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...think of the sounds of nature: the rhythmic swash and backwash of the waves, or heavy rollers crashing on the rocks; the sound of seabirds as they swoop and dive for food or jostle for nesting space on a cliff; or perhaps it is the sound of the wind stirring the reeds and grasses along the banks of a sheltered estuary. Alternately, we may imagine sounds which evoke a...

...think of classical music, which names come to mind? Beethoven? Mozart? Bach? But how many women composers can you name?...Classical music has long been dominated by men – not because women weren’t composing, but because they were excluded from the classical music canon. The concept of a canon – from the Greek kanon, meaning ‘rule’ – refers to the so-called...

...think, that one half of the year seems so much longer than the other half; that on the dial-plate whose hours are months, the restless finger _seems_ to move more slowly when travelling upward from autumn leaves and snow to light, than when it is travelling downward from light to snow and withered leaves. Of all the seasons of the year, I like winter best. That peculiar...