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This print and digital coursebook helps your students continue to
develop their academic English across the four skills (reading,
writing, speaking, listening). Developing these skills helps them
study across the curriculum in English. They will also hone their
academic writing skills and grammar with step-by-step writing
activities, structured writing support, examples from a range of
model texts and teacher comments. Oracy activities such as debates
and discussions help them become confident communicators.
Recordings provide listening practice. Regular reflection
opportunities, clear learning objectives and end of unit exam-style
questions help them feel confident about assessment. Answers are
accessed via Cambridge GO.
In The Forgiveness of Sins, Tim Carter examines the significance of
forgiveness in a New Testament context, delving deep into
second-century Christian literature on sin and the role of the
early church in mitigating it. This crucial spiritual issue is at
the core of what it means to be Christian, and Carter's thorough
and erudite examination of this theme is a necessity for any
professional or amateur scholar of the early church. Carter's
far-reaching analysis begins with St Luke, who is often accused of
weakness on the subject of atonement, but who in fact uses the
phrase 'forgiveness of sins' more frequently than any other New
Testament author. Carter explores patristic writers both heterodox
and orthodox, such as Marcion, Justin Martyr and Origen. He also
deepens our understanding of Second Temple Judaism and the
theological context in which Christian ideas about atonement
developed. Useful to both the academic and the pastoral theologian,
The Forgiveness of Sins is a painstaking, clear-eyed exploration of
what forgiveness meant not only to early Christians such as
Tertullian, Irenaeus and Luke, but to Jesus himself, and what it
means to Christians today.
This collection of reprinted essays takes the trends of the
author's Music, Patronage and Printing in Late Renaissance Florence
(also in the 'Variorum' series) in a somewhat different direction.
If the focus there was primarily on archival documents, here it is
on the actual music. The starting-point is similar - the rise of
the 'new music' for solo voice and basso continuo in late
sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Florence, in particular
the songs of Giulio Caccini. But it moves on to broader aesthetic
issues crystallized in contemporary theoretical debate and musical
practice - not least the rise of aria-based styles - and concludes
with a series of studies of Claudio Monteverdi's works for the
theatre, including the operas Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1640)
and the ever-problematic L'incoronazione di Poppea (1643).
Discusses the many measures taken in this period to improve
seamen's health and fitness. This book examines successive
campaigns fought by reformers to improve seamen's health and
fitness, sometimes aided by, often opposed by, bureaucracies and
vested interests, such as ship-owners. It shows how these campaigns
originated; how reformers, bureaucracies and vested interests
interacted; and how far the campaigns succeeded. Among the many
successes were the controls for infectious diseases such as
malaria, yellow fever, tuberculosis and venereal infections; fewer
accidents and health problems resulting from alcohol consumption;
improvements to diet and medical care aboard ships; and improved
assessment of seamen's fitness, including for colour blindness, an
essential requirement following the introduction of coloured
navigation lights. During this period up to three quarters of all
merchant shipping was British-owned and, while some British
approaches in the field of maritime safety were widely adopted
internationally, it was often the case that other nations could
teach Britain much about protecting the health of seamen. Tim
Carter recently retired as the Chief Medical Adviser to the UK
Maritime and Coastguard Agency. He is a Professor in the Norwegian
Centre of Maritime Medicine at the University Hospital in Bergen.
Previously he was the Medical Director of the Health and Safety
Executive.
An authoritative survey of music and its context in the
Renaissance. The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries - the
so-called Golden Age of Polyphony - represent a time of great
change and development in European music, with the flourishing of
Orlando di Lasso, Palestrina, Byrd, Victoria, Monteverdi and Schutz
among others. The chapters of this book, contributed by established
scholars on subjects within their fields of expertise, deal with
polyphonic music - sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental -
during this period. The volume offers chronological surveys of
national musical cultures (in Italy, France, the Netherlands,
Germany, England, and Spain); genre studies (Mass, motet, madrigal,
chanson, instrumental music, opera); and is completed with essays
on intellectual and cultural developments and concepts relevant to
music (music theory, printing, the Protestant Reformation and the
corresponding Catholic movement, humanism, concepts of
"Renaissance" and "Baroque"). It thus provides a complete overview
of the music and its context. Contributors: GARY TOMLINSON, JAMES
HAAR, TIM CARTER, GIULIO ONGARO, NOEL O'REGAN, ALLAN ATLAS, ANTHONY
CUMMINGS, RICHARD FREEDMAN, JEANICE BROOKS,DAVID TUNLEY, KATE VAN
ORDEN, KRISTINE FORNEY, IAIN FENLON, KAROL BERGER, PETER BERGQUIST,
DAVID CROOK, ROBIN LEAVER, CRAIG MONSON, TODD BORGERDING, LOUISE K.
STEIN, GIUSEPPE GERBINO, ROGER BRAY, JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT, VICTOR
COELHO, KEITH POLK
This collection of reprinted essays starts from the author's
doctoral research on Jacopo Peri and the rise of opera and solo
song in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Florence. It
extends to broader issues concerning music and patronage in the
city as they affected individual composers, patrons and
institutions, and thence to the commerce of music printing and the
book trade. It concludes with an attempt to suggest a broader view
of these various issues as they impact upon musical life in the
'provinces' in Tuscany. There is a great deal of new documentary
and other information here, but the aim is also to expand
methodological horizons so as to prompt new ways of thinking about
music in its contexts.
This book supports students preparing for Cambridge International
Examinations IGCSE English as a Second Language (0510 / 0511 /
0991). The full-colour exam preparation and practice book contains
four guided practice tests, audio and video to build confidence
ready for the revised exam from 2019. It takes an active learning
approach with a test-teach-test methodology. This encourages
students to think about how they are developing language skills,
helping them progress. Full sample answers with examiner comments
and grades are included to help students understand what is
required in the writing and speaking exams. This is part of the
Cambridge IGCSE ESL toolbox of resources - the widest choice of
resources for this qualification.
Euridice was one of several music-theatrical works commissioned to
celebrate the wedding of Maria de' Medici and King Henri IV of
France in Florence in October 1600. As the first 'opera' to survive
complete, it has been viewed as a landmark work, but its libretto
by Ottavio Rinuccini and music by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini
have tended to be studied in the abstract rather than as something
to be performed in a specific time and place. Staging "Euridice"
explores how newly-discovered documents can be used to precisely
reconstruct every aspect of its original stage and sets in the room
for which it was intended in the Palazzo Pitti. By also taking into
account what the singers and instrumentalists did, what the
audience saw and heard, and how things changed from creation
through rehearsals to performance, this book brings new aspects of
Euridice to light in startling ways.
DOG TRAINING TOOLKIT - The World's Only This is Tim's book that has
been called "The greatest invention since the emergence of dogs."
If you are still fairly new to dogs then the Dog Training Toolkit
is too advanced, as it is way ahead of all dog training advice you
find elsewhere.
So clearly, this Toolkit is not for beginners. But if you think
you already know a lot about dog training then the Dog Training
Toolkit may be just what you need. It is more than a book. It is
the most practical approach to dog training you will ever find.
The Dog Training Toolkit provides an abundance of tools that you
can use to make your dog behave the way you want: well Of course
the Toolkit too features Behavior Training, Tim's proprietary dog
training approach so much loved by his loyal fan base. In fact, the
Toolkit is the foundation of Behavior Training. The Toolkit allows
to train your dog anything you want, without the problems that
Obedience Training entails.
Note that the Dog Training Toolkit is more relevant for adult dog
training. While it is also helpful for puppy training, puppies do
not yet consciously focus as much on our behavior as adult dogs do.
Tim advises to "use roughly half-half for your puppy, half
Obedience Training and half Behavior Training. By the time you have
an adult dog, pretty much all Obedience Training should be
finished. Now give all attention to your Behavior Training."
The Toolkit revolutionizes dog training all across the globe. The
Toolkit lays out all dog training tools in an easy-to-follow
structure. The Toolkit is what allows Tim's mygermanshepherd.org
the gentle dog training that works even with the most difficult
rescue dogs. The Dog Training Toolkit can be summarized like Tim
does: "Why use Commands when you have Tools?" - Use less commands,
simply behave better, and you will have a better-behaved dog. The
Dog Training Toolkit shows how to behave better with dogs.
NOTE: Do NOT get this if you are fairly new to dogs, it will
stretch you too far The Dog Training Toolkit is the Master class of
dog training.
Don't use Force, Don't use Fear, Don't Yell and Don't Shriek.
Forget 'Training Collars' and 'Treat Training'. Forget Obedience
Training. - Use the Dog Training Toolkit. Join the forefront of dog
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House Training Dogs to Behave Well in a High Value Home - Complete
Indoor Dog Training For Dog Lovers "Hugely informative, there is so
much stuff in here that I didn't know, and it has already helped me
with my four month old puppy. Housetraining and housebreaking are
truly very different things" "Wonderful book/guide, very simple to
use methods, the results are phenomenal" "Excellent Guide Tim
writes with the DOG in mind with emphasis on not over-thinking,
over-correcting or over-training" "I was amazed how much I thought
I knew but really failed in my conception of family life with a
GSD. The information was spot on. The book after reading it twice
is a real eye opener and a MUST for dog owners" House Training Dogs
to Behave Well in a High Value Home - this doesn't mean 'for rich
people only' - rather Tim's House Training Guide is dedicated to
prudent dog owners who prize their precious belongings, as well as
their dog. Tim's Indoor Dog Training For Dog Lovers is complete, it
even includes the fundamental dog training skill taught at
mygermanshepherd.org that the majority of professional dog trainers
not yet have. Does your puppy or adult dog give you stress? Is your
dog not using the crate voluntarily, barking 'too much', occupying
your coach, relieving inside the house, knocking over precious
interior, ...? Do you sometimes feel challenged by your dog's
behavior or non-compliance? Feeling exhausted, or at your wits'
end? Apart from emotional stress, dogs can also give us financial
trouble too Dogs that are not trained right can destroy the home
when left alone at home. But locking away the dog all day is no
solution either. Here's where Tim's House Training Guide comes in:
With this, you can give your dog FREE run of the house, even while
you are away, and your dog will keep everything as nice as you
expect. Tim's fans love that his training insight "is straight
forward, there are no complicated manoeuvres, no acrobatics - just
a couple of simple exercises - you could say it's using the kiss
method. Very effective. Tim's got it beat " Do you really want to
continue with the 1960ies dog training techniques others still
teach you? Say goodbye to your troubles and worries with your dog
or puppy. Join the forefront of dog training insight TODAY. Better
get this now.
DOGS UNLEASHED: From On-Leash To Off-Leash - Leash Training For Dog
Lovers
A comprehensive no-nonsense description of the most successful
leash training tricks - compiled by Tim Carter, founder of the
largest breed authority site in the world.
Stressed during dog walks? Your dog pulling you down the road?
Doesn't heel when you need it? Doesn't come when you call? You
already had the shoulder, elbow, wrist, or back strained
Enough is enough No more dreaded dog walks. No more pain. No more
stress.
Start to ENJOY dog walking again. Get your dog to HEEL when
needed. UNLEASH your dog safely. Walk OFF-LEASH much more. RECALL
your dog reliably from the most tempting distractions.
This book is complete. You'll even learn about different collars
and different leashes, harness, head collar, ID tag, everything.
What you need, and what you don't need. Don't get this book if you
are the commander type of dog owner. - Get this book if you are a
liberal dog owner, if you love your dog, if you want to have a
happy dog. And if you want to be happy yourself. Including during
dog walks.
...everything included that makes dog walking "joyful" again
"Never crossed my mind to read about leash training but chuffed I
did "
"Invaluable This is exactly what we needed - thank you so much"
Forget the 1960ies dog training techniques others still teach you.
Say goodbye to your troubles and worries with your dog or puppy, on
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Now.
Puppy Development Guide - PUPPY 101 for Dog Lovers: The Secrets to
Puppy Training without Force, Fear, and Fuss
280 pages in the book (based on print edition), plus 1,360 pages
linked through to the largest dog authority site on the internet.
This book is an information powerhouse at your fingertips like no
other. Nothing is left out.
The Puppy Development Guide does not show you how to teach your
dog to sit - for such basics you can look in your local newspaper.
This book is a detailed Puppy 101 that guides you through all
stages of puppy development and of a rescue dog alike. Whether
rescue dog or puppy, they both present much the same problems -
because your family situation and your environment are new to them.
This could mean your new dog is excited or - scared
Assume you know that you want a dog and which dog you want. Then
everything else this Puppy 101 explains: well-structured and
concise From tips where to get your dog, how to puppy-proof your
house, what items you need for your new dog, what is the right
puppy food and when and how often to feed your pup, which
vaccinations you need and how often and which you don't need, how a
puppy develops during the first year and how you can shape this
development, the right age and the right time for puppy training,
how you become the "accepted" Pack leader and why this is
essential, how to deal with excessive Attention Seeking and when
you have no time, when, where, how long and "how" to crate your new
dog, how to conduct the feeding for maximum training benefit, which
reward types exist and when you should choose which reward and why,
how to socialize your new dog, what and how to play with your puppy
for maximum training benefit, complete leash training, crate
training, housebreaking, bite inhibition training, and behavior
training, how to correct your dog's behavior the right way without
force, fear, and fuss, how to deal with the common puppy problems:
chewing, scratching, whining, barking, nipping, mouthing, biting,
jumping, digging, puppy aggression, etc etc. Plus: This book also
comprises the PRIME SECRET about dogs that the author discovered
and no other author has yet written about
The Puppy Development Guide is void of bla-bla. There is nothing
about how great the author is and in which TV shows you can see him
or any such stuff. The Puppy Development Guide is pure content and
funny and easy to read. Whether you are a five-year old and this is
your first dog, or whether you are a pensioner and this is your
tenth dog.
If you don't know this author, you missed out on the forefront of
dog insight. Then most in this book will be new to you. If you know
this author, well then you know you must get your hands on this
book. And if you've got a prior edition 1 to 9, by all means get
this edition 10 for free. This Puppy 101 is the summit of puppy
insight. It won't get any better for you. But without this, your
new dog will get worse.
Start TODAY to develop your pup to become the dog you always
wanted
The Florentine musician Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) is known as the
composer of the first operas--they include the earliest to survive
complete, Euridice (1600), in which Peri sang the role of Orpheus.
A large collection of recently discovered account books belonging
to him and his family allows for a greater exploration of Peri's
professional and personal life. Richard Goldthwaite, an economic
historian, and Tim Carter, a musicologist, have done much more,
however, than write a biography: their investigation exposes the
remarkable value of such financial documents as a primary source
for an entire period. This record of Peri's wide-ranging
investments and activities in the marketplace enables the first
detailed account of the Florentine economy in the late sixteenth
and early seventeenth centuries, and also opens a completely new
perspective on one of Europe's principal centers of capitalism. His
economic circumstances reflect continuities and transformations in
Florentine society, and the strategies for negotiating them, under
the Medici grand dukes. At the same time they allow a reevaluation
of Peri the singer and composer that elucidates the cultural life
of a major artistic center even in changing times, providing a
quite different view of what it meant to be a musician in late
Renaissance Italy.
A complete behind-the-scenes look at the landmark show that
launched Rodgers and Hammerstein's creative partnership Oklahoma!
premiered on Broadway in 1943 under the auspices of the Theatre
Guild, and today it is performed more frequently than any other
Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. In this book Tim Carter offers the
first fully documented history of the making of this celebrated
American musical. Drawing on research from rare theater archives,
manuscripts, journalism, and other sources, Carter records every
step in the development of Oklahoma! The book is filled with rich
and fascinating details about how Rodgers and Hammerstein first
came together, the casting process, how Agnes de Mille became the
show's choreographer, and the drafts and revisions that ultimately
gave the musical its final shape. Carter also shows the lofty
aspirations of both the creators and producers and the mythmaking
that surrounded Oklahoma! from its very inception, and demonstrates
just what made it part of its times.
Prepare for the exam with practice tests written by current
examiners. This write-in book contains four new extended practice
tests that help students prepare confidently in the weeks before
the Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language exam. By
completing the tests, learners develop familiarity with the format
of the assessment and enhance their reading, writing, speaking and
listening technique. With answers at the back of the book, this
resource is perfect for learners' self-study or for teachers to
save time when marking. Audio for the listening exercises is on the
accompanying CDs or on the Cambridge University Press website.
Prepare for the exam with practice tests written by current
examiners. This write-in book contains four new extended practice
tests that help students prepare confidently in the weeks before
the Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language exam. By
completing the tests, learners develop familiarity with the format
of the assessment and enhance their reading, writing, speaking and
listening technique. This edition does not contain answers at the
back of the book, making it suitable for classwork or homework.
Audio for the listening exercises is online on the Cambridge
University Press website.
Paolo Fabbri's Monteverdi, first published in Italian, is the leading study of the greatest composer of late Renaissance and early Baroque Italy, rightly called the "father of modern music." A large number of contemporary documents, including some 130 of his own letters, offer rich insights into the composer and his times, also illuminating the many and varied contexts for music-making in the most important musical centers in Italy. This newly revised translation brings an indispensable text to a much broader readership.
Carousel (1945), with music by Richard Rodgers and the book and
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, was their second collaboration
following the surprising success of Oklahoma! (1943). They worked
again with Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner of the Theatre
Guild (producers), Rouben Mamoulian (director), and Agnes de Mille
(choreographer). But with Oklahoma! still running to sell-out
houses, they needed to do something quite different. Based on a
play, Liliom (1909), by the Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar,
Carousel took Broadway musical theater in far darker directions
because of its subject matter-the protagonist, Billy Bigelow, is
wholly an anti-hero-and also given its extensive music that some
claimed came close to opera. The action is shifted from a gritty
working-class suburb of Budapest to the New England coast (Maine),
but the themes remain the same as two social misfits try to survive
harsh economic times. Billy Bigelow is unemployed, prone to
domestic violence, and dies in the course of committing a robbery;
Julie Jordan sticks by him through thick and thin; and the show
seeks some manner of redemption for both of them as Billy is given
a day back on earth to do some good for his wife and their
daughter. Troubling though these matters are nowadays, they fit
squarely in the context of a country moving through the end of
World War II to an uncertain future. Not for nothing had composers
such as Giacomo Puccini and Kurt Weill already tried to persuade
Molnar to release his play. It also led Rodgers and Hammerstein to
new heights: songs such as "If I Loved You," Billy's "Soliloquy,"
and "You'll Never Walk Alone" transformed the American musical. In
this book, we discover how and why they came about, and exactly
what Carousel was trying to achieve.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) is well known as the composer of the
earliest operas still performed today. His Orfeo, Il ritorno
d'Ulisse in patria, and L'incoronazione di Poppea are
internationally popular nearly four centuries after their creation.
These seminal works represent only a part of Monteverdi's music for
the stage, however. He also wrote numerous works that, while not
operas, are no less theatrical in their fusion of music, drama, and
dance. This impressive book is the first to survey Monteverdi's
entire output of music for the theater-his surviving operas, lost
operas, and other dramatic musical compositions. Tim Carter, a
leading Monteverdi expert, begins by charting the progress of early
opera from the north Italian courts to the "public" theaters of
Venice. He places Monteverdi's stage works in the broader context
of early seventeenth-century theatrical endeavor and explores
crucial questions of genre, interpretation, and performance
practices both then and now. Taking a pragmatic view of how the
works were brought to life in the theater and how they were seen in
their own time, Carter discusses the complex modes of production
that involved a range of artists, artisans, creators, and
performers. With insightful commentary on the composer's individual
works and on the cultural and theatrical contexts in which they
were performed, Carter casts new light on Monteverdi's remarkable
achievement as a man of the theater.
The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music seeks to provide
the most up-to-date knowledge on seventeenth-century music together
with a vital questioning of the way in which such a history can be
told or put together for our present purposes. Written by a
distinguished team of experts in the field, the chapters not only
address traditional areas of knowledge such as opera and church
music, but also look at the way this extremely diverse and dynamic
musical world has been categorised in the past and how its products
are viewed from various cultural points of view. While this history
does not depart entirely from the traditional study of musical
works and their composers, there is a strong emphasis on the
institutions, cultures and politics of the age, together with an
interrogation of the ways in which music related to contemporary
arts, sciences and beliefs.
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Monteverdi (Book)
Paolo Fabbri; Translated by Tim Carter
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This book, originally published in Italian, is a leading
biographical study of the greatest composer of late Renaissance and
early Baroque Italy. Monteverdi's contribution to secular, sacred
and theatrical music in the period was unparalleled: his madrigals,
church music and operas remain very much alive today. A large
number of contemporary documents, including some 130 of his own
letters, offer rich insights into the composer and his times, also
illuminating the many and varied contexts for music making in the
most important musical centres in Italy. Fabbri uses these
documents and other sources to present a rich narrative focusing on
a composer who has perhaps rightly been called the 'father of
modern music'. This translation brings an indispensable text to a
much broader readership, providing a vivid picture of a fascinating
period in music history.
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