scholarly journals “Oppressed by Sensual Delight”: On a Lesbian Relationship with Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
Logan Imans
Keyword(s):  
Compositional Style ◽  
Musical Analysis ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Musical Narrative ◽  
Lesbian Relationship ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Musical Elements

This paper explores Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata (1919) through the experience of a lesbian relationship—a relationship that extends from the Sonata as experienced by a violist and scholar, to Clarke herself as a performer and composer. Inspired by the work of Suzanne Cusick, I examine the musical elements of the Viola Sonata that invite and enable a lesbian relationship in the music. Such elements include existence outside the phallic economy, porous ego boundaries, and a fluid positioning within the power/pleasure/intimacy triad. A central theme of Clarke’s compositional style is embodiment, which furthers the potential for a lesbian experience of the Viola Sonata through “body-aware” and performer-centric techniques. The poetic inscription for the Sonata, lines from Alfred de Musset’s “La nuit de mai,” serves to further construct a musical narrative of embodiment through the relationship of Poet and Muse. Without claiming that Clarke was a lesbian, this paper sheds light on the Viola Sonata by considering the relationships between performer, composer, and listener in a lesbian musical analysis.

THE LIMITS OF POSSIBILITY IN ENGLAND'S LONG REFORMATION

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1049-1070
Author(s):  
LUCY BATES
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
English Reformation ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Status ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTInterpretations that solely emphasize either continuity or controversy are found wanting. Historians still question how the English became Protestant, what sort of Protestants they were, and why a civil war dominated by religion occurred over a hundred years after the initial Reformation crisis. They utilize many approaches: from above and below, and with fresh perspectives, from within and without. Yet the precise nature of the relationship of the Reformation, the civil war, the interregnum and the Restoration settlement remains controversial. This review of recent Reformation historiography largely validates the current consensus of a balance of continuity and change, pressure for further reform and begrudging conformity. Yet ultimately it argues that continuity must form the foundation for any interpretation of the Reformation, for controversial or dramatic alterations to the status quo only made sense to contemporaries in the context of what had come before. Challenging ideas, like challenging individuals, did not exist in a vacuum devoid of historical context. The practical limits of possibility, constrained largely by the established norms and procedures, shaped the course of English Reformation. As such, practicality seems a unifying and central theme for current and future investigations of England's long Reformation.

Trade and Politics in Barotseland during the Kololo Period

1970 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Flint
Keyword(s):  
African History ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of trade to politics has long been a central theme in African history. This paper analyses this relationship in the context of Barotseland during the period of Kololo hegemony (c. 1840–64). The development of long-distance trade in Barotseland is first related, and then followed by a discussion of the impact which trade had upon the politics of the area. The conclusion suggests that the relationship of trade to politics was not only important, but complex as well. Politics affected trade as much as trade affected politics.

Children's Ability to Demonstrate Music Concept Discriminations in Listening and Singing

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy L. Sims
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Single Element ◽  
Listening Test ◽  
Discrimination Condition ◽  
Musical Characteristics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Musical Elements

This study examined the relationship of grade level to children s ability to make musical discriminations when elements are presented simultaneously. Children enrolled in first through fifth grade were subjects for this study (N = 669). A listening test designed to assess the subjects' ability to discriminate and label contrasting musical characteristics related to tempo and articulation within single- and double-discrimination contexts was administered following a brief instructional period. A smaller sample of children (n = 60) then completed a singing task in which they were required to perform a familiar song to demonstrate varied combinations of the two musical elements. Results of the listening test indicated significant main effects for grade, characteristic, and type of discrimination, with significant interactions. Subjects were significantly more successful with single discriminations than double discriminations, and mean scores for tempo were significantly higher than for articulation, particularly under the double discrimination condition. When singing subjects demonstrated contrasting tempi and smooth articulation but had difficulty with choppy articulation, both in single-element as well as combined-element examples.

scholarly journals Consideraciones sobre el profetismo en los escritos de Joseph de Maistre

Çédille ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 333-355
Author(s):  
María Luisa Guerrero Alonso ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Prophetic Vision ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Rhetorical Features ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

"The relationship of Joseph de Maistre’s essays with prophetism has been a central theme in the studies dedicated to the author. This article reviews and qualifies this approach by distinguishing within Maistre’s work the theoretical characteristics of the prophetic perspective in three stages of analysis: the writer’s opinions on prophetic vision and prophetic action, the testimonies that singular contemporaries formulated on the prophetic scope of his works and, finally, the consideration of his discourse as a prophetic discourse, both for certain rhetorical features and for its subject matter, centered on the evolution of the proposals of his political prophetism. The research concludes by highlighting that the notion of prophetic impulse is the key to the cohesion of the Maistrinian corpus"

The French Revolution: The Aristocratic Resurgence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Political Borders ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Moral Attitudes ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church ◽  
The French Revolution

This chapter examines the conflict which developed in France between a reforming monarchy and a resurgent aristocracy, and traces the beginnings of the French Revolution. The French Revolution had points of resemblance to movements of the time in other countries is the central theme of this book. Like them, it arose out of circumstances characteristic of Western Civilization, and it was to merge with them, especially with the war that began in 1792, into a great struggle that no political borders could contain. From the beginning, however, there was much that was unique about the revolution in France. The French Revolution remained primarily political, but in its effects on society and social and moral attitudes it went far beyond the merely political. It changed the very nature and definition of property, and to some extent its distribution; it transformed, or attempted to transform, the church, the army, the educational system, institutions of public relief, the legal system, the market economy, and the relationship of employers and employees.

,,… so dass ihr ein Vorbild geworden seid für alle Gläubigen in Makedonien und Achaia“: Übergemeindliche Verbindungen im 1Thessalonicherbrief : Teil I: Einführung und Vorkommen in 1Thessalonicher 1,1‐2,15

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Christoph W. Stenschke
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Local Churches ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Thessalonians 1 ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

ZUSAMMENFASSUNGDieser Aufsatz untersucht die direkten und indirekten Hinweise auf übergemeindliche Verbindungen im 1Thessalonicherbrief. Nach einer knappen Einführung in die Bedeutung dieser Fragestellung für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (Vergleichbarkeit von urchristlichen Gemeinden und antiken Vereinen, Rolle des Paulus, Einleitungsfragen) und methodischen Überlegungen (Verankerung des Paulus und seiner Mitarbeiter in Gemeinden) werden die Hinweise auf übergemeindliche Verbindungen in 1Thessalonicher 1,1‐2,15 untersucht. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf der Rolle, die Silvanus und Timotheus darin spielen. Sie sind in Gemeinden verankert, wirken in einer Vielzahl von Gemeinden und bilden ein wichtiges Verbindungsglied zwischen Gemeinden. Daneben thematisiert der Brief das Verhältnis der Thessalonicher zu anderen Christen. Im II. Teil dieses Aufsatzes werden die übrigen Vorkommen übergemeindlicher Verbindungen im 1Thessalonicherbrief behandelt. Nach einer Zusammenfassung werden abschließend die unterschiedlichen Implikationen für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und für die kirchliche Praxis skizziert.RÉSUMÉCet article étudie les références directes et indirectes aux liens entre communautés chrétiennes dans la première épître aux Thessaloniciens. Après une introduction sur l’importance de ce sujet pour les études néotestamentaires (la comparaison entre l’Église ancienne et les sociétés antiques, le rôle de Paul et autres questions d’introduction) et des réflexions méthodologiques (l’ancrage de Paul et de ses compagnons dans les Églises locales), les références à des liens potentiels entre communautés chrétiennes en 1 Thessaloniciens 1.1‐2.15 sont étudiées. L’auteur accorde une attention particulière au rôle joué par Silas et Timothée à cet égard. Ils oeuvrent dans le cadre d’Églises locales, prennent une part active à la vie d’une multitude d’Églises et constituent ainsi un lien important entre elles. En outre, la lettre aborde comme l’un de ses thèmes centraux celui des relations des chrétiens de Thessalonique avec d’autres chrétiens. La seconde partie de cet article traitera des relations avec des mouvements para-ecclésiastiques à partir de la même épître. Elle énoncera diverses implications de cette étude pour les études néotestamentaires et pour la pratique des Églises.SUMMARYThis essay investigates the direct and indirect references to connections between local churches in 1 Thessalonians. After a concise introduction into the relevance of this issue for New Testament studies (comparison between the early church and societies in antiquity, the role of Paul, matters of introduction) and methodological reflections (rootedness of Paul and his fellow workers in local churches), the references in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 ‐ 2:15 to potential connections between churches are analysed. Special attention is given to the roles of Silas and Timothy in this respect. They are rooted in local churches, they play an active part in many of them and they represent important links between them. Besides, a central theme in the Letter is the relationship of the Thessalonians to other Christians. Part II of this essay will deal with the remaining occurrences of relationships between churches in 1 Thessalonians. After the summary, various implications for New Testament studies and Church praxis will be sketched.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

Skeletal elements of crinoid echinoderms: High-resolution structural and microanalytical results

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 194-195
Author(s):  
D. F. Blake ◽  
L. F. Allard ◽  
D. R. Peacor
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Sea Stars ◽  
High Resolution Tem ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates which has been extant since Cambrian time (c.a. 500 m.y. before the present). Modern examples of echinoderms include sea urchins, sea stars, and sea lilies (crinoids). The endoskeletons of echinoderms are composed of plates or ossicles (Fig. 1) which are with few exceptions, porous, single crystals of high-magnesian calcite. Despite their single crystal nature, fracture surfaces do not exhibit the near-perfect {10.4} cleavage characteristic of inorganic calcite. This paradoxical mix of biogenic and inorganic features has prompted much recent work on echinoderm skeletal crystallography. Furthermore, fossil echinoderm hard parts comprise a volumetrically significant portion of some marine limestones sequences. The ultrastructural and microchemical characterization of modern skeletal material should lend insight into: 1). The nature of the biogenic processes involved, for example, the relationship of Mg heterogeneity to morphological and structural features in modern echinoderm material, and 2). The nature of the diagenetic changes undergone by their ancient, fossilized counterparts. In this study, high resolution TEM (HRTEM), high voltage TEM (HVTEM), and STEM microanalysis are used to characterize tha ultrastructural and microchemical composition of skeletal elements of the modern crinoid Neocrinus blakei.

Studies on Leukemogenic and Sarcomagenic Viruses

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 156-157
Author(s):  
Leon Dmochowski
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Mode Of Development ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Electron microscopy has proved to be an invaluable discipline in studies on the relationship of viruses to the origin of leukemia, sarcoma, and other types of tumors in animals and man. The successful cell-free transmission of leukemia and sarcoma in mice, rats, hamsters, and cats, interpreted as due to a virus or viruses, was proved to be due to a virus on the basis of electron microscope studies. These studies demonstrated that all the types of neoplasia in animals of the species examined are produced by a virus of certain characteristic morphological properties similar, if not identical, in the mode of development in all types of neoplasia in animals, as shown in Fig. 1.

The relationship of IGE receptor topography to signaling activity in RBL-2H3 mast cells

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 236-237
Author(s):  
J.R. Pfeiffer ◽  
J.C. Seagrave ◽  
C. Wofsy ◽  
J.M. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Scattered Electron ◽  
Ige Receptor ◽  
Receptor Complexes ◽  
Ige Binding ◽  
Electron Imaging ◽  
Small Clusters ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In RBL-2H3 rat leukemic mast cells, crosslinking IgE-receptor complexes with anti-IgE antibody leads to degranulation. Receptor crosslinking also stimulates the redistribution of receptors on the cell surface, a process that can be observed by labeling the anti-IgE with 15 nm protein A-gold particles as described in Stump et al. (1989), followed by back-scattered electron imaging (BEI) in the scanning electron microscope. We report that anti-IgE binding stimulates the redistribution of IgE-receptor complexes at 37“C from a dispersed topography (singlets and doublets; S/D) to distributions dominated sequentially by short chains, small clusters and large aggregates of crosslinked receptors. These patterns can be observed (Figure 1), quantified (Figure 2) and analyzed statistically. Cells incubated with 1 μg/ml anti-IgE, a concentration that stimulates maximum net secretion, redistribute receptors as far as chains and small clusters during a 15 min incubation period. At 3 and 10 μg/ml anti-IgE, net secretion is reduced and the majority of receptors redistribute rapidly into clusters and large aggregates.

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