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This book discusses the role of music in programmes of personal
improvement and social reform in nineteenth-century Britain. The
pursuit of morality through music was designed not just to improve
personal and communal character but to affect social change and
transformation. The book examines the musical education of
children, women and men through a variety of literature published
for various educational settings including mechanics' institutes.
It also considers the role of music in narratives of social
programs and community-building projects that sought to promote
utility, well-being and freedom from the strictures of Christianity
as the dominant moral and cultural force. The first book to connect
the threads between music, moral instruction and social reform
across the educational life cycle in nineteenth-century Britain, it
shows how these threads are found in unlikely places, such as
games, manners books, economics treatises and short stories. It
deftly illustrates the links between everyday life, popular culture
and discourses of morality and social reform of the period.
Understanding Character Education introduces readers to the key
ideas, practices and concepts that are shaping character education
in schools today. The book explores the principles underpinning
character education and the pedagogical practices which ensure it
comes alive in schools. Each chapter includes a variety of features
to help navigate through the ideas, themes and practices examined.
These include: *Chapter objectives to help readers understand the
core focus and intentions of each chapter *Reflective activities to
help readers to think more deeply about particular ideas and
issues, and to consider how practices described are, or could be,
applied in their own contexts *Case studies to help readers to
understand how character education is approached and implemented by
educators in and beyond schools *Annotated further readings to help
readers take a closer and more detailed look at the methods,
applications and issues covered This book is essential reading for
all those involved in the teaching and learning of young people, as
well as those studying this vital topic on education studies,
teacher education and postgraduate level courses. "Highly
recommended for all leaders and practitioners dedicated to enabling
children and young people to flourish through the development of
good character." Tom Haigh, CEO, Association for Character
Education "I wish Chapter 2: The Character of the Teacher was made
a compulsory read for every person working in a UK school; that
would be transformational." Nat Parnell, Regional Director, United
Learning "A must read for all trainee teachers of any phase."
Catherine Carden, Director of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of
Arts Humanities & Education, Canterbury Christ Church
University, UK Paul Watts is a Lecturer at the Jubilee Centre for
Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK. He has worked
closely with school leaders and teachers in the research and
development of character education. Michael Fullard is a Research
Fellow at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University
of Birmingham, UK, having previously been a primary school teacher
in the UK for 9 years. Andrew Peterson is Professor of Character
and Citizenship Education at the Jubilee Centre for Character and
Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK. He has worked with a number
of schools to develop their approaches to character education.
Examines the genesis of Ernest Newman's major publications in the
context of prevailing intellectual trends in history, criticism and
biography. Ernest Newman (1868-1959) left an indelible mark on
British musical criticism in a career spanning more than seventy
years. His magisterial Life of Richard Wagner, published in four
volumes between 1933 and 1946, is regarded as his crowning
achievement, but Newman wrote many other influential books and
essays on a variety of subjects ranging from early music to
Schoenberg. In this book, the geneses of Newman's major
publications are examined in thecontext of prevailing intellectual
trends in history, criticism and biography. Newman's career as a
writer is traced across a wide range of subjects including English
and French literature, evolutionary theory and biographical method,
and French, German and Russian music. Underpinning many of these
works is Newman's preoccupation with rationalism and historical
method. By examining particular sets of writings such as
composer-biographies and essays from leading newspapers such as the
Manchester Guardian and the Sunday Times, this book illustrates the
ways in which Newman's work was grounded in late nineteenth-century
intellectual paradigms that made him a unique and at times
controversial figure. PAUL WATT is Senior Lecturer in Musicology in
the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music at Monash University.
While continuous processes have found widespread application within
chemical production, members of the research and development
communities have historically favored the centuries old technique
of iterative batch reactions. With the exception of combinatorial
and microwave chemistry, little had been done to change the way
that synthetic chemists conduct their research. However, today's
synthetic chemist is under increasing pressure to discover and
deliver compounds quickly, with an eye on devising scalable
synthetic methodologies. An up-to-date account of recent
developments in continuous flow organic synthesis, Micro Reaction
Technology in Organic Synthesis is a useful resource for those both
new to, and actively researching within, the field of micro
reaction technology. Written by chemists for chemists, key
synthetic information takes precedence over technological details
Highlights the advantages and disadvantages of the technology,
giving the reader an idea of where future research needs to be
targeted Presents a comprehensive collection of synthetic reactions
that have been investigated over the past decade, therefore is a
one-stop resource to the reactions and techniques that have been
investigated so far With an ever increasing number of commercial
flow reaction platforms available, this book highlights the current
state of the technology with the vision that more synthetic
chemists will embark upon flow chemistry programs of research,
facilitating the identification of novel synthetic methodologies
the potential to be scaled directly to production.
This is the first scholarly work to document the musical life of
Joseph Holbrooke, one of Britain's most prolific and controversial
composers during the first half of the twentieth century. Holbrooke
was outspoken on many issues, including the maligned fortunes of
British composers, which he believed were brought about by apathy
and indifference on the part of critics and the public. Despite
doubts in various quarters over Holbrooke's ability to forge a
unique compositional idiom, many of his works were performed to
critical acclaim in Britain, Europe, and the United States. Today,
Holbrooke's music is increasingly enjoyed and recorded. Joseph
Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot opens with a
biographical overview of Holbrooke that concentrates on his
relationship with Granville Bantock and Wales and the role that
Lord Howard de Walden played in Holbrooke's work and development.
Contributors offer studies of a selection of repertory by
Holbrooke, including his chamber music, the operas Pierrot and
Pierrette and The Enchanted Garden, and his tone poem "The Raven."
The final chapter describes Holbrooke's patriotism by examining his
book Contemporary British Composers, which was published in 1925.
Included is an appendix that provides the first comprehensive and
corrected list of Holbrooke's compositions. This book will interest
not only musicologists, musicians and listeners interested in the
repertory of the British classical music tradition but also
scholars and general readers interested in the ways Celticism,
poetic inspiration, and nationalist ideology were expressed in the
work of classical composers in the early twentieth century.
Music criticism in England underwent profound change from the 1880s
to the 1920s. It gave rise to 'New criticism' that aimed to be
rational, impartial and intellectually authoritative. It was a
break from the criticism of old: the work of the opinionated
journalist who wrote descriptive concert reviews with invective,
cliche, bias and bombast. Critics such as Ernest Newman
(1868-1959), John F. Runciman (1866-1916) and Michel D.
Calvocoressi (1877-1944) fostered this new school and wrote
extensively of their aspirations for musical criticism in their own
times and for the future. This book charts the genesis of this new
wave of musical criticism that sought to regulate and reform the
profession of music critic. Alongside the establishment of
principles, training manuals and schools for critics, hundreds of
journal articles and dozens of books were written that encouraged
new criticism, which also had a bearing on scholarly writing in
biography, aesthetics and history. The Regulation and Reform of
Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century England considers the
influence and advocacy of individual critics and the role that
institutions, such as the Musical Association and the Musical
Times, played in this period of change. The book also explores the
impact that French and German writers had on their English
counterparts, demonstrating the internationalization of critical
thought of the period.
Music criticism in England underwent profound change from the 1880s
to the 1920s. It gave rise to 'New criticism' that aimed to be
rational, impartial and intellectually authoritative. It was a
break from the criticism of old: the work of the opinionated
journalist who wrote descriptive concert reviews with invective,
cliche, bias and bombast. Critics such as Ernest Newman
(1868-1959), John F. Runciman (1866-1916) and Michel D.
Calvocoressi (1877-1944) fostered this new school and wrote
extensively of their aspirations for musical criticism in their own
times and for the future. This book charts the genesis of this new
wave of musical criticism that sought to regulate and reform the
profession of music critic. Alongside the establishment of
principles, training manuals and schools for critics, hundreds of
journal articles and dozens of books were written that encouraged
new criticism, which also had a bearing on scholarly writing in
biography, aesthetics and history. The Regulation and Reform of
Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century England considers the
influence and advocacy of individual critics and the role that
institutions, such as the Musical Association and the Musical
Times, played in this period of change. The book also explores the
impact that French and German writers had on their English
counterparts, demonstrating the internationalization of critical
thought of the period.
The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and
small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or
thrown away. Collectors have sought 'these priceless chapbooks',
but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light.
This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from
the period.
The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and
small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or
thrown away. Collectors have sought 'these priceless chapbooks',
but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light.
This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from
the period.
The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and
small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or
thrown away. Collectors have sought 'these priceless chapbooks',
but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light.
This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from
the period.
The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and
small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or
thrown away. Collectors have sought 'these priceless chapbooks',
but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light.
This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from
the period.
Public housing estates are disappearing from London's skyline in
the name of regeneration, while new mixed-tenure developments are
arising in their place. This richly illustrated book provides a
vivid interdisciplinary account of the controversial urban policy
of demolition and rebuilding amid London's housing crisis and the
polarisation between the city's have-nots and have-lots. Drawing on
extensive fieldwork and interviews with over 180 residents living
in some of the capital's most deprived areas, Watt shows the
dramatic ways that estate regeneration is reshaping London,
fuelling socio-spatial inequalities via state-led gentrification.
Foregrounding resident experiences and perspectives both before and
during regeneration, he examines class, place belonging, home and
neighbourhood, and argues that the endless regeneration process
results in degeneration, displacement and fragmented communities.
This book offers a cross-national perspective on contemporary urban
renewal in relation to social rental housing. Social housing
estates - as developed either by governments (public housing) or
not-for-profit agencies - became a prominent feature of the 20th
century urban landscape in Northern European cities, but also in
North America and Australia. Many estates were built as part of
earlier urban renewal, 'slum clearance' programs especially in the
post-World War 2 heyday of the Keynesian welfare state. During the
last three decades, however, Western governments have launched
high-profile 'new urban renewal' programs whose aim has been to
change the image and status of social housing estates away from
being zones of concentrated poverty, crime and other social
problems. This latest phase of urban renewal - often called
'regeneration' - has involved widespread demolition of social
housing estates and their replacement with mixed-tenure housing
developments in which poverty deconcentration, reduced territorial
stigmatization, and social mixing of poor tenants and wealthy
homeowners are explicit policy goals. Academic critical urbanists,
as well as housing activists, have however queried this dominant
policy narrative regarding contemporary urban renewal, preferring
instead to regard it as a key part of neoliberal urban
restructuring and state-led gentrification which generate new
socio-spatial inequalities and insecurities through displacement
and exclusion processes. This book examines this debate through
original, in-depth case study research on the processes and impacts
of urban renewal on social housing in European, U.S. and Australian
cities. The book also looks beyond the Western urban heartlands of
social housing to consider how renewal is occurring, and with what
effects, in countries with historically limited social housing
sectors such as Japan, Chile, Turkey and South Africa.
This book brings together a body of new research which looks both
backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic
legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise.
Cohen and Watt consider the lessons that can be learnt from the
London experience and aptly apply them other host cities,
specifically Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are often
described as a 'mega-event' in a way that assumes the host cities
have no other existence outside, before or beyond the contexts
imposed by the Games themselves. In terms of regeneration, the
London 2012 Olympics promised to trigger a mega-regeneration
project that was different to what had come before. This time the
mistakes of other large-scale projects like London Docklands and
Canary Wharf would be put right: top-down planning would be
replaced by civic participation, communication and 'the local'.
This edited collection questions how far the 2012 London legacy
really is different. In so doing, it brings fresh evidence,
original insights and new perspectives to bear on the post-Olympics
debate. A detailed and well-researched study, this book will be of
great interest to scholars of urban geography, sociology, urban
planning, and sports studies.
This book brings together a body of new research which looks both
backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic
legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise.
Cohen and Watt consider the lessons that can be learnt from the
London experience and aptly apply them other host cities,
specifically Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are often
described as a 'mega-event' in a way that assumes the host cities
have no other existence outside, before or beyond the contexts
imposed by the Games themselves. In terms of regeneration, the
London 2012 Olympics promised to trigger a mega-regeneration
project that was different to what had come before. This time the
mistakes of other large-scale projects like London Docklands and
Canary Wharf would be put right: top-down planning would be
replaced by civic participation, communication and 'the local'.
This edited collection questions how far the 2012 London legacy
really is different. In so doing, it brings fresh evidence,
original insights and new perspectives to bear on the post-Olympics
debate. A detailed and well-researched study, this book will be of
great interest to scholars of urban geography, sociology, urban
planning, and sports studies.
While continuous processes have found widespread application within
chemical production, members of the research and development
communities have historically favored the centuries old technique
of iterative batch reactions. With the exception of combinatorial
and microwave chemistry, little had been done to change the way
that synthetic chemists conduct their research. However, today's
synthetic chemist is under increasing pressure to discover and
deliver compounds quickly, with an eye on devising scalable
synthetic methodologies. An up-to-date account of recent
developments in continuous flow organic synthesis, Micro Reaction
Technology in Organic Synthesis is a useful resource for those both
new to, and actively researching within, the field of micro
reaction technology. * Written by chemists for chemists, key
synthetic information takes precedence over technological details *
Advantages and disadvantages of the technology are highlighted,
giving the reader an idea of where future research needs to be
targeted * Comprehensive collection of synthetic reactions that
have been investigated over the past decade, therefore is a
one-stop resource to the reactions and techniques that have been
investigated so far With an ever increasing number of commercial
flow reaction platforms available, this book highlights the current
state of the technology with the vision that more synthetic
chemists will embark upon flow chemistry programs of research,
facilitating the identification of novel and interesting synthetic
methodologies that possess the potential to be scaled directly to
production.
This is the first detailed analysis of the complex and rich
vegetation of the mountainous Korean peninsula, which ranges from
arctic-alpine to subtropical in character, and in which more than
4500 vascular-plant species have been recorded, including many
endemics. It covers both the north and south of the peninsula and,
using both past and present records, identifies eight major
biogeographic regions. It pays due attention to vegetation history,
tracing this back to Miocene times and noting the effects of
Pleistocene climatic fluctuations. More recently, detailed climatic
variations from 50 B.C. are recorded, along with man's influence on
vegetation patterns. Special mention is made of the present
arctic-alpine communities, their structural and floristic
characteristics, their origins, and their vulnerability to current
global warming. Throughout the relationships between Korean
vegetation communities and those present in adjacent East Asia are
emphasized along with those key features which make Korean
communities distinctly unique.
The Symphonic Poem in Britain 1850-1950aims to raise the status of
the genre generally, and in Britain specifically, by reaffirming
British composers' confidence in dealing with literary texts. The
Symphonic Poem in Britain 1850-1950 aims to raise the status of the
genre generally and in Britain specifically. The volume reaffirms
British composers' confidence in dealing with literary texts and
takes advantage of the contributors' interdisciplinary expertise by
situating discussions of the tone poem in Britain in a variety of
historical, analytical and cultural contexts. This book highlights
some of the continental models that influenced British composers,
and identifies a range of issues related to perceptions of the
genre. Richard Strauss became an important figure in Britain during
this time, not only in terms of the clear impact of his tone poems,
but the debates over their value and even their ethics. A focus on
French orchestral music in Britain represents a welcome addition to
scholarly debate, and links to issues in several other chapters.
The historical development of the genre, the impact of
compositional models, issues highlighted in critical reception as
well as programming strategies all contribute to a richer
understanding of the symphonic poem in Britain. Works by British
composers discussed in more detail include William Wallace's Villon
(1909), Gustav Holst's Beni Mora(1909-10), Hubert Parry's From
Death to Life (1914), John Ireland's Mai-Dun (1921), and Frank
Bridge's orchestral 'poems' (1903-15).
Using extensive original research undertaken in London, Watt
provides a vivid account of estate regeneration in relation to key
housing and urban policy debates. Using interviews which foreground
the experiences and perspectives of estate residents throughout
multiple stages of the regeneration process, Watt demonstrates the
dramatic impacts that regeneration and gentrification can have on
socio-spatial inequality and London’s marginalised communities.
This book offers a cross-national perspective on contemporary urban
renewal in relation to social rental housing. Social housing
estates - as developed either by governments (public housing) or
not-for-profit agencies - became a prominent feature of the 20th
century urban landscape in Northern European cities, but also in
North America and Australia. Many estates were built as part of
earlier urban renewal, 'slum clearance' programs especially in the
post-World War 2 heyday of the Keynesian welfare state. During the
last three decades, however, Western governments have launched
high-profile 'new urban renewal' programs whose aim has been to
change the image and status of social housing estates away from
being zones of concentrated poverty, crime and other social
problems. This latest phase of urban renewal - often called
'regeneration' - has involved widespread demolition of social
housing estates and their replacement with mixed-tenure housing
developments in which poverty deconcentration, reduced territorial
stigmatization, and social mixing of poor tenants and wealthy
homeowners are explicit policy goals. Academic critical urbanists,
as well as housing activists, have however queried this dominant
policy narrative regarding contemporary urban renewal, preferring
instead to regard it as a key part of neoliberal urban
restructuring and state-led gentrification which generate new
socio-spatial inequalities and insecurities through displacement
and exclusion processes. This book examines this debate through
original, in-depth case study research on the processes and impacts
of urban renewal on social housing in European, U.S. and Australian
cities. The book also looks beyond the Western urban heartlands of
social housing to consider how renewal is occurring, and with what
effects, in countries with historically limited social housing
sectors such as Japan, Chile, Turkey and South Africa.
Rarely studied in their own right, writings about music are often
viewed as merely supplemental to understanding music itself. Yet in
the nineteenth century, scholarly interest in music flourished in
fields as disparate as philosophy and natural science, dramatically
shifting the relationship between music and the academy. An
exciting and much-needed new volume, The Oxford Handbook of Music
and Intellectual Culture in the Nineteenth Century draws deserved
attention to the people and institutions of this period who worked
to produce these writings. Editors Paul Watt, Sarah Collins, and
Michael Allis, along with an international slate of contributors,
discuss music's fascinating and unexpected interactions with
debates about evolution, the scientific method, psychology,
exoticism, gender, and the divide between high and low culture.
Part I of the handbook establishes the historical context for the
intellectual world of the period, including the significant genres
and disciplines of its music literature, while Part II focuses on
the century's institutions and networks - from journalists to
monasteries - that circulated ideas about music throughout the
world. Finally, Part III assesses how the music research of the
period reverberates in the present, connecting studies in
aestheticism, cosmopolitanism, and intertextuality to their
nineteenth-century origins. The Handbook challenges Western music
history's traditionally sole focus on musical work by treating
writings about music as valuable cultural artifacts in themselves.
Engaging and comprehensive, The Oxford Handbook of Music and
Intellectual Culture in the Nineteenth Century brings together a
wealth of new interdisciplinary research into this critical area of
study.
When history repeats itself, evil has a second chance "When
medieval reenactors 'The House of Alderford' attend the grand
re-opening of Castle Clastermackle, little do they imagine the
living history event they are attending will become just that -
living history. Renovation works have breached the seal of magical
protection, releasing an ancient and evil presence which now seeks
a host in order to carry out hateful vengeance. Also in attendance
are notorious biker gang 'The Plague'. Leader, Nicholas Maiden,
pursues a witness to the castle. By his hand a man lies in a coma
and Nick intends to ensure his involvement in that crime is kept
from the police. He already suspects other gang members of plotting
to oust him but finds his leadership jeopardised further by an
inconvenient reunion with long estranged sibling rival Gerald, head
of the Alderford household. As day turns to nightmare, will the
brothers' Maiden put aside their differences to unite against the
greater evil, or will greed and betrayal lead to the destruction of
all? Whatever the outcome, one thing is for certain - the darkness
is coming " Sword and sorcery; Motorbikes and magic - This
supernatural fantasy is set against a backdrop of medieval battle
reenactment. Inspired by the hobby of reenacting, 'Tin Men'
incorporates a wealth of anecdotes collected over the years and
binds them together in an intriguing storyline with dark
supernatural undertones. Strong moral inclusion offers the reader a
true insight into the essence of reenactment; loyalty, pride,
tradition - values which really do spill over into the everyday
lives of the participants. A story of treachery, tragedy, love and
revenge, it culminates in a grim battle between the powers of
darkness and light, yet remains light-hearted with a few laughs
along the way. But make no mistake - the darkness is coming
This book is a cultural history of the nineteenth-century songster:
pocket-sized anthologies of song texts, usually without musical
notation. It examines the musical, social, commercial and aesthetic
functions songsters served and the processes by which they were
produced and disseminated, the repertory they included, and the
singers, printers and entrepreneurs that both inspired their
manufacture and facilitated their consumption. Taking an
international perspective, chapters focus on songsters from
Ireland, North America, Australia and Britain and the varied public
and private contexts in which they were used and exploited in oral
and print cultures.
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