VOLUME 8 • 2009
MUSIC, RHETORIC, AND REPRESENTATION
ABSTRACT. London says that musical tempo is usually regarded as simply the rate of the tactus or beat. Samson contends that two strategies are pro- minent in histories of nineteenth-century music: intertextuality and individuation. Parker insists that operatic genres were defined by various dramatic..
PHRASE RHYTHM AND COMPOSITION
ABSTRACT. Huddleston and Zhang claim that musical GAs are grouped by their methods of fitness evaluation and the scope of the music they attempt to create. Maxwell and Eigenfeldt develop a component for data analysis, storage, and recall, to be used as a tool by algorithmic composition system design..
THE CHANGING STATUS OF MUSIC WITHIN CLASSICAL AESTHETICS
ABSTRACT. Goodman holds that most characters of a musical score, whether numerals or letters or neither, are syntactically disjoint and differientated. Dutton maintains that works of art and artistic performances tend to be bracketed off from ordinary life, made a separate and dramatic focus of expe..
THE SYNCHRONIC STATUS OF RHOTACISM
ABSTRACT. Holmquist presents results for phonological conditioning of the vocalic variables: overall, the high and raised-mid variants of the front- and back-vowel variables are not the most frequent in the data. Kenstowicz argues for a more direct analysis of phonological similarities between morph..
LIFE-CYCLE RITES OF PASSAGE IN ROMANIAN EPIC
ABSTRACT. Beissinger examines narrative patterns in a Romanian epic song cycle in order to offer possible models for the further study of oral storytelling in the New Testament. Hyun Kim presents the “total topography” of the mindsets of Russian peasants through the laments and rituals of their wedd..
DOES PROFESSIONAL VIOLIN/VIOLA PLAYING INFLUENCE FACIAL MORPHOLOGY?
ABSTRACT. Kovero et al. claim that long-term violin and viola playing has a modifying effect on dentofacial morphology. Yeo et al. write that with the popularity of musical instruments, dentists are treating an increasing number of musicians of all ages and abilities. Rodríguez-Lozano et al. determi..
THE CONFLUENCE BETWEEN MUSICAL AESTHETICS AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
ABSTRACT. Donelan examines how the concept of self-consciousness became associated with music and musical creativity. Regev demonstrates how forceswithin the national context greatly contribute to cultural globalization. Berger points out that we should look for features of partial autonomy in all m..
IMPROVISATION AND RHETORICAL EXPRESSION
ABSTRACT. Zbikowski holds that music incorporates the supralinguistic, and is somewhat exceptional in its lack of an essential visual or proprioceptive component. van Gerwen contends that timbre, sound colour, and timing are of the essence for a musical work’s aesthetic success. Bicknell argues that..
UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE “AUTONOMY CHARACTER” OF MUSIC
ABSTRACT. Zbikowski develops a theoretical approach to musical grammar based on research in cognitive linguistics and on nineteenth-century accounts of the proper way to compose dance music. DeBellis claims that ordinary listeners mentally represent tonal melodies as sequences of scale degrees. Cant..
THE PIANO AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EDUCATION
ABSTRACT. On Schroeder’s reading, Schubert illustrates both piano and vocal parts as singing voices, in unison, one the extension of the other, and in intimate imitative counterpoint. Berman examines Prokofiev’s approach to the piano, both as a composer and as a performer of his own works. Sandor cl..
SOCIAL NORMS – AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF INDIVIDUAL TELEVISION VIEWING
ABSTRACT. Attick claims that television provides modern society with its primary means of knowing about itself. Moody considers the role libraries can play in developing media literate communities, and explores the ways in which traditional media literacy training may be expanded to better equip cit..
THE EFFECT OF NEW MEDIA ON NEWS CONTENT
ABSTRACT. Driscoll claims that the foray by content providers into online distribution of news raises legal and policy issues for both traditional news media outlets and other news distributors. Salwen et al. investigate practical and basic online news use questions. Abdulla et al. investigate the s..