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Der reformierte Genfer Psalter gehort zu den wirkungsgeschichtlich bedeutendsten Literatur- und Musikwerken des 16. Jahrhunderts. Die Psalmendichtungen des Clement Marot und Theodore de Beze erfuhren - nicht zuletzt dank der kongenialen Vertonungen - seit Erscheinen der ersten Gesamtausgabe (1562) sowohl in der franzosischen Originalversion als auch in zahlreichen Ubersetzungen europaweite Verbreitung und gewannen vor allem im deutschsprachigen Raum erheblichen Einflu auf die Entwicklung der modernen Nationalliteratur. Der Sammelband fat die Ergebnisse dreier internationaler Tagungen zum...

Federico Garcia Lorca (1889-1936) is widely regarded as the greatest Spanish poet of the twentieth century; Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) is Spain's most performed composer of the same period. The two were very different - Lorca was gay, liberal, and a member of the avant garde, while Falla was a devout Catholic - yet they had a profound mutual influence. The two developed an intimate friendship, which ended when Lorca was shot by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

Lorca in Tune with Falla is the first book to trace Lorca's impact on Falla's...

The importance and value of music in the care and education of very young children is increasingly recognised. This book looks closely at early musical development and how this translates into ways of supporting the musical activity of babies, toddlers and young children, keeping in mind the diversity of preschool work.

Key topics include:

• pre- and post-natal musical experience
• musical parenting
• lullabies and play songs
• baby music sessions
• toddlers' music play
• songs, musical games and other activities
• young...

Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering a comprehensive guide which features:

• architectural innovations in building skin technologies which make lighter more transparent buildings high performing
• energy-free architectural design principles and advances in building-integrated photovoltaics
• essential engineering principles, controls and approaches to...

A side-splitting selection of one-liners, comic definitions, yarns and witty quotes from the world of music.

Most professions have their own jokes, but musicians seem to have more than their fair share. Perhaps it's the insane travel schedule, the bad lodgings or just lack of sleep. But as Jim Green says in his introduction, ..".it's not surprising we're a band apart (so to speak), outcasts who seek only our own company, rubbing two jokes together for warmth and trying to feel superior by sneering at one another's abilities and personalities." So maybe the reason musicians...