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Teaching the Piccolo: A Survey of Selected College Flute Teachers
No full text"The piccolo is an auxiliary member of the flute family. A diversity of opinion exists among college flute teachers as to the importance and method of piccolo study as part of a flute curriculum. This author conducted a study to outline some current pedagogical trends among college flute teachers. This document presents information gathered via electronic survey from college flute instructors at schools accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The survey questions pertained to background information of respondents, studio size, studio requirements, instruments and pedagogical material, and pedagogy. Sixty-five teachers responded to the survey, and the results are published in this document. "--Abstract from author supplied metadata
Governance dell’impresa bancaria: un (piccolo) interrogativo sulle prospettive evolutive
No full textGovernance dell’impresa bancaria: un (piccolo) interrogativo sulle prospettive evolutiv
Ethical Dilemmas in Urban Studies
No full textThis chapter discusses research into urban studies, and specifically how we might best frame the ethical issues which arise in, and through, such research. One of its central contentions is that ethical sensitivity is developed by researchers as part of a social practice, i.e. through communal activity of a particular kind. Therefore, important as it is to ensure that researchers are aware of their personal ethical responsibilities, understanding what the moral point of view requires—i.e. being sensitive to ethical issues, especially in new circumstances—is something which researchers acquire through involvement in appropriately conducted social practices. The chapter’s suggestion is that the notion of a social practice, as used by MacIntyre and others, is helpful in framing our thinking about research ethics in planning, because it places the individual’s acquisition and development of a moral perception, and judgements, within a social context. The chapter also explores whether the notion of a social practice can be usefully employed to distinguish between the ethical issues which arise in scholarly research in urban studies as opposed to those which arise in policy-related research in that field
Information Sharing between Vertical Hierarchies
No full textWhen do principals independently choose to share the information obtained from their privately informed agents? Information sharing affects contracting within competing organizations and induces agentsʼ strategies to be correlated through the distortions imposed by principals to obtain information. We show that the incentives to share information depend on the nature of upstream externalities between principals and the correlation of agentsʼ information. With small externalities, principals share information when externalities and correlation have opposite signs, and do not share information when externalities and correlation have the same sign. In this second case, principals face a prisonersʼ dilemma since they obtain higher profits by sharing information
Capire l'informatica
No full textIl libro si pone un obiettivo sia scientifico sia didattico nella logica di illustrare e sistematicizzare i principi fondamentali dell’informatica. I temi trattati comprendono la codifica dell’informazione, anche multimediale, la struttura degli elaboratori e dei processori, le reti di calcolatori, i sistemi operativi, i linguaggi di programmazione e la sicurezza informatica. Il teso è arricchito da un costante riferimento a sistemi e dispositivi commerciali e al lessico di mercato al fine di correlare i principi fondanti dell’informatica con l’operatività quotidiana
Contracting with Endogenous Entry
No full textWe analyze entry in markets where a principal contracts with a privately informed agent. Before learning his production cost, the agent knows his probability of having a low cost --- his ex ante "type" --- and decides whether to pay an entry fee to contract with the principal. There are two cut-off equilibria that determine the possible types of an agent who actually enters the market, and neither equilibrium can be discarded by standard selection criteria. Contrasting with standard intuition, in the equilibrium with the highest cut-off an increase in the entry fee reduces the marginal type of the agent who enters, thus increasing entry and the expected cost of an entrant. This equilibrium is selected by a criterion based on "robustness to equilibrium risk," even though the equilibrium with the lowest cut-off is Pareto dominant for the agent. Public policies that increase entry barriers may be welfare improving
Vertical Separation with Private Contracts
No full textWe consider a manufacturer’s incentive to sell through an independent retailer, rather than directly to final consumers, when contracts with retailers cannot be observed by competitors. If retailers conjecture that identical competing manufacturers always offer identical contracts (symmetric beliefs), manufacturers choose vertical separation in equilibrium. Even with private contracts, vertically separated manufacturers reduce competition and increase profits by inducing less aggressive behaviour by retailers in the final market. Manufacturers profits may be higher with private than with public contracts. Our results hold both with price and with quantity competition and do not hinge on retailers beliefs being perfectly symmetric. We also discuss various justifications for symmetric beliefs, including incomplete information
Ten Orchestral Excerpts for Piccolo: An Historical and Stylistic Analysis
No full textAs a member of the orchestra, the piccoloist performs in many capacities as both a section player and soloist. Though several collections of orchestral piccolo excerpts with brief commentary exist, the literature lacks historical and stylistic information regarding frequently requested excerpts for piccolo auditions. In this document, ten standard solo passages are studied using available print sources and score analysis. The excerpts were chosen by comparing the contents of an audition guide, excerpt books, articles, and the author's personal experience taking auditions for small and large orchestras. The excerpts discussed are from the following works and movements: Rossini's opera overtures (La Gazza Ladra and Semiramide), Beethoven (Symphony No. 9, Finale, Alla Marcia), Berlioz (La Damnation de Faust), Tchaikovsky (Symphony No. 4, III. Scherzo), Ravel (Ma mère l'oye, III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes), Stravinsky (Firebird Suite, 1919 version, "Variation de l'oiseau de feu"), Prokofiev (Lieutenant Kijé Suite, I. The Birth of Kijé, IV. Troïka), Shostakovich (Symphony No. 8, II. Allegretto), and Bartók (Concerto for Orchestra, III. Elegia). The author examined related research and historical sources including books, dissertations and journal articles to determine pertinent historical information and current performance practice and for each excerpt. Additionally, available editions of each work were compared to identify discrepancies, errors, and the purpose and placement of the solo in the work. Aspects of each excerpt examined included intonation tendencies, rhythmic difficulties, technical challenges, dynamics, articulation, and timbre. Solutions and practice suggestions are proposed for the challenges presented for each of the excerpts. Each chapter concludes with a summary including the solo piccolo part with notated instructions. The result is a useful reference for teachers, students, and piccoloists preparing for auditions
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