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Composing Dissent

Avant-garde Music in 1960s Amsterdam

By: Robert Adlington

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Composing Dissent

Avant-garde Music in 1960s Amsterdam

By: Robert Adlington

The 1960s saw the emergence in the Netherlands of a generation of avant-garde musicians (including figures such as Louis Andriessen, Willem Breuker, Reinbert de Leeuw and Misha Mengelberg) who were to gain international standing and influence as composers, performers and teachers, and who had a defining impact upon Dutch musical life. Fundamental to their activities in the sixties was a pronounced commitment to social and political engagement. The lively culture of activism and dissent on the streets of Amsterdam prompted an array of vigorous responses from these musicians, including collaborations with countercultural and protest groups, campaigns and direct action against established musical institutions, new grassroots performing associations, political concerts, polemicising within musical works, and the advocacy of new, more 'democratic' relationships with both performers and audiences. These activities laid the basis for the unique new music scene that emerged in the Netherlands in the 1970s and which has been influential upon performers and composers worldwide. This book is the first sustained scholarly examination of this subject. It presents the Dutch experience as an exemplary case study in the complex and conflictual encounter of the musical avant-garde with the decade's currents of social change. The narrative is structured around a number of the decade's defining topoi: modernisation and 'the new'; anarchy; participation; politics; self-management; and popular music. Dutch avant-garde musicians engaged actively with each of these themes, but in so doing they found themselves faced with distinct and sometimes intractable challenges, caused by the chafing of their political and aesthetic commitments. In charting a broad chronological progress from the commencement of work on Peter Schat's Labyrint in 1961 to the premiere of Louis Andriessen's Volkslied in 1971, this book traces the successive attempts of Dutch avant-garde musicians to reconcile the era's evolving social agendas with their own adventurous musical practice.

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383

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Oxford University Press

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0199981027

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9780199981021

Windsurfing

Step by Step to Success

By: Robert Reichenfeld,Rob Reichenfeld

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Windsurfing

Step by Step to Success

By: Robert Reichenfeld,Rob Reichenfeld

Windsurfing: Step by Step to Success offers comprehensive coverage of shortboard sailing techniques and equipment, and is aimed at everyone from the first-timer learning waterstart and gybe to the expert sailor attempting the latest moves. An experienced windsurfing instructor gives simple hints on mastering each manoeuver and has produced an exciting array of color photographs which make up detailed instructional sequences for more than 30 shortboard moves. The book also contains a study of top sailors as they perform complex moves, including forward and backward loops. With advice on buying boards, sails, and fins; tips on rigging; and notes on health for windsurfers, this is the ideal manual on a very popular hobby.

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180

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Crowood Press (UK)

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1852237465

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9781852237462

An Investigation into customers' perception on a French Ski Resorts advertisement campaign

By: Robert Schiele

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An Investigation into customers' perception on a French Ski Resorts advertisement campaign

By: Robert Schiele

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Sport - Sport Economics, Sport Management, grade: 66 %, Northumbria University (School of Psychology and Sports Sciences), language: English, abstract: Prior to World War I, skiing had already established itself as a leisure activity and as an integral part of winter sports tourism (www.kokotele.com). In Scandinavia and the central European alpine states, skiing evolved as an industry around 1890. The first exhibition of winter sports equipment was held in Muerzzuschlag in Austria in 1894, two German and 14 Austrian manufacturers put their products on display (www.land.heim.at). Also around this time the first international skiing, crosscountry and ski jumping championships took place. The winter sport industry in particular the skiing industry obtained a tremendous boost through the first winter Olympics, held in Chamonix in 1924 (www.olympic.org/uk). With growing prosperity of European countries in the late fifties, the skiing industry developed into an important part of the leisure and tourism sector. These days whole regions are dependent on ski tourism and it provides many jobs for people in mountainous areas (www.skimuseum.net). These days Europeans go for vacation rather than recreation, and skiing is as much a social as a sporting activity (Lennon, 1997). The recent emergence of snowboarding has contributed to the ski tourism industry, attracting many youngsters to ski resorts (Marzella, 2001). Snowboarding as a sport was invented through surfers in the 1960`s who fixed bindings on to modified surfboards. As the yuppie age ended and the “Generation X’ers” began to get into skateboarding, BMX bikes, bungee jumping, and roller blading., snowboarding took off (Reichenfeld & Bruechert, 1995). By the late 1980`s, rapid growth in the sport had been tipped into motion by a number of important catalysts. Effective technical innovations and the formation of a world professional tour (backed by enthusiastic media) were the main factors in widening the sports commercial market and creating what is now an established and vibrant industry. However, many ski resorts still treat snowboarding as a secondary market, although it must be added, that by 1996 97% of all ski resorts “welcomed” snowboarders (Marzella, 2001). Through the increased popularity of snowboarding over the last 10 years, it is inevitable that some resorts would develop a strong attraction for boarders (Lennon, 1997). [...]

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GRIN Verlag

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3638295877

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9783638295871

Louis Andriessen: De Staat

By: Robert Adlington

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Louis Andriessen: De Staat

By: Robert Adlington

Louis Andriessen is one of the foremost composers in the world today. His music, with its distinctive blend of jazz, minimalism, Stravinsky and the European avant-garde, has attracted wide audiences internationally and made him a sought-after teacher among younger generations of composers. De Staat ('The Republic') brought Andriessen to international attention in 1976, and it remains his best-known work. This book is the first extended, single-author study of Andriessen in any language. It opens with a detailed account of Andriessen's involvement in the political upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s which formed the basis for his later views on instrumentation and musical style. The following chapters assess the principal influences on his music and the musical structure of De Staat. The book closes with an extensive discussion of the meaning of De Staat in the light of the composer's firmly held socio-political views. The downloadable resources include a thrilling live recording of De Staat from the 1978 Holland Festival, plus two earlier works not previously commercially available on compact disc - De Volharding and Il Principe.

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162

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Routledge

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1351218840

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9781351218849

Windsurfing

Step by Step to Success

By: Robert Reichenfeld,Rob Reichenfeld

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Windsurfing

Step by Step to Success

By: Robert Reichenfeld,Rob Reichenfeld

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Crowood Press (UK)

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1852237465

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Canals of England

By: Martin Marix Evans,Robert Reichenfeld

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Canals of England

By: Martin Marix Evans,Robert Reichenfeld

This is an illustrated guide to the canals and waterways of England. This book bears witness to the transformation that took place in the English landscape during the last 50 years of the 18th century, when canals were built from the Pennines to the English Channel.

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159

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Phoenix

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0753805332

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9780753805336

Canals of England

By: Martin Marix-Evans

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Canals of England

By: Martin Marix-Evans

AMENDED ENTRY. Previously announced on ISBN 0297834711, weekly list no. 18, dated 5th May, 1995. An illustrated guide to the canals and waterways of England

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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0297833995

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9780297833994

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Composing Dissent

Composing Dissent

Windsurfing

Windsurfing

An Investigation into customers' perception on a French Ski Resorts advertisement campaign

An Investigation into customers' perception on a French Ski Resorts advertisement campaign

Louis Andriessen: De Staat

Louis Andriessen: De Staat

Windsurfing

Windsurfing

Canals of England

Canals of England

Canals of England

Canals of England

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