This article focuses on the personal and artistic career of one of the most representative composers of Spain in the second half of the 18th century and the first third of the 19th century. Ramón Garay, born in 1761 in Asturias, held the post of Chapel Master of Jaén Cathedral for 36 fruitful years, which saw the birth of an extraordinary p…[Read more]

This article focuses on the decline of Spanish ecclesiastical music from the beginning of the 19th century, coinciding with the outbreak of the War of Independence. This decline worsened as a result of the application of successive disentailments by the various liberal governments and the signing of the Concordat of 1851. To remedy this situation,…[Read more]

Wer kennt heute nicht die kriminalistischen Fingerabdruckmethoden aus Krimi und Nachrichten? Vor 160 Jahren wurde einer ihrer Pioniere in Dalmatien geboren: Ivan Vučetić. Für die Methode bedurfte es zweier Werkzeuge: einer Klassifizierung von Fingerabdrücken und eines praktikablen Suchverfahrens. Die Erfinder beider Werkzeuge stammten aus dem Kai…[Read more]

Article about the composer Pauline Viardot

Article about the Spanish composer, teacher and musicologist Felipe Pedrell, founder of the Modern Musicology in Spain

यह फारवर्ड प्रेस की बहुजन साहित्य वार्षिकी: 2013 का संपादकीय है। इसमें बहुजन साहित्य और बहुजन आलोचना की अवधारणा पर संक्षेप में बात की गई है।
आलेख में कहा गया है कि बहुजन साहित्य का विकास वस्तुत: बहुजन आलोचना का विकास है। जैसे-जैसे हम बहुजन साहित्य को चिन्हित करते जाएंगे, अभिजन साहित्य स्वत: ही हाशिए का साहित्य बनता जाएगा क्योंकि हिंदी साहित…[Read more]

This is an editorial in Forward Press’s Bahujan Literature Yearbook: 2013. It briefly discusses the concept of Bahujan literature and Bahujan criticism.
Bahujan literature is a big umbrella, under which falls Dalit literature (For convenience’s sake we can describe it as “Atishudra literature”), Shudra literature, Tribal literature and Women…[Read more]

A theological biography of Michael Sattler and an examination of some of his final written correspondence prior to his execution. Sattler’s biography was particularly influential because of its unique circulation and historical reception.