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Letter from John Little, Louisville, Kentucky, to Dr. R. I. Little, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 24, 1929
No full textEnclosed with this letter is a letter from President George H. Denny, University of Alabama, to Dr. R. I. Little, University of Alabama, January 21, 1929
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
Six Characters In Search Of An Author
No full textProgram from the Little Theatre of Dallas' 1932 production of 'Six Characters In Search Of An Author,' written by Luigi Pirandello and directed by Charles Meredith. Setting arrangement by Alexandre Hogue. Cover art by Leon Dacus. Exhibitions by Olin Herman Travis and Kathryne Hail Travis
Permission letter from R. Blair, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for John Little Jr., April 29, 1861
No full textAn item in the Little family papers collection
Letter of recommendation for Dr. John Little, Jr., by R., circa 1900
No full textThis is an item in the Little family papers collection
Telegram from Franklin R. Little to Minnie Meacham Carter
No full textTelegram from Franklin R. Little, Publisher of the Ogdensburg Journal and President of the Board of Trustees of the Remington Art Memorial, to Minnie Meacham Carter upon the death of Amon Giles Carter. The telegram expresses condolences and sympathy about his death.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_meachamcarterpapers/1256/thumbnail.jp
Watchful waiting is useful for children with recurrent throat infections
No full textVan Staaij et al's study is a welcome addition to a controversial subject.1 It shows that for children with moderately frequent throat infections (on average three in the previous year) a "wait and see" approach results in acceptable control of symptoms and avoids postoperative pain and complications (1% requiring operative surgery for haemorrhage, and 2.6% having severe nausea or dehydration). The major limitation of the study is the large number of children from the watchful waiting group who had tonsillectomy (34%). Since a per protocol analysis was not done—that is, comparing those who had tonsillectomy with those who did not, controlling for severity indices—it cannot be concluded that tonsillectomy in itself is ineffective but simply that immediate tonsillectomy is not effective. The data from this trial, however, match data from a similar trial, which reported little symptomatic benefit and a significant rate of complications (7%) among children who had tonsillectomy for more severe symptoms.<br/
The 'little r' in Artistic Research
No full text‘Artistic research’ (AR) is increasingly expanding in the academy, most recently exemplified in the establishment of the EU-funded Journal for Artistic Research. One of the characteristics of AR is that it accepts subjectivity (aka ‘little r’ research) as opposed to traditional scientific methods (or ‘big R’ research). As such, it is similar to the social sciences in using qualitative research and intersubjectivity as tools to apply measurement and critical analysis. AR investigates and tests with the purpose of gaining knowledge within and for artistic disciplines, and through presented documentation and artworks, the insights gained are placed in a context where the research aims to enhance knowledge and understanding in that discipline.
This presentation will present two interwoven components: i) a scholarly research paper complete with artistic research questions, method, analysis and conclusions; and ii) live music performance components that will feature the voice, acoustic instruments and digital arts technologies. This juxtaposition aims to present both highly familiar and unfamiliar thinking about musical practices to answer the following questions: How may musical thinking and preparation be considered ‘research’? In what ways can both the music and the text best serve to answer these questions? In particular, the presentation and performance components will focus on three aspects of this process: in relation to musical improvisation (the beginning of a new work); the formalization of structure, form and repetition (in the composition of the piece); and finally, in the technical production, capture and representation of a ‘final’ work as audio-visual recording.Queensland ConservatoriumFull Tex
Letter from R. Bliss Edgar, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to John Little, Jr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 24, 1900
No full textThis is an item in the Little family papers collection
UA Little Rock Seminar in Public History (HIST 7391) files on the Arkansas General Assembly, 1984
No full textThis collection contains the project reports from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Seminar in Public History's 1984 project, "Arkansas General Assembly: A Study of Voting Patterns and Biographical Characteristics," directed by Deborah J. Baldwin, Ph.D., which includes a study of the Arkansas General Assembly.; Project staff: Russell P. Baker, J. Ann DuVall, Jeffrey Lewellen, Myra Moran, Lynne Navin, and Linda R. Pine.UA Little Rock Seminar in Public History (HIST 7391) files on the Arkansas General Assembly, 198
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