Search Results - "ballad"
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Cultural revolution and political ambivalence in Zhao Xiaosheng’s Two Ballades for piano solo
Published 2021“…This article unveils composer Zhao Xiaosheng’s emotional entanglement of fear and suppressed hostility toward the revolution, reflected in the political and artistic ambivalence in his two ballades for solo piano composed after his father’s death.…”
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Hybridising the cultural identity of Mulan from a Chinese ballad to American films
Published 2022“…Using Jameson's cultural identity model, the paper analyses Mulan's cultural identity in three texts which are the original The Ballad of Mulan, Disney's animated movie Mulan (1998) and its subsequent life-action installment Mulan (2020). …”
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Ballads in the style of pat metheny a study of four compositions / Saiful Ridzuan Sharafuddin
Published 2009“…This work examines the devices found common in the ballad works of the composer, Pat Metheny. Four compositions were analyzed and a comparative study was done with the objective of determining the compositional style or techniques present and common in the ballads. …”
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Witchcraft in Print in Early Modern Germany and England
Published 2023Subjects: “…Witchcraft; Germany; England; History; broadside ballads; single-sheet broadsheets; news pamphlets; religious tracts; sermons…”
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Girls’ ‘pain memes’ on youtube: The production of pain and femininity on a digital network
Published 2015“…The videos related to Todd's that surface on You Tube have several stylistic features in common: the use of handwritten flash-cards to tell a story while the subject remains silent; a black and white film setting; and an emo' ballad soundtrack. Many such videos predate Todd's. …”
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‘… a highly practical thing for working and fighting…’ : the ecclesiology of G. K. Chesterton
Published 2025“…Specifically, this study explores the history of Chesterton’s theological development and the nature of his theological output; his understanding of the dogmatic and hierarchic element of the Church; Chesterton’s ultramontanism; the influence of figures like John Henry Newman on Chesterton’s theology of the Church; the sacramental and graced aspects of Chesterton’s ecclesiology, particularly as they find embodiment and expression in his beloved priest-detective, Father Brown; Chesterton’s understanding of the Church Militant, particularly as it is articulated in his 1911 epic, The Ballad of the White Horse; and the Marian dimension of Chesterton’s ecclesiology, particularly as seen through the aforementioned Ballad and his various Marian poems. …”
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Hybridization of the cultural identity in disney’s Mulan
Published 2020“…This study will examine the hybrid cultural identity in Disney’s animated film Mulan (1998) which was adapted from The Ballad of Mulan, a folktale that originated from China. …”
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Identity and sustainability of 'Chuangzuo' music movements as observed through case studies on 'Gongzuofang' music groups in Penang, Malaysia
Published 2008“…The music is commonly composed in the sentimental style or of a ballad that usually adopts a major key and the common simple quadruple time. …”
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The marsh and the bush : outlaw hero traditions of China and the West.
Published 1998“…This is all reflected in bandit ballads, proverbs and other lore discussed in the thesis. …”
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Zhao Xiaosheng and his original piano solo works / Xue Ke
Published 2020“…Therefore, in the context of Chinese new music, this research attempts to study Zhao Xiaosheng’s contributions by looking into his six original piano solo works, namely Textile Worker (纺织工人) (1974), Fisherman’s Song (渔歌) (1975), Ballade in D♭ Major (D♭大调叙事曲) (1976), Ballade in D Gong Mode (D宫调叙事曲) (1976), Hegemon-King Removes His Armor (霸王卸甲) (1981), and Tai Chi (太极) (1987). …”
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Empowering traditional heritage through angklung musical instruments: a case study in Malaysia
Published 2021“…If examined in more depth, angklung musical instruments are able to produce pop songs, ballads, dangdut, jazz, traditional rhythms, and much more. …”
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Significance of folklore as a source of history and culture: A critical appraisal with special reference to the folklore of Sindh (Pakistan)
Published 2014“…This article, as the title itself indicates is an attempt to examine the importance of folklore as a source of history with special reference to the status and the character of women.Folklore is ‘a part of oral traditions which are the messages or testimonies transmitted orally from one generation to another.’The testimonies are transmitted in the form of folk tales,sayings,ballads,songs or chants. In this way, it is possible for a society to transmit history, literature,law and the other knowledge orally across the generations without any writing system.It has been argued by the scholars that the accounts transmitted through oral traditions has generally formed or provided the basis of literature in the world, though of semi-historical nature.The genesis of the Odyssey of Homer in Greece, the Shahnama of Firdusi, a great world epic of Iranand the Divine Comedy by Dante in Italy has been rightly traced back to the oral traditions.However, the term ‘folklore’ lends itself to multiple definitions.For a lay man, all folksy material (songs,customs, and stories) constitutes folklore. …”
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Print and politics in the East Midlands constituencies c.1790-1832
Published 2019“…Secondly, it argues that, such was the fast paced nature of elections and electioneering that, in comparison to provincial newspapers, handbills, broadsides, songs and ballads offered a much more versatile form of communication between candidates and voters. …”
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