The Jews Harp In Britain And Ireland

Author : Michael Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351543316

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The Jews-Harp in Britain and Ireland by Michael Wright Pdf

The jews-harp is a distinctive musical instrument of international importance, yet it remains one of those musical instruments, like the ocarina, kazoo or even the art of whistling, that travels beneath the established musical radar. The story of the jews-harp is also part of our musical culture, though it has attracted relatively little academic study. Britain and Ireland played a significant role in the instrument‘s manufacture and world distribution, particularly during the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Drawing upon previously unknown written sources and piecing together thousands of fragments of information spanning hundreds of years, Michael Wright tells the story of the jews-harp‘s long history in the Britain and Ireland. Beginning with an introductory chapter describing the instrument, Part One looks at the various theories of its ancient origin, how it came to be in Europe, terminology, and its English name. Part Two explores its commercial exploitation and the importance of the export market in the development of manufacturing. Part Three looks the instrument‘s appearance and use in art, literature and the media, finally considering the many players who have used the instrument throughout its long history.

Author : Leonard Fox
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Music
ISBN : 0838751164

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The Jew's Harp by Leonard Fox Pdf

This collection represents the first complete study of the Jew's harp -- its history, use, playing techniques, and manufacture -- richly supplemented with biographies of virtuosi of the instrument, a geo-linguistic survey of terms, data on composed music, and a bibliographical and discographical essay with numerous musical examples. Illustrated.

Author : Mervyn McLean
Publisher : Mervyn McLean
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780473288730

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Music, Lapita, and the Problem of Polynesian Origins by Mervyn McLean Pdf

For more than twenty years the standard view among anthropologists has been that Polynesians evolved from a group of settlers known as Lapita people whose characteristically dentate-stamped pottery has been found on numerous mostly Melanesian sites, and who entered Fiji more than 3000 years ago from a starting point in the Bismarck Archipelago. An alternative view that champions Micronesia as a primary area of origin for Polynesians has been in limbo as a result of the prevailing theory, but is reappraised in the present book and found once again to be in contention. The book takes an historical view of theories of origin, and provides some account of methodologies used by scholarly disciplines which have been brought to bear on the subject, including evidence from music and dance, which forms the core of the book.

Author : Christopher Wright,Catherine May Gordon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300117302

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British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections by Christopher Wright,Catherine May Gordon Pdf

This book sets a new standard as a work of reference. It covers British and Irish art in public collections from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth, and it encompasses nearly 9,000 painters and 90,000 paintings in more than 1,700 separate collections. The book includes as well pictures that are now lost, some as a consequence of the Second World War and others because of de-accessioning, mostly from 1950 to about 1975 when Victorian art was out of fashion. By listing many tens of thousands of previously unpublished works, including around 13,000 which do not yet have any form of attribution, this book becomes a unique and indispensable work of reference, one that will transform the study of British and Irish painting.

Author : Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : UCR:31210017047786

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11786383

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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Jenkins
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773550469

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Between Raid and Rebellion by William Jenkins Pdf

A comparative study of Irish communities in a Canadian and an American city.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:$B526091

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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : HARVARD:32044041999350

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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland by Anonim Pdf

Includes articles on issues of worldwide anthropological interest.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433000967434

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The Columbian Cyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UIUC:30112064259390

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Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language by Anonim Pdf

Author : Matthew Machin-Autenrieth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Flamenco
ISBN : 0367229471

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Flamenco, Regionalism and Musical Heritage in Southern Spain by Matthew Machin-Autenrieth Pdf

Flamenco, Regionalism and Musical Heritage in Southern Spainexplores the relationship between regional identity politics and flamenco in Andalusia, the southernmost autonomous community of Spain. In recent years, the Andalusian Government has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at developing flamenco as a symbol of regional identity. In 2010, flamenco was recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, a declaration that has reinvigorated institutional support for the tradition. The book draws upon ethnomusicology, political geography and heritage studies to analyse the regionalisation of flamenco within the frame of Spanish politics, while considering responses among Andalusians to these institutional measures. Drawing upon ethnographic research conducted online and in Andalusia, the book examines critically the institutional development of flamenco, challenging a fixed reading of the relationship between flamenco and regionalism. The book offers alternative readings of regionalism, exploring the ways in which competing localisms and disputed identities contribute to a fresh understanding of the flamenco tradition. Matthew Machin-Autenrieth makes a significant contribution to flamenco scholarship in particular and to the study of music, regionalism and heritage in general. reading of the relationship between flamenco and regionalism. The book offers alternative readings of regionalism, exploring the ways in which competing localisms and disputed identities contribute to a fresh understanding of the flamenco tradition. Matthew Machin-Autenrieth makes a significant contribution to flamenco scholarship in particular and to the study of music, regionalism and heritage in general.

Author : William Thomas Lowndes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : English literature
ISBN : CHI:54638647

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The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing by William Thomas Lowndes Pdf

Author : William Thomas Lowndes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : English literature
ISBN : PRNC:32101048408460

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The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature by William Thomas Lowndes Pdf

Author : Nobuo Masataka
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811542503

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The Origins of Language Revisited by Nobuo Masataka Pdf

This book summarizes the latest research on the origins of language, with a focus on the process of evolution and differentiation of language. It provides an update on the earlier successful book, “The Origins of Language” edited by Nobuo Masataka and published in 2008, with new content on emerging topics. Drawing on the empirical evidence in each respective chapter, the editor presents a coherent account of how language evolved, how music differentiated from language, and how humans finally became neurodivergent as a species. Chapters on nonhuman primate communication reveal that the evolution of language required the neural rewiring of circuits that controlled vocalization. Language contributed not only to the differentiation of our conceptual ability but also to the differentiation of psychic functions of concepts, emotion, and behavior. It is noteworthy that a rudimentary form of syntax (regularity of call sequences) has emerged in nonhuman primates. The following chapters explain how music differentiated from language, whereas the pre-linguistic system, or the “prosodic protolanguage,” in nonhuman primates provided a precursor for both language and music. Readers will gain a new understanding of music as a rudimentary form of language that has been discarded in the course of evolution and its role in restoring the primordial synthesis in the human psyche. The discussion leads to an inspiring insight into autism and neurodiversity in humans. This thought-provoking and carefully presented book will appeal to a wide range of readers in linguistics, psychology, phonology, biology, anthropology and music.