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Originally published in 1988, this collection of essays was the
first attempt by population scientists to incorporate some of the
methods and materials of anthropologists into their work. The
essays bridge the gap in the conceptualisation and organisation of
field research by 2 sets of social scientists – demographers and
social anthropologists – who share an interest in the explanation
of particular patterns of population composition and change.
The first book-length study of musical education and culture in
twentieth-century Oxford. Music has always played a central role in
the life of Oxford, in both the city and university, through the
great collegiate choral foundations, the many amateur choirs and
instrumentalists, and the professional musicians regularly drawn to
perform there. Oxford, with its collegiate system and
centuries-long tradition of musical activity, presents a
distinctive and multi-layered picture of the role of music in urban
culture and university life. The chapters in this book shed light
on music's unique ability to link 'town and gown', as shown by the
Oxford Bach Choir, the city's many churches, and the major choral
foundations. The twentieth century saw the emergence of new musical
initiatives and the book traces the development of these, including
the University's Faculty of Music and the University Opera Club.
Further, it explores music in the newly-founded women's colleges,
contrasted with the musical society formed in 1930 at University
College, an ancient men's college. The work of Oxford composers,
including George Butterworth, Nicola Lefanu, Edmund Rubbra, and
William Walton, as well as the composer for several 'Carry on'
films, Bruce Montgomery, is surveyed. Two remarkable figures, Sir
Hugh Allen and Sir Jack Westrup, recur throughout the book in a
variety of contexts. The volume is indispensable reading for
scholars and students of musical life in twentieth-century Britain,
as well as those interested generally in the history of Oxford's
thriving cultural life.
Originally published in 1978, Medieval Music explores the
fascinating development of medieval western music from its often
obscure origins in the Jewish synagogue and early Church, to the
mid-fifteenth century. The book is intended as a straightforward
survey of medieval music and emphases the technical aspects such as
form, style and notation. It is illustrated by nearly one hundred
musical examples, the majority of which have been transcribed from
original sources and many of which contains chapters on Latin chant
and other forms of sacred monophony, secular song, early polyphony,
the ars antiqua, French and Italian fourteenth-century music,
English music, and fifteenth-century music. Each chapter is
followed by a classified bibliography divided into musical sources,
literary sources and modern studies; in addition to a comprehensive
bibliography.
Originally published in 1978, Medieval Music explores the
fascinating development of medieval western music from its often
obscure origins in the Jewish synagogue and early Church, to the
mid-fifteenth century. The book is intended as a straightforward
survey of medieval music and emphases the technical aspects such as
form, style and notation. It is illustrated by nearly one hundred
musical examples, the majority of which have been transcribed from
original sources and many of which contains chapters on Latin chant
and other forms of sacred monophony, secular song, early polyphony,
the ars antiqua, French and Italian fourteenth-century music,
English music, and fifteenth-century music. Each chapter is
followed by a classified bibliography divided into musical sources,
literary sources and modern studies; in addition to a comprehensive
bibliography.
Building upon the developing picture of the importance of British
music, musicians and institutions during the eighteenth century,
this book investigates the themes of composition, performance
(amateur and professional) and music-printing, within the wider
context of social, religious and secular institutions. British
music in the era from the death of Henry Purcell to the so-called
'Musical Renaissance' of the late nineteenth century was once
considered barren. This view has been overturned in recent years
through a better-informed historical perspective, able to recognise
that all kinds of British musical institutions continued to
flourish, and not only in London. The publication, performance and
recording of music by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British
composers, supplemented by critical source-studies and scholarly
editions, shows forms of music that developed in parallel with
those of Britain's near neighbours. Indigenous musicians mingled
with migrant musicians from elsewhere, yet there remained strands
of British musical culture that had no continental equivalent.
Music, vocal and instrumental, sacred and secular, flourished
continuously throughout the Stuart and Hanoverian monarchies.
Composers such as Eccles, Boyce, Greene, Croft, Arne and Hayes were
not wholly overshadowed by European imports such as Handel and J.
C. Bach. The present volume builds on this developing picture of
the importance of British music, musicians and institutions during
the period. Leading musicologists investigate themes such as
composition, performance (amateur and professional), and
music-printing, within the wider context of social, religious and
secular institutions.
This updated edition includes fatigue and sleep definitions as well
as strategies for the measurement and assessment of fatigue. The
aviation performance, mood, and safety problems associated with
sleep restriction and circadian disruptions in operational settings
are highlighted. The biological bases of fatigue are discussed so
that the reader can understand that it is a real physiological
phenomenon and not 'just a state of mind'. Both traditional and
newly-developed scientifically-valid countermeasures are presented,
and a variety of data from diverse sources are included to provide
readers with a 'toolbox' from which they can choose the best
solutions for the fatigue-related problems that exist in their
unique operational context. In addition, an essential overview of
Fatigue Risk Management Systems is included to provide the basic
structure necessary to build and validate a modern, integrated
approach to successful fatigue management. The book is of interest
to aviation crews in both civilian and military sectors--managers
as well as pilots, flight crews, and maintainers. It aims to be
user-friendly, although scientific information is included to help
the reader fully understand the 'fatigue phenomenon' from an
evidence-based perspective as well as to enhance the reader's
appreciation for the manner in which various counter-fatigue
interventions are helpful.
Long considered a leading literary figure of the Old South,
William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) wrote letters, novels, short
fiction, drama, essays, and poetry in his prolific career. Born in
Charleston to an old South Carolina family of modest means and
raised by a grandmother with whom his father left him after his
mother's death, Simms felt a simultaneous sense of loyalty to and
alienation from his native region. He was a major intellectual
figure on the East Coast before the Civil War but saw his New York
publishers abandon him after secession, of which he was a vocal
supporter.
Simms's novels and poetry have been published in modern
editions, and he has been the subject of numerous biographies and
critical studies, but until now there has been no collection
covering the broad spectrum of his writings. The Simms Reader
presents a selection of his nonnovelistic work--letters, short
fiction, essays, historical writings, poetry, and epigrams--chosen
and introduced by the preeminent Simms scholar John Caldwell
Guilds.
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