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Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...think about how the music makes you feel. Does the pulse contribute to your emotional response to the music? In which extracts is the pulse more discernible? Audio 1: Bee Gees, Stayin’ Alive, 0:32–1:02 Audio 2: Brian Eno, New space music, 00:30–01:00 Audio 3: Beethoven, Grosse Fugue, Op. 133 03:55–04:25 Audio 4: Howard Goodall, ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’,...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...think about these assumptions and to re-assess them. The idea, for instance, that Western music is exclusively composed is rather an exaggeration: there are numerous examples of improvisation in our art music tradition. The common view that most non-Western musics are improvised is even more dubious, especially if we accept Apel's definition of the term. As the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...think I am wrong: M. Delacroix has the gift of genius’ (quoted in Jobert, 1998, p.69). With his first Salon, Delacroix thus gained a reputation as an innovator who worked within, rather than overthrowing, tradition. The choice of subject was novel for a history painter and showed a departure from the usual repertoire of topics from classical antiquity and national...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...system (e.g. grams and kilograms) and those in different systems (e.g. litres and gallons) use exchange rates to convert currencies work with time and timetables work out the average speed of a journey using a formula convert temperature measurements between Celsius (°C) and Fahrenheit (°F) read scales on measuring equipment. First watch the video below which introduces...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...systems of psychology. From the Oedipus complex to dream analysis and repression, Freudian concepts have had a profound impact on literature. By introducing the concept of the unconscious mind, Freud radically transformed writer’s understanding of their craft, inspiring the creation of psychologically complex and layered characters. Freud’s influence became...
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Article 45 mins
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...think. Like the word ‘Rome’, we use ‘empire’ to mean various things: it can signify space (the territory of an empire), a period (during which an empire held sway), and a system of rule (for instance, one that differs from a republic, which has elected rulers). Certainly the term ‘Roman Empire’ involves all three meanings, sometimes separately, sometimes all...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Did Waterloo prevent a fresh Anglo-American war?
History & The Arts

Did Waterloo prevent a fresh Anglo-American war?

...think the American Government has committed itself to them. In truth we should hope [President James] Madison and his friends will, for the present had enough to employ them in superintending the rebuilding of Washington; but we know they unfortunately count among their adherents all the war faction, whose language we have reason to fear continues to be that of...
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Article 10 mins
Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...think he is constantly living in 1945, a woman who loses her ability to know where her limbs are, and a man withagnosia who despite normal vision can’t recognise objects and so mistook his wife’s head for a hat. His follow-up book An Anthropologist on Mars continued in a similar vein and made for equally gripping reading. Not all his books were great writing, however....
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Article 5 mins