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'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery (2014)
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Wilson, C. (2014). 'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery. Comparatio, 6(2), 241-262

Der vorliegende Beitrag unternimmt es, die vielfältigen Dimensionen von Shakespeares musikalischer Bildlichkeit zu erschließen: Er bietet einen Überblick über die verschiedenartigen Formen musikalischer Komponenten und ihre teilweise sehr subtile Ver... Read More about 'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery.

Nests, arcs and cycles in the lifespan of a studio project (2014)
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Slater, M. (2015). Nests, arcs and cycles in the lifespan of a studio project. Popular music, 34(1), 67-93. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143014000683

Middlewood Sessions produced a kind of popular music that infuses the timbral aesthetics of jazz and orchestral music with the driving rhythms of dance music. This studio project, lasting for almost eight years, provided a rich resource for gaining i... Read More about Nests, arcs and cycles in the lifespan of a studio project.

Mixtapes and turntablism : DJs' perspectives on musical shape (2013)
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Greasley, A. E., & Prior, H. (2013). Mixtapes and turntablism : DJs' perspectives on musical shape. Empirical Musicology Review, 8(1), 23-43. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3921

The notion of musical shape is widely used by performing musicians, but most studies have focussed on classical performing contexts. This paper extends this research to DJs performing on turntables, chosen in light of existing evidence from a questio... Read More about Mixtapes and turntablism : DJs' perspectives on musical shape.

Musical shaping gestures: Considerations about terminology and methodology (2013)
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King, E. (2013). Musical shaping gestures: Considerations about terminology and methodology. Empirical Musicology Review, 8(1), 68-81. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3925

Fulford and Ginsborg’s investigation into non-verbal communication during music rehearsal-talk between performers with and without hearing impairments extends existing research in the field of gesture studies by contributing significantly to our unde... Read More about Musical shaping gestures: Considerations about terminology and methodology.

A conceptual foundation for understanding musico-technological creativity (2012)
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Slater, M., & Martin, A. (2012). A conceptual foundation for understanding musico-technological creativity. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 5(1), 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte.5.1.59_1

The point of departure for this article is the observation that increasing numbers of people are using technologies to create music. This rise in activity correlates directly with the proliferation of increasingly miniaturized music technologies whic... Read More about A conceptual foundation for understanding musico-technological creativity.

Rehearsal talk: Familiarity and expertise in singer-pianist duos (2012)
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Ginsborg, J., & King, E. (2012). Rehearsal talk: Familiarity and expertise in singer-pianist duos. Musicae Scientiae, 16(2), 148-167. https://doi.org/10.1177/1029864911435733

The cognitive and social processes underlying musical and social collaboration were explored in a small-scale study of two professional and two student singer-pianist duos. Each of the eight participants rehearsed one song with his or her regular par... Read More about Rehearsal talk: Familiarity and expertise in singer-pianist duos.

Timbre and non-radical didacticism in the Streets' A grand don't come for free: a poetic-ecological model (2011)
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Slater, M. (2011). Timbre and non-radical didacticism in the Streets' A grand don't come for free: a poetic-ecological model. Music Analysis, 30(2-3), 360-395. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2249.2011.00317.x

This article investigates the status and function of timbre by proposing a poetic-ecological model, which seeks to encapsulate the intersections between and applications of three theoretical territories: poetics, ecological theory and spectromorpholo... Read More about Timbre and non-radical didacticism in the Streets' A grand don't come for free: a poetic-ecological model.

The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (2011)
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White, J., Gray, R. J., Swift, L., Barton, G. R., & Jones, M. (2011). The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 12(167), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-167

Background: The serious mental illness Health Improvement Profile [HIP] is a brief pragmatic tool, which enables mental health nurses to work together with patients to screen physical health and take evidence-based action when variables are identifie... Read More about The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music (2010)
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Prior, H. (2011). Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music. Psychology of music, 39(4), 468-502. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735610378182

Research in music and emotion has largely focused on responses to tonal music on isolated occasions. This article presents a novel approach to the study of music and emotion that investigates the effects of familiarity on listeners' responses to tona... Read More about Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music.

Howard Ferguson's 'Amore langueo', 'The dream of the rood' and new music in the 1950s (2010)
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Wilson, C. R. (2010). Howard Ferguson's 'Amore langueo', 'The dream of the rood' and new music in the 1950s. Tempo, 64(253), 2-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0040298210000264

A re-evaluation of the work and status of a composer not infrequently occurs a decade after death and/or during an anniversary year. Howard Ferguson was born on 21 October 1908. The centennial year of his birth saw a number of high-profile concerts a... Read More about Howard Ferguson's 'Amore langueo', 'The dream of the rood' and new music in the 1950s.

Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation (2010)
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Shuel, F., White, J., Jones, M., & Gray, R. (2010). Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation. International journal of nursing studies, 47(2), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.06.003

Background and objectives: The physical health of people with serious mental illness is a cause of growing concern to clinicians. Life expectancy in this population may be reduced by up to 25 years and patients often live with considerable physical m... Read More about Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation.

Contingent learning for creative music technologists (2009)
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King, A. (2009). Contingent learning for creative music technologists. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 18(2), 137-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759390902992550

This article will review educational literature relevant to the design and implementation of a learning technology interface (LTI) into an undergraduate music technology curriculum. It also explores through empirical enquiry some of the advantages an... Read More about Contingent learning for creative music technologists.

The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile (2009)
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White, J., Gray, R., & Jones, M. (2009). The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 16(5), 493-498. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01375.x

People with serious mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are more likely to suffer from a range of long-term physical conditions including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Consequently they will die 10-15 years earlie... Read More about The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile.

Partial agonists and schizophrenia: theoretical developments for the development of mental health nursing (2009)
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Jones, M., White, J., & Gray, R. (2009). Partial agonists and schizophrenia: theoretical developments for the development of mental health nursing. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 16(5), 409-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01373.x

JONES M., WHITE J. & GRAY R. (2009) Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 16, 409-415 Partial agonists and schizophrenia: theoretical developments for the development of mental health nursing People with schizophrenia have a significant... Read More about Partial agonists and schizophrenia: theoretical developments for the development of mental health nursing.

Daniel Goldmark, Lawrence Kramer, and Richard Leppert, eds, Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2007), ISBN 978-0-520-25069-7 (hb), 978-0-520-25070-3 (pb) (2009)
Journal Article
Binns, A. (2009). Daniel Goldmark, Lawrence Kramer, and Richard Leppert, eds, Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2007), ISBN 978-0-520-25069-7 (hb), 978-0-520-25070-3 (pb). Twentieth-century music, 6(1), 122-126. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478572210000101

Collaborative learning in the music studio (2008)
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King, A. (2008). Collaborative learning in the music studio. Music education research, 10(3), 423-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613800802280167

This article presents some of the findings from a mixed-methods case study that investigated collaborative learning for pairs of higher education students working in a music studio on a drum kit recording. A stratified purposive sampling technique wa... Read More about Collaborative learning in the music studio.

Style and the improvised in Keith Jarrett's solo concerts (2008)
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Elsdon, P. (2008). Style and the improvised in Keith Jarrett's solo concerts. Jazz Perspectives, 2(1), 51-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/17494060801949000

This article outlines an approach to analysing Keith Jarrett's solo improvisations. I explore an approach based on topical theory, suggesting that Jarrett seems to employ a range of recognisable styles as a means of creating formal architecture. Usin... Read More about Style and the improvised in Keith Jarrett's solo concerts.