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Hawi l-Funun (Encompasser of the Arts) of Ibn al-Tahhan (d. ca.
1057) is a medieval Arabic music dictionary that complements other
sources because of the practical knowledge of the author who was an
accomplished singer, lutenist and composer. The first part in 80
chapters deals with compositions; voice production and
characteristics, unison and duet singing, taking care of the voice;
preludes, ornaments, tarab; the importance of tonality; approaches
to teaching; musical and extra-musical behavior at the court; names
of Syrian Fatimid and Ishshidid singers. The second part in 22
chapters includes lute manufacturing, frets placement, stringing
and tuning; 47 rhythmic ornaments, names and definitions of
rhythmic and melodic modes; types of dances; descriptions of 12
instruments.
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In Dramatic Experience: The Poetics of Drama and the Early Modern
Public Sphere(s) Katja Gvozdeva, Tatiana Korneeva, and Kirill
Ospovat (eds.) focus on a fundamental question that transcends the
disciplinary boundaries of theatre studies: how and to what extent
did the convergence of dramatic theory, theatrical practice, and
various modes of audience experience - among both theatregoers and
readers of drama - contribute, during the sixteenth to eighteenth
centuries, to the emergence of symbolic, social, and cultural
space(s) we call 'public sphere(s)'? Developing a post-Habermasian
understanding of the public sphere, the articles in this collection
demonstrate that related, if diverging, conceptions of the 'public'
existed in a variety of forms, locations, and cultures across early
modern Europe - and in Asia.
This volume contains annotated translations of anecdotes, on
musicological and socio-cultural topics, from al-Isbahani's The
Grand Book of Songs. Includes music theory and treatises;
instruments; composition techniques; education and transmission;
vocal and instrumental performances; solo and ensemble music;
improvisations; emotions; dances; social status.
Bach representa el genio cumbre de la armon a musical, el hombre de
bien que sufre las ingratitudes de su tiempo, el creyente de un Ser
Supremo y el forjador de un himno de paz para toda la humanidad y
la historia. Vivir es triunfar. Y triunfar es resolver dos fuerzas
antag nicas. En todo instante estamos viviendo y muriendo. En todo
momento somos y no somos. Ser y no ser frase mas profunda que la de
la tragedia shakesperiana. Todo es y deja de ser. Todo cambia y es.
Inmanente a la vida est el perpetuo fl uir de lo existente. Bach es
el nico artista que ha llegado a esas insondables profundidades del
oc ano, en donde se funden y se identifi can la luz y la
obscuridad. Adalberto Garc a de Mendoza
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Sonic Modernities situates Southeast Asian popular music in
specific socio-historical settings, hoping that a focus on popular
culture and history may shed light on how some people in a
particular part of the world have been witnessing the emergence of
all things modern. In its focus on pioneering artists, their
creative use of new genres and border crossing technologies it aims
at a rewriting of Southeast Asia's twentieth century from the
perspective of popular music makers, the entertainment industry and
its ever changing audiences. Contributors include: Bart Barendregt,
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Fantasy has had a modern resurgence in cinema due largely to the
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the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Often regarded as mere
escapism, this genre has been neglected as the subject of serious
academic work. This volume explores the way in which music and
sound articulate the fantastic in cinema and contribute to the
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Radio difusora Metropolitana XELA en su programa "Horizontes
Musicales." "No cabe duda que al hablar de Chopin llega uno a la
region de los pensamientos mas intimos, de las sugerencias
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matices emocionales, las ansias de liberacion de una patria
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del dolor y la fuerza espiritual que pocos hombres han sabido
idealizar y que solo los supremos intelectos descubren como
diamantes ocultos en lo mas intimo de la conciencia humana." Dr.
Adalberto Garcia de Mendoza
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