Virtual restoration of the sound of the Hispanic Rite

The virtual acoustic reality techniques are powerful tools for the recovery of acoustical heritage of historic buildings. Through the acoustic modeling and auralization techniques it´s possible to reconstruct the sound of disappeared buildings or the ones with significant modifications over the years, knowing the original geometry and the acoustic characteristics of their surfaces. This paper shows the results of a research project whose goal is the virtual recovery of the sound of the Hispanic Rite, the rite celebrated by Christians of the Iberian Peninsula before the imposition of the Roman Rite in the mid-eleventh century. For this purpose, acoustic models of a series of Pre-Romanesque churches were made. These acoustic models represent the churches in their original state, following the reconstruction hypothesis proposed by leading researchers in medieval liturgical archeology. Multichannel anechoic recordings of several pieces of the music of the Hispanic Rite have been carried out using a spherical array composed of 31 microphones. Finally, static and dynamic auralizations have been developed, involving the different liturgical configurations which were usual in this rite.

The Sound of the Digital Global City

Madrid has been the center of Spanish musical scene and industry since the 80s, when “la movida” becomes the metaphor for the new colorful, young and cosmopolitan country established with the arrival of democracy. The city, in this way, is basically a place. But this sense of place started to crash with the arrival of digital music. In the new paradigm, intermediaries were supposed to disappear and music was something contained in networks and computers. The question now is how to integrate digital music, a nonphysical, individual experience, with the way in which the city of Madrid is lived through in musical terms. With the advent of digital music, concerts became the primary source of income for musicians. The centrality of the gig can be understood as the confirmation that we are living in an economy of experience. This centrality also reorganized the way in which music is produced and consumed: now, records are produced in order to create the opportunity of a musical event (band promote their tour as presentation of their latest recordings) that can be promoted in social networks and media; concerts are the places where musicians construct their fans’ communities and are the places were records are sold, not a way to know the band but to demonstrate both the support for the band and the status of the listeners. To study the place of music in the process of metropolization in Madrid we need to understand music as a field of tension

A discovery of the author of the letters of Junius, founded on such evidence and illustrations as explain all the mysterious circumstances and apparent contradictions which have contributed to the concealment of this "most important secre of our time."

Micro-opaque. Louisville, Ky., Lost Cause Press, 1956? 4 cards. 8 x 13 cm.

A critical enquiry regarding the real author of the letters of Junius, proving them to have been written by Lord Viscount Sackville.

Mode of access: Internet.

The sequel of An attempt to ascertain the author of the letters published under the signature of Junius, in which that hitherto impenetrable secret is, it is presumed, fully disclosed.

The author ascribes the letters of Junius to John Horne, afterwards John Horne Tooke.

Translation of the letters of a Hindoo rajah; written previous to, and during the period of his residence in England. To which is prefixed, a preliminary dissertation on the history, religion, and manners, of the Hindoos.

"A work of fiction, describing the prevalent customs and manners of England, under the name of a supposed Hindoo [Seeta Juin Zāārmilla"--Watt, Bibl. brit.

Within sound of the sea : a novel /

Caption title.

The English and Japanese familiar conversational lessons with examples of the letters = Meiji Ei-Wa tsūshin /

Mode of access: Internet.

Calligraphia graeca et Poecilographia graeca : a work explaining and exemplifying the mode of forming the Greek characters with ease and elegance, according to the method adopted by Thomas Young, and exhibiting a copious collection of the various forms of the letters, and of their connexions and contractions /

List of subscribers: leaf at end.

A letter to the editor of the letters : on the spirit of patriotism, the idea of a patriot-king, and the state of parties, &c. : Occasioned by the editor's advertisement.

Verso of half title (p. [2]) and t.p. (p. [4]) blank.

A continuation of the Letters to the philosophers and politicians of France, on the subject of religion: and of the Letters to a philosophical unbeliever; in answer to Mr. Paine's Age of reason.

Evans 29352.

Translation of the letters of a Hindoo rajah : written previous to, and during the period of his residence in England : to which is prefixed a preliminary dissertation on the history, religion, and manners of the Hindoos /

"A work of fiction describing the prevalent customs and manners of England, under the name of a supposed Hindoo [Seeta Juin Zaarmilla]"-- Watt, Bibl. brit.

Latin pronunciation. An inquiry into the proper sound of the Latin language during the classical period.

"Originally prepared by appointment of the Educational Association of the State of Virginia." cf. Preface.

The Uses of Print and Writing in Eighteenth Century European Ballet: the Case of The Letters on Dancing and Ballets by Jean-Georges Noverre

This article aims to study the uses of print, especially the Letters on Dancing and Ballets by Jean-Georges Noverre, throughout the emergence of pantomime ballet in the late eighteenth century. Noverre’s discourse is directly associated with a project to revitalize the art of dance. In this sense, books as an object are not only a support for the new aesthetic discourse, but a tool with multiple uses. It simultaneously seeks to modify the spectator’s view of the scene, legitimize the success of the new theatrical genre and value the ballet master profession.