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Ralph P. Locke deposited ‘Aida’ and Nine Readings of Empire on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
This paper assesses nine prominent readings of the imperial context/content of Verdi’s ‘Aida’ and offers a new perspective more adequate to basic tensions in the work. Readings have ranged from the literal (imperial Europe here stages an archaeological “ancient Egypt”) to the metaphorical (“Egypt” here is any repressive government). Or–somew…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited Beyond the exotic: How “Eastern” is _Aida_? on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
Commentators often express disappointment that the music for the main characters in _Aida_ is not more distinctive, i.e., does not make much use of the exotic styles that mark the work’s ceremonial scenes and ballets. It has also been argued that exotic style-elements here are mostly confined to female, hence powerless, characters. Such…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited New Letters of Berlioz Oeuvres littéraires. Correspondance générale II (1832-1842) Hector Berlioz Frédéric Robert on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
A detailed review of vol. 2 of Berlioz’s complete correspondence, with many corrections of errors in the edition. The article also prints, for the first time, eight letters of Berlioz, with translation and commentary.
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Elena Garcia-Martin deposited “Gender, Race and Interculturalism in TNT-El Vacie’s Romani Fuenteovejuna.” in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis paper addresses the performance of Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna undertaken by TNT-El Vacie (Territorio de Nuevos Tiempos), a theater company from Seville, Spain. I Consider how Antonio Álamo’s adaptation, Pepa Gamboa’s direction, and the staging of El Vacie, a company comprised exclusively of non-professional Roma women, constitutes a site o…[Read more]
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Elena Garcia-Martin deposited “Gender, Race and Interculturalism in TNT-El Vacie’s Romani Fuenteovejuna.” in the group
Iberian Theater and Performance Network (ITPN) on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis paper addresses the performance of Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna undertaken by TNT-El Vacie (Territorio de Nuevos Tiempos), a theater company from Seville, Spain. I Consider how Antonio Álamo’s adaptation, Pepa Gamboa’s direction, and the staging of El Vacie, a company comprised exclusively of non-professional Roma women, constitutes a site o…[Read more]
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Elena Garcia-Martin deposited “Gender, Race and Interculturalism in TNT-El Vacie’s Romani Fuenteovejuna.” in the group
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis paper addresses the performance of Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna undertaken by TNT-El Vacie (Territorio de Nuevos Tiempos), a theater company from Seville, Spain. I Consider how Antonio Álamo’s adaptation, Pepa Gamboa’s direction, and the staging of El Vacie, a company comprised exclusively of non-professional Roma women, constitutes a site o…[Read more]
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Dileep Karanth's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months ago
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Ralph P. Locke deposited A Broader View of Musical Exoticism in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoMost previous writings on musical exoticism reflect the unspoken assumption that a work is perceived by the listener as exotic only if it incorporates distinctively foreign or otherwise highly unusual elements of musical style. This “Exotic Style Only” Paradigm often proves revelatory, especially for purely instrumental works. In operas and oth…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited A Broader View of Musical Exoticism in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoMost previous writings on musical exoticism reflect the unspoken assumption that a work is perceived by the listener as exotic only if it incorporates distinctively foreign or otherwise highly unusual elements of musical style. This “Exotic Style Only” Paradigm often proves revelatory, especially for purely instrumental works. In operas and oth…[Read more]
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Ralph P. Locke deposited A Broader View of Musical Exoticism in the group
Music and Sound on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoMost previous writings on musical exoticism reflect the unspoken assumption that a work is perceived by the listener as exotic only if it incorporates distinctively foreign or otherwise highly unusual elements of musical style. This “Exotic Style Only” Paradigm often proves revelatory, especially for purely instrumental works. In operas and oth…[Read more]
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Elena Garcia-Martin changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
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Elena Garcia-Martin changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
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Ralph P. Locke deposited A Broader View of Musical Exoticism on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
Most previous writings on musical exoticism reflect the unspoken
assumption that a work is perceived by the listener as exotic only if it incorporates
distinctively foreign or otherwise highly unusual elements of
musical style. This “Exotic Style Only” Paradigm often proves revelatory,
especially for purely instrumental works. In operas and…[Read more] -
Sean Guillory's profile was updated on ASEEES Commons 9 years ago
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Sean Guillory added the event 1917. REVOLUTION. on ASEEES Commons 9 years, 2 months ago
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Sean Guillory deposited Reforging Roma into New Soviet Gypsies on ASEEES Commons 9 years, 3 months ago
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Brigid O’Keeffe is an Associate Professor of History at Brooklyn College where she specializes in late imperial Russian and Soviet history. Her research interests include internationalism, Esperanto, selfhood, ethnicity, citizenship and everyday Soviet life. She’s the author of New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Sel…[Read more]
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