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The book explores the development of popular music research in the Czech lands and neighbouring socialist states, a field that was institutionalised here well before it was in the West. Based on the analysis of previously unprocessed archival sources, the authors...
This book is interdisciplinary in nature and examines the debate over beauty in twentieth-century art. It synthesizes artistic phenomena and composers’ aesthetic attitudes considering the ideological and social contexts of music from the twentieth and twenty-first...
‘In Time’ is an innovative study of classical music that integrates contemporary theory, such as problem-solving strategies (resembling map-making) with the expressive dimension of music. This integration is suggested as a metaphor for life journeys, encompassing both...
This third volume of the series ‘Giuseppe Tartini and the Musical Culture of the Enlightenment’ aims to investigate various aspects of the musical world surrounding Tartini. It primarily focuses on the analysis of the evidence related to instrument making and sound...
The work, entitledThe Language of Czech and Polish Civil Law Contracts: A Comparative Study Based on Corpus Research, is devoted to aspects of the field of specialised translation and provides an overview of the current state of translation studies.The main trends are...
The sound of a city is a cultural phenomenon based on the characteristic relationship between music and the cultural specificity of a given urban area. It occurs when artists from a region create music, which is so unique, it becomes indisputably linked with its place...
The present volume, which inaugurates the series called Giuseppe Tartini and the Musical Culture of the Enlightenment, includes contributions presenting a wide range of materials and methodologies, revealing a rich multiplicity of perspectives on Giuseppe Tartini’s...
Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770) made history both as an outstanding composer andas an exceptional music theorist. Especially after he began to devote himself tospeculative reflections of music, Tartini seems to have been searching for harmonybetween music theory (which he...
approaches “the brand new normal” as the digitalization itself. The collection of research and studies explores and questions contemporary novelties in media and art related to the transformative effects of the digitalization. Featuring a broad range of topics, covering...
This book analyzes the ideology of the Swiss far right in the period between 1933 and 1945. It provides a detailed sociological overview of the development of Swiss Frontism. Through a broad empirical study based on archive data, the author scrutinizes the views of...
From time to time, a rare monument will appear in some archives, filling the gap inprevious research. Such a “discovery” was the identification of a hitherto unnoticedmanuscript from Bratislava as a medieval missal associated with the cathedral inLund.From the given...
The monograph concerns one of the most important trends in contemporary classical Polish music.The ?new romanticism” represented the reaction to the crisis of the avant-garde in the 70s. It appeared in works by the ?1933 generation” (Penderecki, Górecki, Kilar), ?the...
The aim of my work was to show the performative nature of the stage performances of the musical group Rammstein. Due to their amazing nature, the group's shows can be treated as artistic performances. In my dissertation, I will determine whether there is an increased...
The tradition of Polish Science Studies dates back to the works of L. Fleck and F. Znaniecki. In the 1990s, the field found itself in crisis due to the many institutional transformations in the former Eastern Bloc.The subsequent resurgence started with the new...
Marvelous Rise of Superheroes in Cinema: Evolution of the Genre from Sequels to Universes addresses the superhero movie genre’s transformation between 1978 and 2019. To emphasize andillustrate the conceptual and thematic transformation, the main conventions of the genre...
Antonín Dvorák was a clever and highly communicative humorist and musical dramatist. His masterful compositional strategies underscore, heighten, and construct sonic humor in his six (!!) comic operas. He crafts musical slapstick, satire, parody, and merriment using...
Transformation of the Industry in a Brand New Normal: Media, Music, and Performing Arts is a collection of contemporary research and interpretation that aims to discover the industrialtransformation in media, music, and performing arts. Featuring coverage of a broad...
This revised, enhanced edition of the life and works of composer and Admiral Jean Cras traces, through new research, the remarkable career of this celebrated composer, decorated war hero, scientist and inventor. As Henri Duparc’s only protégé, his “spiritual son”...
Ferramonti di Tarsia was the largest internment camp in Southern Italy, both in terms of its size and number of internees - mainly Jews from Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia. An almost forgotten chapter of the Italian history, it served as an absurd and ephemeral meeting...
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