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Mozart\u27s Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception. By Neal Zaslaw
No full textCole discusses and reviews Zaslaw\u27s 1989 book
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Review of John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw. 2004. The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press
No full textMusicological books by more than one author are (with the obvious exception of anthologies) relatively rare. So it is natural to be curious both about the individual contributions that John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw made to this monumental book and about the nature of their collaboration. In their preface, they explain that “Neal Zaslaw wrote the first drafts of Chapters 3 and 6 [‘Lully’s Orchestra’ and ‘The Orchestra in France’]; the remaining chapters were drafted by John Spitzer. The two of us edited, rewrote, and reedited the entire book together” (v). Their combined labors have resulted in the most comprehensive, accurate, and insightful account ever written of the orchestra’s early history. I need to make this absolutely clear at the outset because my review points to what I feel are some flaws in the book. These observations must be considered in the context of the authors’ overall achievement in so expertly and indefatigably covering such a vast and complex field. The book falls into two large parts. The first part (chapters 1-9) consists largely of a series of chronologically-arranged surveys tracing the development of the orchestra in France, Italy, Germany (by which the authors mean the German-speaking part of Europe), and Britain and its North American colonies (all treated in a chapter inaccurately called “The Orchestra in England”). The second part of the book (chapters 10-14) explores various topics throughout the period indicated by the book’s title, from performance practices, rehearsals, seating, acoustics, and orchestration, to the conductor, the economic status of orchestral musicians, and (in conclusion) “The Meaning of the Orchestra.
Historical Fiction Author Don Neal Discusses Cold War Activities in Alaska
No full textDuring the Cold War, the USA was concerned that Russia would invade Alaska and American intelligence officers created the Stay Behind Agent Program to counter. At this event, Don Neal, author of the Ben Hunnicutt series that includes Cross Kill, Warhead, and washtub Gold, discusses the Nike missile system, the top-secret anti-espionage campaign Operation Washtub, and other Cold War activities in Alaska
Review of John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw. 2004. The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press
No full textMusicological books by more than one author are (with the obvious exception of anthologies) relatively rare. So it is natural to be curious both about the individual contributions that John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw made to this monumental book and about the nature of their collaboration. In their preface, they explain that “Neal Zaslaw wrote the first drafts of Chapters 3 and 6 [‘Lully’s Orchestra’ and ‘The Orchestra in France’]; the remaining chapters were drafted by John Spitzer. The two of us edited, rewrote, and reedited the entire book together” (v). Their combined labors have resulted in the most comprehensive, accurate, and insightful account ever written of the orchestra’s early history. I need to make this absolutely clear at the outset because my review points to what I feel are some flaws in the book. These observations must be considered in the context of the authors’ overall achievement in so expertly and indefatigably covering such a vast and complex field. The book falls into two large parts. The first part (chapters 1-9) consists largely of a series of chronologically-arranged surveys tracing the development of the orchestra in France, Italy, Germany (by which the authors mean the German-speaking part of Europe), and Britain and its North American colonies (all treated in a chapter inaccurately called “The Orchestra in England”). The second part of the book (chapters 10-14) explores various topics throughout the period indicated by the book’s title, from performance practices, rehearsals, seating, acoustics, and orchestration, to the conductor, the economic status of orchestral musicians, and (in conclusion) “The Meaning of the Orchestra.
Book review: 'The birth of the orchestra: history of an institution, 1650–1815' by John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw
No full textThe role of the orchestra within an ever-changing social and political environment has recently attracted a great deal of attention, as its ability to adapt to twenty-first century culture remains constantly under the spotlight. Many of the issues surrounding the orchestra and its musicians past, present, and future have recently surfaced in such books as The Orchestra: Origins and Transformations, edited by Joan Peyser (New York, 1986); Christopher Small’s Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening (London and Hanover, NH, 1989); The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra, edited by Colin Lawson (Cambridge, 2003); and Stephen Cottrell’s Professional Music-Making in London: Ethnography and Experience (Aldershot, 2004). With their new book, John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw have made a distinctive, scholarly, and stimulating contribution to the debate
Material Spirituality with Neal DeRoo Pt. I
No full textIs spirituality one part of our lives that we experience in worship? Or does it permeate our whole being? Are we able to pull spirituality and religion apart? What would happen if we considered how our spirituality is embodied, deeply, in our world? In this inaugural episode of Critical Faith, Neal DeRoo explores these questions in his lecture "Toward a Material Spirituality: Religion and Phenomenological Expression." The recording is the first of three parts, all from a Scripture, Faith, and Scholarship Seminar hosted at the Institute for Christian Studies.
Neal DeRoo is Canada Research Chair in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion and Associate Professor of Philosophy at The King's University in Edmonton, Alberta, and the author of Futurity in Phenomenology: Promise and Method in Husserl, Levinas, and Derrida (Fordham: 2013)
Quartets [K. 80, 155-160, 168-173]
No full textQuartets [K. 80, 155-160, 168-173]. - In: The compleat Mozart / ed. by Neal Zaslaw ... - New York u.a. : Norton, 1990. - S. 258-26
Grace Neal Parkway design concept report
No full textabstract: Grace Neal Parkway and Bank Street are located in the northern Kingman area partially outside of the Kingman city limits. This report discusses of creating a new arterial roadway providing safety and convenience for vehicular traffic and pedestrians. Although Grace Neal is referred to as a parkway, its designation for design is arterial.Stockton Hill Road to SR-66; Bank Street assessment, Northern Avenue to Grace Neal Parkway
From the Editor. Decription of author John Neal, his book Portland Illustrate
No full textFrom the Editor. Decription of author John Neal, his book Portland Illustrated (published in 1874), and his relationships with art critic N.C. Willis, Lady Blessington, and painter Charles Codman
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