Samantha Owens – författare

Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common.What was musical life at German courts really like during the eighteenth century? Were musical ensembles as diverse as the Holy Roman Empire's kaleidoscopic political landscape? Through a series of individual case studies contributed by leading scholars from Germany, Poland, the United States, Canada, and Australia, this book investigates the realities of musical life at fifteen German courts of varied size (ranging from kingdoms to principalities), religious denomination, and geographical location. Significant shifts that occurred in the artistic priorities of each court are presented through a series of "snapshots"- in effect "core sample" years - which highlight both individualand shared patterns of development and decline. What emerges from the wealth of primary source material examined in this volume is an in-depth picture of music-making within the daily life of individual courts, featuring a cast ofmusic directors, instrumentalists, and vocalists, together with numerous support staff drawn from across Europe. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. SAMANTHA OWENS is Associate Professor in Musicology at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. BARBARA M. REUL is Associate Professor of Musicology at Luther College, University of Regina, Canada. JANICE B. STOCKIGT is a Principal Fellow of the University of Melbourne, Australia.Contributors: DIETER KIRSCH, URSULA KRAMER, MICHAEL MAUL, MARYOLESKIEWICZ, SAMANTHA OWENS, RASHID-S. PEGAH, BÄRBEL PELKER, BARBARA M. REUL, WOLFGANG RUF, BERT SIEGMUND, JANICE B. STOCKIGT, MICHAEL TALBOT, RÜDIGER THOMSEN-FÜRST, ALINA ZORAWSKA-WITKOWSKA, STEVEN ZOHN

John Sigismond Cousser, as performer and composer, was a pioneering figure in the musical history of the European Baroque era.John Sigismond Cousser - born Johann Sigismund Kusser in Pressburg, Hungary in 1660 - was a pioneering figure in the musical history of the Baroque era. Having worked professionally as a performer and composer across Europe over the span of a fifty-year career, this well-travelled and cosmopolitan musician was subsequently acknowledged by Johann Mattheson as having played a key role in the transmission of both the French and Italian musical styles throughout the German-speaking lands.Following study in Paris, Cousser was employed at a string of German courts, training musicians in the newly fashionable French style. At the court of Duke Anton Ulrich in Wolfenbüttel, he experienced at first hand performances of opera by Italian virtuosos and subsequently introduced countless German musicians and their audiences to the Italian musical style. Yet with the onset of war in 1701, Cousser was forced to seek his fortune elsewhere, moving to London in 1704 before settling permanently in Ireland.The Well-Travelled Musician expands current knowledge of Cousser's early life and professional career significantly, examining his particular role in the dissemination of music and musical styles throughout the German-speaking lands, as well as in early eighteenth-century London and Dublin. Drawing upon a rich body of primary sources, above all the unparalleled evidence contained in Cousser's so-called commonplace book, it reveals the practicalities of early modern musical exchange at a grass-roots level, from Pressburg (now Bratislava) to Paris, Hamburg to Dublin, and beyond.SAMANTHA OWENS is Associate Professor of Musicology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

By the age of thirteen, vulnerable Sheffield teenager Samantha Owens had fallen through the cracks in the care system. Bounced around numerous foster carers after her home life became too chaotic, Samantha thought she had found a friend in the streetwise Amanda Spencer. The older girl bought her clothes, styled her hair and found her places to stay. Samantha's welfare was the last thing on Spencer's mind, however, as in reality she was grooming the young girl for exploitation of the worst possible kind. Over the course of the next few months, Samantha was plied with alcohol and drugs and pimped out to over fifty men for Spencer's gain. Raped, abused, and with no chance of escape, Samantha was at the mercy of the calculating, ruthless and intimidating Spencer. It took a police investigation of two years to bring her and a small gang of cohorts to justice and, in 2014, Spencer was jailed for twelve years. With her abusers in jail, and Samantha bravely rebuilding her life, her shocking story is a stark warning to those who believe child sexual abuse follows any set pattern.

Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common.What was musical life at German courts really like during the eighteenth century? Were musical ensembles as diverse as the Holy Roman Empire's kaleidoscopic political landscape? Through a series of individual case studies contributed by leading scholars from Germany, Poland, the United States, Canada, and Australia, this book investigates the realities of musical life at fifteen German courts of varied size (ranging from kingdoms to principalities), religious denomination, and geographical location. Significant shifts that occurred in the artistic priorities of each court are presented through a series of "snapshots"- in effect "core sample" years - which highlight both individualand shared patterns of development and decline. What emerges from the wealth of primary source material examined in this volume is an in-depth picture of music-making within the daily life of individual courts, featuring acast of music directors, instrumentalists, and vocalists, together with numerous support staff drawn from across Europe. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. SAMANTHA OWENS is Senior Lecturer in Musicology at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. BARBARA M. REUL is Associate Professor of Musicology at Luther College, University of Regina, Canada. JANICE B. STOCKIGT is a Principal Fellow of the University of Melbourne, Australia.Contributors: DIETER KIRSCH, URSULA KRAMER, MICHAEL MAUL, MARY OLESKIEWICZ, SAMANTHA OWENS, RASHID-S. PEGAH, BÄRBEL PELKER, BARBARA M. REUL, WOLFGANG RUF, BERT SIEGMUND, JANICE B. STOCKIGT, MICHAEL TALBOT, RÜDIGER THOMSEN-FÜRST, ALINA ZORAWSKA-WITKOWSKA, STEVEN ZOHN

Första gången Samantha har sex för pengar är hon 13 år gammal. Hemma finns det ingen som bryr sig om henne och när den tuffa tjejen Amanda visar intresse är Samantha beredd att göra allt för sin nya vän. Amanda erbjuder henne vänskap och glamour ? men priset är fester med äldre män. För att stå ut med att sälja sex och bli såld dras Samantha snart in i ett missbruk. Varje gång hon kämpar för att bli fri lyckas Amanda manipulera henne och hålla henne kvar. Detta pågår ända till den dag då Samantha tar mod till sig att gå till polisen.

Första gången Samantha har sex för pengar är hon 13 år gammal. Hemma finns det ingen som bryr sig om henne och när den tuffa tjejen Amanda visar intresse är Samantha beredd att göra allt för sin nya vän. Amanda erbjuder henne vänskap och glamour - men priset är fester med äldre män.För att stå ut med att sälja sex och bli såld dras Samantha snart in i ett missbruk.Varje gång hon kämpar för att bli fri lyckas Amanda manipulera henne och hålla henne kvar. Detta pågår ända till den dag då Samantha tar mod till sig att gå till polisen.

Tositarina myrkyllisen ystävän julmista rikoksista.Kun Samantha Owens täyttää kolmetoista vuotta, luostensuojeluviranomaiset ovat jo luovuttaneet hänen suhteensa. Tyttöä pompotellaan sijaiskodista toiseen, ja hänen kotielämänsä on kaoottista. Sitten Samantha ystävystyy itseään vanhemman Amanda Spencerin kanssa. Amanda ostaa Samanthalle vaatteita, laittaa tämän hiukset ja tarjoaa tälle majapaikan.Todellisuudessa Amanda ei kuitenkaan välitä Samanthan hyvinvoinnista tippaakaan, vaan valmistelee nuorta tyttöä kamalimman mahdollisen hyväksikäytön kohteeksi. Seuraavien kuukausien aikana Samantha pumpataan täyteen alkoholia ja huumeita ja Amanda parittaa häntä yli viidellekymmenelle miehelle. Raiskattuna ja pahoinpideltynä Samantha on täysin laskelmoivan, häikäilemättömän ja pelottavan Amandan armoilla.Kestää vielä kaksi vuotta ennen kuin Amanda ja tämän kumppanit saadaan oikeuden eteen vastaamaan teoistaan.Englanninkielinen alkuperäisteksti © Caryn Walker, 2019. Julkaistu alunperin englanniksi (UK), kustantajana John Blake Publishing, joka on osa Bonnier Books UK Limitediä, Lontoo.