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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"song performance"”.
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The Impact of Expanded, Multimodal Applications during a German Lied Performance
… impact of adaptive methods and modalities in Art Song performance in connecting with adult audiences (aged 18 and older) as explored through a live performance of German Lieder. In addition, this study sought to contribute a qualitative experimental study of in-situ audience perception to an …
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English Gypsy Singing
… the broader context of contemporary English folksong research and previous English Gypsy song studies. It describes and illustrates Gypsy singers and their respective song performances in the five detail ed case studies of formal and informal contexts. It examines communal engagement in singing …
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Neural Dynamics in the Basal Ganglia Underlying Birdsong Practice and Performance
… exploration, yet highly stereotyped during performance, favoring exploitation. How neurons encode and dynamically regulate motor variability across practice and performance states remains unknown. Songbirds sing more variable songs when practicing alone and highly stereotyped songs when …
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Ritual ceremonial life: song text and spirit manifestation among the Zezuru People of Hwedza, Zimbabwe
… bira rematendo, (a ritual ceremony) in which songs are performed to pacify ancestral spirits. This thesis examines how song text fosters spirit manifestation in a Zezuru bira rematendo ceremonial performance. I further report on the origin of songs performed at bira rematendo ritual ceremonies …
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The Artist as Troubadour: Exploring Creative Encounter through Song, Travel and Story
… practice as a performing singer-songwriter and visual artist. The live performances I have made as a singer-songwriter provide the context for my research investigation into a relationship between performer, audience and environment developed in real-time. Research is …
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The woman singer and her song in French and German prose fiction (circa 1790-1848)
This thesis examines the woman singer and her song as a literary motif in French and German prose fiction between 1790 and 1848. In the form of selected case studies, I establish how, for some authors of this period, the singer constituted an important cipher for female artistic empowerment. …
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The past in the present : a study of some aspects of the politics of music in Belfast
… the political developments relating to the rebel song tradition which occurred in that domain during my period of fieldwork, directed the main focus of study to Catholic working class areas of the city. While the notion of community plays an important role in the analysis the study is not a …