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Virgil Thomson reveals how he learned to compose music for English poetry and prose.
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出版社周刊评论
This magisterial history throws a floodlight on South Africa's current crisis by examining the past. The absurdity of the apartheid philosophy of racial separatism is underscored by the author's argument (backed with convincing research material) that the genes of the nation's first hunter-gatherers are inextricably mixed with those of modern blacks and whites. The Dutch colonial invaders felt no sense of kinship with the original inhabitants, however: their arrival brought slavery and disease, pulverizing chiefdoms and pastoral communities. From the outset, white settler society was dependent on the labor of slaves and indigenous peoples. Thompson, a specialist in South African history, expertly relates how the Afrikaners--still poor, scattered and disunited in 1854--threw off Dutch and British hegemony to forge their own national identity, forcibly uprooting and relocating millions of blacks. Although the author deems president Frederik W. de Klerk ``like his predecessors . . . wedded to fixed racial categories,'' he sees signs of hope in blacks' increasing economic power and the student revolt against pedagogical brainwashing in the state-controlled schools. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
From Yale historian Thompson, a timely and commendable endeavor: a South African history that's as much the story of blacks and coloreds as of whites. Apart from its more inclusive approach, however, it lacks perceptive insights, and that vitality that characterizes the best histories. Taking advantage of new archaeological and anthropological discoveries, Thompson describes southern Africa, just before the first white 'settlers arrived, more fully than other comparable books have done. He distinguishes three main groups among the precolonialists: the hunter-gatherers, the mixed farmers, and the pastoralists. The competition between these groups for scarce land and water was exacerbated and intensified by the Dutch settlers' arrival at the Cape. It was a competition that was to form a continuing thread through the next 300 years as the whites, aided by European technology and the discovery of gold and diamonds, sought more and more of the land and resources for themselves. Thompson makes this competition the major theme of his history and uses it to interpret all the familar significant historical events in South Africa--the Trek into the interior; the clash on the frontier with the Xhosas; the British annexation; the rise of the Zulus; and, in the 20th century, the parallel growth of Afrikaner and black nationalism. Given the rapid evolution of events in South Africa, Thompson can be forgiven for ending his book rather abruptly in the autumn of 1989, but some deeper analysis would have taken his history beyond the textbook level it comes perilously close to being at times. Even his interpretation tends to be presented as fait accompli rather than as intellectual argument. Useful, then, but not definitive. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Thompson's history of South Africa begins not with the European entry into southern Africa but with the presence of black Africans--farmers and hunters--who lived in or migrated to the area from adjoining regions and who are the earliest known inhabitants of the present-day country. In the opening sections, there is almost an anthropological sense to the author's research as he continually emphasizes the black presence in South Africa throughout its history and describes this indigenous civilization. The account of colonization of Africa by various European countries and the territorial battles that ensued in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries sets the scene for Thompson's intensive study of more recent historical events, particularly apartheid and the fact that the black majority is ruled and subjugated by the white minority. The most recent developments, with the seeming relaxation of the country's official policy of racial segregation, are not covered, but Thompson sets the scene for continuing conflict with his prediction that the nation will be transformed by means peaceful or otherwise. Appendix of statistics, notes; index. --John Brosnahan
Choice 评论
Thomson writes, correctly, that this is not a textbook. In fact, it is the setting forth of the fruits of his experience as a vocal composer; and it will be of interest primarily to the student (or more advanced) composer, the singer, and the critic, in that order. Thomson's subjects include prosody, genre, the performance of vocal music, the role of instrumental accompaniment, and especially, opera. His overriding concern throughout the book is clarity of verbal meaning and of diction. All his examples are trenchant. The text of the book is very brief, only 76 pages; some of its "essays" are in reality extended apercus. Moreover, given its brevity, there is a great deal of repetition from one "essay" or chapter to another. Perhaps most pleasing is the inclusion of 86 pages of musical examples from Thomson's own works, each with a very brief introductory commentary. Also included are a key to the International Phonetic Alphabet and the phonetic notations of the beginning of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in various regional accents, and a very short, annotated reading list. Accessible to upper-division undergraduates. -J. McCalla, Bowdoin College
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
Thompson has produced an excellent overview of South African history which reflects the most current trends in scholarship. Written for the general reader, it emphasizes political history, especially as related to the development of race relations. Unlike Illustrated History of South Africa, edited by Dougie Oakes ( LJ 4/15/89), which includes social and cultural aspects and is formatted like a textbook, Thompson's succinct book reads more like an interpretive essay designed to highlight those themes most important for an understanding of the problems facing South Africa. Given Thompson's importance in the field (he is director of Yale's Southern African Research Program), this work is recommended for most libraries.-- Paul H. Thomas, Hoover Inst. Lib., Stanford, Cal. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
目录
List of Musical Examples | p. vii |
Preface | p. ix |
Chapter 1 A Formal Introduction to the Subject | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 Word-Groups | p. 16 |
Chapter 3 Occasions for Singing | p. 22 |
Chapter 4 Making Everything Clear | p. 26 |
Chapter 5 Helping the Performers | p. 29 |
Chapter 6 The Longs and Shorts in Singing | p. 32 |
Chapter 7 Instrumental Helps and Hindrances | p. 37 |
Chapter 8 The "Musical Idea" | p. 44 |
Chapter 9 Both Words and Emotions Are Important | p. 50 |
Chapter 10 Opera in the Vernacular | p. 54 |
Chapter 11 The Nature of Opera | p. 57 |
Chapter 12 After All | p. 74 |
Musical Illustrations from the Works of Virgil Thomson | |
La valse gregorienne | p. 79 |
Susie Asado | p. 85 |
English Usage | p. 88 |
Before Sleeping | p. 89 |
Take, O, Take Those Lips Away | p. 92 |
Sigh No More, Ladies | p. 94 |
The Feast of Love | p. 96 |
Tiger! Tiger! | p. 98 |
The Tiger | p. 100 |
The Land of Dreams | p. 102 |
Rose Cheek'd Laura, Come | p. 106 |
Four Saints in Three Acts | p. 108 |
The Mother of Us All | p. 116 |
Lord Byron | p. 123 |
Death of General Washington | p. 142 |
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry | p. 146 |
Missa pro defunctis | p. 151 |
Appendix | p. 165 |
A Short Reading-List | p. 169 |
Index | p. 173 |