Self-similar syncopation

Posted on December 31, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Self-similar syncopations:

Fibonacci, L-systems, limericks and ragtime There are interesting symmetries shared by the limerick and ragtime, which can be observed and heard in their family groups of stressed and unstressed syllables, or beats, and which lie at the heart of what gives these forms their characteristic structure or ‘feel’. They possess self-similar qualities which are related to fractal models used by contemporary scientists, and can provide a keen insight into some quite profound inter-relationships between the arts and sciences.
[Does this sound abstruse? Well, read the rest!]
+Plus Magazine, issue 10

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Knowsley Safari Park

Posted on December 31, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Knowsley Safari Park
[Knowsley is now a small zoo.]

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Edward Lear in Greece

Posted on December 30, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear in Greece
Edward Lear toured Albania, Epirus, Macedonia and Thessaly in the spring-autumn of 1848. Accompanied by his Greek “Dragoman” -an interepreter who was proficient in ten languages- he explored the unknown and intriguing corners of -what was still then known as- “Turkey in Europe”…

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There Was an Old Man with a Beard

Posted on December 29, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

[minstrels] There Was an Old Man with a Beard — Edward Lear
Lear’s limericks are defined, arrgh, ‘*boring*’: an heresy in an otherwise wonderful site.

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The Akond of Swat

Posted on December 29, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

[minstrels] The Akond of Swat — Edward Lear

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The Great Panjandrum

Posted on December 29, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

[minstrels] The Great Panjandrum — Samuel Foote
Another classic of Nonsense literature.

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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

Posted on December 29, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

[minstrels] The Owl and the Pussy-Cat — Edward Lear
See the previous item.

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The Pobble Who Has No Toes

Posted on December 29, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

[minstrels] The Pobble Who Has No Toes — Edward Lear
The Lear poem with a short, but funny, commentary.

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Die Unart des Artig-Seins

Posted on December 28, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Die Unart des Artig-Seins
Hans Magnus Enzensberger richtete fur Kinder im Residenzhof einen “Kompletten Nonsens” ein und sprach selbst sogar mit der Stimme der Fische.
[In German, about a show held in Saltzburg in August 1999 which included sung translations of Lear poems.]
Salzburger Nachrichten

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A Century of American Puppetry

Posted on December 28, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

PUNCH’S PROGRESS: A CENTURY OF AMERICAN PUPPETRY
November 19-December 31
Special Exhibition Galleries
The Detroit Institute of Arts
The character of Punch first appeared in America prior to the Revolutionary War when his destruction by a dog at a local fair was reported in the Virginia Gazette. Since that time, the art of puppetry has become a significant part of American popular culture, repeatedly adapting to shifting audience interests as well as the introduction of motion pictures and television. Punch’s Progress: A Century of American Puppetry traces the changing face of American Puppetry from 1850 to 1950, with examples from The Detroit Institute of Arts’ Paul McPharlin Collection of Puppetry and Theatre Arts.

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