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The Other Futurism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

The Other Futurism

Their provocative manifestos and outrageous performances earned the Italian Futurists international fame but, surprisingly, very little recognition outside of Italy for their actual achievements. The few English and American critics who have studied the movement in any depth have focused on the first phase, which spanned the years 1909-15 and was centred in Milan, Rome, and Florence. By contrast, the second phase covered a much longer period and represented a pan-Italian phenomenon. Despite the wealth of material available about this later part of the movement, there has been little attempt to survey Futurist activity outside of the major geographical centres in any detail or to relate it to...

The European Volunteer 1
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 101

The European Volunteer 1

Let’s now take a look at the content of this new issue: we begin with the employment of the Nederland Brigade on the Oranienbaum Front, followed by an article by Scott Revell on Sepp Krafft, the history of the Spanish volunteeers on the Eastern Front, Peter Mooney’s article on Kurt Sametreiter, the employment of Pring Eugen in Operation Weiss, a memoir of Karl Heinz Decker and finally the second part of the article dedicated to the formation of the Sturmbrigade Frankreich. Hoping that I have made everyone happy, I wish you enjoyable reading and a goodbye until the next issue.

The European Volunteer 2
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 98

The European Volunteer 2

In this number: Langemarck and the Operation Solstice, Spanish Volunteers on the Eastern Front, SS-Obersturmführer Kurt Sametreiter, SS-Freiwilligen-Legion ‘Niederlande’, ‘Lakaie’ Battalion in Lubowo, Karl-Heinz Knapp, The ‘Nord’ Division and the battle of Salla.

Performing History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 293

Performing History

The fifteen essays of Performing History glimpse the diverse ways music historians “do” history, and the diverse ways in which music histories matter. This book’s chapters are structured into six key areas: historically informed performance; ethnomusicological perspectives; particular musical works that “tell,” “enact,” or “perform” war histories; operatic works that works that “tell,” “enact,” or “perform” power or enlightenment; musical works that deploy the body and a broad range of senses to convey histories; and histories involving popular music and performance. Diverse lines of evidence and manifold methodologies are represented here, ranging from traditional historical archival research to interviewing, performing, and composing. The modes of analyzing music and its associated texts represented here are as various as the kinds of evidence explored, including, for example, reading historical accounts against other contextual backdrops, and reading “between the lines” to access other voices than those provided by mainstream interpretation or traditional musicology.

Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-03-07
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  • Publisher: McFarland

Produced in Italy from the turn of the 20th century, "sword and sandal" or peplum films were well received in the silent era and attained great popularity in the 1960s following the release of Hercules (1959), starring Mr. Universe Steve Reeves. A global craze for Bronze Age fantasy-adventures ensued and the heroic exploits of Hercules, Maciste, Samson and Goliath were soon a mainstay of American drive-ins and second-run theaters (though mainly disparaged by critics). By 1965, the genre was eclipsed by the spaghetti western, yet the 1960s peplum canon continues to inspire Hollywood epics. This filmography provides credits, cast and comments for dozens of films from 1908 through 1990.

Epic Films
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 321

Epic Films

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-09-03
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  • Publisher: McFarland

"Epic" films, those concerned with monumental events and larger-than-life characters, cover the period from the Creation to the A.D. 1200s and have been churned out by Hollywood and overseas studios since the dawn of filmmaking. Cecil B. DeMille, a master of the genre, hit upon the perfect mixture of sex, splendor, and the sacred to lure audiences to his epic productions. The 355 film entries include casts and credits, plot synopsis, and narratives on the making of the films. There are 190 photographs in this editon.

Constructing Urban Space with Sounds and Music
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 137

Constructing Urban Space with Sounds and Music

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-05-23
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  • Publisher: Routledge

While we are used to looking around us, we are less used to listening to what happens around us. And yet, the noises we produce reveal our way of life, and learning to master them is a necessity. This book aims at drawing the reader’s attention to the sound of the urban environment. The topic is by its very nature complex, as it involves sounds and noises, urban space and social activities. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it examines a heterogeneous selection of experimentations from the domains of music, art and architecture. Significant case studies of pieces of music, public art works and scientific research in the field of urban planning are analyzed, investigating the methods tha...

The European Volunteer 3
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 103

The European Volunteer 3

In this number: SS cavalry units on the Eastern Front, SS-Sturmbannführer Heinrich Springer, Norwegian volunteers on the Finnish Front, Götz von Berlichingen in Normandy, The Legion of French Volunteers…, SS-Unterscharführer Paul Brandstetter, Hitler’s Obersalzberg.

The European Volunteer 0
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

The European Volunteer 0

In this book: Formation and Employment of the SS Langemarck Brigade - Unterscharführer Harald Nugiseks - Italian Volunteers in the Waffen SS - The 8.SS-Kavallerie-Division ‘Florian Geyer’ at Nyiregyhaza - Frikorps Danmark - 5.SS-Freiwillige Sturmbrigade Wallonien The French SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade

Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 974