Harry White Livres

The book explores the significant and often overlooked influence of music on Irish literature over the last 200 years. It delves into the works of notable authors such as Moore, Yeats, Synge, Shaw, Joyce, Beckett, Friel, and Heaney, highlighting how music serves as a central theme and artistic preoccupation in their writings. This fresh perspective sheds light on the intricate relationship between musical elements and literary expression in Irish culture.

This comprehensive work charts the evolution of Irish musical life through recorded history, featuring contributions from over 230 experts. It covers a wide range of musical domains, including secular, religious, art, popular, and traditional music. The book provides extensive catalogues and discographies, highlighting the contributions of Irish musicians and composers, particularly from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. EMIR serves both general readers and specialists, offering a wealth of previously inaccessible information and showcasing the diversity of Ireland's musical heritage.

Focusing on the evolution of musical thought in Ireland from 1770 to 1970, this study highlights music's critical role in shaping Irish cultural identity amidst a predominantly verbal culture. It explores three central themes: sectarian culture, cultural autonomy, and celticism, examining the impact of notable figures like Turlough Carolan and Sean Ó Riada. By analyzing music's influence on nationalism and colonialism, the book aims to illuminate its symbolic power and the challenges in establishing a lasting aesthetic comparable to the Literary Revival.

Exploring the nuances of family life, this work reflects the contemplative insights of a man in his early fifties. Written over a span of three years, it delves into personal experiences and observations, offering a thoughtful perspective on relationships and the complexities of familial dynamics. The author’s reflections provide a rich meditation on the joys and challenges of family, inviting readers to connect with their own experiences.

This anthology presents a collection of parables and short stories that explore themes of lost illusions, forsaken loves, and newfound friendships. Each tale delves into the complexities of human emotions and relationships, offering poignant insights and reflections on life's journey. The diverse narratives invite readers to contemplate the impact of choices and the beauty of connection amidst life's challenges.

"The Well-Tempered Festschrift" is a reading of "Music Essays in Musicology, Cultural History and Analysis in Honour of Harry White", edited by Lorraine Byrne Bodley and published by Hollitzer Verlag in 2018. "The Well-Tempered Festschrift" reflects on each of the essays in "Music Preferred" in turn, and it also accounts for the circumstances in which Harry White met the contributors to "Music Preferred" throughout the course of his working life. "The Well-Tempered Festschrift" is thus a musicological memoir as well as a detailed review of the contents of "Music Preferred", dedicated to the friends whose work is pictured within. It responds to the liber amicorum of "Music Preferred" with an answering echo that may well be unique in the annals of scholarly Festschriften.

Packed with rare and unpublished images, this is the definitive story of an iconic British brand - Bass.

Johann Joseph Fux's reputation as a theorist and the long-term influence of his theoretical and pedagogical work have ensured that his name is widely known in music circles in the West. His pre-eminence as the foremost native-born composer of the Austrian Baroque has resulted in attention being focused on his work as an exemplum of virtually every genre, sacred or secular of Austro-Italian early eighteenth-century music. The publication of the Fux Gesamtausgabe has greatly enhanced the reputation of his music and the essays in this volume will develop our understanding of Fux, his music, and his place in musical history.

Walter wuchs unter extremen Bedingungen auf, wo er wie ein Arbeitssklave behandelt wurde. Seine Kindheit war geprägt von Misshandlungen und harter Arbeit, die er vor allem durch seine Mutter und Lehrer erfuhr. Prügelstrafen waren damals alltäglich und gehörten zur Erziehung, was die brutalen Umstände seiner Jugend verdeutlicht.