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[Rezension zu:] Jonathan Wagner. A History of Migration from Germany to Canada, 1850-1939. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2006. 281 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9780774812153
No full textJonathan Wagner has written a monograph on a migration movement that was in many ways a peripheral one. From a Canadian perspective, Germans accounted for a relatively minor share of immigrants, compared to former residents of the British Isles, of eastern or southern Europe. Seen from Germany, Canada was one of many destinations for migrants who wished to leave the country and were prepared to travel over long distances, but were, for whatever reason, not attracted by the United States, the destination for the overwhelming majority of transcontinental emigrants. Nevertheless, the movement from Germany to Canada was significant in absolute and often symbolic terms. The way Wagner tells it, the story of German-Canadian migration was a tale of parallel experiences: both Germany and Canada experienced federation and increasing international autonomy from the 1860s; both were ruled by domineering conservative figures presiding over de facto liberalization in the 1870s; both participated in the First World War, and both went through traumatic economic crises in the interwar period. ..
How do I compose? (Reflections on Wagner Dream)
No full textWritten in May of 2007, in this text Jonathan Harvey reflects on his compositional method by returning to the genesis of his opera Wagner Dream. He notably addresses such things as: the personal associations connected to the first note played by the horn; the conceptual logic behind the two main harmonic spaces; the effect of a heavy storm in one of the places he composed; and what he drew from Wagner’s work and ideas for his own opera.Dans ce texte écrit en mai 2007, Jonathan Harvey s’interroge sur sa manière de composer, à la faveur d’un retour rétrospectif sur la genèse de son opéra Wagner Dream. Il aborde notamment : les évocations personnelles associées à la première note jouée par le cor ; la logique de conception des deux espaces harmoniques principaux ; l’incidence d’une forte tempête qui s’est produite sur l’un des lieux de la composition ; ce qu’il a tiré de la pensée et l’oeuvre de Wagner pour son opéra
Shari Wagner
No full textShari Wagner, Poet Laureate of Indiana and Author, shares her poetry. Students share a few favorite poems by various authors
Matthias Wagner : author profile
No full textThe author presented on this page has published his 10. article in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years
Jonathan Neufeld: "Democratic Virtuosity: Music and the Public Sphere"
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP4 file: "Thinking Out of the Lunch Box - Video - Jonathan Neufeld: 'Democratic Virtuosity: Music and the Public Sphere.'" By Vanderbilt University. Jonathan Neufeld, assistant professor of philosophy, speaks at the Nashville Public Library's Main Library on May 6, 2009, as part of the Thinking Out of the Lunch Box series co-sponsored by Vanderbilt and the public library. Neufeld discusses Daniel Barenboim's unannounced conducting of a Richard Wagner piece at a concert in Israel, defying an unofficial ban against the performance of works by Wagner. He also talks about how composer Gabriela Lena Frank expresses traditional Peruvian music through European forms and instruments. He illustrates his lecture by playing musical selections, and he takes questions at the end. Professor of philosophy David Wood introduces Neufeld.Nashville Public LibraryPhilosophy Departmen
"On Writing with Catherine Wagner"
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Catherine Wagner is the author of two books of poems, 'Miss America' and 'Macular Hole,' and co-editor of 'Not for Mothers Only: Contemporary Poems on Child-Getting and Child-Rearing.'" Listen to an interview conducted by Tom Orange
Marie Wagner Collection
No full textA short letter written by Marie Wagner about her mother, Catherine Wagner, and family growing up in Russia as a German.A short letter written by Marie Wagner about her mother, Catherine Wagner, and family growing up in Russia as a German
Introduction to sustainable composites
No full textProfessor Ian Hamerton, Dr Lois Jane Hobson & Dr Jonathan Wagner introduce the Royal Society of Chemistry cross-journal themed collection on sustainable composites.</p
Introduction to sustainable composites
No full textProfessor Ian Hamerton, Dr Lois Jane Hobson & Dr Jonathan Wagner introduce the Royal Society of Chemistry cross-journal themed collection on sustainable composites.</p
Tristano nelle "Bienveillantes" di Jonathan Littel
No full textL'articolo studia la presenza e il senso dei riferimenti ai testi tristaniani (in particolare al "Tristan" di Thomas e al "Tristan und Isolde" di Wagner) rintracciabili nel romanzo di Jonathan Littel, "Les Bienveillantes"
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