scholarly journals Character and Non-character in Art Song

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Will King
Keyword(s):  
Art Song ◽  
Audience Member ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Familiar Figure ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
Vocal Works

<p><b>Whom is a singer portraying when performing? While this is a straightforward question in opera where there is usually a concrete character to play, it is not always obvious in art song. The persona that the singer portrays in art song is not always clearly delineated: they may be a familiar figure, a nameless wanderer, a detached narrator, or even a disembodied consciousness. The outburst of singing may be an act of soliloquy or an internal thought process. It could occur as part of a chronological sequence of events or perhaps fall outside of time entirely. These portrayals require different embodied instincts from those in operatic singing.</b></p> <p>My exegesis explores some of the different kinds of vocal personae one can portray in art song performance. I posit a framework within which I categorise my personal methods of performance, relating to how an audience member might perceive these personae in relation to themselves. With reference to four selected solo vocal works, I detail how my application of this framework informs my performance, resulting in a unique embodiment of these abstract personae.</p>

scholarly journals Character and Non-character in Art Song

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Will King
Keyword(s):  
Art Song ◽  
Audience Member ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Familiar Figure ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
Vocal Works

<p><b>Whom is a singer portraying when performing? While this is a straightforward question in opera where there is usually a concrete character to play, it is not always obvious in art song. The persona that the singer portrays in art song is not always clearly delineated: they may be a familiar figure, a nameless wanderer, a detached narrator, or even a disembodied consciousness. The outburst of singing may be an act of soliloquy or an internal thought process. It could occur as part of a chronological sequence of events or perhaps fall outside of time entirely. These portrayals require different embodied instincts from those in operatic singing.</b></p> <p>My exegesis explores some of the different kinds of vocal personae one can portray in art song performance. I posit a framework within which I categorise my personal methods of performance, relating to how an audience member might perceive these personae in relation to themselves. With reference to four selected solo vocal works, I detail how my application of this framework informs my performance, resulting in a unique embodiment of these abstract personae.</p>

THE FINDS FROM THE PREHISTORIC SITE OF AYIOS NIKOLAOS MYLON, SOUTHERN EUBOEA, GREECE

2011 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 99-140
Author(s):  
Žarko Tankosić ◽  
Iro Mathioudaki
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
Middle Bronze Age

In this paper we present the unpublished finds from the survey of Ayios Nikolaos Mylon. The site is located on one of the foothills of Mount Ochi, on a strategic defensive position overlooking the Bay of Karystos. The site, although unexcavated, is important for establishing the chronological sequence of events in southern Euboean prehistory, as it is the only locality in the area that has produced evidence for habitation which can be dated to the Middle Bronze Age. In the paper we analyse the material and offer some tentative interpretations not only of the archaeological evidence but also of the place of Ayios Nikolaos Mylon in the wider prehistoric world of the Aegean.

Telling good stories in different languages

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiko Minami
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Native English Speakers ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Emotional Information ◽  
Native Japanese Speakers ◽  
Good Story ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Japanese Speakers ◽  
Chronological Sequence

There are many ways to tell a story, but whether a story is good or bad depends on whether or not the listener/reader can comprehend all that the speaker/writer wants to convey in his or her story. This study examines the characteristics of stories that native speakers of given languages consider to be good. Forty English-Japanese bilingual children ages six to twelve were asked to narrate a picture storybook in both English and Japanese. Also involved in the study were 16 adult native Japanese speakers and 16 adult native English speakers who evaluated the stories produced by the bilingual children. An analysis of narratives receiving high ratings from evaluators shows that most stories considered good in English or Japanese should be lengthy stories with a large and varied vocabulary, and should be told in the past tense. In addition to those similarities in effective stories told in the two languages, we also found dissimilarities between “good” stories in English and “good” stories in Japanese. English evaluators felt that relating a series of events in chronological order is only one part of a good story. Providing evaluative comments (i.e., statements or words that tell the listener/reader what the narrator thinks about a person, place, thing, or event) is an indispensable part of telling good stories. So, in stories in English, aside from the standard expectation of a sequential series of events, providing the listener with emotional information is considered equally important. On the other hand, Japanese speakers accepted stories that emphasize a temporal sequence of action with less emphasis on nonsequential information, especially evaluative descriptions, and which effectively use passive forms and subject-referencing markers to enable a clear chronological sequence of events. Because the standards of what makes a good story may differ in the home and school languages/cultures, and because of the complex nature of such differences as shown in this study, it seems advisable that schools intervene and support the development of bilingual children’s skills in the use of the mainstream culture’s standards.

The Historian and the Epic

2017 ◽  
pp. 236-280
Author(s):  
Ramin Jahanbegloo ◽  
Romila Thapar ◽  
Neeladri Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Time Concepts ◽  
Chronological Sequence

The discussion in this section focuses on how a historian, who is a rationalist and follows a chronological sequence of events in history, analyses the assumptions of epic literature where historicity is of little consequence. Thapar explains that it is not necessary to prove that the events described in the epics are historically accurate, but clarifies that the historian can derive an understanding of the kind of societies represented in the epics from careful analyses of the texts. She discusses the two time concepts that prevailed then—the cyclic in the yuga theory and the linear in genealogies and the adoption of eras by rulers. There is also some discussion of the location of exile in epic literatures.

The Socio-Economic Impact of Microfinance on the Poor Family: A Study from Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Monirul Hassan ◽  
Md Maidul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Line ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Ontological Position ◽  
Bare Minimum

Microfinance is considered to be the panacea for eradicating poverty from third-world society and this claim by non-government organizations (NGOs) is not unfounded. Evidence from Bangladesh reveals a partial success with respect to this viewpoint. Bangladesh is a poverty-ridden country; however, poor people in rural Bangladesh have shown significant material gains with regard to their lifestyles and it is no longer the case that they only have the bare minimum of food. Despite this significant improvement, it is still confusing as to whether these people have managed to cross the poverty line or not. Data show that poor people never stop borrowing money from the NGOs. The cycle of taking and retaking has made them dependent rather than independent agents in their society. With this viewpoint under consideration, this article seeks to explain the chronological sequence of events involved in taking credit. The ontological position of this study is interpretative in nature and such a position has allowed us to employ both observation and case studies as methodological tools for analysing our area of interest. Finally, this article argues that in order to understand the role of microfinance in Bangladeshi society, rethinking is required.

Harpalus

1961 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 16-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Badian
Keyword(s):  
Political History ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Human History ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Traditional Argument ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
The Veil ◽  
Athenian History

The importance of the Harpalus affair in Athenian history has always been recognised, and many scholars have laboured to clarify its obscure details and to evaluate its consequences. What has, on the whole, not been attempted has been to see it against the background of Alexander's Court—yet that alone can enable us to make historical sense of it. The reason for this apparent neglect is to be found in the nature of our sources: as is well known, Alexander, within a generation of his death, became a legendary figure—a superman or demon, a subject for nostalgic worship or philosophic animadversion. The injection of corrective doses of Court historiography, though in itself an improvement, yet did a great deal of harm with its illusion of restraint and objectivity, which captured a large part of subsequent scholarship from Arrian to Tarn. As a result, between legend and apologia, both (for us) fragmentary and adulterated, and in the absence of really important documentary evidence, we cannot at all easily write an account of Alexander's reign that will satisfy the reader accustomed to genuine political history and unimpressed by eulogy and denunciation. Yet there is more to be done than might at first sight appear: detailed study of individual incidents, approached through the relations and movements of men and (as far as this can be recovered) the chronological sequence of events, will often establish a pattern into which scattered items in the sources can then be fitted. Naturally, not all these results will be equally secure; but probability is often cumulative, and a pattern, once established, will give value to pieces that fit into it and that might otherwise have been ignored or rejected. This concrete approach, which has made other periods of history intelligible to us, may then provide some criteria that will enable the traditional argument about the sources and their relations to aid rather than retard the progress of scholarship. Above all, it may tear away the veil of unreality that still envelops the history of Alexander's reign, so that the modern student can see it in terms of human history, as he can, for instance, see the reigns of Augustus or of Napoleon.

scholarly journals THE COMPARATIVE BEHAVIOR OF MAMMALIAN EGGS IN VIVO AND IN VITRO

1935 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 665-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Pincus ◽  
E. V. Enzmann
Keyword(s):  
Polar Body ◽  
Pituitary Hormones ◽  
Follicle Cells ◽  
Nuclear Maturation ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
First Polar Body ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
Mammalian Eggs

1. A definite chronological sequence of events occurs in the eggs and follicles of rabbits after mating or after the injection of ovulation-inducing substances. The follicle secretes secondary liquor folliculi, and there occurs a separation of the corona radiata from strands connecting it to the follicle cells. The ovum goes through nuclear maturation with as climax the production of the first polar body by the 8th hour after copulation. 2. Thyroxin injections cause indirectly the same effects as mating or pituitary injections but no ovulation occurs. The thyroxin effect occurs later than the pituitary effect and is due to an initiation of atresia in the follicles. 3. Explantation of ova results in typical maturation phenomena which are apparently unaffected by the presence of pituitary hormones or of thyroxin in the culture medium. 4. It is concluded that maturation of the ovum can be obtained simply by isolating it from the normal follicular environment. 5. Normal fertilization can be secured with eggs removed from the follicles.

Remembering the Future: Memento, the Reverse of Time's Arrow, and the Defects of Memory

KronoScope ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Alyson Parker
Keyword(s):  
Arrow Of Time ◽  
Forward Motion ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
The Future ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
Viewing Experience ◽  
Time’S Arrow

AbstractThrough its temporal reordering, Memento attempts to provide the audience with an experience analogous to Leonard's and thus heighten our understanding of how memory makes us human. When watching the film, we, like Leonard cannot make reference to a past of events - because they are inaccessible to us - or project toward a future of events - because they have been left behind. Although we may construct a chronological sequence of events as the "what happened," the story cannot be disentangled from the backwards-moving plot; there is no reverse arrow of time in our viewing experience. Yet, we, unlike Leonard, remember what has gone before in the film's order and eventually can shape it into a transcendent view of the whole, a memory of the future. Ultimately, by demonstrating Leonard's plight and reversing the forward motion of time and thus depriving us of a chronological past - but not, it should be added, a viewed past - the film compels us to consider the very nature of our nootemporal umwelt, which, with its quality of directed time, defines our humanity.

scholarly journals Standards as applied in reality: a case study on the translation of standards in eHealth evaluation practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Jurkeviciute
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
E Mail

Abstract Background Application of standards is a way to increase quality in an evaluation study. However, standards are used insufficiently in eHealth evaluation, affecting the generalization of the knowledge generated. This study aimed to explore how standards are used in a practical setting of an eHealth evaluation, and to identify the factors that can hinder their use. Methods The data were collected in a multi-national and interdisciplinary eHealth evaluation study targeted at the elderly people suffering from mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia. The study was carried out in four countries and funded by the European Union. The collected data included meeting minutes (n = 8) and e-mail correspondence (n = 261) between partners. The chronological sequence of events related to the use of standards was established. Subsequently, the hindering factors related to the use of standards were identified from the sequence. Results The use of four standards was described, reflecting a variety of related processes or barriers that emerge during eHealth evaluation. The processes differed based on the type of the standard. Specifically, evaluation frameworks were found to be conceptual standards and they were easy to agree upon, while standardized metrics were more tangible and their use triggered negotiations. Further, the following factors hindered the use of standards in eHealth evaluations: (1) inadequacy of a standard to address a target population or a disease, (2) insufficient resources to use a standard, (3) lack of experience in using a standard, and (4) lack of validation of a standard in a particular location. Conclusions Standardization initiatives in eHealth evaluation provide a blueprint for evaluation, but their practical application is problematic. The practical circumstances of an evaluation study can cause deviations in the standards, thus producing heterogeneity in the evaluation methodologies.

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