"No Encores" The Royal Dublin Society Concert Archive Recitals in Retrospect: 1925-50

A large archive of sources for the RDS classical music recitals is extant in the Society’s Library, Ballsbridge, Dublin. The recitals were established in 1886 for the promotion of chamber music and in order to expose Dublin audiences to the works of the great composers. Extant in the collection are minute books; autographed programmes; newspaper cuttings which include previews, reviews and advertisements; correspondences with artists and agents; promotional material; selections of photographs; records of attendance, artists fees and takings; and volumes of printed music.
This paper will document the organisation, management and occurrence of the RDS classical music recitals for the period 1925 to 1950 and will encompass the opening of the current concert hall (The Members’ Hall, 1925), the Society’s bi-centenary celebrations (1931) and the continuance of the recitals within the context of the Second World War (1939- 45). The paper will examine and analyse the following: networks, repertoire and reception.
The RDS music committee established significant links with many performers and UK-based classical music agents. Recitalists include musicians of international renown; Myra Hess, Isolde Menges, Lili Kraus, Joseph Szigeti, Leon Goossens, Sir Hamilton Harty and The Hallé Orchestra, The Catterall Quartet and many local, Dublin-based musicians; Raidió Éireann Orchestra, Dublin String Orchestra, Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra and Culwick Choral Society. The compromises and collaborations in evidence between the music committee, agents and performers resulted in the presentation of varied and well-balanced programmes featuring sonatas, quartets, trios, concerti, overtures, symphonies and songs by composers including Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Brahms. Works by contemporary composers including Bax, Dohnanyi, Szymanowski and Suk were also regularly performed, as were works with an Irish influence or flavour. Audiences mainly consisted of members of the Society, music students were encouraged to attend at a reduced rate and reviews were regularly published in the Irish Times, Irish Independent and Irish Press.

Perceptions of high-involvement work practices and burnout: the mediating role of job demands

This study examined the impact of perceived high-involvement work practices on job demands (role conflict, role overload and role ambiguity) and burnout (emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation). The study was conducted in a Canadian general hospital. Findings from structural equation modelling (N = 545) revealed that perceived HIWPs were significantly and negatively related to job demands and burnout. Role conflict and role overload have a significant positive association with emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation. Finally, role conflict and role overload partially mediate the relationship between perceived HIWPs and burnout. We discuss the theoretical and managerial implications of these findings for our understanding of how HIWPs influence the job demands and burnout of employees.

To Hell with Herbert Read

Freee write manifestos by taking a pencil (or a laptop) to an historical text, usually belonging to the entwined traditions of the avant-garde and political activism. Sometimes, as Tristan Tzara advised, we choose the text according to its length, while other times, such as in this instance, we selected the text according to the conditions of the invitation that triggered the writing of the manifesto. Our manifesto ‘To Hell with Herbert Read’ was written originally as a contribution to a conference held in Manchester that took its title from Herbert Read’s book ‘To Hell with Culture’. ‘To Hell with Culture’ is a book that cuts itself off from the world whereas ‘To Hell with Herbert Read’ relocates Read’s book in a world of cultural, social, economic and political actualities that are part of common experience. Read rejects culture because he thinks it is a useless, wasteful, elitist, puffed-up, decorative supplement to the functional, factual, palpable, purposeful world of things. He is a positivist kind of modernist who presents himself as the opposite, an enemy of the status quo. He is an anarchist of a particularly bourgeois hue: he wants us all to have decent pots and pans, not the inferior ones that are supplied by market forces cheaply. Rather than taking his aim precisely to target the dominant forces of his day - the industrial capitalists and their financiers - he rejects the world and all its inhabitants. He not only despises elitist culture but popular culture too.

Efeitos da acidificação da água do mar na reprodução de Mytilus edulis

Dissertação de mest., Biologia Marinha (Ecologia e Biodiversidade Marinha), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. do Algarve, 2011

Controlo da amónia no transporte de peixe: utilização de AmQuel em ensaios laboratoriais

O controlo da amónia durante o transporte de peixe vivo, é uma das problemáticas mais exigentes ao nível de controladores químicos. Até então, o AmQuel® apresenta-se como uma alternativa e possível solução para esta problemática. Este produto foi testado em diversas situações, manipulando-se concentrações iniciais e taxas de excreção de amónia. Na primeira parte (I), através do acompanhamento de um transporte efectivo de corvinas (Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801) e duas simulações de transporte, de corvinas e de cavalas (Argyrosomus regius e Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782). Na parte laboratorial (II), foram testadas diversas simulações de taxas de excreção de amónia e o efeito quelante do AmQuel® sobre estas. Pelos resultados obtidos verificou-se uma relação linear entre AmQuel® e amónia e uma possível inferência na concentração de cortisol libertada para a água. Os resultados obtidos laboratorialmente demonstraram que pequenas diferenças nas concentrações de cada cocktail escolhido poderão ter resultados distintos no controlo de amónia. O Cocktail B (15/15/7.5 ppm) demonstrou ser eficaz no controlo de amónia, para taxas de excreção inferiores a 5mg/h, mesmo com concentração inicial (0.25mg/L) de amónia no tanque. Cocktails inferiores a 15/15/7.5 ppm revelaram-se ineficazes no controlo de amónia, para taxas de excreção superiores a 1mg/h. Estes resultados irão facilitar a escolha do cocktail de AmQuel® mais adequado, consoante o tempo e características de cada transporte.

Problematik der Prüfung von Polymer-Metall-Verbunden im Zugscherversuch

Die Prüfung von Klebverbindungen erfolgt häufig im Zugscherversuch. Bei der Anwendung dieser Prüfmethode bei Polymer-Metall-Klebverbindungen tritt oft ein Bruch im Polymerteil auf. Dadurch wird die Aussagefähigkeit des Zugscherversuchs stark eingeschränkt. Das gilt vor allem für die Optimierung der Oberflächenvorbehandlung von Polymerteilen. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Beanspruchungsparameter von Polymer-Metall-klebverbindungen im Zugscherversuch und leitet daraus Forderungen an geeignete Prüfanordnungen ab.

Land deed between Alex Outlaw and Calvin Spencer

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Indenture deed between Hayward Todd, Senior and Calvin Spencer

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Land deed between Samuel Howell and Calvin Spencer

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Calvin Spencer division of estate and estate settlement

This document establishes the division of Calvin Spencer's estate among his heirs as well as the settlement of his estate among his wife and heirs.