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...think that our musical events are purely means by which musical sounds are transmitted from performer to listener, but in reality there are always other factors involved. The next example deals with some of these issues in a little more depth. Our focus this time is on the occasion on which music is performed – the performance event. We will be investigating the context...

...think, is very interesting, because it suggests that the Cyfarthfa Band was different. It was not just any brass band. It was not a part of the great amateur working class brass band movement. NARRATOR: Piston valves were widely available in Britain from the mid 1840s. The instruments were cheap and easy to play. So they encouraged the spread of brass bands in working...

...think we can learn from these about the ‘reception’ of Defoe’s novel. In what ways, if any, do you think the responses of male readers here differ from those of the female readers we’ve been looking at? When you have done some work on this, and made your own notes, open the ‘Discussion’ box to compare your ideas with mine. Comment One point that strikes me is...

...system he created and thus by association the living emperor. In this course you will explore the public image of some of Augustus’ successors. Integral to this public image was the way in which the emperor treated and was seen to treat his subjects. Here you will focus on one key group – the provincials – but other key groups of subjects included the senatorial...