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Tag: 19th century

  • Listening To Acousmatic Music Is A New Experience

    Listening To Acousmatic Music Is A New Experience

    Acousmatic music is defined by the use of recorded environmental, or “everyday,” sounds as raw compositional material; thus, questions regarding the relationship between sound and source (or implied source) are raised, leading to an investigation of concepts of mimesis in this music that stirs up nineteenth-century debates over absolute versus programmatic music. Issues of sound…

  • Unique Guitar Fraternity In Russia Was In Isolation For Seventy Years

    Unique Guitar Fraternity In Russia Was In Isolation For Seventy Years

    Since the collapse of the Berlin wall in 1989, the countries of eastern European have exploded in a painful big-bang that has changed the geography of Europe and Asia drastically. The new Russia was born, now being part of the Community of Independent States (CIS) that replaces the former USSR. The guitar fraternity in Russia…

  • ArtyA “Lion’s Head Timepiece” Combines Classical Engraving With Sculptured Figures

    ArtyA “Lion’s Head Timepiece” Combines Classical Engraving With Sculptured Figures

    During the medieval Gothic period, depictions of lions were important talismans. A knight wearing a lion’s head on his breastplate or his shield channeled the power and dominance of the King of the Jungle. That’s why Yvan Arpa, CEO of Artya, was looking for the right combination of elements for his new Lion’s Head Tourbillon…