scholarly journals MALAY GAMELAN: PLAYING TECHNIQUES OF THE KEROMONG AND GAMBANG

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 01-12
Author(s):  
Teuku Umar Ilany Teuku Iskandar ◽  
Marzelan Salleh
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Music Ensemble ◽  
The University ◽  
Traditional Arts ◽  
The 19Th Century

Malay gamelan is a traditional music ensemble that accompanies the Joget Gamelan dance and was found in the palace of Johor-Riau, Pahang, and Terengganu in the 19th century, before disappearing in 1942. Malay Gamelan was exclusively taught in the palace orally, that is, through the process of listening, observing, memorising, and repeating; much like other classical Malay traditional arts. This study was initiated to discuss some aspects of Malay gamelan music in detail as there is little documentation regarding Malay gamelan in the academic world. Several writings on Joget Gamelan were produced based on the 1966 discovery in Terengganu and the inaugural performance in 1969 at the University of Malaya. However, attention to the different aspects of Malay gamelan music was not exhaustive. This study explores the playing techniques of keromong and gambang that were traditionally taught and passed down among Malay gamelan practitioners. A qualitative method was used in this research, whereby the earliest recordings of Malay gamelan music were analysed and interviews were conducted with informants, or also known as adiguru of Malay gamelan practitioners who studied directly with the last generation of Terengganu court musicians. The objective of this study is to 1) identify the techniques of keromong playing in Malay gamelan, and 2) identify the techniques of gambang playing in Malay gamelan. Findings from this study will provide an understanding of the musical instruments and what defines the style of Malay gamelan music, as well as become a guide for future researchers and practitioners in efforts to conserve and preserve the Malay traditional art.

IL CARTEGGIO DEL FONDO SIACCI DELLA BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA RENATO CACCIOPPOLI: DELL'UNIVERSIT FEDERICO II DI NAPOLI

Nuncius ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-446
Author(s):  
ROMANO GATTO ◽  
LUCIANO CARBONE
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title We present here the letters of the "Fondo Siacci" which was found recently while reorganising some papers from the old seat of the library at the Department of Mathematics "Renato Caccioppoli" of the University "Federico II" of Naples, in Via Mezzocannone 8. Grancing at these letters we discovered their interest to reconstruct various historical events of italian mathematics life in the 2nd half of the 19th century.

scholarly journals The development of Turkic studies at Vilnius University

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 209-223
Author(s):  
Galina Miškinienė
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Vilnius University ◽  
Grand Duchy Of Lithuania ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Grand Duchy

Institute of the Lithuanian Language At the beginning of the 19th century, the financial possibility to establish a department of Eastern languages at one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe, Vilnius University, appeared. Turkish was among the Eastern languages that were expected to be taught. The intensive preparation of lecturers was started. Unfortunately, the ambitious plans were destined to never become reality; in 1832 the university was closed. Nevertheless, over the following two centuries the Turkic direction did not disappear; in one form or another it surfaced and retained its vitality. There was a sympathetic environment: Tartars and Karaims—both Turkic ethnic groups—began settling in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century. Vilnius University was the cradle of many famous Orientalists who maintained Turkic research by their activities. In such a way, two main research subjects appeared: Kitabistik and the Karaim language. In this article, the origin problems, development and prospects of Turkic research will be examined.

Grímsvötn 1919-2019: The legacy of Erik Ygberg and Hakon Wadell

JOKULL ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
Erik Sturkell ◽  
Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Written Sources

The first recorded visit to Grímsvötn occurred on the 31st of August 1919. Two Swedish geology students, Hakon Wadell and Erik Ygberg, stood on the edge of a hitherto unknown large caldera. This discovery was the most significant finding in the first west-to-east transect across Vatnajökull, starting at Síðujökull on the 27th of August. This was an expedition into the unknown, but a principal aim was nevertheless to find the source of the large jökulhlaups on Skeiðarársandur. They named the ice-filled caldera “Svíagígur”. Studies of written sources in the 1930s revealed that this place was indeed Grímsvötn, well known in the 17th and 18th centuries but the name and location had been forgotten in the 19th century. From Svíagígur they continued eastwards, descending down the crevassed Heinabergsjökull, reaching civilization in the morning the 6th. They announced the news that a huge volcano existed under Vatnajökull and this was the source of the jökulhlaups emerging from Skeiðarárjökull. Upon their return to Stockholm, they received a hero’s welcome, but soon it all changed into no one believing them, as prominent figures in Sweden at this time insisted that a volcano can’t be active beneath a glacier! After they finished their studies, both left Sweden very disappointed. Hakon Wadell had a successful geological career in America presenting a doctoral thesis in 1932 from the University of Chicago. Erik Ygberg worked as an international prospector a few years before his bad health, a result of the hardships experienced at the end of the Vatnajökull expedition, forced him back to Sweden, where he had a career at the Swedish Geological Survey. The name Svíagígur has not been used but the two nunataks marking the highest points on Grímsfjall are named in the honour of the two Swedes, Svíahúkur eystri and Svíahnúkur vestri.

scholarly journals The Alhambra: Transformation and Change through Architectural Ceramics

Arts ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
María Díez Jorge ◽  
Ignacio Maturana ◽  
Nieves Díaz
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Ceramic Tile ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Glazed Ceramic ◽  
Restoration Work ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century

In the following paper, we look at the Alhambra from a perspective of architectural ceramics, an essential element in the understanding of the monument. From the Nasrid era onward, glazed ceramic tile mosaics were used to adorn the walls, a style that extended into the Christian conquest, when the palace complex was used as a royal residence. Since then, restoration work has continued to be carried out on the alicatados that cover the Alhambra’s walls, especially during an intense period in the 19th century, when it was the subject of much interest from Romantic travellers to Granada. A detailed, documented analysis of this work shows the complexity of the palace and fortress complex, helping us to better understand a part of its history. In the following pages, we specifically focus on one room in the Alhambra, the so-called Cuarto Dorado (Golden Room), outlining the preliminary findings of a research project that we are undertaking in association with the University of Granada and the Patronato de la Alhambra y el Generalife (Council of the Alhambra and the Generalife).

Pietro Loreta and His Contribution to Surgery in the 19th Century

2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-296
Author(s):  
Nicolò Nicoli Aldini ◽  
Milena Fini ◽  
Roberto Giardino
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Gastric Surgery ◽  
General Surgeon ◽  
International Level ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Stone Treatment ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Rapid Transformation

Pietro Loreta (1831 to 1889), head of surgery at the University of Bologna, Italy, is at present a little-known name. However, in the field of surgery in the second half of the 19th century, his contributions to various areas, especially that of bladder stone treatment and gastric surgery, aroused great interest also at the international level. This survey focuses on both of these subjects that are particularly indicative of Loreta's activity. While he was trying to improve the operation of perineal cystotomy, which was about to be abandoned, he was faced with the new frontier of gastrointestinal tract surgery. Surgery was in rapid transformation, and the practice of a general surgeon still encompassed the domains of different surgical specialities, which would develop individually afterward. Loreta was a pupil of the outstanding surgeon Francesco Rizzoli and some of his pupils such as Alessandro Codivilla and Bartolo Nigrisoli became heads of surgery. His attitude of caution, that he recommended in his writings, is more remarkable considering his problematic nature and might be the most significant and original trait of Loreta's personality.

scholarly journals An Auspicious Alliance: Pugin, Bloxam, and the Magdalen Commissions

1990 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
Leon B. Litvack
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
Gothic Revival ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Roman Catholics ◽  
The Church

This article forms the sequel to "The Balliol that Might Have Been: Pugin's Crushing Oxford Defeat" (JSAH, XLV, 1986, 358-373). That study showed that Augustus W. N. Pugin (1812-1852) was prevented from carrying out his plans for renovating Balliol College, Oxford, because of his somewhat singular views and oppressive nature, combined with the prevailing sentiments against Roman Catholics in the University. The present study surveys the history of the two small commissions that Pugin was granted: the Magdalen College gateway and the Church of St. Lawrence, Tubney (the only Anglican church Pugin ever built). In both cases Pugin was appointed as architect through the benevolence of Dr. John Rouse Bloxam, in appeasement for the failures at Balliol. Pugin executed the designs in secrecy and with extraordinary speed, thereby hoping to avoid criticism or scandal, in an effort to erect a small monument to himself in Oxford, his "city of spires," which he hoped could serve as the model for the 19th-century Gothic revival in England.

scholarly journals Polish founders of veterinary education in Eastern Ukraine in the 19th and early 20th centuries: the 170th anniversary of the Kharkiv Veterinary College

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (03) ◽  
pp. 160-164
Author(s):  
LUBOW ŻWANKO ◽  
DMYTRO KIBKAŁO ◽  
TAMARA PRYCHODKO ◽  
JURIJ PRYCHODKO ◽  
IRYNA BORODAJ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Veterinary Education ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Veterinary School ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Veterinary Institute

The purpose of the article is to outline the role of Kharkiv in creation of the veterinary education system in the south of the Russian Empire, to highlight the achievements of Polish scientists in that process, and to popularize the knowledge of this aspect of the Polish-Ukrainian history as an example of fruitful collaboration between Poles and Ukrainians during the period of statelessness of both nations. At the beginning of the 19th century, Kharkiv became one of the first cities of the Russian Empire where foundations of veterinary education were laid. A special department was formed at the university: the Veterinary School, which later became the Veterinary College and the Veterinary Institute. During the 19th and early 20th centuries Polish scientists created a system of veterinary education in Eastern Ukraine. The most important role was played by Karol Wiśniewski, the pioneer of veterinary education in Ukraine as a whole, Napoleon Halicki, the first and long-standing head of the Veterinary College, and Jerzy Poluta, one of the authors of the plan for its conversion into the Veterinary Institute. Considering their great services, the Polish scientists deserve to be remembered. Their memory is preserved by the Kharkiv State Zooveterinary Academy, the main research and educational centre in Eastern Ukraine and heir to the scientific traditions initiated in the 19th century.

scholarly journals Matacong Island: A Short History of a Small Island on the West Coast of Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6.) ◽  
pp. 8-43
Author(s):  
Takehiko Ochiai
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Water Color ◽  
Republic Of Guinea ◽  
Sierra Leonean ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century

This article aims to examine how Matacong Island, a small island just off the coast of the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, was claimed its possession by local chiefs, how it was leased to and was used by European and Sierra Leonean merchants, and how it was colonized by Britain and France in the 19th century. In 1825 the paramount chief of Moriah chiefdom agreed to lease the island to two Sierra Leonean merchants, and in 1826 it was ceded to Britain by a treaty with chiefs of the Sumbuyah and Moriah chiefdoms. Since the island was considered as a territory exempted from duty, British and Sierra Leonean merchants used it as an important trading station throughout the 19th century. Major exports of Matacong Island included palm kernels, palm oil, hides, ivory, pepper and groundnuts, originally brought by local traders from the neighboring rivers, and major imports were tobacco, beads, guns, gunpowder, rum, cotton manufactures, iron bars and hardware of various kinds. In 1853 alone, some 80 vessels, under British, American, and French flags, anchored at Matacong Island. By the convention of 1882, Britain recognized the island as belonging to France. Although the convention was never ratified, it was treated by both countries as accepted terms of agreement. The article considers various dynamics of usage, property, and territorial possession as relates to the island during the 19th century, and reveals how complex they were, widely making use of the documents of The Matacong Island (West Africa) Papers at the University of Birmingham Library in Britain. The collection purchased by the library in 1969 is composed of 265 historical documents relating to Matacong Island, such as letters, agreements, newspaper-cuttings, maps and water-color picture

scholarly journals Contributo para a conservação preventiva da coleção do livro antigo da Biblioteca da Casa José Régio, em Vila do Conde

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Diana Silva
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Preventive Conservation ◽  
Support Materials ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
Form Part ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Universe

This article intends to share, in summary form, part of the work developed in the scope of the Master in Museology (MMUS) of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FLUP), having as context the José Régio's House in Vila do Conde and as a focus on antique book collection, from the 16th to the 19th century. The general objective was to contribute to its preventive conservation. More specifically, it intended to contribute to reducing the risk of its loss, by revising and updating its inventory, as well as proposing some solutions for other more general risk contexts. After a brief overview of the evolution of the support materials for the book, the main agents that can contribute to its deterioration are indicated. The universe of the study sample and the assumed work methodology are considered: documentary research, survey research, through non-formal interviews, and fieldwork. Finally, the results of the work developed are presented and basic preservation procedures are suggested.

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