When the New York Philharmonic's radio audience was polled in 1935, the most popular composer was Jean Sibelius, whose music held a unique fascination for listeners of the 1930s, '40s and '50s. Having passed through a period of coolness on the part of the musical establishment, in the 1990s Sibelius's music again enjoys widespread critical appreciation, along with greater exposure than ever before in concert programs worldwide. Meanwhile, our knowledge of the man and the sources of his music has expanded and deepened. It is this new awareness that Robert Layton has distilled into this thoroughly revised edition of his groundbreaking biography, Sibelius. More clearly than ever, Sibelius emerges as an artist who drew inspiration from two crucial sources: nature and mythology. He belonged to a generation of composers who could still use music to capture an emotional response to landscape, weather, the natural rhythms of the world. Even more central to his creativity was his involvement with Finnish myth, as codified in the national epic poem, the Kalevala. This haunting world of warriors and enchantments provided Sibelius with the program for a series of memorable symphonic poems, from the poignant Swan of Tuonela to the majestic Tapiola. His artistic development was intertwined with his use of mythology to an extent unparalleled since Wagner. Christened Johan and called Janne by his relatives and friends, Sibelius took the name Jean in imitation of a seagoing uncle who used the French form of his name when abroad. It seems an odd choice for a composer who led the least cosmopolitan of lives. He took an interest in the revolutionary new directions of twentieth-century music, but for himself he pursued the development of a personal voice in the context of the traditional symphonic idiom. And because he remained true to his inner vision, his music remains radiantly alive. Robert Layton's Sibelius is a revealing guide to the life and to the works. Above all, he provides illuminating analyses of the music, both tracing the formal means that Sibelius developed at each new phase of his career, and identifying the events and experiences that left an imprint on this extraordinary musical personality.

Sibelius (Master Musicians Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Layton, Robert

Arts & Literature

Schirmer Reference

Algorithms for Automating Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) presents information on the gathering of information and extraction of actionable intelligence from openly available sources, including news broadcasts, public repositories, and more recently, social media. As OSINT has applications in crime fighting, state-based intelligence, and social research, this book provides recent advances in text mining, web crawling, and other algorithms that have led to advances in methods that can largely automate this process. The book is beneficial to both practitioners and academic researchers, with discussions of the latest advances in applications, a coherent set of methods and processes for automating OSINT, and interdisciplinary perspectives on the key problems identified within each discipline. Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples, editors Robert Layton, Paul Watters, and a distinguished list of contributors discuss Evidence Accumulation Strategies for OSINT, Named Entity Resolution in Social Media, Analyzing Social Media Campaigns for Group Size Estimation, Surveys and qualitative techniques in OSINT, and Geospatial reasoning of open data.

Automating Open Source Intelligence: Algorithms for OSINT

Computers & Technology

Watters, Paul A.

Computer Science

Syngress

A supplement to the current edition of The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettes, this yearbook looks in depth at new and reissued classical recordings that appeared from the summer of 1994 up to the summer of 1995. Arranged alphabetically by composer, the book evaluates the interpretation and performance of each work, assesses the recording quality, and gives advice on the best values.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs Yearbook 1995-1996: Best Buys in Classical Music

Arts & Photography

Greenfield, Edward

Music

Penguin??Books

The Penguin Stereo Record Guide (Penguin Handbooks) [paperback] Greenfield, Edward,Layton, Robert,March, Ivan [Mar 30, 1978]

The Penguin Stereo Record Guide

March, Ivan

The Penguin Cassette Guide

The New Penguin Stereo Record and Cassette Guide (Penguin Handbooks)

The New Penguin Stereo Record and Cassette Guide

The Complete Penguin Stereo Record and Cassette Guide finds this familiar group of highly respected critics having compiled a very useful survey of classical music on compact discs and cassettes. The authors discuss the artistic merits and sound quality of each recording in evaluations that are extremely perceptive and educational. Audiophiles will be happy to know that the authors indicate whether or not the recording has been recorded digitally or remastered from an analog original. Those on a budget will appreciate the inclusion of bargain-priced editions. And music lovers in general attempting to navigate the maze of CDs currently available will find this work indispensable. - William J. Waters, Pensacola Junior Coll., Fla. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Complete Penguin Stereo Record and Cassette Guide: Records, Cassettes, and Compact Discs

The authors of The Complete Penguin Stereo Record and Cassette Guide present the first guide of its kind to the latest innovation in music recording.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, Cassettes and LPs

Covers the huge expansion of the compact disc market over the past two years, assessing each CD released since The Penguin Guide to Compact discs, Cassettes, and LPs, as well as all the noteworthy CDs from that edition.

The New Guide to Compact Discs 1988 (PENGUIN GUIDE TO COMPACT DISCS AND DVDS)

A complete guide to classical recorded music on compact disc, this edition incorporates the material of the 1989 supplement and reviews of new releases between August 1989 and August 1990.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 1991

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