Epstein investigates the relationship between the ineffable art of music and the hard science of neurobiology. He integrates philosophic and scientific inquiry to formulate a theory of the fundamental yet elusive quality in music time. Derived from an analytical study of motion, tempo and emotion, Shaping Time offers a theory of the way we percieve, perform and interpret music. Epstein suggests that audience satisfaction with a musical performance results from timing trajectories established by the performer at the beginning of the piece. When the timing of a performance conflicts with audience anticipation, listeners experience physical and affective discomfort. Epstein applies his thesis to a wide range of examples for the repertoire.

Shaping Time: Music, the Brain, and Performance

Arts & Photography

Epstein, David

Music

Wadsworth Publishing

A Guide for Strengthening Jewish Values Within the Family.

Torah With Love: A Guide for Strengthening Jewish Values Within the Family

Religion & Spirituality

Stutman, Suzanne Singer

Judaism

Simon&Schuster

Examining the elements of musical structure and the ways they provide unity, coherence and uniqueness in classic-romantic music, the author defines the concept of Grundgestalt, or "basic shape" and follows its development from the music of the classic-romantic Viennese school to the twelve-tone compositions of Schoenberg.

Beyond Orpheus: Studies in Musical Structure

Oxford University Press

Beyond Orpheus is a study of the elements of musical structure and the ways they provide unity, coherence and uniqueness in classic-romantic music. The book rests in part upon Arnold Schoenberg's concept of Grundgestalt, or Basic Shape, as the singular germinal source from which all aspects of a musical work arise. Though Schoeberg based his philosophy of composition upon this idea, he discussed it explicitly in his writings only minimally. Beyond Orpheus clarifies and illuminates the concept, drawing from the writings of Stoenberg and those of his circle. It traces the development of the concept from the music of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, and others, through the ultimate extension of certain of its systematic principles in twelve-tone music and total serialism. In the light of this continuous line of thought from the Viennese classics through the present, the question is asked whether aspects of total serialism are themselves found in classical music. In other words, do works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries arise from basic shapes that influence their structure not only with regard to thematic unities of pitch and rhythm, but also with regard to harmonies, tonal plans, and secondary qualities of phrasing, inflection, articulations, dynamics, timbres—in short, in their total compositional and structural character? The author concludes that they do, to a much greater degree than is generally recognized. He marshals extensive examples and analyses literature to demonstrate the point. The question of norms arises in this discussion, particularly those standard norms of harmony, tonal plan, metric and rhythmic placement, and conventional formal procedures that largely mold classic-romantic music. The author shows that shapes intrinsic to individual works provide a structural rationale for the seeming anomalies at times found in the musical behavior of these works, for their departure, that is, from the norms of convention, create their own norms and extend them to many parameters: it is these intrinsic norms that provide the unique character of the works, and special bases for their coherence and unity. The author's conclusions are illustrated and illuminated by the numerous excerpts from scores by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Schoenberg, and other composers.

Mit Pr

Beyond Orpheus is a study of the elements of musical structure and the ways they provide unity, coherence and uniqueness in classic-romantic music. The book rests in part upon Arnold Schoenberg's concept of Grundgestalt, or Basic Shape, as the singular germinal source from which all aspects of a musical work arise. Though Schoeberg based his philosophy of composition upon this idea, he discussed it explicitly in his writings only minimally. Beyond Orpheus clarifies and illuminates the concept, drawing from the writings of Stoenberg and those of his circle. It traces the development of the concept from the music of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, and others, through the ultimate extension of certain of its systematic principles in twelve-tone music and total serialism. In the light of this continuous line of thought from the Viennese classics through the present, the question is asked whether aspects of total serialism are themselves found in classical music. In other words, do works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries arise from basic shapes that influence their structure not only with regard to thematic unities of pitch and rhythm, but also with regard to harmonies, tonal plans, and secondary qualities of phrasing, inflection, articulations, dynamics, timbres―in short, in their total compositional and structural character? The author concludes that they do, to a much greater degree than is generally recognized. He marshals extensive examples and analyses literature to demonstrate the point. The question of norms arises in this discussion, particularly those standard norms of harmony, tonal plan, metric and rhythmic placement, and conventional formal procedures that largely mold classic-romantic music. The author shows that shapes intrinsic to individual works provide a structural rationale for the seeming anomalies at times found in the musical behavior of these works, for their departure, that is, from the norms of convention, create their own norms and extend them to many parameters: it is these intrinsic norms that provide the unique character of the works, and special bases for their coherence and unity. The author's conclusions are illustrated and illuminated by the numerous excerpts from scores by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Schoenberg, and other composers.

Beyond Orpheus: Studies in Musical Structure (MIT Press Classics)

MIT Press]

Provides material so students can "answer" problems (to the extent the problems have answers). Materials on traditional state collection remedies are reduced, while materials on Chapter 11 are expanded. New chapters deal with single-asset real estate bankruptcy cases, compare workouts with Chapter 11, survey the liability of third parties, such as sureties, insiders, and issuers of letters of credit, and examine the liability of lenders to the debtor to other lenders and to the government under a variety of theories ranging from breach of participations agreements to environmental accountability.

Debt: Bankruptcy, Article 9 and Related Laws (American Casebooks)

Nickles, Steve

Business

West Academic Publishing

Nickles and Epstein’s Black Letter Outline on Bankruptcy and Related Law helps law students recognize and understand the basic principles and issues of law covered in law school courses. This Black Letter outline can be used both as a study aid when preparing for classes and as a review of the subject matter when studying for an examination. Coverage includes: Extrajudicial collection devices Judicial debt collection Fraudulent transfers Creditors with special rights Debtor's state law remedies and the Collective Creditor Act Commencement, conversion, and dismissal of a bankruptcy case Stay of collection actions Property of the estate Exemptions A Text Correlation Chart outline is cross-referenced to the leading casebooks on creditors’ rights and bankruptcy. This volume includes numerous examples, short questions and answers, a practice examination, analysis, a g

Black Letter Outline on Bankruptcy and Related Law (Black Letter Outlines)

Thomson/West

Reflecting the authors' many years of diverse practice experience in international litigation and arbitration matters, the real world problems posed in this law school casebook will engage students and provide lasting knowledge through a ;see it, do it, know it; approach. Chapters address critical topics, including the role of the international lawyer, tips for international research and international resources, jurisdiction, service of process, obtaining the evidence, act of state, foreign sovereign immunity, and enforcement of judgments. An entire chapter is devoted to mediation and arbitration issues, including a stand-alone problem on mediation and arbitration planning and clause drafting. The second edition adds a problem on pretrial provisional relief and the lengthy problem on choice of foreign law and proof of foreign law has been divided into two problems. Attention is given to many significant developments such as the Hague Convention on Choice of Courts Agreement, the new Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act, the privatization of service of process in the United States under the Hague Convention, and recent U.S. and foreign judicial rulings.

International Civil Dispute Resolution, Documents Supplement

Brand, Ronald A.

Gordon, Michael W.

Baldwin, Charles S.

Foreign & International Law

West Academic

This book focuses on the material covered in a typical law school course on bankruptcy. It covers both business and consumer bankruptcy, explains basic bankruptcy concepts, and uses those concepts to make code provisions understandable.

Principles of Bankruptcy Law (Concise Hornbook Series)

This unique book comprehensively reintroduces creditors' remedies and debtors' rights under state and federal, nonbankruptcy law. The coverage: includes commercial and consumer debt transactions; spans the full range of both new and traditional means of judicial and private enforcement; explores modern arrangements for structuring debt and security; focuses consistently on the core issues of defining who is liable for the debt and who has what rights in what property; and probes how debtor-creditor law applies and adapts, by public or private law, to modern transactional forms and circumstances and also to contemporary attitudes about the proper balance of debtors' and creditors' interests. The text will support almost anything the professor wants to teach. The book is designed and arranged so that its many discrete topics and materials stand alone and allow a professor to easily select and arrange its content to exactly fit courses of va

Debtor-Creditor: Creditor Remedies and Debtor Rights Under State and Non-Bankruptcy Federal Law (American Casebook Series)

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Shaping Time: Music, the Brain, and Performance

Torah With Love: A Guide for Strengthening Jewish Values Within the Family

Beyond Orpheus: Studies in Musical Structure

Beyond Orpheus: Studies in Musical Structure

Beyond Orpheus: Studies in Musical Structure (MIT Press Classics)

Debt: Bankruptcy, Article 9 and Related Laws (American Casebooks)

Black Letter Outline on Bankruptcy and Related Law (Black Letter Outlines)

International Civil Dispute Resolution, Documents Supplement

Principles of Bankruptcy Law (Concise Hornbook Series)

Debtor-Creditor: Creditor Remedies and Debtor Rights Under State and Non-Bankruptcy Federal Law (American Casebook Series)