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Musik – Sprache – (Sprach-)Bild. Zur Semiotizität italienischer barocker Gleichnisarien (2. Teil)
Full text linkThe aim of the present study is to describe some of the possible relations between music, language and verbal picture (or metaphor) which are given in the drammi per musica of the early 18th century and, especially, in four allegorical arias in Vivaldi’s opus La Griselda (1735). This paper sketches some aspects of the cooperation between librettist (Goldoni) and composer (Vivaldi) as well as the importance of metaphor for the interlinkage of music and language in such arias. The essay is divided up into two parts: the first part, which has been presented in ATeM 2 (2017), outlines the bipartite textual structure of the mentioned simile arias (metaphoric vs. literal stanza) which recalls the same two-piece structure of renaissance and baroque emblems. The second part which is presented in the following will focus on the interaction of poetic language, verbal image and Vivaldi’s music in the mentioned simile arias. Here it is explained why questions on musical semantics primarily require a theory of the sign occurrence before generalizations can be carried out on the level of sign systems. The contribution also sheds light on the central role of internal sign learning processes that may transcend arias, entire operas and other combined artworks
Iloprost improves running performance at 5,000 m in Han but not in Tibetans
Full text linkBackground: Tibetans experience lose less aerobic exercise capacity in hypoxia compared to lowland Han. We tested if inhalation of iloprost (to counter hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction) and furosemide (to decrease afferent vagal traffic from pulmonary receptors) improve performance in hypoxia in Han compared to Tibetans. Methods: 8 Tibetans and 8 Han, living at 2,260 m, did incremental uphill treadmill running to exhaustion at ambient pressure on day 1, followed by three runs at 5,000 m (hypobaric chamber) after inhalation of iloprost (ILO), furosemide (FUR) or placebo (PLA), on different days in a counter-balanced order. Results: In Han the performance decrement from 2,260 m to 5,000 m was greater than in Tibetans (p<0.05). In Han iloprost improved performance at 5,000 m compared to placebo (p<0.05 vs. PLA); furosemide had no effects. In Tibetans there were no treatment effects. Peripheral O2saturations at peak exercise at 5,000 m, were higher by ～8 % in the Tibetans (p<0.05 vs. Han). Maximum heart rate was lowered by 13±6 bpm in Han at 5,000 m regardless of treatment compared to 2,260 m (p<0.05). Tibetans reached similar maximum heart rates ∼200 bpmat 5,000 m and 2,260 m, independent of treatment. Conclusions: The blunting of the exercise impairment in severe hypoxia in Han during maximal exercise after inhalation of iloprost suggests that hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and right ventricular function are potential performance limiting factors in Han in hypoxia
Il ruolo sociale delle popstar
Full text linkCarrying out a careful sociological analysis of pop music, youth culture and expressive languages, this essay emphasises the social role of pop stars in today’s society. Drawing on cultural studies and research on youth subcultures, the paper considers rap music as a modern way of expressing social issues. In a second step, it seeks to analyse the symbolic power of pop stars and the use of digital technologies that transform the creative process.Pop music as a cultural phenomenon is in perpetual mutation; pop culture represents a locus where social transformations play out. Starting with the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies, sociological approaches to pop music have understood musical phenomena as the product of youth culture and examined the ways in which pop music as a cultural factor contributes to the socialization, the acknowledgment and the development of individual and collective identities.Youth from different generations and contexts identify with pop stars whose social role is particularly relevant. The influence of digital technologies on creative processes, on production methods and on ways of exploiting music, is redefining traditional categories of the interpretation of art as well as the perception of the role of the pop star. At the same time, these affect the social role of the artwork, encompassing both artist and recipient
Jouer avec la forme : politique et poétique du jazz dans la prose et les chansons de Boris Vian
Full text linkThis article examines the multi-faceted influence of jazz music on Boris Vian’s writing process. As a jazz critic, a songwriter and a novelist, Vian did not merely write about jazz or use it as a prop. His writing displays a political conscience in tune with class and race issues as well as a strong measure of audacity and irreverence that characterized the music of the jazz artists he most admired. A closer look at his activity as a singer-songwriter and an analysis of his formal approach in chapter 32 of L’écume des jours reveal a disdain for the conventional and point to traces of Vian’s own musical practice transposed to the page
Rainer Simon: Konzert der Sinne. Dimensionen einer phänomenologischen Analyse der Wahrnehmung von Musikaufführungen. Freiburg i. Br./Berlin/Wien: Rombach Verlag, 2018. ISBN 978-3793098737. 423 Seiten.
Full text linkChristian-Louis Eclimont: Si Paris m’était chanté. Paris: Éditions Gründ, 2016. ISBN 978-2-324-01136-8. 222 Seiten.
No full textNeri a metà. Napoli Centrale... oltre Napoli
Full text linkThe name of the band Napoli Centrale is a metaphor: it evokes the station - the point of departure and arrival of migrants, a black market place, a place for exchange, a meeting place, a place where the half-black James Senese invented the Neapolitan jazz-fusion in the 1970s, where the nero a metà Pino Daniele was at the beginning of his career. In this article, we will trace how this experimental sound is a rebellion against racism, precarity, poverty, exploitation, the condition of total neglect in the southern areas of Italy and also the global South. From the analysis of the lyrics and paratexts we will try to identify the main elements of an original jazz fusion sound in the Neapolitan language
Terra Mia, il punto di non ritorno della canzone napoletana
Full text linkPino Daniele has been one of the most important and influential Italian musicians and songwriters of the last forty years. Born and raised in Naples, Pino Daniele gave a new direction to the Neapolitan music and song in the seventies: Neapolitan folkloristic instruments, electric guitars, Neapolitan dialect, American language, Neapolitan melodies and American blues merged into something new.The result was as unexpected as successful: The musical language of the American blues was able to express what the Italian ethnomusicologist Roberto de Simone defines as ‘Neapolitan negritude’ more than any other genre. Pino Daniele became the progenitor of a style called ‘Neapolitan Power’, it’s the beginning of the Neapolitan transcultural song. Therefore, Pino Daniele played a strategic role as a forerunner of this new process of expression and creativity; many other musicians will take his experience into account. In this article, I will underline this using practical examples. First, some historical and sociocultural references will allow us to understand the period in which Pino Danieletook his first steps, then, with the analysis of two songs, I will point out his innovations and his links to the tradition. Finally, I will show how Pino Daniele’s work influenced a large number of young and talented Neapolitan musicians
Reviewer Acknowledgement
Full text linkThe practice of peer review is to ensure the research published in Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS) is of the highest standard. Peer review lies at the heart of scholarly publishing and is utilized by all reputable journals. Our referees and section editors play a crucial role in developing the reputation of Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS) to a leading forum for original research in the field. Therefore, I would like to formally thank all who have so willingly and voluntarily contributed to the journal in 2018