scholarly journals Teaching Italian Romanticism through Philately and Choral Works

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-143
Author(s):  
Ilona Klein
Keyword(s):  
Choral Music ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Romantic Literature ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Auditory Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Choral Works ◽  
Postage Stamps

Philately and choral works can be excellent integrative pedagogical tools when teaching Italian Romanticism at undergraduate level. In the classroom, postage stamps provide an historical narrative for students and can help clarify the political, artistic, and cultural mood of the time. The intrinsic symbolism of stamps represents the way a nation wants to be seen by the rest of the world. Instrumental and choral music, in their infinite combination of tones, blend sound with sung words, creating an artistic subtext that reveals the complexity and variety of human aesthetic expression. For the current generation of students accustomed to visual and auditory learning tools, classroom realia and a multidisciplinary approach to Italian Romantic literature enhance peer discussions, and encourage students to explore and value the development of human thought in all of its non-linear manifestations.

The Orbitofrontal Cortex

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund T. Rolls
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Orbitofrontal Cortex ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Compulsive Disorder

The book will be valuable for those in the fields of neuroscience, neurology, psychology, psychiatry, biology, animal behaviour, economics, and philosophy, from the undergraduate level upwards. The book is unique in providing a coherent multidisciplinary approach to understanding the functions of one of the most interesting regions of the human brain, in both health and in disease, including depression, bipolar disorder, autism, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. There is no competing book published in the last 10 years.

National Historical Myth as an Element of the Baltic States’ Strategic Cultures: Examining Postage Stamps

Istoriya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7 (105)) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Vladislav Vorotnikov
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
Political Class ◽  
Semiotic Model ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
Postage Stamps ◽  
Relative Proximity ◽  
The One ◽  
The Baltic

The article examines the structure of national historical mythology of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) with an emphasis on the foreign policy dimension based on the analysis of their issues of the postage stamps. Since issuing of the postage stamps is a product of consensus between the state and civil society, their topics and images presented on them, on the one hand, may be considered as a part of the semiotic model of the state image, thus reflecting its stance on processes, events, phenomena or personalities of the past and the present and, accordingly, shaping, transforming or supporting a certain nation-forming mythology or state ideology; on the other hand, they reflect mass perceptions of the dominant national historical narrative, and often the priorities of contemporary politics. Due to the specifics of the Baltic states’ history and the dominant values and ideology of their political class, the mainstream historical narrative is inevitably turned outward, that makes the analysis of its main elements extremely operational in the study of their strategic cultures. The article proposes the author's attitude to categorizing and highlighting the main chronological and thematic elements of the arrays of postage stamps of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia from 1990 to 2020. On the basis of discourse and selective iconographic analysis, the key elements of national historical narratives and their coherence with the foreign political positioning and strategies of the Baltic states are identified and analyzed. A comparative analysis of the three country cases allows us to pinpoint their relative proximity as well as some specific features.

scholarly journals Values of neo-protestant choral works in Romania

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 265-279
Author(s):  
Carmen Almăşanu
Keyword(s):  
Choral Music ◽  
Sound Art ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Modern Music ◽  
Choral Works ◽  
Original Works ◽  
Efficient Expression ◽  
Great Tradition

Abstract Borne from the relevant and efficient expression in the context of contemporary culture, neo-protestant choral spirituality uses a diversified and meaningful language. From the very beginning of the existence of neo-protestant cults on the territory of our country, the establishment of a liturgical repertoire intended for common intonation or by various choral or vocal-instrumental bands has been one of the primordial preoccupations. Along with choral creations translated from the universal literature, there is a significant number of original works created by Romanian composers within the religious services. Due to extremely diverse themes and extrovert character, neo-protestant choral music includes different styles specific to the great tradition of classical, romantic or modern music as well as influences from the extra-European sphere. The text of these creations, which has biblical inspiration or created by the composer, is a means of great diversification in the reproduction of the sound material. Composers and arrangers with high quality music training and a profound understanding of biblical truths, through sound art wanted to contribute to the enrichment of contemporary neo-protestant choral music repertoire, leaving posterity a significant amount of valuable choral pages as inheritance.

Corpora as Tools for Self-Driven Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 166-190
Author(s):  
Reka R. Jablonkai ◽  
Neva Čebron
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Complex Activity ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Feedback Questionnaire ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Structured Approach

Can EFL students be profitably introduced to compilation of DIY corpora for various ESP domains even at the undergraduate level? How can they benefit from self-directed exploitation of language corpora at such an early stage? What language skills can a corpus-based ESP course enhance? This chapter discusses the advantages and limitations of a structured approach to pedagogical corpus consultation and corpora as self-directed learning tools as applied in an innovative corpus-based ESP course. A multifaceted enquiry of students' assessment and perception of the course - initial feedback, questionnaire, and focus group – was conducted. Results indicate that although students perceived corpus use as a complex activity, their attitude to the corpus approach was positive and they recognised the benefits of corpora as self-directed tools. Suggestions for further improvements of such practices are also discussed.

(Inter)Active Learning Tools and Pedagogical Strategies in Educational Leadership Preparation

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Dexter ◽  
Davis Clement ◽  
Daniel Moraguez ◽  
Ginger S. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Abstract Class ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Digital Simulations ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation

This article presents three types of (inter)active learning pedagogical tools to better prepare future administrators for complex, real-world tasks. We propose a framework of narrative linearity and responsiveness to examine digital cases, digital simulations, and clinical simulations as bridging pedagogies from abstract class-based methods to fully immersive internships. We illustrate how these characteristics influence learner interaction with the rich, hypothetical contexts these tools offer. A specific example is presented for each tool, and their cognitive demands on the learner are discussed. We raise implications for their use at the course and program levels.

Johann Herbeck’s Edition of Choral Works by Franz Schubert: History and Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-382
Author(s):  
William E. Hettrick
Keyword(s):  
Choral Music ◽  
Performance Practice ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Franz Schubert ◽  
Choral Works ◽  
Mixed Chorus ◽  
History Of

Johann Herbeck (1831–1877) served in his native Vienna as conductor of the leading choral and instrumental organizations. He showed his devotion to the legacy of Franz Schubert in his performances and also in his edition, published by C.A. Spina and successors, of 51 selected works of the master for men’s, women’s and mixed chorus. Originally conceived as part-songs for ensembles of soloists, this repertoire had become choral music by Herbeck’s time. Included also are arrangements by Herbeck and others of pieces originally written for different performing media. Surviving copies of numbers in the edition, as well as two additional publications, reveal startling inconsistencies in editorial technique, ranging from a lack of intervention to a much freer approach, including liberal sprinkling of unauthentic markings and other deviations from the originals. In the latter category, the editor’s additions may be said to document the performance practice of these works during his time. His choice of sources was also inconsistent, in some cases resulting in faulty versions of the works presented. This study also documents the production and reception history of Herbeck’s edition.

scholarly journals Embodied Complexity in Choral Singing

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Daniel Galbreath
Keyword(s):  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Choral Music ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Choral Works ◽  
Choral Singing ◽  
Creative Agency ◽  
Artistic Activity ◽  
Embodiment Theory ◽  
Intellectual Knowledge

Amateur musical ensembles draw participants from widely varying disciplines into shared artistic activity in a way that few other artforms do; in particular, choral music, in which bodies both create and directly receive sound, raises profound questions of how performers’ uniquely embodied creative approaches interact. Amateur choral singing therefore offers a lens into how musical creativity is distributed among, and emergent from, a diverse group of individuals. This article explores how the performance of indeterminate and improvisatory choral works offers a powerful example of this distributed creative agency via a network of sounding bodies. This article centres on a case study (March–October 2017) involving three British amateur choirs in the performance of improvisatory choral scores by Kerry Andrew (2005) and Cornelius Cardew (1968–70). Complexity Theory (Davis and Sumara 2006) offers a useful framework for understanding how creative impulses and constructions interact; both the vocal expression and corporeal receipt of these creative ideas occurs in an embodied way, drawing on dance and embodiment theory (Sheets-Johnstone 2009, Downey 2002). The research process and qualitative-data-processing methodology (Charmaz 2014) of the case study are described, before findings are laid out with a view to how they point towards ideas of embodied, complex interaction. These findings offer an important, and hitherto unexplored, view into how Complexity Theory (a common theoretical framework in other fields across the sciences and humanities) might usefully describe musical performance. In transcending attempts to atomise ensemble interaction according to shared intellectual knowledge and verbal communication, the complex, embodied interaction of diverse singers, through the physical connection of sound, might involve those singers in the distributed authorship of a musical work.

scholarly journals Interactive Computer Simulations as Pedagogical Tools in Biology Labs

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. ar46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Whitworth ◽  
Sarah Leupen ◽  
Chistopher Rakes ◽  
Mauricio Bustos
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Laboratory Courses ◽  
Modeling Analysis ◽  
Psychomotor Learning ◽  
Instructional Environments

Student learning in biology may be impaired by instructional environments that emphasize technical methodology over analysis. We hypothesized that time gained by experimenting with accurate computer simulations could be used to engage students in analytical, creative learning. The effects of treatments that combined a week of simulated lab instruction with a week of standard lab instruction in different order (E-to-S and S-to-E) were examined using a controlled experimental design with random assignment of lab sections and hierarchical linear modeling analysis to account for possible clustering within sections. Data from a large sample of students ( N = 515) revealed a significant increase (1.59 SD) in posttest scores for both treatment groups over the control. We posit as a plausible explanation the reinforcement of psychomotor learning due to strong engagement of cognitive processes facilitated by the computer simulation. This study supports a wider use of computer simulations as learning tools in laboratory courses.

Stravinsky's Choral Music

Tempo ◽  
1967 ◽  
pp. 41-51
Author(s):  
Stephen Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Choral Music ◽  
Recent Survey ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Choral Works ◽  
Liturgical Texts ◽  
Rake's Progress

For well over fifty years Stravinsky has been a prolific choral composer, using the medium widely within the framework of larger works, as well as turning out a stream of works which are either exclusively choral or which depend sufficiently on chorus to be categorised alongside such pieces. Even so the flow has never been entirely regular. Of the 102 separate works listed in Eric Walter White's recent survey, 20 are in some sense choral (I include operas like The Nightingale or The Rake's Progress, both of which have appreciable parts for chorus, as well as one like Oedipus Rex, where the chorus is a central and substantial figure in both the music and the drama). But no less than seven post-date The Rake's Progress—a proportion of seven out of 19 works—and all but two of these are settings of religious texts. Out of twelve choral works composed before The Rake only six are religious, and of these half are short unaccompanied settings of liturgical texts.

scholarly journals The Characteristic Features of Vassily Titov’s Choral Music

ICONI ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
Alexandra G. Trukhanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Choral Music ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Folk Songs ◽  
Spatial Effects ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
Choral Works ◽  
Baroque Music ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Russian Composers ◽  
The Church

Among the Russian composers of the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries a special position is held by the sacred choral works of Vassily Titov (ca. 1650 — ca. 1715), one of the bright representatives of the polyphonic part singing, in which the originality of the Russian Baroque musical culture. The music of Vassily Titov, an outstanding master of choral writing, is diverse in terms of its genres, it comprises nearly two hundred compositions, many of which predominated in the church music repertoire of Russian churches during the course of the 18th century. A study of Vassily Titov’s choral works has made it possible to disclose the characteristic features of the composer’s polyphonic style. The latter include the multi-choral presentation with its bright spatial effects, the antiphonic juxtapositions of large choral masses, the principles of concertizing based on the succession of solo voices and tutti, on the juxtaposition of the chordal-harmonic and the polyphonic exposition, as well as the skillful mastery of imitational counterpoint, up to polyphonic variation. Features of national originality reveal themselves most vividly in the musical thematicism of the compositions, where along with the ornamental design of the intertwining melodic lines and turns of an instrumental type, use is made of intonations of folk songs, cants and church chants. In his musical oeuvres Vassily Titov revised and reevaluated the basic characteristic traits and forms of Western European Baroque music in correspondence with the particularities of Russian musical culture, thereby preserving and enriching the traditions of the Russian national style.

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