Matthew Gardner Livres

The book is a facsimile reprint of an original antiquarian work, preserving its historical significance despite potential imperfections like marks and notations. It aims to protect and promote cultural literature by offering a high-quality modern edition that remains true to the original text.

This sublime and extraordinarily popular vacation package offers travelers a cultural feast of beauty and pleasure.

One of the world’s youngest cities, Vancouver is also among the most modern and rapidly developing. Sleek state-of-the-art glass towers are interspersed with the odd Gothic church, Victorian warehouse, art deco confection and other more unusual constructions strangely reminiscent of a sailing ship, the Colosseum, a silver golf-ball, a giant marshmallow... This delightfully eclectic cityscape is utterly upstaged by its sublime location. Snow-capped mountains tower over the city, providing a breathtaking backdrop. Beaches, seawalls and ferry-buses are part of everyday life in Vancouver, which is built where river meets ocean and dissected by fjord-like inlets. And the frequent rain, along with a surprisingly mild climate, feeds a whole host of flower gardens and some of the planet’s biggest trees.Lotus landCloser to Japan than it is to Britain – a third of the residents are of Asian origin – Vancouver is a genuine meeting place of East and West. Nicknamed ‘lotus land’, Vancouver actually runs the whole cosmopolitan gamut, resulting in a fascinating array of distinctive, starkly contrasting neighbourhoods. Here before them all were Canada’s First Nations, whose exquisite carvings and totem poles represent the city’s most unmissable cultural experience. Vancouver’s rare cultural symbiosis informs every aspect of life, from people to street signs to festivals and the city’s extraordinarily diverse and competitive culinary scene.Granola cultureEast Coasters think of British Columbians as tree-huggers and granola eaters, mocking a West Coast vibe that makes Vancouver more comparable to San Francisco than Toronto. The air and streets are shockingly clean and crime rates are low. Vancouver’s population smokes less, reads more, drinks more wine, eats out more and buys more sporting equipment than people in other Canadian cities. Health-conscious, polite and relaxed, Vancouverites tend to be politically liberal and opposed to the corporate culture. After all Greenpeace was founded here.Convivial pursuitsLiving in an area of outstanding natural beauty, British Columbians are crazy about outdoor pursuits. Consequently, Vancouver and its surrounding areas offer a staggering range of activities catering for beginners and experts alike. There are three ski-hills right in town, plus excellent mountain biking and gorgeous hikes to dizzying panoramas; and the continent’s number one ski resort is just two hours north. On the way are mountain trails and landscapes to rival even the Rockies, as well as the country’s best climbing, wind-surfing and bald eagle-watching. And, what’s more, local waters offer first- class kayaking, sailing, scuba diving, surfing and whale-watching.

Der lang erwartete Nachfolger von Nicole Schwindt-Gross’ Erfolgsbuch „Musikwissenschaftliches Arbeiten“ ist ein praktisches Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch für das Studium der Musik und Musikwissenschaft, das sich auch zum Selbststudium und als Nachschlagewerk eignet. Das Buch ist ein aktueller, unentbehrlicher Ratgeber und Wegweiser durch den Dschungel des Studiums: Die beiden Autoren erläutern alle wichtigen Arbeitstechniken und regen zum kritischen Denken über Quellen und Methoden der historischen Musikwissenschaft an – eine Kompetenz, die gerade im Zeitalter des Internets und der neuen Medien wichtiger denn je geworden ist. Das Buch bietet: Hinweise zum kritischen Umgang mit Medien aller Art (v. a. auch Internet, Datenbanken, Onlinekataloge) eine übersichtliche Struktur zum leichten Nachschlagen klar verständliche Texte mit anschaulichen Beispielen Infokästen mit zusätzlichen Details und Hinweisen Fragen zur Selbstüberprüfung Unterstützung der besonderen Bedürfnisse von Bachelor- und Masterstudierenden Die Autoren Matthew Gardner und Sara Springfeld arbeiten als Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter an den Musikwissenschaftlichen Instituten der Universitäten Heidelberg und Tübingen. Ihre praktischen Erfahrungen aus der Lehre in Einführungskursen und Seminaren, aus eigener Forschung, aber auch aus der Studienberatung sind unmittelbar in Aufbau und Inhalt des Buches eingeflossen.

Musik ist immer auch Spiegel und Kristallisationspunkt gesellschaftlicher Paradigmen und politisch-nationaler Identitätsdiskurse. Der vorliegende Sammelband vereint Beiträge zu historischen und gegenwärtigen Fragestellungen, die um das Verhältnis von Politik und musikalischem Schaffen kreisen. Im ersten Teil sind Beiträge zusammengefasst, die sich mit „Musikalischer Identität und politischer Realität“ befassen und dabei ideologische Zuschreibungsprozesse im Musikdiskurs thematisieren. Der zweite Teil des Bandes umfasst Betrachtungen über „(Musikalische) Konstruktionen von eigener und fremder Identität“ aus verschiedensten nationalen Zusammenhängen.

The Apollo Academy, a musical club founded in 1731 by Maurice Greene and his friend Michael Christian Festing, was the performance location of various oratorios, odes and masques produced by composers in Greene’s circle of friends, colleagues and pupils. Many of the works performed both in and outside the academy meetings are based on subjects such as Jephtha, Deborah and the choice of Hercules which were well known in eighteenth-century England and also attracted the attention of Handel. This long-overdue study explores these works in terms of their intellectual contexts (political, religious, social and cultural), comparing them to Handel’s compositions on the same or similar subjects. Additionally, detailed source information and musical analysis of the works is included as well as a discussion of the competition between Handel and his English contemporaries in order to provide a fuller picture of the diverse musical and cultural life in London during the first half of the eighteenth century.