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Research in the field of keyboard studies, especially when
intimately connected with issues of performance, is often concerned
with the immediate working environments and practices of musicians
of the past. An important pedagogical tool, the keyboard has served
as the 'workbench' of countless musicians over the centuries. In
the process it has shaped the ways in which many historical
musicians achieved their aspirations and went about meeting
creative challenges. In recent decades interest has turned towards
a contextualized understanding of creative processes in music, and
keyboard studies appears well placed to contribute to the
exploration of this wider concern. The nineteen essays collected
here encompass the range of research in the field, bringing
together contributions from performers, organologists and music
historians. Questions relevant to issues of creative practice in
various historical contexts, and of interpretative issues faced
today, form a guiding thread. Its scope is wide-ranging, with
contributions covering the mid-sixteenth to early twentieth
century. It is also inclusive, encompassing the diverse range of
approaches to the field of contemporary keyboard studies.
Collectively the essays form a survey of the ways in which the
study of keyboard performance can enrich our understanding of
musical life in a given period.
Research in the field of keyboard studies, especially when
intimately connected with issues of performance, is often concerned
with the immediate working environments and practices of musicians
of the past. An important pedagogical tool, the keyboard has served
as the 'workbench' of countless musicians over the centuries. In
the process it has shaped the ways in which many historical
musicians achieved their aspirations and went about meeting
creative challenges. In recent decades interest has turned towards
a contextualized understanding of creative processes in music, and
keyboard studies appears well placed to contribute to the
exploration of this wider concern. The nineteen essays collected
here encompass the range of research in the field, bringing
together contributions from performers, organologists and music
historians. Questions relevant to issues of creative practice in
various historical contexts, and of interpretative issues faced
today, form a guiding thread. Its scope is wide-ranging, with
contributions covering the mid-sixteenth to early twentieth
century. It is also inclusive, encompassing the diverse range of
approaches to the field of contemporary keyboard studies.
Collectively the essays form a survey of the ways in which the
study of keyboard performance can enrich our understanding of
musical life in a given period.
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Jax' House (Paperback)
John Kitchen
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R393
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Juno (Paperback)
John Kitchen
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R564
Discovery Miles 5 640
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When all your friends tell you you are good enough to join the band
in town, then they must be right, mustn't they - even if you are an
elephant?
A disc falls from the sky and, in Africa, a boy, Kofi, is born. On
the very same day, in America another boy is born. His name is
Jesse. These two are destined to meet and forge a friendship that
will shake the world. Kofi is keeper of the disc, but only when he
and Jesse meet are they able to begin their quest to unlock the
earth-changing powers hidden in it. Their quest leads them to all
corners of the world and into the most astounding of adventures.
There is a dark secret haunting the Sharpe family. They are strange
and remote, and when Stephanie Topham is told she must work with
Nicola Sharpe in a science project at school, she is horrified. As
part of their project, they have to make a pinhole camera. But when
they take a photo with the camera, there is a ghost-like figure in
their picture. This figure becomes a key to opening up Nicola
Sharpe and revealing the secrets of her family. Through a series of
appearances in various photos the ghost directs Nicola and
Stephanie into a past that is full of revelations, twists and
surprises. Some are painful, some tear at the fabric of the Sharpe
family. But the unraveling of Nicola's past is the saving of the
Sharpes, and, in a final twist it gives Nicola something more
amazing than anything she has ever dared contemplate, even in her
deepest dreams. 'John Kitchen creates a great plotline with
Nicola's Ghost, a story with a twist for pre-teens ... a good book.
One I will be giving my daughter to read.' Reader's review - The
Self Publishing Magazine.
Lloyd Lewis is moving to yet another children's home, but this one
is different. It seems to be cast in an unremitting, sunless
winter. The staff and children are surly and aggressive, and he
soon discovers why: Sarson Hall is gripped in a curse. There are
poltergeists creating constant disruptions and, in the cellar, a
terrifying ghost. Lloyd's survival has always depended on his
fighting spirit, and he setsaboutconfronting the
mayhemsurroundinghim. In his quest to remove the curse, he finds he
possesses a rare power, which leads him to link what is happening
to a nearby ravaged stone circle. But can he do anything to remove
the curse from Sarson Hall, and can he bring peace once more to the
old building and its occupants?
Medieval lives of female saints have attracted wide attention in
recent years. Some scholars have argued that such texts reveal a
distinctive form of female sanctity which only female hagiographers
managed to properly articulate, and important writings have been
attributed to female authors on that assumption. In this
revisionist work, John Kitchen tests such claims through a close
examination of several texts--lives of both male and female saints,
by authors of both sexes--from sixth century France. He argues that
sometimes the "authentic voice" of the female writer or saint
sounds emphatically male. This study gives examples of how both
male and female authors sometimes depicted holy women talking,
acting, or even dressing like their male counterparts. Ultimately,
the author aims to cast doubt on the assumption that male authors
were ignorant of or hostile toward certain--specifically
female--concerns. By the same token, Kitchen's work raises serious
methodological problems with the gender approach to the
hagiographic literature of the early Middle Ages.
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