Forma e memória na improvisação

O presente trabalho propõe-se abordar os problemas mais significativos da improvisação da música contemporânea. Tendo como foco principal a procura do pensamento do improvisador durante a performance, assim como, a exploração dos diferentes constrangimentos que regulam a abertura da improvisação, a tese é composta por duas partes: na primeira apresenta-se os modelos teóricos da improvisação e suas principais características, assim como, uma reflexão sobre o papel da memória no processo de criação no decorrer da performance. Explora-se ainda a temática da organização do discurso musical improvisado em relação aos problemas da Estrutura e do controlo da Forma. A partir dos pressupostos teóricos, apresenta-se na segunda parte, uma vasta compilação de performances improvisadas desenvolvidas sobre os diferentes constrangimentos da criação em tempo real, explorando-se os vários conceitos de abertura. Desenvolve-se ainda um estudo empírico baseado na retrospecção da improvisação de onze instrumentistas sobre um motivo comum, no sentido de recolher uma compilação dos termos e dos processos mais usados na sintaxe da improvisação, representativos do pensamento do improvisador. Os dados obtidos permitem concluir que o comportamento da improvisação assenta maioritariamente num discurso Associativo, fortemente apoiado na biografia musical do improvisador e no controlo da Memória. Conclui-se também que a improvisação varia consoante a exposição do processo às diferentes categorias de abertura.

Aspectos do nacionalismo pianístico do Rio de Janeiro dos anos de 1930

Dentro do recorte temporal dos anos 1930-1940, esta tese pretende investigar de que forma as características e especificidades da corrente nacionalista e do Nacionalismo musical se espelham na criação artística e musical brasileira em especial no corpus da obra para piano solo para concerto daquele momento. A investigação consiste em dois momentos distintos de pesquisa, sendo o primeiro compreendido de revisão bibliográfica sobre a corrente nacionalista, Nacionalismo e Nacionalismo musical, além de uma contextualização histórica acerca dos anos 1930 no Brasil, Europa e Estados Unidos da América e também biografia de compositores nacionalistas brasileiros do período; seu segundo momento compreende elaboração de dados acerca de programas de concerto de piano relativos ao Nacionalismo musical, análise de peças além de discussões acerca de notícias de periódicos daquele momento. Discussões em torno de problemáticas correlatas ao tema são aqui também proporcionadas.

Containing precious metals: hallmarking, minting and the materiality of gold and silver in medieval and modern England.

This book chapter extends the argument constructed by Oakley in his conference paper ‘Containing gold: Institutional attempts to define and constrict the values of precious metal objects’ presented at ‘Itineraries of the Material’, a conference held at Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main in 2011. Oakley’s chapter investigates the social forces that define the identities, social pathways and physical movement of objects made of precious metal. It presents a case study in which constitutive substance rather than the conceptual object is the key driver behind the social trajectories of numerous artefacts and their reception by contemporary audiences. This supports the main contention of the book as a whole: the need to reconsider, and when necessary challenge, the dominance of the social biography of objects in the study of material culture. Oakley’s research used historical and ethnographic approaches, including three years’ of ethnographic field research in the jewellery industry. This included training as a precious metal assayer at the Birmingham Assay Office and observing the industry and public response to government proposals to abolish the hallmarking legislation. This fieldwork was augmented by archive, library and object collection research on the histories of assaying and goldsmithing. Oakley presents an analysis of the historical development and contemporary social relevance of hallmarking, a technological process that has never previously been subject to ethnographic study, yet is fundamental to one of the UK’s creative industries.

Statue of Hon. John C. Calhoun erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol at Washington ; proceedings in Statuary Hall and in the Senate and the House of Representatives on the occasion of the unveiling, reception, and acceptance of the statue from the State of South Carolina / compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on printing

This publication is the proceedings of the unveiling ceremony for the statue of John C. Calhoun in the Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.

Monsenhor Airosa - pedagogo - empresário : história do colégio de regeneração de Braga : (1869-1931)

Tese de doutoramento, Educação (História da Educação), Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação, 2015

The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writing of Andrew Lang, volume 2

This is the first critical edition of the works of Andrew Lang (1844-1912), the Scottish writer whose enormous output spanned the whole range of late nineteenth-century intellectual culture. Neglected since his death, partly because of the diversity of his interests and the volume of his writing, his cultural centrality and the interdisciplinary nature of his work make him a vital figure for contemporary scholars. This volume covers his work on literary criticism, history and biography.

Cultura política, actores e discursos nos alvores do Liberalismo : revisitar a revolução de 1821 nos Açores

O presente estudo consiste numa análise da cultura política no início do Liberalismo em Portugal, centrada sobre os deputados micaelenses nas Cortes Portuguesas que emergiram da revolução liberal de 1820 e, por outro lado, numa revisitação da revolução de 1821 em Ponta Delgada. Nesse contexto, a proposta de projecto apresentada por um dos deputados que visava a abolição dos vínculos na ilha de São Miguel e nos Açores foi o mote para esta dissertação. Visitamos a conjuntura de outro espaço atlântico na mesma época, a Madeira, de modo a conduzirmos uma avaliação comparativa, mantendo o quadro atlântico em perspectiva. Recorremos, por fim, à biografia de um deputado para obtermos uma escala de observação mais próxima da dinâmica política.

Para uma leitura não biográfica da obra de Mário de Sá Carneiro (e uma apreciação de o modernismo em Mário de Sá-Carneiro de Fernando Cabral Martins)

Este artigo pretende sublinhar a importância de entender a obra de Mário de Sá- Carneiro através de uma leitura atenta da sua produção literária que não procura provas da “veracidade” dessa leitura na biografia do poeta do Orpheu. Partindo de uma análise do trabalho crítico de Fernando Cabral Martins, levanta-se a problemática de deturpar uma análise de crítica literária com abordagens influenciadas por normas de história da literatura que inserem a obra no seu contexto histórico, o que tem sido o caso na recepção da obra de Sá-Carneiro, onde o mito do autor tende a ofuscar o seu legado literário. Assim, este artigo questiona se em O Modernismo em Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Fernando Cabral Martins consegue libertar a obra sá-carneiriana da sombra do poeta biográfico, e oferece uma avaliação panorâmica da tradição crítica dedicada ao autor, apontando para casos de interpretações que se prenderam com questões que ficam para fora do texto, como tem sido o caso com a natureza homossexual da obra e do homem.

RESTAVEC – from haitian slave child to middle-class american

Trabalho de Projeto apresentado ao Instituto de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Tradução e Interpretação Especializadas, sob orientação da Doutora Clara Sarmento

O canto do cisne no retorno do Eu ao Ato da escrita. Estudo comparativo de testemunho de José Cardoso Pires e de José Luis Sampedro

Este trabalho com o título «O Canto do Cisne no Retorno do Eu ao Ato da Escrita» é um estudo comparativo que pretende investigar o fenómeno da criatividade literária na primeira pessoa, de um universo literário não convencional devidamente identificado, de acordo com a matriz dos testemunhos selecionados. O corpus principal do trabalho são dois livros de natureza biográfica, de dois escritores ibéricos, cujo propósito é testemunhar na primeira pessoa a experiência limite causada por grave fragilidade física. Não obstante o problema diagnosticado, os dois autores puderam, a seu tempo, pôr à prova a própria recuperação física e o estado de capacidade literária ao retomarem o ato da escrita para testemunharem com intimidade confessional a inevitabilidade do ato da escrita de escritores com percurso sério feito, no limite da precariedade da existência humana. A atividade literária dos autores é a sustentação indagativa para a fase adiantada de maturidade interpretativa revelada no corpus escolhido. José Cardoso Pires e José Luis Sampedro são dois “cisnes” que puderam e souberam “cantar” a conquista, ainda que temporária, sobre a morte, explicando com lucidez, cada um a seu modo, a sua experiência de finitude física, diria que em nome de todos os que, em situações análogas, gostariam de o ter feito; numa vontade exponenciada pela experiência do desconhecido, como o filósofo Paul Ricoeur que procurou testemunhar na sua escrita a experiência na primeira pessoa da finitude em estado de moribundo.A contribuição original deste trabalho para o conhecimento não se confina ao levantamento e análise comparativa dos testemunhos pessoais destes escritores de renome e de subida atividade sobre a necessidade vital e inventiva de escrever, nem tão pouco ao valor documental literário dos mesmos para a compreensão do fenómeno da atividade criativa, com e para as outras áreas do saber; remete também para o universo subsequente à receção das suas obras, às reações literárias e públicas envolventes, a depoimentos sobre o fenómeno do ato da escrita literária e à importância para o fenómeno da palavra escrita para a autopreservação física, intelectual, social e afetiva. A seleção do corpus de autores latinos contemporâneos foi feita de acordo com a contemporaneidade e a proximidade geocultural de ambos. Embora estes escritores não se conhecessem, a que tudo indica pessoalmente, tinham um importante amigo comum, José Saramago, com o qual partilhavam os mesmos ideais de justiça social. São dois altos representantes das literaturas portuguesa e espanhola conscientes da importância da cultura vizinha. Como o foram José Saramago e Miguel Unamuno.

Education, sport and myth in the community of Glengarry, Ontario : the athletic career of Roderick R. McLennan. 260 St. Catharines, Ont. : Faculty of Education, Brock University ;

This study examined how the athletic career of Roderick R. McLennan contributed to the popularization and subsequent development of Caledonian games in Ontario during the latter nineteenth century. Initially, the development of Caledonian games during the 1800s was examined to provide a contextual framework for McLennan's career. This investigation revealed that the games emerged from rural athletic events at pioneer working bees in the first quarter of the nineteenth century to regional sporting events by the mid-1800s, and finally into annual federated Caledonian games in 1870. Noteworthy primary source material for this chapter included the John MacGillivray Papers at the National Archives of Canada, the Scottish American Journal (NY) and the files retained by the Glengarry Sport Hall of Fame in Maxville, Ontario. Following the investigation of Caledonian games, McLennan's early athletic career was studied. Analysis of the Roderick and Farquhar McLennan Papers at the Archives of Ontario and the newspapers from the period revealed that McLennan rose to popularity in 1865 through a "Championship of the World" hammer throwing match in Cornwall and two "Starring Tours". The next chapter examined the height of McLennan's career through an investigation of the Roderick McLennan versus Donald Dinnie rivalry of the early .. n 1870s. It was detennined that the rivalry between McLennan and Dinnie, the champion athlete of Highland games in Scotland, was a popular attraction and had an impact on the Toronto and Montreal games of 1870 and the Toronto games of 1872. Finally, the athletic records established by McLennan during the 1860s and 1870s were investigated. These records were examined through the context of a media controversy over McLennan's feats that developed in the early 1880s between two newspapers. This controversy erupted between the Toronto Mail and the Spirit of the Times. Caledonian games in Canada have only been briefly examined and a thorough examination of prominent Canadian figures in this context has yet to be undertaken. This study unearths a prominent Canadian athlete of Scottish decent and details his involvement in the Caledonian games of nineteenth century Ontario.

Dr. A. Leon Hatzan letters,1926, 1932-1940, n.d.

Alexander Leon Hatzan (1864-1941), a native of Belgium, was a self-described medical doctor, missionary, academic and some time herbalist. In 1918 he moved to Niagara Falls, first living on Clifton Avenue (now Zimmerman Ave.), later moving to the River Road home he shared with his wife Ada Beatrice Rolston (1882-1975). He was the author of three books and at least four known music scores. He was heavily involved in the promotion of his books and his music. The correspondence is chiefly in reply to gifts of books and/or music sent by Hatzan to the recipients or in reply to requests for speaking engagements. Hatzan died on October 7, 1941 while visiting Vancouver, BC.

Gilbert McMicken document, n.d.

Gilbert McMicken emigrated to Upper Canada in 1832 and settled in Chippawa. In 1835 he was married to Ann Theresa Duff. In 1837 the family moved to Queenston where he was directly involved in the Kingston-Queenston trade endeavours begun by Robert Hamilton. He had a variety of interests, including a partnership with James Hamilton, son of Robert Hamilton. He was also a collector of customs in Queenston and operated the Niagara Suspension Bridge Bank for a time. He entered politics and represented Niagara as well as becoming mayor of Clifton, now part of Niagara Falls, Ont., in 1856. McMicken went on to have an illustrious career, serving as land agent and leader of Canada’s first undercover agency. McMicken moved to Manitoba and was active in business and politics. He died in Winnipeg in 1891. Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography – Gilbert McMicken website (March 22, 2010)

Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald fonds

An accomplished poet, writer and journalist, Ethelwyn Wetherald’s works were present in all Ontario readers for school children. Among her most notable works are; The Indigo Bird, The Red-Winged Blackbird, and The Pasture Field. The above poem Legacies is one of her most famous works and appears on her gravestone. Wetherald was born in 1857 as the sixth child out of an eventual eleven. Although born in Rockwood Ontario, she spent most of her life in Fenwick (Pelham Township), Ontario, where she died in 1940. Wetherald used her surroundings as her inspiration and focused on nature. She has been coined a nature poet and journalist. Wetherald received her education at both the Friends boarding school in Union Springs, N.Y. and at Pickering College in Pickering Ontario. After her schooling she wrote numerous articles for the Toronto Globe under the pen name Bel Thistelwaite, derived from her Grandmother’s name. These articles lead to a position as Women’s editor of the Globe and later she was part of the Advertiser’s editorial staff in London Ontario. Wetherald continued writing after she was finished with the papers and published six volumes of poetry between 1895 and 1931. Her work was not only known amongst school children, but also attracted the attention of Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada in 1907 and Sir Wilfred Laurier, Prime Minster of Canada in 1911. In 1921 she published a book entitled Tree Top Morning, which she dedicated to her daughter Dorothy Rungeling who also became an author. Recently Rungeling published Life and works of Ethelwyn Wetherald 1857-1940 : with a selection of her poems and articles about her mother. Rungeling, Dorothy W., Life and works of Ethelwyn Wetherald

John Smith, M.P fonds, 1930, 1949-1950, 1954, 1957-1962, n.d.

John Smith (1894-1977), son of Daniel Smith and Annie Douglas was a native of Scotland, immigrating to Canada in 1913. He first worked as a coach builder, then as a carpenter, finally developing his own contracting business. During WWI he served overseas with the 10th Battery, RCA as a sergeant. In 1924 Smith married Jean Wood, and together they had a daughter Irene (Hugh Langley). Smith first entered politics in 1940 serving as an alderman for the next 11 years. In 1954 he was elected mayor of the city of St. Catharines, and was twice returned to office by acclamation, serving until 1957 when he successfully ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate representing Lincoln County in the federal election. He won the election by a 10 000 vote majority. He served his constituents in Ottawa until he was defeated in the 1962 election. After leaving politics Mr. Smith was active in his community. He spearheaded the establishment of the St. Catharines Museum, and then was appointed its first director in 1966, serving in that capacity until 1972. He was an active member of the board of governors of the St. Catharines General Hospital and a life member and former president of the Lincoln County Humane Society. In 1971 he was voted Citizen of the Year for the city of St. Catharines. John Smith died on February 8, 1977 and was buried at Victoria Lawn Cemetery. Source: The St. Catharines Standard, February 9, 1977, page 1