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John Brackett, University of Utah[1] A number of individuals offered helpful comments, criticisms, and suggestions on earlier versions of this essay. I would especially like to thank (in...
Read MorePaul Christiansen, University of Southern Maine[1]This article is a much-expanded version of a paper entitled “Was Janáček Obsessed?” that I delivered at the musicology conference of the...
Read MoreThe valleys of Nepal, like valleys anywhere, are echo chambers. Sounds that are made in a valley reverberate and echo, linger for a while, and mix together.[1]This...
Read MoreWe must develop a systematic intervention based on the complex factors of two components in perpetual interaction: the material environment of life and the behaviours which it...
Read MoreAccording to a recent article by Alex Ross in the New Yorker, the once defunct art of classical improvisation is in revival mode; his emphasis was not the...
Read MoreIn May 2006, the newly elected leader of the British Conservative Party, David Cameron, appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Disks, where guests are asked to choose...
Read MoreThe first annual 46664 Campaign mega-concert event took place in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 29, 2003, launching Nelson Mandela’s 46664 Foundation and his new movement offering public health education...
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