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Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression
With Related Writings by William Hayes and Charles Avison
Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
2 150 kr
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Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression, first published in 1752, is a major contribution to the debate on musical aesthetics which developed in the course of the 18th century. Considered by Charles Burney as the first essay devoted to 'musical criticism' proper, it established the primary importance of 'expression' and reconsidered the relative importance of harmony and melody. Immediately after its publication it was followed by William Hayes's Remarks (1753), to which Avison himself retorted in his Reply. Taken together these three texts offer a fascinating insight into the debate that raged in the 18th century between the promoters of the so-called 'ancient music' (such as Hayes) and the more 'modern' musicians. Beyond matters of taste, what was at stake in Avison's theoretical contribution was the assertion that the individual's response to music ultimately mattered more than the dry rules established by professional musicians. Avison also wrote several prefaces to the published editions of his own musical compositions. This volume reprints these prefaces and advertisements together with his Essay to provide an interesting view of eighteenth-century conceptions of composition and performance, and a complete survey of Avison's theory of music.
Histoire De L'horlogerie Depuis Son Origine Jusqu'à Nos Jours
Précédée De Recherches Sur La Mesure Du Temps Dans L'antiquité Et Suivie De La Biographie Des Horlogers Les Plus Célèbres De L'europe
Inbunden, Franska, 2022
461 kr
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339 kr
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De Recuperatione Terre Sancte
Traité De Politique Générale .. Pub. D'Après Le Manuscrit Du Vatican Par Ch.-V. Langlois
Inbunden, Franska, 2022
364 kr
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De Recuperatione Terre Sancte
Traité De Politique Générale .. Pub. D'Après Le Manuscrit Du Vatican Par Ch.-V. Langlois
Häftad, Franska, 2022
210 kr
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364 kr
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210 kr
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1 658 kr
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Music was an essential aspect of life in eighteenth-century Britain and plays a crucial role in the literary strategies of Georgian novels. This book is the first to investigate the literary representation of music in these works and explores the structural, dramatic and metaphorical roles of music in novels by authors ranging from Richardson to Austen. Pierre Dubois explores the meaning of 'musical scenes' by framing them within contemporary cultural issues, such as the critique of Italian opera or the theoretical shift from mimesis to the alleged autonomy and mystery of music. Focusing upon both eighteenth-century theories of music, and the way specific musical instruments were perceived in the collective imagination, Dubois suggests new interpretative perspectives for a whole range of novels of the Georgian era. This book will be of interest to a wide readership interested not only in literature, but also in music and cultural history at large.
584 kr
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Music was an essential aspect of life in eighteenth-century Britain and plays a crucial role in the literary strategies of Georgian novels. This book is the first to investigate the literary representation of music in these works and explores the structural, dramatic and metaphorical roles of music in novels by authors ranging from Richardson to Austen. Pierre Dubois explores the meaning of 'musical scenes' by framing them within contemporary cultural issues, such as the critique of Italian opera or the theoretical shift from mimesis to the alleged autonomy and mystery of music. Focusing upon both eighteenth-century theories of music, and the way specific musical instruments were perceived in the collective imagination, Dubois suggests new interpretative perspectives for a whole range of novels of the Georgian era. This book will be of interest to a wide readership interested not only in literature, but also in music and cultural history at large.
241 kr
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Whereas Dr Burney's writings are often mentioned in studies on eighteenth-century music, not much interest seems to have been given specifically to his relation to the organ, which played an important part in his professional career as a practising musician. No better introduction to the aesthetic ethos of the eighteenth-century English organ can be found than in Burney's remarks disseminated in his various writings. Taken together, they construct a coherent discourse on taste and constitute an aesthetic. Burney's view of the organ is indicative of a broader ethos of moderation that permeates his whole work, and is at one with the dominant moral philosophy of Georgian England. This conception is ripe with patriotic undertones, while it also articulates a constant plea for politeness as a condition for harmonious social interaction. He believed that moderation, simplicity, and fancy were the constituents of good taste as well as good manners.
Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression
With Related Writings by William Hayes and Charles Avison
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
789 kr
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Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression, first published in 1752, is a major contribution to the debate on musical aesthetics which developed in the course of the 18th century. Considered by Charles Burney as the first essay devoted to 'musical criticism' proper, it established the primary importance of 'expression' and reconsidered the relative importance of harmony and melody. Immediately after its publication it was followed by William Hayes's Remarks (1753), to which Avison himself retorted in his Reply. Taken together these three texts offer a fascinating insight into the debate that raged in the 18th century between the promoters of the so-called 'ancient music' (such as Hayes) and the more 'modern' musicians. Beyond matters of taste, what was at stake in Avison's theoretical contribution was the assertion that the individual's response to music ultimately mattered more than the dry rules established by professional musicians. Avison also wrote several prefaces to the published editions of his own musical compositions. This volume reprints these prefaces and advertisements together with his Essay to provide an interesting view of eighteenth-century conceptions of composition and performance, and a complete survey of Avison's theory of music.
118 kr
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Texas Jack is a legendary hero, a crack shot and a champion of the helpless who gunned down dozens of enemies... in his travelling show and the novels that bear his name! In reality, though, he's never been west, and has never shot at anyone. So when a government agent asks him to go to Wyoming to face a bloodthirsty maniac, his first reaction is to say no. Yet to preserve his reputation, he eventually takes the job, and leaves with his three co-stars in the show...
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Jack and his friends, still attached to Marshal Sykes' posse, are on their way to Eagle Town to rendezvous with a cavalry detachment. Yet there are still questionsmarks hanging over his mission. Too many ambushes, too many coincidences... Not to mention that the idea of sending a circus act to fight a deadly bandit remains a preposterous idea to Sykes.. and that the presence of the too-beautiful Amy creates tensions between the two teams.
334 kr
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318 kr
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254 kr
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252 kr
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Amazonie - Guyane
Au-delà de l'impossible, la bravoure. Sur les traces de Raymond Maufrais
Häftad, Franska, 2025
387 kr
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494 kr
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214 kr
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283 kr
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