Das Erwachen des Kentauren by Sylvia Kratochvil

“…The constellation of this figure is based on the Ode Chiron introducing the Night Songs as well as on its earlier version, The Blind Singer. There are equally two fragments by Pindar that Hölderlin translated and commented on: Untreue der Weisheit and Das Belebende. …”
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L’ethnomusicologie française et le folk revival américain by Roger Mason

“…This paper focuses on an ethnomusicological field collection carried out by singer and musician Roger Mason in francophone Cajun Louisiana at the end of the 1960s. …”
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Assimilation ou fidélité aux valeurs du Vieux Monde ? La nouvelle et sa représentation de l’immigration juive aux Etats-Unis by Crystel Pinçonnat

“…A lot of Yiddish or American short stories raise the issue: New-York’s Women by Lamed Shapiro, The Son Who Came from America by Isaac Bashevis Singer,The Jewbird by Bernard Malamud Eli, The Fanatic by Philip Roth, and The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley. …”
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Construction prosodique de la violence chez Métal Urbain : l’exemple du 45 tours Paris Maquis (1977) by Olivier Migliore

“…This one contains two titles, « Paris Maquis » – name given to the SP – and « Clé de contact ». In both pieces, the singer makes extremely radical remarks fundamentally challenging the republicans good manners and order. …”
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A poética cantada: investigação das habilidades do repentista nordestino by João Miguel Manzolillo Sautchuk

“…While improvising, the singer guides himself by these esthetic models, among which I highlight as the main practical foundation of improvised poetry the poetic rhythm incorporated by these poets.…”
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HBO’s Black Women Artist Biopics: The Josephine Baker Story and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge by Hélène Charlery

“…This paper analyses cable television HBO’s 1990s biopics based on the life stories of the African American dancer and singer Josephine Baker (The Josephine Baker Story, Brian Gibson, 1991) and the actress Dorothy Dandridge (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Martha Coolidge, 1999), demonstrating that the films articulate the network’s commercial strategy, using the life stories of African American icons to tap into a niche market. …”
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Musical Manifestations of Textual Patterning in Estonian Regilaul by Janika Oras

“…The article examines which variants of musical rhythm and melodic contour are preferred by four singers in their performance of verses that have different functions within the song structure. …”
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Recriar o espaço de voz do poeta: a memória entre dois mundos by Joseilda de Sousa Diniz

“…Poet, singer, reciter, engraver, who, after a tragic illness in the vocal cords became a researcher and a writer, José Alves Sobrinho was one of the main nomad poetsingers on Northeast Brazil. …”
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“Voice of anarchy”: Gender aspects of aggressive metal vocals. The example of Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy) by Florian Heesch

“…In 2001 Angela Gossow became the singer of the band Arch Enemy and has since established herself as one of the most outstanding female growlers within the global metal scene. …”
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Comment attirer le gibier ? Pratique du jeûne et récitation de chants magiques dans les activités cynégétiques wampis (jivaro) by Paul Codjia

“…The performativity of these songs rests upon the hunter’s ability to realize an affective work on himself: from the Wampis’ point of view, if the singer gets a bodily experience of the relationship with the addressee described by the spell, so the latter will also feel it. …”
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This is not a Love Song. Du détournement des médias télévisés par John Lydon : du spectacle au Spectacle by Christophe Becker

“…We will study the persona Lydon has been building and inhabiting since 1976. We will see how the singer turns the notion of the polite and harmless star upside down in order to highlight the vacuity of the media-crazed world and of contemporary British society, and how he uses an apparent varnish of rudeness, of stupidity, of bad education, cynicism and bad taste to elaborate on a political and artistic discourse that is the exact opposite of what he’s chosen to show on the screen.…”
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From Pablo Honey to A Moon Shaped Pool: Radiohead’s Experimental, Political Journey by Guillaume Clément

“…As their music became more complex, Radiohead evolved into a politicized band as well, with singer and songwriter Thom Yorke seeking inspiration in the socio-political context of the time. …”
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The Satirical Vision of Canadian/Scottish Songwriter, Poet, and Novelist Graeme Williamson by Victor Kennedy

“…Graeme Williamson, best known as the lead singer/songwriter of the 1980s Toronto New Wave band Pukka Orchestra, was also a poet, short story writer, and novelist. …”
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ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF VIOLIN INTERPRETATION by Cătălina GUŢANU

“…During the performance of a musical piece, any musician – regardless of whether he/she is a pianist, violinist or vocal singer, uses a full and profound sound that beautifies the interpretation and gives it more musicality, more feeling, warmth and spirituality. …”
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”Han kun int spela sôm I sang.” by Kristin Jonzon

“…The quote encapsulates a traditional singer’s take on the Scandinavian tradition of trying to demonstrate that the intonation patterns in what we today call traditional singing are hardly arbitrary. …”
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Vous avez dit rock arabe ? Retour sur la trajectoire du groupe Carte de séjour (1980-1989) by Philippe Hanus

“…This group, which incorporates electric guitar, bass and drums established a core rock sound that was “orientalised” by the use of the oud, and North African percussions. The lead singer, Rachid Taha, chose to sing in a mixed langage between Algerian dialect, known as darja, and French slang. …”
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THE RECLAIMING CUBAN CULTURAL IDENTITY WHILE LIVING AS A CUBAN DIASPORA IN AMERICA AS DEPICTED IN CAMILA CABELLO “HAVANA” by Tan Michael Chandra

“…Upon closer scrutiny, what at first glance considered as a simple love song underlines the cultural notion behind it.  As the singer and songwriter is Cuban, Cabello expresses a theme of longing and stake a claim of  Cuban cultural identity in the character of the song despite being offered a life in America. …”
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A Comparison of Chaotic Electromagnetic Field Optimization Algorithms by Olympia Roeva, Dafina Zoteva

“…Ten chaotic maps are incorporated in EFO – Chebyshev, Circle, Gauss, Iterative, Logistic, Piecewise, Sine, Singer, Sinusoidal and Tent. To compare the performance of the constructed EFO algorithms, a case study of the identification of the model parameters of a cultivation process model is studied. …”
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Enjeux artistiques et stratégies patrimoniales dans le flamenco au temps des années 1960-2000 by Corinne Frayssinet Savy

“…The heritage work of singer Antonio Cruz García, known as Antonio Mairena (1909-1983), which took place between 1960 and 1983, and the ethnographic work of guitarist Pedro Peña Peña, known as Pedro Bacán (1951-1997), which took place between 1989 and 1997, reflect two different conceptions of flamenco, based on sources that depend on gypsy family musical practices. …”
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Christian and secular values for sale: the religious apostasy of celebrity and Disney's "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus by Sanchez Sabate, Gelabert Santané, Badilla Briones, Del Valle Rojas

“…A paradigmatic case is that of American singer Miley Cyrus, who went from being a famous religious role model for conservative American evangelical Christians to becoming a secular and liberal celebrity, playing in highly sexualized live shows and videos. …”
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