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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Sound recordings"”.
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Argent Sound Recordings: Multimodal Storytelling
ARGENT SOUND RECORDINGS explores the integration of visual, written and sonic elements to tell a story. "The Silver Bell," a fairy tale, is delivered through the internet – providing users an opportunity to experience and interpret a constructed narrative under the guise of an independent record …
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Sound Recordings, Private Collectors, and Academic Research Libraries
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T17:49:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7624082.pdf: 6905760 bytes, checksum: 5384c9376ca31d4ee769a9faf1779da8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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The Role of Sound Recordings in the Revitalisation of Minority Languages of the Ainu People (Japan) and the West Frisians (the Netherlands)
This thesis explores the use of sound recordings in the revitalisation of two minority languages – the Ainu (Japan) and the West Frisian (the Netherlands). Over the last few decades, a growing concern about linguistic diversity in the world has led to an increasing awareness of minority languages, …
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The economics of copyright, parallel imports and piracy in the music recording industry
… Copyright Act 1968 to allow parallel imports of sound recordings. This thesis begins with an investigation of the economics of the music recording industry, encompassing the nature of demand and supply of sound recordings, profit maximising price strategies for a multi-product firm, and an …
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The recorded heritage of Willem Mengelberg and its aesthetic relevance
… Mengelberg (1871-1951), as preserved in his sound recordings and, subsidiarily, in his writings. Emphasis is given to issues pertaining to 19th century performance practice, as well as to historical connections between Mengelberg and compositional/interpretative trends in Europe at the time. …
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A catalogue of twentieth-century cello ensemble music
… and titles of the movements, first performance, sound recordings, record locator numbers, dedications, and other notes by the composer. The document also contains the following appendices: list of the publishers and music centers holding said entries, and an alphabetical list of the composers.
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Fish Vocalisation: Understanding its biological role from temporal and spatial characteristics
In the shallow coastal waters of New Zealand, sounds of biological origin dominate the lower frequency spectrum of the underwater soundscape. While the sounds of urchin and snapping shrimp have been well described, those of fish are poorly understood. Utilising sound recordings taken from a reef in …
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Bluesman, Guitar, And Migration
… upon scholarly works, magazine articles, and the sound recordings of the prewar blues performers. In popular theory, the blues sprang out of the cotton fields and articulated the life experiences of the oppressed people in isolated areas, particularly the Jim Crow south. These are certainly truths …
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The origins of solo cello literature and performance
… music dictionaries, books, articles, and sound recordings. Whenever practical, musical scores were obtained for examination and subsequent performances of these works occurred at Illinois State University and the University of Kansas. Once this research was begun, it was clear that the …
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Sonora’s Sacred Soundscapes --Sones Sagrados Sonorenses—
… initiates an act of return: the repatriation of sound recordings made in 1944 in Desemboque, Sonora, by ethnomusicologist Henrietta Yurchenco. What starts as a general inquiry into cultural memory evolves into a deeper engagement with sound, place, and the enduring presence of ancestral …
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Photographic memory : Inuit representation in the work of Peter Pitseolak
… culture--through drawings, paintings, sound recordings, and a significant collection of photographs. This thesis examines Pitseolak's work within a number of critical frameworks, contextualizing it within the development of Western formations of representing the Inuit, from first …
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Ways of integrating musical systems: a portfolio of compositions
… and examined. Portfolio of scores and recordings comprises: Orbis Mentis c. 15’ (March 2008), score and sound recording Awakening c. 7’ (January 2009), score and sound recording Ad Astra c. 10’ (June 2009), score and two sound recordings Church Bells c. 10’ (September 2007), score …
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Creating both text and music for oratorios: portfolio of compositions and exegesis.
… and include a list of sources, compact discs of sound recordings, and several other compositions relevant to the research. The purpose of the research was to investigate composing both the text and the music for oratorios linked by the archetypal literary form of the hero’s journey. The research …
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Archival time-based media : topologies of preservation and access
… time-based media of film, videotape, grooved sound recordings and audiotape have emerged as a growing area of concern for cultural institutions. Collectively, these media constitute a rich body of historical evidence and intangible cultural heritage whose varied physical and technological …
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Bringing Unheard Orchestral Works to Life: testing the digital orchestra
… compositions supported by commercially-released sound recordings and an explanatory exegesis. The submission comes from a composer who is also an experienced conductor and pianist, with a background as an orchestral musician (french hornist and bass trombonist). These multiple musical identities …
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A Study of Overlap and Duplication Among Children's Collections in Public and Elementary School Libraries
… of magazines, science filmstrips, and fiction sound recordings. The relationship between collection size and overlap is linear and positively correlated. There is less overlap between two school libraries than between a school and a public library. As titles are listed in more selection aids, …
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"I was in a position to dismantle it": Industrial Appropriations of William S. Burroughs
… of the cut-up as applied to the written word and sound recordings. While most sources on industrial music do acknowledge Burroughs’ influence, they do not conduct deep readings of Burroughs in order to link specific instances in his work to particular instances in industrial music. In this thesis …
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Sounding Chinese: Tracing the Voice of Early 20th Century to Present day Transnational Chinese
… heard in pronunciations, specifically the speech sound that identifies Chineseness is the departure point for this research into the construction of the identity of transnational Chinese. This question also frames pronounce, Meddling English, Oh Canada! and the six volumes of a project The Phrase …
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The popular music industry in Australia : a study of policy reform and retreat, 1982-1996
… Authority's Inquiry Into the Prices of Sound Recordings in 1990. The research found that from 1982 until Labor lost power in 1996, no effective method had been established for engaging the existing music industry in funding and supporting the policy initiatives. With the possible …
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Contending With Coloniality Through Speculation, Storytelling, And Sound Performance
… in the world. Through written fragments and sound recordings, I invite an emotional and multisensory engagement with the complexities of coloniality. Further, I chart the process that took me from proposing to completing this project, discussing what I was and was not able to achieve. By …
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