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Investigations of Infra-Red Spectra: William Weber Coblentz Investigations of Infra-Red Spectra
William Weber Coblentz
R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
African Rain Forest Ecology and Conservation - An Interdisciplinary Perspective (Hardcover, New): William Weber, Lee J.T.... African Rain Forest Ecology and Conservation - An Interdisciplinary Perspective (Hardcover, New)
William Weber, Lee J.T. White, Amy Vedder, Lisa Naughton-Treves
R2,659 Discovery Miles 26 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Extending from west Africa to Madagascar, from the vast lowland Congo Basin to the archipelago of forest islands on its eastern rim, the African rain forest is surpassed in size only by the Amazon. This book sheds light on the current efforts to understand and conserve the African rain forest, an area in need of urgent action to save its biological wealth, cultural heritage, and economic potential.

Written by conservation scientists and practitioners based in the African rain forest, the book offers a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates many biological and social sciences. Early chapters trace the forces -- from paleoecological factors to recent human actions -- that have shaped the African forest environment. The next chapters discuss the dominant biological patterns of species ranging from the distinctive elephants, gorillas, and okapi to the less well known birds, butterflies, and amphibians. Other chapters focus on how such different groups as hunter-gatherers, forest farmers, bushmeat hunters, recent immigrants, and commercial foresters have used the forests. Several authors stress the need for tighter links between research and conservation action. The final section draws lessons from the collective experience of those working in an Africa wracked by political strife and economic hardship.

Canonic Repertories and the French Musical Press - Lully to Wagner (Hardcover): William Weber Canonic Repertories and the French Musical Press - Lully to Wagner (Hardcover)
William Weber; Contributions by Beverly Wilcox
R3,868 R2,829 Discovery Miles 28 290 Save R1,039 (27%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A bold application of the concept of "canonical" works to the development of French operatic and concert life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This long-awaited book by a leading historian of European music life offers a fresh reading of concert and operatic life by showing how certain musical works in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France came to be considered "canonic": that is, admirable and worthy of being taken as models. In a series of interlinked essays, William Weber draws particular attention to the ways in which such reputations could shift in different eras and circumstances. The first chapter outlines how such a surge of reputation came about for Jean-Baptiste Lully after his death in 1687, followed a century later by one for the operas of Christoph-Willibald Gluck and Niccolò Piccinni. Next, Beverly Wilcox contributes a crucial chapter exploring how a canon of sacred works evolved at the Concert Spirituel between 1725 and 1790. Subsequent chapters detail the rise of an "incipient canon" for Joseph Haydn's music in the 1780s; a new operatic canon centered on works of Gioachino Rossini and Giacomo Meyerbeer; a century-long canonic repertory at the theater of the Opéra-Comique; and, between 1860 and 1914, frequent concert performances of excerpts from Wagner's operas, sometimes along with excerpts from Meyerbeer's. Throughout, Weber and Wilcox demonstrate how the French musical press reflected musical taste, and also shaped it, across two centuries.

Music and the Middle Class - The Social Structure of Concert Life in London, Paris and Vienna between 1830 and 1848... Music and the Middle Class - The Social Structure of Concert Life in London, Paris and Vienna between 1830 and 1848 (Paperback)
William Weber
R1,862 Discovery Miles 18 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1975, Music and the Middle Class made a trail-blazing contribution to the social history of music, bringing together sociological and historical methods that have subsequently become accepted as central to the discipline of musicology. Moreover, the major themes of the book are ones which scholars today continue to grapple with: the nature of the middle class(es) and their role in cultural definition; the concept of taste publics distinct from social status; and the establishment of the musical canon. This classic text is reissued here in Ashgate's Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain series, though of course the book ranges beyond its study of London to discuss in detail the contrasting concert life of Paris and Vienna. This edition features a substantial new preface which takes into account the significant work that has been done in this field since the book first appeared, and provides a unique opportunity to assess the impact the book has had on our thinking about the European middle class and its role in musical life.

The Great Transformation of Musical Taste - Concert Programming from Haydn to Brahms (Hardcover): William Weber The Great Transformation of Musical Taste - Concert Programming from Haydn to Brahms (Hardcover)
William Weber
R3,333 Discovery Miles 33 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Grounded in knowledge of thousands of programs, this book examines how musical life in London, Leipzig, Vienna, Boston, and other cities underwent a fundamental transformation in relationship with movements in European politics. William Weber traces how musical taste evolved in European concert programs from 1750 to 1870, as separate worlds arose around classical music and popular songs. In 1780 a typical program accommodated a variety of tastes through a patterned 'miscellany' of genres, held together by diplomatic musicians. This framework began weakening around 1800 as new kinds of music appeared, from string quartets to quadrilles to ballads, which could not easily coexist on the same programs. Utopian ideas and extravagant experiments influenced programming as ideological battles were fought over who should govern musical taste. More than a hundred illustrations or transcriptions of programs enable readers to follow Weber's analysis in detail.

Music and the Middle Class - The Social Structure of Concert Life in London, Paris and Vienna between 1830 and 1848 (Hardcover,... Music and the Middle Class - The Social Structure of Concert Life in London, Paris and Vienna between 1830 and 1848 (Hardcover, New Ed)
William Weber
R4,106 Discovery Miles 41 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1975, Music and the Middle Class made a trail-blazing contribution to the social history of music, bringing together sociological and historical methods that have subsequently become accepted as central to the discipline of musicology. Moreover, the major themes of the book are ones which scholars today continue to grapple with: the nature of the middle class(es) and their role in cultural definition; the concept of taste publics distinct from social status; and the establishment of the musical canon. This classic text is reissued here in Ashgate's Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain series, though of course the book ranges beyond its study of London to discuss in detail the contrasting concert life of Paris and Vienna. This edition features a substantial new preface which takes into account the significant work that has been done in this field since the book first appeared, and provides a unique opportunity to assess the impact the book has had on our thinking about the European middle class and its role in musical life.

The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon (Hardcover): Cormac Newark, William Weber The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon (Hardcover)
Cormac Newark, William Weber
R4,990 Discovery Miles 49 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Opera has always been a vital and complex mixture of commercial and aesthetic concerns, of bourgeois politics and elite privilege. In its long heyday in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it came to occupy a special place not only among the arts but in urban planning, too - this is, perhaps surprisingly, often still the case. The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon examines how opera has become the concrete edifice it was never meant to be, by tracing its evolution from a market entirely driven by novelty to one of the most canonic art forms still in existence. Throughout the book, a lively assembly of musicologists, historians, and industry professionals tackle key questions of opera's past, present, and future. Why did its canon evolve so differently from that of concert music? Why do its top ten titles, all more than a century old, now account for nearly a quarter of all performances worldwide? Why is this system of production becoming still more top-heavy, even while the repertory seemingly expands, notably to include early music? Topics range from the seventeenth century to the present day, from Russia to England and continental Europe to the Americas. To reflect the contested nature of many of them, each is addressed in paired chapters. These complement each other in different ways: by treating the same geographical location in different periods, by providing different national or regional perspectives on the same period, or by thinking through similar conceptual issues in contrasting or changing contexts. Posing its questions in fresh, provocative terms, The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon challenges scholarly assumptions in music and cultural history, and reinvigorates the dialogue with an industry that is, despite everything, still growing.

Illustrations of Northern Antiquities from the Earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian Romances - Being an Abstract of the Book of... Illustrations of Northern Antiquities from the Earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian Romances - Being an Abstract of the Book of Heroes, and Nibelungen Lay (Paperback)
Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, Walter Scott
R1,577 Discovery Miles 15 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The poems, sagas and ballads of early Germanic and Scandinavian societies were a growing field of study in the English-speaking world around the turn of the nineteenth century. A trio of Scotsmen - the writer Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), antiquarian Robert Jamieson (1772-1844) and literary scholar Henry William Weber (1783-1818) - decided to contribute to this field by bringing together their work on 'romances' from the Old German, Danish, Swedish and Icelandic languages, claiming that these poems and tales 'offer a new and interesting subject of speculation to the English reader'. In this volume, published in 1814, each editor contributes a related scholarly essay, but the bulk of the book is taken up with the translated tales, including the German Song of the Nibelungen. This work is an important early contribution by leading Scots scholars to the study and dissemination of such Northern European literary forms.

The Great Transformation of Musical Taste - Concert Programming from Haydn to Brahms (Book): William Weber The Great Transformation of Musical Taste - Concert Programming from Haydn to Brahms (Book)
William Weber
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Grounded in knowledge of thousands of programs, this book examines how musical life in London, Leipzig, Vienna, Boston, and other cities underwent a fundamental transformation in relationship with movements in European politics. William Weber traces how musical taste evolved in European concert programs from 1750 to 1870, as separate worlds arose around classical music and popular songs. In 1780 a typical program accommodated a variety of tastes through a patterned 'miscellany' of genres, held together by diplomatic musicians. This framework began weakening around 1800 as new kinds of music appeared, from string quartets to quadrilles to ballads, which could not easily coexist on the same programs. Utopian ideas and extravagant experiments influenced programming as ideological battles were fought over who should govern musical taste. More than a hundred illustrations or transcriptions of programs enable readers to follow Weber's analysis in detail.

Investigations of Infra-Red Spectra: William Weber Coblentz Investigations of Infra-Red Spectra
William Weber Coblentz
R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Essence of Perfection - The Integral Existence of Jesus from the Star of Bethlehem to the Resurrection (Paperback): Robert... The Essence of Perfection - The Integral Existence of Jesus from the Star of Bethlehem to the Resurrection (Paperback)
Robert William Weber
R792 Discovery Miles 7 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Investigations of Infrared Spectra; Volume 3 (Paperback): William W (William Weber) 18 Coblentz Investigations of Infrared Spectra; Volume 3 (Paperback)
William W (William Weber) 18 Coblentz
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
State Control of Instruction - A Study of Centralization in Public Education (Hardcover): August William Weber State Control of Instruction - A Study of Centralization in Public Education (Hardcover)
August William Weber
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries - The Process of the Seuyn Sages. Octouian Imperator.... Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries - The Process of the Seuyn Sages. Octouian Imperator. Sir Amadas. the Huntyng of the Hare. Notes. Glossary (Hardcover)
Henry William Weber
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Some Optical Properties Of Iodine (Hardcover): William Weber Coblentz Some Optical Properties Of Iodine (Hardcover)
William Weber Coblentz
R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Glasses For Protecting The Eyes From Injurious Radiations (Hardcover): William Weber Coblentz Glasses For Protecting The Eyes From Injurious Radiations (Hardcover)
William Weber Coblentz; Created by Walter Bradbury Emerson
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Battle of Floddon Field - A Poem of the Sixteenth Century. With the Various Readings of the Different Copies; Historical... The Battle of Floddon Field - A Poem of the Sixteenth Century. With the Various Readings of the Different Copies; Historical Notes, a Glossary, and an Appendix Containing Ancient Poems and Historical Matter Relating to the Same Event (Hardcover)
Henry William Weber
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries - Published from Ancient Mss. with an Introd., Notes,... Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries - Published from Ancient Mss. with an Introd., Notes, and a Glossary Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Henry William Weber
R1,174 Discovery Miles 11 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Some Theories of Visual Space (Hardcover): August William Weber Some Theories of Visual Space (Hardcover)
August William Weber
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Investigations of Infra-red Spectra Volume 2 (Hardcover): William Weber Coblentz Investigations of Infra-red Spectra Volume 2 (Hardcover)
William Weber Coblentz
R864 Discovery Miles 8 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kelly Blue - The Natural History of a Great Natural Painter (Paperback): William Weber Johnson Kelly Blue - The Natural History of a Great Natural Painter (Paperback)
William Weber Johnson; Foreword by Tom Lea
R911 Discovery Miles 9 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Stud Horse And Jack Man By Choice, Artist By Necessity.

From the Life of a Researcher (Paperback): William Weber Coblentz From the Life of a Researcher (Paperback)
William Weber Coblentz
R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries - Introduction. Kyng Alisaunder. Sir Cleges. Lay Le... Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries - Introduction. Kyng Alisaunder. Sir Cleges. Lay Le Freine... (Paperback)
Henry William Weber
R1,045 R908 Discovery Miles 9 080 Save R137 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries (English, Scots, Paperback): Henry William Weber Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries (English, Scots, Paperback)
Henry William Weber
R1,044 R907 Discovery Miles 9 070 Save R137 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From the Life of a Researcher (Hardcover): William Weber Coblentz From the Life of a Researcher (Hardcover)
William Weber Coblentz
R1,204 Discovery Miles 12 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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