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Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music

The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music

By: Dr Mattias Lundberg

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Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music

The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music

By: Dr Mattias Lundberg

Mattias Lundberg investigates the historical role of a deviant psalm-tone, the tonus peregrinus, focusing on its applications in polyphonic music within all major branches of Western liturgy. Throughout the remarkably persistent tradition of applying this melody to polyphony, from the ninth century right up to the twenty-first, coeval music theory is able to shed light on the problems it has posed to modal and tonal practice at various historical stages. The musical settings studied hold up a mirror to the general development of psalmody, concerning practices of organum, diverse regional forms of fauxbourdon, cantus firmus composition, free imitation, parody, fugue, quodlibet, monody, and many other compositional techniques where the unique features of the psalm-tone have necessitated modification of existing practices. The conclusions drawn reveal a musico-liturgical tradition that was not in real danger of extinction until the general decline of Western liturgy that followed in the eighteenth century, at which point the historiography of the tonus peregrinus became a factor stimulating scholarly and musical interest in its alleged pre-Christian origins. Lundberg demonstrates that the succession of works based on the tonus peregrinus often preserved a distinctly conservative musical and theological conception even during periods of drastic liturgical reform.

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352

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409455076

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9781409455073

John Wallis: Writings on Music

By: Dr David Cram,Dr Benjamin Wardhaugh

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John Wallis: Writings on Music

By: Dr David Cram,Dr Benjamin Wardhaugh

John Wallis (1616-1703), was one of the foremost British mathematicians of the seventeenth century, and is also remembered for his important writings on grammar and logic. An interest in music theory led him to produce translations into Latin of three ancient Greek texts - those of Ptolemy, Porphyry and Bryennius - and involved him in discussions with Henry Oldenburg, the Secretary of the Royal Society, Thomas Salmon and others as his ideas developed. The texts presented here cover the relationship of ancient and modern tuning theory, the building of organs, the phenomena of resonance, and other musical topics.

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255

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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0754668703

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9780754668701

Being Musically Attuned

The Act of Listening to Music

By: Dr Erik Wallrup

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Being Musically Attuned

The Act of Listening to Music

By: Dr Erik Wallrup

Listening according to mood is likely to be what most people do when they listen to music. We want to take part in, or even be part of, the emerging world of the musical work. Erik Wallrup explores this vague and elusive phenomenon, which is held to be fundamental to musical hearing. He unfolds the untold musical history of the German word for ‘mood’, Stimmung. Heidegger’s philosophy of Stimmung is introduced into the field of music, allowing Wallrup to realise fully the potential of the concept. Mood in music, or musical attunement, should not be seen as a peculiar kind of emotionality, but that which constitutes fundamentally the relationship between listener and music.

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289

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472429907

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9781472429902

Retailising Space

Architecture, Retail and the Territorialisation of Public Space

By: Prof Dr Mattias Kärrholm

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Retailising Space

Architecture, Retail and the Territorialisation of Public Space

By: Prof Dr Mattias Kärrholm

Over the past few years there has been a proliferation of new kinds of retail space. Retail space has cropped up just about everywhere in the urban landscape: in libraries, workplaces, churches and museums. In short, retail is becoming a more and more manifest part of the public domain. The traditional spaces of retail, such as city centres and outlying shopping malls, are either increasing in size or disappearing, producing new urban types and whole environments totally dedicated to retail. The creation of these new retail spaces has brought about a re- and de-territorialisation of urban public space, and has also led to transformations in urban design and type of materials used, and even in the logic and ways through which these design amenities meet the needs of retailers and/or consumers. This book describes how the retailisation of public domains affects our everyday life and our use of the built environment. Taking an architectural and territorial perspective on this issue, it looks specifically at how retail and consumption spaces have changed and territorialised urban life in different ways. It then develops a methodology and a set of concepts to describe and understand the role of architecture in these territorial transformations.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409482928

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9781409482925

Promoting Gender Equality and Tackling Demographic Challenges

By: Jiajia Gu,Ms. Lisa L Kolovich,Dr. Jorge Mondragon,Ms. Monique Newiak,Michael Herrmann

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Promoting Gender Equality and Tackling Demographic Challenges

By: Jiajia Gu,Ms. Lisa L Kolovich,Dr. Jorge Mondragon,Ms. Monique Newiak,Michael Herrmann

Two broad contrasting demographic trends present challenges for economies globally: countries with aging populations, often advanced economies and increasingly emerging markets, anticipate a significant shrinking of the labor force, with implications for growth, economic stability, and public finances. Economies with rapidly growing populations, as is the case in many low-income and developing countries, will face a burgeoning young population entering the labor market in the next decades—a large potential to reap the demographic dividend if the right skills and economic and social conditions are in place. This note highlights how gender equality, in both cases, can serve as a stabilizing factor to rebalance demographic trends. As decisions regarding fertility, human capital investment, and labor force participation are interlinked, policies should aim at relaxing households’ time and resource constraints that condition these choices. This means that, in general, in advanced economies and emerging markets, policies should facilitate women’s work–life choices and boost female participation in the labor market, whereas policies in low-income and developing countries should focus on reforms that narrow gender gaps in opportunities and support human capital accumulation.

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International Monetary Fund

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9798400277788

Book's by Dr Mattias Lundberg

Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music

Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music

John Wallis: Writings on Music

John Wallis: Writings on Music

Being Musically Attuned

Being Musically Attuned

Retailising Space

Retailising Space

Promoting Gender Equality and Tackling Demographic Challenges

Promoting Gender Equality and Tackling Demographic Challenges

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