of composers, and with the growing awareness of the rightful place of First Nations' cultural voices, the contributors explore what, actually, is being composed by women, and what they think about their world. The needs that this book serves are acutely felt: despite recent social gains, and sector initiatives and programs encouraging and presenting the work of women who compose music, their works are yet to receive commensurate exposure with that of their male counterparts. In its multi-pronged, direct response to this dire situation, this vibrant volume highlights established as well as emerging women composers on the international stage; reveals myriad issues around feminism, as broadly conceived; and gives insights, from the composers' own voices, on the inner workings of their composition process. The volume thus presents a contemporary moment in time across the generations and within developments in musical composition. With its unique insights, this book is essential for academics and practitioners interested in the illuminations of the current working landscape for creative women.

The Dark Matter of Words

Author : Timothy Walsh
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809321728
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book The Dark Matter of Words written by Timothy Walsh and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy Walsh's study of the function and significance of absence in literature demonstrates its centrality in terms of both literary technique and philosophical consequence. Textual gaps, narrative lacunae, and strategic vagueness, together with the uncertainties that such devices inevitably generate, have been essential elements of literature from Lao-Tzu to Lawrence, from Chaucer to Faulkner and beyond. Walsh finds that poststructural approaches to indeterminacy tend to overlook the specific and productive roles that absence and uncertainty often play within the overall design of a work. The aesthetic generation of uncertainty, he demonstrates, is not a roadblock on the path to meaning or a sign of some radical and suppressed internal contradiction; rather, it is as basic an artistic aim as the desire to evoke sympathy, laughter, or outrage. Coining the phrase "structured absence" to explain a central tenet in his discussion of the "mechanics" of uncertainty, Walsh analyzes various literary devices and tropes involved in generating a felt sense of absence and a purposeful uncertainty. Structured absences, he demonstrates, combine to form intricate patterns and networks, which explains how the dynamic potential of uncertainty can increase exponentially through a deft orchestration of absence. Walsh argues that the use of absence in works of art--of silence, shadow, blankness, and void--is a principal means by which the inherent biological limitations of human consciousness and of human language are encoded in aesthetic constructs. Because of the limitations of our senses and because we often are more attuned to what lies beyond the threshold of perceptual limits, the lacunae in artistic works represent attempts to replicate the real and inescapable limits of human experience.

Cherry Blossom Epiphany -- The Poetry and Philosophy of a Flowering Tree

Author : Robin D. Gill
Publisher : Paraverse Press
ISBN 13 : 0974261866
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Cherry Blossom Epiphany -- The Poetry and Philosophy of a Flowering Tree written by Robin D. Gill and published by Paraverse Press. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cherry Blossom Epiphany - the poetry and philosophy of a flowering tree - a selection, translation and lengthy explication of 3000 haiku, waka, senryû and kyôka about a major theme from I.P.O.O.H. (In Praise Of Olde Haiku)by robin d. gill 1. Haiku -Translation from Japanese to English 2. Japanese poetry - 8c-20c - waka, haiku and senryû 3. Natural History - flowering cherries 4. Japan - Culture - Edo Era 5. Nonfiction - Literature 6. Translation - applied 7. You tell me! If the solemn yet happy New Year's is the most important celebration of Japanese (Yamato) ethnic culture, and the quiet aesthetic practice of Moon-viewing in the fall the most elegant expression of Pan-Asian Buddhism=religion, the subject of this book, Blossom-viewing - which generally means sitting down together in vast crowds to drink, dance, sing and otherwise enjoy the flowering cherry in full-bloom - is less a rite than a riot (a word originally meaning an 'uproar'). The major carnival of the year, it is unusual for being held on a date that is not determined by astronomy, astrology or the accidents of history as most such events are in literate cultures. It takes place whenever the cherry trees are good and ready. Enjoyed in the flesh, the blossom-viewing, or hanami, is also of the mind, so much so, in fact, that poetry is often credited with the spread of the practice over the centuries from the Imperial courts to the maids of Edo. Nobles enjoyed link-verse contests presided over by famous poet-judges. Hermits hung poems feting this flower of flowers (to say the generic "flower" = hana in Japanese connotes "cherry!") on strips of paper from the branches of lone trees where only the wind would read them. In the Occident, too, flowers embody beauty and serve as reminders of mortality, but there is no flower that, like the cherry blossom, stands for all flowers. Even the rose, by any name, cannot compare with the sakura in depth and breadth of poetic trope or viewing practice. In Cherry Blossom Epiphany, Robin D. Gill hopes to help readers experience, metaphysically, some of this alternative world. Haiku is a hyper-short (17-syllabet or 7-beat) Japanese poem directly or indirectly touching upon seasonal phenomena, natural or cultural. Literally millions of these ku have been written, some, perhaps, many times, about the flowering cherry (sakura), and the human activity associated with it, blossom-viewing (hanami). As the most popular theme in traditional haiku (haikai), cherry-blossom ku tend to be overlooked by modern critics more interested in creativity expressed with fresh subjects; but this embarrassment of riches has much to offer the poet who is pushed to come up with something, anything, different from the rest and allows the editor to select from what is, for all practical purposes, an infinite number of ku. Literary critics, take note: Like Rise, Ye Sea Slugs! (2003) and Fly-ku! (2004), this book not only explores new ways to anthologize poetry but demonstrates the practice of multiple readings (an average of two per ku) as part of a composite translation turned into an object of art by innovative clustering. Book-collectors might further note that while Cherry Blossom Epiphany may not be hardback, it takes advantage of the many symbols included with Japanese font to introduce design ornamentation (the circle within the circle, the reverse (Buddhist) swastika, etc.) hitherto not found in English language print. It is a one-of-a-kind work of design by the author.

World Flutelore

Author : Dale A. Olsen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252095146
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book World Flutelore written by Dale A. Olsen and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many places around the world, flutes and the sounds of flutes are powerful magical forces for seduction and love, protection, vegetal and human fertility, birth and death, and other aspects of human and nonhuman behavior. This book explores the cultural significance of flutes, flute playing, and flute players from around the world as interpreted from folktales, myths, and other stories--in a word, ""flutelore."" A scholarly yet readable study, World Flutelore: Folktales, Myths, and Other Stories of Magical Flute Power draws upon a range of sources in folklore, anthropology, ethnomusicology, and literary analysis. Describing and interpreting many examples of flutes as they are found in mythology, poetry, lyrics, and other narrative and literary sources from around the world, veteran ethnomusicologist Dale Olsen seeks to determine what is singularly distinct or unique about flutes, flute playing, and flute players in a global context. He shows how and why flutes are important for personal, communal, religious, spiritual, and secular expression and even, perhaps, existence. This is a book for students, scholars, and any reader interested in the cultural power of flutes.

Li Qingzhao: an Homage to

Author : Jean Elizabeth Ward, Poet Laureate
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435715136
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Li Qingzhao: an Homage to written by Jean Elizabeth Ward, Poet Laureate and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland

Author : Abigail Stanley Hanna
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland written by Abigail Stanley Hanna and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland" by Abigail Stanley Hanna. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Anthology of Chinese Literature

Author : Cyril Birch
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802150387
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Anthology of Chinese Literature written by Cyril Birch and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents classic Chinese tales of love and morality, marriage and justice, and the strange and supernatural.

A Tune Beyond the Clouds

Author : J. C. Cleary
Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0875730531
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book A Tune Beyond the Clouds written by J. C. Cleary and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work focuses on the teachings of an outstanding Zen master of 13th century China -- Shiqi Xinyue, "Mind-Moon" of Stone River. Stone River was a religious leader who served as the abbot of a number of major Zen temples, and was honored by the imperial authorities as an eminent holy man.

Bandmaster

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Bandmaster written by and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Advanced Reader, Specially Prepared to Elicit Thought and to Facilitate Literary Composition

Author : Christian Brothers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Advanced Reader, Specially Prepared to Elicit Thought and to Facilitate Literary Composition written by Christian Brothers and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Songs for "Great Leaders"

Author : Keith Howard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190077530
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Songs for "Great Leaders" written by Keith Howard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famously reclusive and secretive, North Korea can be seen as a theatre that projects itself through music and performance. The first book-length account of North Korean music and dance in any language other than Korean, Songs for "Great Leaders" pulls back the curtain on this theatre for the first time. Renowned ethnomusicologist Keith Howard moves from the first songs written in the northern part of the divided Korean peninsula in 1946 to the performances in February 2018 by a North Korean troupe visiting South Korea for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. Through an exceptionally wide range of sources and a perspective of deep cultural competence, Howard explores old revolutionary songs and new pop songs, developments of Korean instruments, the creation of revolutionary operas, and mass spectacles, as well as dance and dance notation, and composers and compositions. The result is a nuanced and detailed account of how song, together with other music and dance production, forms the soundtrack to the theater of daily life, embedding messages that tell the official history, the exploits of leaders, and the socialist utopia yet-to-come. Based on fieldwork, interviews, and resources in private and public archives and libraries in North Korea, South Korea, China, North America and Europe, Songs for "Great Leaders" opens up the North Korean regime in a way never before attempted or possible.

Africa and the Blues

Author : Gerhard Kubik
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781578061464
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Africa and the Blues written by Gerhard Kubik and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1999 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1969 Gerhard Kubik chanced to encounter a Mozambican labor migrant, a miner in Transvaal, South Africa, tapping a cipendani, a mouth-resonated musical bow. A comparable instrument was seen in the hands of a white Appalachian musician who claimed it as part of his own cultural heritage. Through connections like these Kubik realized that the link between these two far-flung musicians is African-American music, the sound that became the blues. Such discoveries reveal a narrative of music evolution for Kubik, a cultural anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. Traveling in Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, and the United States, he spent forty years in the field gathering the material for Africa and the Blues. In this book, Kubik relentlessly traces the remote genealogies of African cultural music through eighteen African nations, especially in the Western and Central Sudanic Belt. Included is a comprehensive map of this cradle of the blues, along with 31 photographs gathered in his fieldwork. The author also adds clear musical notations and descriptions of both African and African American traditions and practices and calls into question the many assumptions about which elements of the blues were "European" in origin and about which came from Africa. Unique to this book is Kubik's insight into the ways present-day African musicians have adopted and enlivened the blues with their own traditions. With scholarly care but with an ease for the general reader, Kubik proposes an entirely new theory on blue notes and their origins. Tracing what musical traits came from Africa and what mutations and mergers occurred in the Americas, he shows that the African American tradition we call the blues is truly a musical phenomenon belonging to the African cultural world [Publisher description].

Cultures and Religions

Author : Rafael Barracuda
Publisher : Smashwords
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultures and Religions written by Rafael Barracuda and published by Smashwords. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about Cultures, Religions and their ethics in the world, their development and their transition to a world that is becoming more and more one. All kinds of aspects of different cultures are described: The difference between race and culture, modern subcultures like e.g. the Ghotics, and immigration cultures in Europe especially of Muslims. In addition, there is a chapter on paranormal matters considered from a scientific point of view. It also describes Western, Hindu and Chinese numerology and the I Ching. Then there is a chapter on the core of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and other religions. There is a special chapter describing traditional ethnic cultures, of various Indian and African peoples and myths both from Ancient Egypt, the Gilgamesh epic, the King Gesar epic,from Tibet and Mongolia and myths from Korea, Australia and other peoples. .For example, a description of the Book of Giants is included,shedding new light on Genesis, which holds a warning for the future. Then there is a description of a possible rule of life, education and philosphy, which can take place in a globalised world. According to the author, all cultures and religions must change if they are to be part of a future multicultural, multi-religious world that has become one. For this, the bad elements must disappear from all ethnic and other cultures and the good elements must be preserved.

Patterns The Story Teller 5

Author : Subramaniam Vijaya
Publisher : Pearson Education India
ISBN 13 : 9788131712832
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Patterns The Story Teller 5 written by Subramaniam Vijaya and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Mere Accident

Author : George Moore
Publisher : London : Vizetelly
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book A Mere Accident written by George Moore and published by London : Vizetelly. This book was released on 1887 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil

Author : Aaron J. Kachuck
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019757906X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil written by Aaron J. Kachuck and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil uses an enriched tripartite model of Roman culture-touching not only the public and the private, but also the solitary-in order to present a radical re-interpretation of Latin literature and of the historical causes of this third sphere's relative invisibility in scholarship. By connecting Cosmos and Imperium to the Individual, the solitary sphere was not so much a way of avoiding politics, as a political education in itself. As re-imagined by literature in this age literature, this sphere was an essential space for the formation of the new Roman citizen of the Augustan revolution, and was behind many of the notable features of the literary revolution of Virgil's age: the expansion of the possibilities of the book of poetry, the birth of the literary cursus, new coordinations of cosmology and politics within strictly organized schemes, the attraction of first-person genres, and the subjective style. Through close readings of Cicero's late works and the oeuvres of Virgil, Horace, and Propertius and the works of other authors in the age of Virgil, The Solitary Sphere thus presents a revelatory reassessment of the classicism of classical Roman literature, and contributes to the study of pre-modern culture more generally, especially for traditions that have taken antiquity as too fixed a point in their own literary, religious, and cultural histories.