309,556 research outputs found
The Profundity of Polychoralism: Exploring the work of Jonathan David Little [Interview and CD review]
No full textExtended (7000-word) composer interview and CD review of "Woefully Arrayed: Sacred & Secular Choral & Polychoral Music of Jonathan David Little", by London-based international music critic, Colin Clarke.
[INTERVIEW:] "The disc of sacred and secular choral and polychoral music by Jonathan David Little, Woefully Arrayed … is nothing short of remarkable. Stunningly recorded, the pure sonic joy is visceral. On a personal level, I haven’t experienced such revelation in choral terms since the Tallis Scholars’ first recording of the Allegri Miserere. As an interviewee, it turns out, Little is every inch as fascinating as his music. The following in-depth interview may be seen as an indispensable complement to the listening experience itself."
[CD REVIEW:] "Jonathan David Little is a composer whose music is vital, urgent and yet somehow timeless at the same time. … Woefully Arrayed has a mesmeric element to it … [and] is a masterpiece of time-stretching. As lines float and interact throughout the soundspace, there is a distinct impression of atemporality, of altering the way the listener experiences time. … sound is superb, full and reverberant … magnificently handled … A superb disc, one that simply gets better on each and every listening. There is a radiance to Little’s writing that seems shot through with spiritual light and which speaks on a very deep level to the listener."
PROJECT OVERVIEW: International Polychoral Music Composition, Recording and Dissemination Project (2015-17)
“The lost potential of the acoustics of performing spaces begins to be rediscovered in these works.”
A complex and ambitious, large-scale, two-year “polychoral” music creation and recording project was commissioned by the Australia Council – involving communicating how “re-discovered” ancient Renaissance and Baroque techniques of acoustically-innovative performer placement may be revived within new, original, contemporary contexts. One aim was to generate interest in largely long-forgotten, but still hugely useful and aurally impressive composition methods. Following a period of research and experimentation, several new, accessible choral works were created – most featuring intricate, a cappella, polychoral-inspired techniques. Therefore different sections of the choir, or different “sub-choirs” and/or vocal soloists, are sometimes placed in various arrangements around and above the audience (occasionally also involving movement). Due to the incorporation of such techniques, a striking extra dimension is added both to recordings and live performances – where the aural “spatial” interest creates a quasi-theatrical effect.
OPEN-ACCESS ONLINE CD BOOKLET (including contextual essay, spatial configuration diagrams, lyrics, pictures and notes): http://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6113/booklet---woefully-arrayed---jonathan-little.htm
Disruption of perceptual learning by a brief practice break. Little et al (2017)
No full textThis data set provides the necessary files to reproduce the analyses described in: Little, D. F., Zhang, Y. X., Wright, B. A., (2017) Disruption of perceptual learning by a brief practice break. Current Biology
Two Old Boys, Two Music Paths, One Common Artistic Drive
No full text[INTERVIEW PREFACE:] "The artistic skills learned by choristers at the National Boys Choir of Australia are skills they retain for life. Voice-change, or early retirement, doesn’t necessarily mean the end for NBCA choristers. All who depart the community do so with a skillset with which they can champion their lives’ paths. For two NBCA Old Boys, choir life has meant the beginning of pursuing a professional career path in their chosen artistic fields. Christopher Diffey is now an accomplished professional tenor based in Mannheim, Germany who is about to start a new season at the Nationaltheater. Jonathan David Little is an acclaimed composer based in the U.K. and has just released his latest body of work on a CD titled Woefully Arrayed. Here are two Old Boys telling the story from both sides of the artistic ‘fence’, each with rich experience and advice to choristers who are considering turning their art into a career.
Methodological Individualism and Methodological Localism: A Discussion with Daniel Little
No full textThis chapter takes the form of a discussion between the editors of this volume and Daniel Little regarding the relationship between methodological individualism and methodological localism. The focus is on Little’s view that methodological individualism is incompatible with the assumption that actors are socially constituted and socially situated as well as on other topics such as micro-foundations, the micro–macro link, ontological individualism, causal explanation, rationality, Bourdieu’s theory of habitus, and Durkheim
Memorandum: Arthur D. Little, Inc., January 1962.
No full textMemo: Photocopy, hole-punched, 11" x 8.5" (27.9cm x 21.6cm)Planning Memorandum on Reston Report to Simon Enterprises, by Arthur D. Little, Inc. January 1962. In this section of the document, titled Potential for Retail Development, Fairfax County’s retail trends and the retail opportunities in Reston are discussed. Twelve different tables exhibit the trends, percentages, numbers and compositions of retail purchases and sales in the Washington and Fairfax areas. Planned Community Archives Collection, 447.01
Memorandum: Arthur D. Little, Inc., January 1962.
No full textMemo: Photocopy, hole-punched, 11" x 8.5" (27.9cm x 21.6cm)Planning Memorandum on Reston Report to Simon Enterprises, by Arthur D. Little, Inc. January 1962. In this section of the document, titled Potential for Residential Development, the factors favoring the growth of major residential development are discussed, along with the housing market, market conditions, and the recommended timing of construction. Tables include Reston’s Future Population, Population and Employment in Washington Metropolitan Areas and Sub-Areas (1950-1980), White Population and Housing Units in Fairfax County, Number of Individuals and Small Families in the Effective Market (1960-1980), and 1960 Family Income Estimate and Projections. Planned Community Archives Collection, 447.01
Letter from D. Clay Lilly, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to John Little, Jr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, December 8, 1900
No full textThis is an item in the Little family papers collection
Letter from D. Clay Lilly, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to John Little, Jr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 28, 1901
No full textThis is an item in the Little family papers collection
Letter from D. Clay Lilly to John Little Jr., circa 1900
No full textAn item in the Little family papers collection
Postcard from D. Clay Lilly, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to John Little Jr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 4, 1903
No full textAn item in the Little family papers collection
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