John P.L. Roberts, the CBC/Radio Canada, and Art Music

John P.L. Roberts, the CBC/Radio Canada, and Art Music
Title John P.L. Roberts, the CBC/Radio Canada, and Art Music PDF eBook
Author Friedemann Sallis
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages 405
Release 2020-10-15
Genre Music
ISBN 1527561003

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This book examines the impact of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio Canada (CBC/SRC) on the development of art music in Canada during the broadcaster’s first fifty years (1936-1986). In so doing, it investigates the achievement of one man: John Peter Lee Roberts. Born in Australia, he arrived in Canada in 1955, and, over the next thirty years, he worked tirelessly as a producer, administrator and adviser at the state broadcaster to bring the music of Canada to the world and the world of music to Canadians. Roberts also played a crucially important role in commissioning, disseminating and promoting new music by Canadian composers.

Musical Prodigies

Musical Prodigies
Title Musical Prodigies PDF eBook
Author Gary McPherson
Publisher Oxford University Press
Total Pages 833
Release 2016
Genre Music
ISBN 0199685851

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What makes a prodigy? Although child prodigies can be found in various disciplines such as music, mathematics, chess, and art, the origins of exceptional has long been controversial. Some have dismissed the notion of innate talent, arguing that prodigies benefit from strong parental, cultural, and environmental influences that helped them develop their extraordinary abilities. Others emphasize the role of genes supported by inborn predispositions. And what role do cognitive processes, from memory to the use of imagery and language, play in such rapid and early talent development? The notion of prodigy reaches to the heart of questions about creativity, intelligence, development, and the relationship between nature and nurture. This ground-breaking book presents the first scientific exploration of musical prodigies, bringing together research from psychology, neurobiology, genetics, education, musicology, and ethnomusicology, to provide a thorough exploration of prodigious talent. With fascinating case studies of prodigies and their often complex transitions into adolescence and adulthood, this is a unique investigation of a remarkable phenomenon, for anyone interested in child development, music, and the arts. --Cover.

Struggling for Perfection

Struggling for Perfection
Title Struggling for Perfection PDF eBook
Author Vladimir Konieczny
Publisher Dundurn
Total Pages 101
Release 2009-11-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1459727339

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Struggling for Perfection is the story of the famous pianist, an enigmatic figure who made some of the most acclaimed classical recordings of the last century. The book is illustrated with sketches and archival photos.

Canadian University Music Review

Canadian University Music Review
Title Canadian University Music Review PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Total Pages 648
Release 1987
Genre Music
ISBN

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Ordinary Paradise

Ordinary Paradise
Title Ordinary Paradise PDF eBook
Author Richard Teleky
Publisher The Porcupine's Quill
Total Pages 248
Release 2018-04-09
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 088984853X

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"While representing the best of human endeavor, works of art have become ordinary features of our lives, familiar and reliably present," writes Richard Teleky. "They are, however, extraordinary. So extraordinary, in fact, that in themselves they are a kind of paradise." In Ordinary Paradise, acclaimed author, critic and editor Richard Teleky considers a variety of artistic forms—from novels and poems to paintings and sculptures to movies and musical compositions—in celebration of the creative achievements that surround us and affect our daily lives. He examines, as well, some of the challenges and tensions in any artist’s life. The essays in Ordinary Paradise challenge conventional wisdom and exemplify a dynamic and lively critical approach, pointing out troubling trends in contemporary appreciation of art and culture. They reveal the rewarding complexities of the demanding art of translation, the nostalgic power of re-reading in provoking self-assessment, and the fraught connection between language, silence and identity as they relate to marginalized voices. Teleky immerses himself into ideas of truth, beauty and humanity, and in so doing, provides a compelling exemplar for engaging with contemporary culture and learning the innumerable lessons that artistic accomplishments have to teach us.

Bibliographic Guide to Music

Bibliographic Guide to Music
Title Bibliographic Guide to Music PDF eBook
Author Gale Group
Publisher Macmillan Reference USA
Total Pages 932
Release 2001-07
Genre Music
ISBN 9780783892139

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Encyclopedia of Music in Canada

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
Title Encyclopedia of Music in Canada PDF eBook
Author Helmut Kallmann
Publisher
Total Pages 1120
Release 1981
Genre Music
ISBN

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**** This monumental work, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive guide to all aspects, historical and current, of popular, folk, religious, concert, and other forms of music in Canada, and is cited in BCL3, Sheehy, and Walford. The present revised and updated edition adds 820 new entries, and expands such entries as ethnomusicology and the discography sections throughout. Some 200 old entries have been eliminated, others condensed. Warning: this reference is habit-forming. 9.25x12.25". Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR