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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"organology"”.
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Going further: an organology of Ndara in Central Africa
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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The resilience of labrosones in coastal communities bordering the Indian Ocean
… in order to broaden the systematic approach of organology to form a contextual, culturally situated, and inclusive organology for labrosones. The central objective of this thesis was to provide a theoretical lens through which labrosones were viewed and studied by engaging; Bates' concept of the …
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Organs and bodies : the Jew's harp and the anthropology of musical instruments
… that generate them. Drawing on perspectives from organology, ethnomusicology, comparative musicology, ethnography, material culture, and the anthropology of the body, I situate my approach to the study of musical instruments as one that examines the object on three levels: physically (the …
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The Incorporated Hornist: Instruments, Embodiment, and the Performance of Music
… meet. Using perspectives from critical organology, embodiment, disability studies, voice studies, and performance-based approaches, I examine the technologies and techniques of bodies and instruments in four case studies in the hornist's repertoire: Beethoven’s <em>Eroica</em> Symphony; …
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The body in question : some perceptions, problems and perspectives of the body in relation to character, c. 1750-1850
… characterologies- physiognomy, phrenology, and organology- tracing the relations of each to a number of different discourses. In what is a long and complex series of arguments and expositions, the thesis is equipped with numerous general and particular summaries and introductions to facilitate …
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Robert Prescott Stewart (1825–1894): A Victorian Musician in Dublin
… popular in the nineteenth century including organology, orientalism, the origin of music, stringed-keyed instruments, and the ancient music of Ireland. Associated with the Royal Irish Academy of Music from 1869 as a teacher of piano and harmony and composition, Stewart’s multifaceted career …
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Inclusive participatory design of bespoke music instruments and auxiliary access equipment, as emancipatory arts interventions advocating for equality and wellbeing
… sciences, and to the fields of community music, organology, inclusive design research and disability studies. Bespoke music instruments are significant to Arts for Wellbeing practices and to the emerging Social Prescribing agenda; the possibility of Music Instruments on Prescription is proposed. …
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The harp in early nineteenth-century Britain : innovation, business, and making in Jacob Erat’s manufactory
… demonstrating how statistical methods can enrich organology, design history, and cultural history. A rise in popularity of the harp is traced through quantitative assessment of performance and the publication of printed music. The form and decoration of the harp are considered in relation to …
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Searching for Sounds: Instrumental Agency and Modularity in Electroacoustic Improvisation
… concepts, and arguing for the necessity of a new organology, I introduce the practices of electroacoustic improvisation, situating their emergence in Group Ongaku (formed in Tokyo in 1958) and AMM (formed in London in 1965). Drawing from the writings and interviews of the musicians of these …
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Songs in the dust: Riel Music in the Northern and Western Cape, South Africa
… archival and literature-based research, and organology. A brief history of the riel is presented through a synthesis of documentary evidence and oral history gleaned from fieldwork. This includes an investigation into the history of the ramkie - an instrument that is strongly associated with …
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Eighteenth-Century French Oboes: A Comparative Study
The oboe, which first came into being in the middle of the seventeenth century in France, underwent a number of changes throughout the following century. French instruments were influenced both by local practices and by the introduction of influences from other parts of Europe. The background of …
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“Leisure with Decorum”: Gentlemen Making Music in the Georgian era
<p>This project examines the musical activities of Georgian gentlemen with the goal of illustrating the ways that recreational music-making tested the boundaries of gender, class, and nationality. While the English nobility could respectably engage in music-making, socialize with professional …