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...research. The term ‘fixed element’ suggests the existence of formal constraints (i.e. that something must occur at a particular point in the performance). In some cases, it may be more relevant to talk about ‘building blocks’: where, for example, the music is limited to set melodic phrases or rhythms which may be combined in numerous ways. Whether we talk of...

...centred on the London Corresponding Society (Figure 2) and, at its peak, having a presence in more than 80 English towns and cities. North of the border a General Convention of the Friends of the People in Scotland met in 1792. Apart from an extreme fringe, this was a movement for peaceful constitutional change rather than violent revolution. It was also strongly and...

...centre of Athenian civic life and commerce, and in the Kerameikos (the ‘Potters’ Quarter’). Cimon was ostracised in 461 BCE, after the failure of his policy of pursuing friendly relations between Athens and Sparta...Session 1: The alphabet: 2 More letters - Some letters look unfamiliar but have an English counterpart. For instance, you can think of ‘delta’ (δ,...

...children. Earl Spencer On behalf of your mother and sisters, I pledge that we, your blood family, will do all we can to continue the imaginative and loving way in which you were steering these two exceptional young men. Simon Lancaster He decided to play up rather than playing down the emotion in a way that caused tremendous waves right round the world. And it felt so out...