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... for many composers who have sought to invoke spirituality and Otherness through contemporary music., Contemporary Music and Spirituality provides a detailed exploration of the recent and current state of contemporary ...

... professionals and those working with, or facing, illness and death a unique glimpse into the transcendent powers of music. It is also relevant to anyone interested in the creative account of a pianist's discovery of life ...

... professionals and those working with, or facing, illness and death a unique glimpse into the transcendent powers of music. It is also relevant to anyone interested in the creative account of a pianist's discovery of life ...

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... ' fieldwork and expertise, the text's case study approach gives you a true sense of both the music and the culture that created it.; authors: Jeff Titon; publicationDate: 13th October 2015; editionNumber: 6; publisher ...

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... , education, religious and civic ritual, theater, and, visual culture. Heller focuses not only on the nature of music in, the Baroque period, but also on the very different ways in which, men and women experienced ...

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... on the origin and nature of time, the author takes us on an evolutionary journey to discover how music, language and mimesis co-evolved, eventually coming together to produce the complex way we experience theatre. , , ...

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... the various creativities that are valued by different stakeholders teaching and studying in the higher music sector are delineated, and processes and understandings of creative teaching are articulated, both generally in ...

... the various creativities that are valued by different stakeholders teaching and studying in the higher music sector are delineated, and processes and understandings of creative teaching are articulated, both generally in ...

... book explores the web of pitch relations that generates the musical language of non-serialized twelve-tone music and supplies both the analytical materials and methods necessary for analyses of a vast proportion of the ...

... our temporal condition. Reflections on the moods and feelings to which music gives voice counterpoint philosophical investigations into the relation between music's power to affect us and the force that the present has ...

... , each written in an engaging style by a, recognized expert. Authoritative and current, the series examines, music in the broadest sense?as sounds notated, performed, and, heard?focusing not only on composers and ...

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All of the scores are in new editions and English translations are provided for all foreign-language texts., The music provided in the Anthology and on the accompanying Web site ranges from lute, harpsichord, and organ ...

This print pack contains A History Of Western Music 9E ISE + Norton Recorded Anthology Of Western Music.; authors: J. Peter Burkholder; publisher: John Wiley & Sons Australia; publicationDate: 28th April 2014; ...

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