The process of practising is intrinsic to musical creativity. Practising may primarily be thought of as technical, but it is often also musically meaningful, including elements of interpretation, improvisation, and/or composition. The practice room can be a space in which to explore a field of creative possibilities; a place to experiment and to refine ideas.

To date, the literature on practice has been primarily pedagogical and psychological. Little attention is paid to the significance of ...

In de reeks ‘Lessen voor de eenentwintigste eeuw' wordt jaarlijks op een originele en toegankelijke manier nagedacht over de grote thema's van mens, wereld en wetenschap. In deze editie ligt de nadruk op Europa als de ruimte waarbinnen wetenschappelijk onderzoek zich afspeelt. De toekomst van de Europese gedachte, tussen de wereld van de euro en de wereld van de armoede, tussen de invloed op het klimaat en het groene Europa, laat telkens andere dimensies van het Europese verhaal zien.

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The Peace of Münster, signed between the Catholic Monarchy and the United Provinces in 1648, went against the political culture of both polities. The fact that the Spanish Monarchy definitively accepted the independence of its former subjects clearly negated the policy put forward by the Monarchy during the ‘eighty' years that the war lasted and to the Monarchy's declared main goals. For the United Provinces, signing a peace with the archenemy without having brought liberty and religious fr...

Key French-language theoretical texts on comics translated into English for the first time

'The French Comics Theory Reader' presents a collection of key theoretical

texts on comics, spanning a period from the 1960s to the 2010s, written

in French and never before translated into English. The publication brings

a distinctive set of authors together uniting theoretical scholars, artists,

journalists, and comics critics. Readers will gain access to important debates

that have taken place among ...

Twintigste bundel van het interfacultair college 'Lessen voor de 21ste eeuw'Terugblikken helpt ons beter begrijpen waarom we zorg dragen voor watwe vandaag belangrijk vinden. Dit jaar herdenken we de Groote Oorlogdie honderd jaar geleden begon, het verdrag van Versailles dat al de kiemvan de Tweede Wereldoorlog bevatte en het ontstaan, vijfenzestig jaargeleden, van het genocideverdrag. Vandaag staat de Europese samenwerkingdie de ambitie had om de oude conflicten definitief op te heffenonder ...

The impact of the embodied cognition thesis on the scientific study of film.The embodied cognition thesis claims that cognitive functions cannot be understood without making reference to the interactions between the brain, the body, and the environment. The meaning of abstract concepts is grounded in concrete experiences. This book is the first edited volume to explore the impact of the embodied cognition thesis on the scientific study of film. A team of scholars analyse the main aspects of f...

The impact of Hegelian philosophy on 19th-century music criticism.

Music's status as an art form was distrusted in the context of German idealist philosophy which exerted an unparalleled influence on the entire nineteenth century. Hegel insisted that the content of a work of art should be grasped in concepts in order to establish its spiritual substantiality (Geistigkeit), and that no object, word or image could accurately represent the content and meaning of a musical work. In the mid-ninete...

Originally published in Portuguese as 'Grande Hotel Abismo'.

In the last two decades recognition - arguably one of the most central notions of the dialectical tradition since Hegel - has once again become a crucial philosophical theme. Nevertheless, the new theories of recognition fail to provide room for reflection on transformation processes in politics and morality.

This book aims to recover the disruptive nature of the dialectical tradition by means of a severe critique of the dominance ...

Interfacultaire lessenreeks over mens, maatschappij en wetenschap.

'In verscheidenheid verenigd' is het motto van Europa. De Unie telt vandaag 28 lidstaten die niet alleen in cultureel maar ook in sociaal opzicht grondig van elkaar verschillen. Lange tijd was het basismotief voor de eenmaking economisch: het Europa van de vrije markt. Sinds de crisis heeft toegeslagen, groeit het besef dat Europa ook op sociaal vlak ambitieuzer moet zijn. Europees Commissaris Marianne Thyssen licht in haar op...

Special Book Design! Upside-down volume with the original French version on one side and the English translation on the other.

An Educational Pilgrimage to the United States. Travel Diary of Raymond Buyse, 1922

In 1922, a young Belgian ‘pedologist' named Raymond Buyse accompanied the famous Dr. Ovide Decroly on a study tour of the United States of America. They met with well-known American professors to learn more about the ‘scientific' study of the child and especially about applied Amer...