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The composer Elaine Hugh-Jones, who has died aged 93, made a striking contribution to English song. In her survey New Vocal Repertory (vol 1, 1986), the soprano Jane Manning wrote of the pleasure of discovering a composer with a complete mastery of voice and piano writing: “Although they are firmly based on a traditional musical style – that of English post-Romantic – the songs are not in the least derivative [but show] a wonderful assurance and freshness of approach and an exceptionally sensitive response to words.”
The works in question were six settings of poems by Walter de la Mare, written between 1966 and 1985. Two more, from 1988-89, went on to make a set of eight, and they have been broadcast several times on BBC Radio 3.
Bird Song of the Day
The Resplendant Quetzal!
#COVID19
At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching.
I know that these are daily vaccinations. But the pandemic is a multiplicative process. To me, the best curves of all would be rising continuously until there’s a sudden drop, because there’s nobody left to vaccinate. It’s too soon to see these numbers dropping. This should worry people. (The Northeast jump was an enormous reporting error, now rectified, though I
Best Frances McDormand movies Published: - Apr 30, 2021
The winner of the last Oscar for Best Actress is in an incredible acting moment, where she shows great versatility in a wide and impeccable filmography.
The renowned actress has participated in numerous productions. Photo: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV
LatinAmerican Post | Ariel Cipolla
Frances McDormand is one of the most important actresses of recent times in Hollywood. In recent years she
has carefully chosen the films in which she participates, with the aim of further perfecting her acting prestige.
Así se ven los 3 premios #Oscars de Frances McDormand y todos por Mejor Actriz
Cultural Anthropology: Capitalism has not delivered the goods.
One reason anthropology knows more about capitalism than any other discipline is that anthropologists have not just studied capitalism from the inside: most anthropology was done with people subjected to capitalism, people who were often forced to provide the
labor or coerced into furnishing the raw materials for capitalist dynamism.
For much of the world’s population,
capitalism has already been a miserable failure.(Covid-19 pandemics has demonstrated this failure? Except for the mass media platforms?)
Of course indigenous response has varied:
1. there have been those who have profited tremendously from capitalism;