During the 1960s and 70s some ethnomusicologists formed relationships with music-makers and ritual specialists in an attempt to interpret how they understood their musical actions. Subsequently ethnomusicologists have studied the respects in which explicit and implicit theory is involved in communication of musical knowledge. They have observed the production of music theory in institutions of modern nation-states and have sought out groups and individuals whose theorizing is not constrain...

In this anthology of original poetry, Blum, a self-described yuppie, presents a collection of verses, most of them (in his words) "verbal cartoons," that define and make fun of this unique sub-culture. A tongue-in-cheek introduction and notes accompanying the poems contribute significantly to this "mission. The book includes a handful of the non-humorous shorter poems are meant to be wistful, whimsical, or scary.

Making music offers enormous possibilities--and faces significant limitations--in its power to generate belonging and advance social justice. Tony Perman and Stefan Fiol edit essays focused on the forms of interplay between music-making and community-making as mutually creative processes. Contributors in the first section look at cases where music arrived in settings with little or no sense of community and formed social bonds that lasted beyond its departure. In the sections that follow, ...

Contact between cultures may also lead to rejection as well as suppression of certain types of music. This process leads to such unfavorable circumstances as abandonment of entire works, genres or concepts or loss of instruments; yet such conflicts may also generate new and more positive creative achievements. Contributors include Andrew Alter, Tan Sooi Beng, Zdravko Blazekovic, Stephen Blum, Lê Tuân Hùng, Margaret J. Kartomi, Marcello Sorce Keller, Margarita Mazo, Bruno Nettl, Don Niles, ...

The idea that the self is inextricably intertwined with the rest of the world—the “oneness hypothesis”—can be found in many of the world’s philosophical and religious traditions. Oneness provides ways to imagine and achieve a more expansive conception of the self as fundamentally connected with other people, creatures, and things. Such views present profound challenges to Western hyperindividualism and its excessive concern with self-interest and tendency toward self-centered behavior....

Thought and Play in Musical Rhythm offers new understandings of musical rhythm through the analysis and comparison of diverse repertoires, performance practices, and theories as formulated and transmitted in speech or writing. Editors Richard K. Wolf, Stephen Blum, and Christopher Hasty address a productive tension in musical studies between universalistic and culturally relevant approaches to the study of rhythm. Reacting to commonplace ideas in (Western) music pedagogy, the essa...

The idea that the self is inextricably intertwined with the rest of the world—the “oneness hypothesis”—can be found in many of the world’s philosophical and religious traditions. Oneness provides ways to imagine and achieve a more expansive conception of the self as fundamentally connected with other people, creatures, and things. Such views present profound challenges to Western hyperindividualism and its excessive concern with self-interest and tendency toward self-centered behavior....

A student of Hiller and Salieri. Charles Blum left a significant collection of works for the guitar, flute the violin trio in the genial High Classical style but the Serenade is the only duet for guitar and flute known to have survived . In over twenty operatic and stage productions Blum displayed a gift for the lyrical which informed even the smallest of his works with moments of dramatic Intensity . ---- Karl Blum ( auch Charles Blum) war Student von Hiller und Salieri. Er schuf mehrere ...

WIEDERSEHEN IM PALAZZO DER ZÄRTLICHKEIT von REBECCA WINTERS"Ric, du lebst? Vor Sami steht der schöne Italiener, der ihr während eines Lawinenunglücks Kraft gab - der totgeglaubte Vater ihres Sohnes. Dem unverhofften Wiedersehen folgen verliebte Tage auf Zypern. Dann erfährt Sami: Ric ist jetzt Conte Enrico und standesgemäß verlobt ...PRINZESSIN VALENTINAS SÜßES GEHEIMNIS von LEANNE BANKSMonate nach seiner unvergessenen Nacht mit der süßen Tina sieht Zach in einem Ma...

With a gift for original melodies the multitalented composer, performer Charles Blum exploited the rich possibilities offered by the guitar, violin and flute ensemble. The 'Three Nights in Naples' evokes the fertile musical culture of the city once called the conservatoire of Europe with three enchanting and contrasting serenades that possess an uplifting power to charm audiences from the very first notes. --- Mit seiner Begabung für einzigartige Melodien nutzte der vieltalentierte Komponi...

VERFÜHRT UNTER FUNKELNDEN STERNEN von WATERS, JANERomantik pur: Auf einem Segeltörn im Mittelmeer kommen Angelo Crespo und die hübsche Lauren sich näher. Heißen Küssen folgen sinnliche Nächte unter funkelnden Sternen. Hals über Kopf verliebt sich der Spanier in die dunkelhaarige Schönheit. Dann der Schock: Hat Lauren einen anderen?DAS MEER FLÜSTERT DEINEN NAMEN von WALLACE, BARBARASchon lange schwärmt Delilah für ihren Boss Simon Cartwright. Kein Wunder also, dass sie...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. It is critical that the wellbeing of society is systematically tracked by indicators that not only give an accurate picture of human life today but also provide a window into the future for all of us.This book presents impactful findings from international longitudinal studies that respond to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 commitment to “leave no-one behind”. Contributors explore a wide range and complexity of pressing gl...