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Cultural Heritage of East Central Europe
The concept of ‘culture’ is a relatively modern invention. It stems from the Latin term cultura meaning cultivation. Cicero was the first to use this word in a non-agricultural context. In his Tusculanae Disputationes he reflected on the ‘cultivation of the soul’ (cultura animi). Later this term was rarely used in this sense but as of the 17th century more and more authors considered culture an intellectual and not an agricultural phenomenon. Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694) described culture as a vehicle overcoming natural barbarism. He was followed by German philosophers of culture. Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803) argued that human creativity was as important as human rationali...
On Russian Music
This volume gathers 36 essays by one of the leading scholars in the study of Russian music. An extensive introduction lays out the main issues and a justification of Taruskin's approach, seen both in the light of his intellectual development and in that of the changing intellectual environment.
BBC Music Magazine
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Hi Fi/stereo Review
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Musical Opinion
Issues for include section: The Organ world.
Music in the USSR.
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New World Symphonies
This groundbreaking book shows for the first time the profound and transformative influence of American literature, music, and mythology on European music. Although the impact of the European tradition on American composers is widely acknowledged, Jack Sullivan demonstrates that an even more powerful musical current has flowed from the New World to the Old. The spread of rock and roll around the world, the author contends, is only the latest chapter in a cross-cultural story that began in the nineteenth century with Gottschalk in Paris and Dvorák in New York. Sullivan brings popular and canonical culture into his wide-ranging discussion. He explores the effects on European music of American...
FIGURE SKATING ART COSTUMES
★台灣第一本花滑服裝作品集。 ★收錄以羽生結弦為首的眾多頂尖花滑選手的服裝照，進一步理解為經典曲目增添深度與光彩的花滑服裝。花式滑冰不僅是一項競技運動，同時是一門要求藝術表現的「藝術運動」。雖然比賽規章裡並沒有所謂的服裝設計分，但服裝依然是曲目編排裡的重要元素。 深受眾多選手、教練與編舞師肯定的服裝設計師──伊藤聰美，正是以其充滿獨特美感、別具風格且注重細節的設計，幫助花滑選手們更完美詮釋曲目。 本作品集收錄羽生結弦、宇野昌磨、宮原知子、樋口新葉、本田真凜等眾多花滑選手的比賽或冰演服裝，並從故事、細節、色彩這三大層面解說設計的理念，是冰迷絕不可錯過的精彩作品集。
