Rebecca Marchand
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Kendra Leonard deposited Performing Spiritualism in the Silent Cinema in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThe silent film era, usually defined as 1895-1927, coincided with a revival of belief in spiritualism in America. Desperate to find meaning in the deaths of the Great War and the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, the bereaved sought contact with the dead and evidence of an afterlife. Given this fascination with spiritualism, it is not surprising that the…[Read more]
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Kendra Leonard deposited Performing Spiritualism in the Silent Cinema on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months ago
The silent film era, usually defined as 1895-1927, coincided with a revival of belief in spiritualism in America. Desperate to find meaning in the deaths of the Great War and the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, the bereaved sought contact with the dead and evidence of an afterlife. Given this fascination with spiritualism, it is not surprising that the…[Read more]
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Erika Supria Honisch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months ago
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Erika Supria Honisch deposited Sample Statement on Accessibility (for Course Syllabi) on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months ago
This Statement on Accessibility replaces what used to be a “Statement on Disability” in my course syllabi. The language in this updated statement reflects changes recommended by disabled colleagues, friends, and family. Please feel free to use and adapt; no credit necessary. I welcome further suggestions.
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Erika Supria Honisch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 4 months ago
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Danielle Fosler-Lussier's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 4 months ago
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Bob Judd's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 4 months ago
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Kaleb E. Goldschmitt's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 4 months ago
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Linda Shaver-Gleason deposited When #TimesUp for Musical Gods: The James Levine Scandal on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
In 2011, San Francisco Opera general director David Gockly said, “[James Levine] is no ordinary music director…He’s a god.” Such statements become sinister in light of accusations that Levine, former music director of the Metropolitan Opera and Boston Symphony Orchestra, engaged in decades of sexual abuse with his “provocative, cult-like…[Read more]
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Kendra Leonard deposited Topsy-Turvy Victoriana: Locating Life and Death in Corpse Bride in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoIn the 2005 film Corpse Bride, director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman collaborate using both musical and visual signifiers to create two very different realms that the main characters must traverse: the land of the living, and the land of the dead. The characterizations of these places appear in the reverse of what a viewer might expect.…[Read more]
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Diana Burrell, Heron: For Cello and Piano (1988); Barbara Heller, Lalai: Schlaflied zum Wachwerden? für Violoncello und Klavier (1989); Tania León, Four Pieces for Violoncello (1981); Augusta Read Thomas, Spring Song for Solo Cello (1995) on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited REview: Gilbert Amy, Memoire pour violoncelle et piano d’après Shin’anim sha’ananim (1979-1989); Georges Aperghis, Sonate pour violoncelle seul (1994); Nicolas Bacri, Suite no. 1 “Preludio e Metamorfosi,”, pour violoncelle seul, opus 31 no. 1 (1987-94); Jacques Castérède, Sonate pour violoncelle et piano (1996); Alexander Comitas, Yiddish Suite pour violoncelle et piano, opus 17 (1995); Thierry Escaich, Nocturne pour violoncelle et piano (1997); Renaud Gagneux, Trois bagatelles pour violoncelle seul, opus 49 (1997); Ingrid Guymer, Seven Sketches pour violoncelle seul (1989) and Chainmail pour violoncelle solo (1995); Georges Migot, Sonate et Rhapsodie pour violoncelle seul; Serge Nigg, Duo élégiaque pour violoncelle et piano; Ton-That Tiêt, Xuân Vũ pour violoncelle et piano; Jean-Jacques Werner, Clair-obscur pour violoncelle et harpe (1996) on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: The Miserly Knight by Sergei Rachmaninoff on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Changing Tunes: The Use of Pre-existing Music in Film, eds. Phil Powrie and Robynn Stilwell on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Nadia and Lili Boulanger by Caroline Potter on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Off the Planet, ed. Philip Hayward on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Help, Help, the Globolinks! by Gian Carlo Menotti on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Mademoiselle by Bruno Monsaingeon on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Little Women by Mark Adamo on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Piano Trio; String Quartet; La Bonne Chanson by Gabriel Faure on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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