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 Selected Reports Vol 8
Volume VIII focuses on theoretical issues of cross-cultural interest that were begun in Volume VII, exploring classificatory organology, analytic organology, and the anthropology of musical instruments.
http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/publications/selreprt/srorgan.htm   (34 words)

  
 Music as a World Phenomenon
Intro., Syllabus, Listen 2 World Music, Library-Center Tour?, Organology?
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~ashahria/MWPscheduleII.htm   (137 words)

  
 Department of Musicology and Aesthetics
Prerequisite: Music Acoustics; Introduction into Ethnomusicology; Organology I; Organology II
Prerequisite: Music Acoustics; Organology I; Organology II Degree programme: Musicology
Prerequisite: Music Acoustics; Introduction into Ethnomusicology; Organology I; Organology II; Ethno-organology I
http://www.phil.muni.cz/info/courses/musicology_and_aesthetics.html   (2060 words)

  
 Syllabi 2004-2005 B-KUL-F0KA8A Study of musical instruments
Introduction to the methodology of organology, to acquire knowledge concerning the technical and musical qualities of the main instruments from Western musical history.
Extensive introduction to the key-instruments, in which great attention is given to the instrument which is the mirror of Western musical history, the organ.
http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/onderwijs/aanbod2004/syllabi/F0KA8AE.htm   (325 words)

  
 Oxford University Press
`Not only does [The Guitar and Its Music] offer a detailed guide to the sources, it integrates recent work from the fields of organology and iconography, archival and patronage studies, performance practice, and the analogous area of lute music, resulting in a coverage that is impressively inclusive in the best sense of the word.
those readers familiar with Tyler's work in organology and early music performance will find this new addition to the Early Music Series a most welcome one.
http://www.oup.com/ca/isbn/0-19-816713-X   (922 words)

  
 Kunitachi College of Music - Collection for Organology
Kunitachi College of Music - Collection for Organology
Kunitachi College of Music - Collection for Organology will enchant your world
ONLY INSIDE Kunitachi College of Music - Collection for Organology YOU CAN ENJOY THIS SPECIAL JOURNEY
http://www.wonderful-people.com/Museums_and_galleries/Museums/Music/index5/Maves20111.htm   (233 words)

  
 Pantelis Vassilakis - Courses - Musical Acoustics
Special emphasis is placed on the acoustics of non-Western musical instruments.
Additional topics include room and architectural acoustics as well as analogue and digital sound recording and reproduction.
Traditional organology / instrument classification is compared and contrasted to an alternative classification system based on acoustical organology, introduced in the class.
http://www.acousticslab.com/courses/Acoust.htm   (207 words)

  
 Hom-Tahs Maya trumpets of Bonampak
The killers destroyed the Mexica sacred organology, because "it was from the devil".
Western musical instruments had been scientifically analyzed since the beginning of the last century.
It is said that it is impossible to get something relevant in the analysis of the main utilitarian function of the ancient organology, as if modern human beings were deaf and formal acoustical techniques were not available.
http://www.geocities.com/rvelaz.geo/bonampak/hom.htm   (11716 words)

  
 Leonardo Music Journal - An Unheard-of Organology - The MIT Press
Leonardo Music Journal - An Unheard-of Organology - The MIT Press
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item?tid=5484&ttype=6   (20 words)

  
 UCL /FLTR - Course Guide: MUSI1506
This course is an introduction to issues in Musical Acoustics and Organology.
Students will also learn about the history of Acoustics (Pythagorean and Zarlinian systems etc).
The Organology component covers musical instrument classification systems, an introduction to musical instruments and instrumentation and issues relating to the conservation and use of ancient instruments.
http://www.ucl.ac.be/etudes/cours/en/musi1506.html   (166 words)

  
 Thomas J. Mathiesen
Interests: history of music, music theory in the ancient worlds and the Middle Ages, musicology, Greek codicology, organology, translations, editions of early Greek and Byzantine music sources, theory of textual criticism, bibliography and music for silent films
Director, Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/sb/page/normal/974.html   (80 words)

  
 Curriculum Vitae
General World Music; Western Musicology; Popular Musics; Organology; Music of Latin America, Music and Folklore of North America; Music of Africa and the African Diaspora
Ethnomusicology; World music; Music and Folklore of the United States; West African traditions; Latin American studies; Asian organology
Expert woodworker/luthier; Design and make traditional and original musical instruments; Organology specialist; Instrument collector; Authored four instrument books
http://www.waringmusic.com/curriculum_vitae.htm   (1143 words)

  
 Journal of Chinese Ritual
The articles are not so concerned here with the intricacies of instrument structure or acoustics as with instruments that are perceived as social objects with meanings that can be understood as products of cultural processes.
The study of musical instruments is both a field in its own right (organology) and a branch of several disciplines, especially historical musicology and ethno-musicology.
http://www.amis.org/pubs/newsletter/2004/v33no3/chinese_ritual.htm   (333 words)

  
 What is a Harp Guitar
It is worth having some knowledge of them to recognize when someone has created a hybridization between harp guitar and lute.
Additionally, organology is not necessarily conducive to the changing world of new musical instrument development.
Organology (the classification of musical instruments) is rife with problems in addressing the sometimes arbitrary or downright misleading names given to new instruments by their original makers.
http://www.harpguitars.net/history/org/hgorg.htm   (7553 words)

  
 Organology
A number of ancient cultures left documents musical instruments used their role in society sometimes including a classification system.
It embraces study of instruments' history used in different cultures technical aspects of instruments produce sound and musical instrument classification.
Among the more are the Galpin Society based in the United Kingdom ; and the American Musical Instrument Society in the United States.
http://www.freeglossary.com/Organology   (352 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/organology
The meaning behind Organology exceeds beyond the music the group produces.
Organology not only grows with music, but with art, cultures, styles, and friends.
Music, which plays a very important roll within it's commuinty, is also the foundation of the group's lifestyle.
http://www.myspace.com/organology   (489 words)

  
 Postgraduate Study Programme: Music* (MMus/Dip)
Additional Entrance QualificationsAdmission to the degree/diploma is open to candidates with a good Honours degree, or an equivalent qualification from a college of music or other institution.
b) Organology: Options are available relating to harpsichord, piano, organ, strings and wind instruments, with particular emphasis on the resources of the University's two collections of historic musical instruments.
Students in the Musicology and Organology programmes attend common seminars, which move from general research methods to individual presentations.
http://www.cpa.ed.ac.uk/calendararchive/2000-2001/pgradh/courses/105.html   (547 words)

  
 AMIS: Related Links
Tokyo, Japan - Collection for Organology, Kunitachi College of Music
Vermillion, South Dakota, USA - America's Shrine to Music Museum
http://www.amis.org/links.htm   (642 words)

  
 Dayton C. Miller: His Life, Work, and Contributions as a Scientist and Organologist
When we read of the contributions that Dr. Miller made in both acoustics and organology, it
The collecting of musical instruments, organology, is not a new art form; it has been enjoyed by kings and common men alike.
CHAPTER II There is hardly a book or paper relating to organology written in the last twenty years which does not give credit to Dr. Miller; either citing one of his scientific findings in acoustics or using a photograph of an instrument from the Miller collection to give a visual example.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/dcmflute/miller.sgm   (15718 words)

  
 Grant O'Brien Biography and Curriculum Vitae CV University Education Employment Teaching experience professional ...
  University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Scotland:  Ph.D. in organology, Music Faculty:
I do not feel that musical instruments, although often highly decorated, are intrinsically art objects.
The aim of organology should be to understand the design and construction of instruments in order to understand how they were the tools of the historical and modern musicians.
http://www.claviantica.com/Biog.htm   (1593 words)

  
 Organology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Explorers returned to Europe with instruments from different cultures, however, so that by the end of the 19th century, some musical instrument collections were quite large.
It embraces study of instruments' history, instruments used in different cultures, technical aspects of how instruments produce sound, and musical instrument classification.
Among the more prominent are the Galpin Society, based in the United Kingdom; and the American Musical Instrument Society, based in the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organology   (343 words)

  
 AMIS: Sachs Recipient: Berner
In 1966 he became director of the musical instrument museum, and in 1967 professor.
When the Nazis ousted Curt Sachs as director of the musical instrument museum, there was nobody of his competency to fill the gap.
Berner will be remembered for his leadership in rebuilding the musical instrument museum in Berlin after its disastrous demise in World War II, and for his effortst—ogether with the Comtesse Geneviève de Chambure and John Henry van der Meer, among others—to bring together the heads of European instrument collections to discuss common concerns.
http://www.amis.org/awards/sachs_berner.htm   (714 words)

  
 Online Course Synopsis Handbook
This course serves as an introduction to the field of organology, or history of musical instruments.
By the end of the course, students will understand how individual instruments can serve as windows into the past, showing us (and sometimes allowing us to hear) musical, historical, and social contexts from other eras.
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the field of organology, this
http://www.aas.duke.edu/reg/synopsis/view.cgi?s=01&action=display&subj=MUSIC&course=170S&sem=0920   (242 words)

  
 Music of the Ancient Near East - Descriptions and Downloads
It is divided into four sections: Theory, The Hurrian hymns, Organology, Musical Lexicon.
The Musicology and Organology of the Ancient Near East is the only work at present which includes the totality of the data related to the subject.
A comprehensive bibliographic list gives the sources for each instrument.
http://members.aol.com/ricdum/samples.htm   (529 words)

  
 Review: Issues in Organology
The decade of the 1990s already has seen a renewed interest in the field of organology, both descriptive studies of individual instruments or music cultures and general or theoretical studies.
As the table of contents reveals, the interdisciplinary flow is incomplete within the volume, where the contributions comprise but two primary emphases (classificatory and analytic organology) and two composite emphases (classificatory/analytic and analytic/applied).
DeVale acknowledges a prevailing confusion as to the scope of organology.
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/reviews/orgnology.html   (1369 words)

  
 Music of the Ancient Near East - Home Page
This is divided into four sections: Theory, The Hurrian hymns, Organology, Musical Lexicon.
In the meantime if you have any questions about theory, musical texts, organology and philology contact:
The Musicology and Organology of the Ancient Near East 3500 - 500 BC
http://members.aol.com/ricdum/mane.htm   (265 words)

  
 Persian Percussionist: Peyman Nasehpour's Blog
According to organology, tonbak is considered as a member of the goblet-shaped drum family.
According to organology, “daf” is considered as a member of the frame drum family.
http://nasehpour.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?end=1106593261   (561 words)

  
 Early Music America Festivals and Workshops
The object of these courses is to afford specialisation to trained musicians and to introduce younger musicians to the study and interpretation of early music.
Faculty/Performers: Bernard Brauchli, clavichord and fortepiano Georges Kiss, harpsichord Luca Scandali, organ and continuo Alberto Galazzo, organology Jörg Gobeli, organ building Thomas Wälti, organ building Giulio Monaco, choir conducting and choir.
The courses include the study of musicology, organology and organ building.
http://www.earlymusic.org/Content/festivalsworkshops/DisplayWorkshops.php?workshop_id=389&user_id=   (131 words)

  
 Harp Guitar-related Instruments
Note: the "true" Swedish lute from a century earlier (above) was a substantially different instrument (see Organology Part I).
http://www.harpguitars.net/history/org/org-hybrids.htm   (350 words)

  
 Pipe Organs
Organology appears to have been one of the exceptions to the pattern of post-barbarian recalcitrance and stagnation by which we know those thousand years.
Moreover, from the point of view of experimentation and endeavour, it seems to have been rather uncharacteristic of the whole of the Middle Ages.
http://www.themusicpage.org/articles/pipeorgans.html   (3441 words)

  
 Trudy Pitts : Legends of Acid Jazz - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
The languorous swells of the opening number "Steppin' in Minor" makes you think you're in for a set of swank lounge-jazz, but the pace quickly picks up, and Pitts really catches fire on "Take Five," ajamming a lot of notes into her improvisation without sounding self-indulgent.
Introducing is a strong debut, divided between covers of pretty mainstream standards ("The Spanish Flea," "It Was a Very Good Year," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker") and gutsier straight soul-jazz, including four originals by Bill Carney, whose "Organology" is a highlight for its nervous, bopping edge.
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,380958,00.html   (292 words)

  
 MMus in Organology
Introduction to the Organology of Wind, Strings and Percussion (20)
On successful completion of coursework students proceed to write a 15,000-word Dissertation on an organological topic of their choice (60 credits).
The structure of the course is as follows (credits levels in brackets):
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/Postgraduate/mmusOrganology.htm   (156 words)

  
 Org (3)
Follow the list of 7 topics on the Organology Report Form.
Use a separate sheet of paper for each instrument.
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-history/mus352H/organologyassign352H.html   (380 words)

  
 Iranica.com - GUILLEMIN
GUILLEMIN, MARCELLE, a well known scholar of ancient Near Eastern organology and ancient music theory (b.
She studied musicology under the supervision of Charles Van den Borren and ancient Mesopotamian civilization with Georges Dossin at the University of Lie‚ge.
http://www.iranica.com/articles/v11f4/v11f4017.html   (525 words)

  
 Tromba Marina - Chapter Five: Topics for Further Study
He has not only drawn from all aspects of his undergraduate education and more, he has been able to make a useful, however modest, contribution to the field of musical organology.
While some apologies must be made in the areas of style and bibliography, the ultimate worth of the study must be determined by the new information that has been deduced from critical comparison of the sources.
The author has found the experience of compiling this study to be extremely valuable in many ways.
http://www.oriscus.com/mi/tm/chap5.htm   (788 words)

  
 organology - OneLook Dictionary Search
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "organology" is defined.
organology : Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 10th Edition [home, info]
organology : Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition [home, info]
http://www.onelook.com/?w=organology   (185 words)

  
 Chapter Organist <i>to</i> Origin of O by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style.
The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure.
http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/257/1206/23507/2.html   (279 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/freddiejoachim
I'd like to place an order for an Organology T-shirt.
But my fave is "Like Love" cause it puts a smile on my face & makes me feel all warm 'n fuzzy inside.
Do they come in cute girl sizes though?
http://www.myspace.com/freddiejoachim   (750 words)

  
 MW98: BIOGRAPHIES
He has been professionally involved in the museum sector since the late 1960's and has, at one time or another, performed most of the tasks encountered at museums.
Cary will be one of the judges for the Best of the Web contest.
Cary Karp has a PhD in musicology and is Associate Professor of Organology at Upsala University in Sweden.
http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/bios/karp.html   (103 words)

  
 organology - definition of organology by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
The branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of organs.
organology - definition of organology by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/organology   (78 words)

  
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The relationship of these structures along the sagittal plane is illustrated in the accompanying figure.
Once identification of the basic tissues has been accomplished, one can identify organs by learning and recognizing their unique combination and arragnment of specific tissues and/or cells.
Thus, we’ll limit our examination of organology to a couple of examples to illustrate this principle.
http://www.fiu.edu/~kosl/Lab9.DOC   (2489 words)

  
 University of Michigan in Flint Biology Department Courses Offered
BIO 409: Lectures in Histology and Organology - LEC, 3 credits (W)
BIO 410: Histology and Organology Lab - LAB, 1 credit (W)
http://www.flint.umich.edu/departments/biology/courses_offered.htm   (2750 words)

  
 Tromba Marina - A Study in Organology
As for this last item it must be said that there has never been a shortage of information.
Indeed, no scholar of European organology worth reading is unaware of the tromba marina.
http://www.oriscus.com/mi/tm   (1231 words)

  
 organology
Organology: Articles on Organology (current) from Fablis Online Encyclopedia
http://www.fact-library.com/   (21 words)

  
 Veterinary Anatomy Instruction Web Sites
Temporary availability of CVM 6112 lecture presentations in Organology, for the benefit of students who missed class.
Temporary availability of selected CVM 6111 lecture presentations in Cells and Tissues, for the benefit of students who missed class.
A web page that hi-lights anatomical changes associated with running in quadrupeds along with the anatomical compromises imposed by diet (herbivore vs. carnivore).
http://vanat.cvm.umn.edu/WebSites.html   (832 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Keyboard instruments: studies in keyboard organology
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Find in a Library: Keyboard instruments: studies in keyboard organology
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/6ea37d17308bb1e1.html   (45 words)

  
 Search Results for Organology - Encyclopædia Britannica
Expand your search on Organology with these databases:
http://www.britannica.com/search?ct=&query=Organology   (81 words)

  
 Martindale's Veterinary Center: Veterinay Bioscience & Veterinay Genetics
Comparative Organology Courses & Teaching Modules with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
For more information see Comparative Organology Home Page; Teaching Resources Center (TRC); School of Veterinary Medicine or the Division of Biological Sciences
COMPARATIVE ORGANOLOGY (MAMMAL, BIRD, FISH) - APC 100 - M.J. Guinan & L. Faulkin, School of Veterinary Medicine and the Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis Multimedia Comparative Organology Course (Text, Images & Videos/Movies).
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Vet_4_Bio.html   (1480 words)

  
 Organology
- HAPPY NEW YEARS FROM THE ORGANOLOGY FAM!
http://www.geocities.com/organologyrecords   (516 words)

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