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Hirsbrunner Reference library
Adrian von Steiger
The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (2 ed.)
...son Hans Gottfried ( b Aarau, 17 June 1898; d Aarau, 13 Jan 1974 ) had taken over, not changing the mark. He ceased business in 1965. Hirsbrunner maker’s emblem. Engraving on the valve plate of a two-valve trumpet, 1829, Hirsbrunner Collection, Sumiswald, Switzerland. (Courtesy of Adrian von Steiger) Bibliography W. Biber : Von der Bläsermusik zum Blasorchester. Geschichte der Miltärmusik und Blasmusik in der Schweiz (Luzern, 1995) S.K. Klaus : ‘Frühe Instrumente der Firma Hirsbrunner, Sumiswald, im Historischen Museum Basel’...
Renaissance, the Reference library
Iain Fenlon
The Oxford Companion to Music
...of this group, concerned as much with consolidating their social status as with bolstering their political and new-found economic power, are reflected in an educational curriculum that placed a new emphasis on practical musicianship as an aspect of manners. Supported by courtesy books such as Baldassare Castiglione's Il libro del cortegiano (‘The Book of the Courtier’), the new imperative became the driving force behind such essentially domestic genres as the chanson and the madrigal, and the repertories of keyboard and lute music that became so...
Révérence Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...foot and the walk resumed. The lady's Courtesies (curtsies) were simpler. With the weight supported equally on both feet, the legs rotated outward, she had only to bend, then straighten her knees while lowering and raising the gaze, her head remaining absolutely upright. A profound Courtesy, however, required the heels of the shoes to be raised from the floor. In a Courtesy backward, the lady moved her front foot to the side and closed the other foot to it, making her Honour with the feet together. In the Courtesy forward, and in passing, her feet were...
Daugherty, Michael (28 April 1954) Reference library
Mark Clague
The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)
...that ran from 1969 to 1972 . From 1972 to 1977 , he played Hammond organ during the summers at country fairs across the Midwest for popular music stars such as Bobby Vinton , Boots Randolph , Pee Wee King , and cast members of The Lawrence Welk Show . Michael Daugherty. (Courtesy of Michael Daugherty) Beginning in the fall of 1972 Daugherty attended the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, where he studied with composers martin Mailman and james Sellars and played jazz piano in the Two O’Clock Lab Band. The 1974 premiere of his ...
Social dance Reference library
Claude Conyers
The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)
...who executed figures and sequences of steps devised by dancing masters. Well-bred young men and women were expected to learn social dancing as part of their education, memorizing the sequences of steps and mastering not only proper execution of movement but the graces and courtesies of ballroom etiquette. So it was too in the American colonies. As a youth, George Washington is known to have studied social dancing as well as horsemanship and fencing, all of which were considered requisite skills of a young gentleman with aspirations to advance in society....
Weaver, John (July 1673) Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...to demonstrate, through a survey of its religious use and symbolism, that dance was one of the oldest and most fundamental human activities. Weaver also gave a full defense of dance as a social accomplishment for both gentlemen and ladies. Some of his arguments were current in courtesy literature, but they had not been fully marshaled before. Weaver found an unexpected ally in the philosopher John Locke , whose ideas on the educational benefits of dance he quoted at length, and in Francis Fuller , a physician whose fashionable promotion of exercise for...
Patriotic music Reference library
James J. Fuld
The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)
...patriotism in many different forms emerged after 9/11, including Alan Jackson 's country tribute, “Where were you (when the world stopped turning)” ( 2001 ), Ani DiFranco 's critique of US governmental policy, “Self Evident” ( 2001 ), and Toby Keith 's militaristic “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” ( 2002 ). The era also saw a renewed interest in earlier patriotic songs including “God Bless America” as well as Lee Greenwood's “God Bless the USA,” which was originally released in 1984 , but climbed the country charts again...
Spain Reference library
Nèlida Monés i Mestre
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...published works on a wide range of subjects; his dance books included several important works which incorporated the French dance notation of Raoul-Auger Feuillet . Other dance works included a manuscript work by Juan Antonio Jaque and published books by Felipe Roxo de Flores ( 1793 ), Don Preciso (pseudonym of J. A. Iza Zamacola y Ozerin) ( 1796 ), Cairón ( 1820 ), and Biosca ( 1832 ). The literature of the late eighteenth century reflected changes in dance genres, with the publication of books on the technique or “science” of playing castanets. This...
Psalmody Reference library
Richard Crawford and Laurie J. Sampsel
The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)
...psalm tunes), most of it never before published in America, made it a landmark in American psalmody. Two publications by Josiah Flagg , A Collection of the Best Psalm Tunes (Boston, 1764 ) and Title page of John Tuft's An Introduction to the Singing of Psalm-tunes, 1726. (Courtesy American Antiquarian Society) Sixteen Anthems (Boston, 1766 ), further established the American tunebook as a forum for the publication of new music. Finally, the American editions of William Tans’ur 's Royal Melody Complete (Boston, 1767 , with many later editions) and ...
Yevgeny Onegin Quick reference
The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)
...himself incapable of anything more than a brother's love (iv.12–17). Tatyana is stunned into silence. A ct 2.i A brightly lit room in the Larin house The entr'acte is based on the central theme of the Letter Scene. To the strains of a waltz, played by a military band courtesy of the Company Commander with whom the ladies flirt, the guests assembled for Tatyana's name‐day chatter and gossip (v.25–6, 28). Onegin, bored, flirts and dances with Olga (v.41). Lensky jealously confronts Olga but is rebuffed (v.44–5). Monsieur Triquet, a local Frenchman,...
Social Dance Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...from the primary sources—the dance instruction books, which over time provide increasingly detailed information about the execution of individual steps, their combinations into dance phrases, and the structure of complete choreographies. That the manuals also deal extensively with the codes of accepted behavior on and away from the dance floor and with style and gesture makes them rich sources of information about the social graces of a given period; they rank in importance with the courtesy literature and books on education in conveying information about the...
Boston i Reference library
Leonard Burkat
The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)
...Book (Boston, 1698 ), in which 13 tunes are printed from woodblocks. The next appeared in two instruction books, one by John Tufts ( 1721 or earlier), the other by Thomas Walter (also 1721 ), which was probably the first North American music printed from engraved metal plates. Two collections by Josiah Flagg ( 1764 and 1766 ) Charles Münch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the stage of Symphony Hall, c1955. (Photograph by Fay Foto, courtesy BSO Archive) and at least part of William Billings 's The New-England Psalm-Singer ( 1770 ) were...
Great Britain Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...dance—has been available primarily through private teachers and schools. Although these two kinds of instruction have begun to merge, they are discussed separately here. Dance education goes back at least to the sixteenth century, when dancing included the study of manners and courtesies and was an important part of the education of every upper-class Renaissance gentleman and gentlewoman. Consequently, dancing masters had considerable status in many aristocratic and noble households, and they retained a significant social influence into the nineteenth century....
European American music Reference library
Philip V. Bohlman, Stephen Erdely, Leon Janikian, Christina Jaremko, Ain Haas, Chris Goertzen, D.K. Wilgus, Mark Levy, Philip V. Bohlman, Robert C. Metil, Jesse A. Johnston, Julien Olivier, Stephen D. Winick, Bill C. Malone, Barry Jean Ancelet, Stephen d. Winick, Philip V. Bohlman, Michael G. Kaloyanides, Stephen Erdely, Lynn M. Hooker, Mick Moloney, Stephen D. Winick, Marcello Sorce Keller, Janice E. Kleeman, Timothy J. Cooley, Katherine Brucher, Carol Silverman, Kenneth A. Thigpen, Margaret H. Beissinger, Margarita Mazo, Chris Goertzen, Mark Forry, Janet Sturman, Philip V. Bohlman, Marcello Sorce Keller, Robert B. Klymasz, and Denis Hlynka
The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)
...Order of Ahepa, and regional fraternities, such as the Pan-Macedonian Society and Pontian Society, sponsor similar activities. Musicians are regularly engaged to perform in Greek supper clubs and for Greek nights in restaurants. In addition, Bill Sepsis Orchestra, 1969. (Image courtesy of the National Hellenic Museum, Chicago, Illinois) family occasions in the Greek American communities (weddings, baptisms, and reunions) usually include music by local performers. Nearly all musical performances in Greek American communities (as in Greece itself) are by...
Cher Reference library
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)
...and Suspect (1987) emphasized that her thespian aspirations were no mere sideline. For Moonstruck (1987), she won an Oscar for Best Actress and celebrated that honour with another musical comeback courtesy of Cher and ‘I Found Someone’ (US number 10, November 1987; UK number 5, December 1987). In 1989, she enjoyed three US Top 10 singles courtesy of ‘After All’, a duet with Peter Cetera that reached number 6 in March, ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ (number 3 in July; UK number 6 in September) and ‘Just Like Jesse James’ (number 8 in October). Her...
Travolta John Reference library
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)
...Night Fever , and Two Of A Kind (in which he teamed again with Newton-John) were made during the 80s when his career was in decline. Travolta found himself replaced by a new wave of actors who included Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Kevin Costner. His comeback came in 1994 courtesy of director Quentin Tarantino’s smash hit Pulp Fiction , which earned Travolta a second Best Actor Oscar nomination to add to the one for Saturday Night Fever . Since then his star has been in the ascendancy, and the musical magic started all over again in 1998, when the ...
Sonic Youth Reference library
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)
...Richard Edson. Three further collections, Confusion Is Sex , Sonic Death and a mini-album, Kill Yr Idols , completed the quartet’s formative period, which was marked by their pulsating blend of discordant guitars, impassioned vocals and ferocious, compulsive drum patterns, courtesy of newcomer Jim Sclavunos, or his replacement, Bob Bert. Bad Moon Rising was the first Sonic Youth album to secure a widespread release in both the USA and Britain. This acclaimed set included the compulsive ‘I’m Insane’ and the eerie ‘Death Valley ‘69’, a collaboration with ...
Diddley Bo Reference library
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)
...Lumberjack’. His jive-talking routine with ‘Say Man’ (a US Top 20 hit in 1959) continued on ‘Pretty Thing’ and ‘Hey Good Lookin’’, which reached the lower regions of the UK charts in 1963. By then, Diddley was regarded as something of an R&B legend and found a new lease of life courtesy of the UK beat boom. He regularly toured with ‘Jerome’ and the ‘Dutchess’ (Norma-Jean Richardson, b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, d. 30 April 2005). The Pretty Things named themselves after one of his songs, while his work was covered by such artists as the Rolling Stones , the...
Reed Lou Reference library
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)
...notably the 18-minute-plus ‘Like A Possum’. His first new recording of the twenty-first century, a sprawling multi-media epic inspired by the work of nineteenth-century horror writer Edgar Allen Poe, drew an equally mixed response. In July 2004, Reed returned to the UK Top 10 courtesy of London based production team Dab Hands’ remix of the Transformer track, ‘Satellite Of Love’. Reed’s future work will always be scrutinized and chewed over by rock critics, young and old; he is, after all, one of the most important rock poets of the modern age. His influence...
Corrs Reference library
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)
...previously modest sales of Talk On Corners were transformed and the work rose to number 1, going on to become the biggest selling UK album of 1998. Renewed interest in the album prompted Atlantic to select two more singles from the work: a remix of the ballad ‘What Can I Do’ courtesy of Tin Tin Out , and a K Klass remix of the strident ‘So Young’. Both reached the UK Top 10 confirming the Corrs’ arrival as a strong singles act. The same year, Andrea Corr was featured as the singing voice of the heroine Kayley in Warner Brothers’ first fully animated...
