Virginia Whealton
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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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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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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Music and the Skillful Listener: American Women Compose the Natural World by Denise Van Glahn on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Marching to the Canon: The Life of Schubert’s Marche Militaire by Scott Messing on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Music and Diplomacy from the Early Modern Era to the Present, eds. Rebekah Ahrendt, Mark Ferraguto, Damien Mahiet on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Kendra Leonard deposited Topsy-Turvy Victoriana: Locating Life and Death in Corpse Bride on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
In 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 “The Wild West meets the wives of Windsor: Shakespeare and Music in the Mythological American West” in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 7 years, 5 months agoNorth America has never had any trouble making Shakespeare its own. Since the first American performance of Shakespeare play in 1730, directors, actors, and musicians have been working to locate the works of the Bard in the United States and Canada. I will examine the music for two Shakespearean productions in the context of this Americanization…[Read more]
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Kendra Leonard deposited “The Wild West meets the wives of Windsor: Shakespeare and Music in the Mythological American West” in the group
Global Shakespeares on MLA Commons 7 years, 5 months agoNorth America has never had any trouble making Shakespeare its own. Since the first American performance of Shakespeare play in 1730, directors, actors, and musicians have been working to locate the works of the Bard in the United States and Canada. I will examine the music for two Shakespearean productions in the context of this Americanization…[Read more]
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Kendra Leonard deposited “The Wild West meets the wives of Windsor: Shakespeare and Music in the Mythological American West” on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
North America has never had any trouble making Shakespeare its own. Since the first American performance of Shakespeare play in 1730, directors, actors, and musicians have been working to locate the works of the Bard in the United States and Canada. I will examine the music for two Shakespearean productions in the context of this Americanization…[Read more]
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Rebecca Cypess's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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