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	Adoria - Nagual Art This is the Soundtrack of Adoria - the Lucid Winter Wonderland. Winter reigns over the Northern Hemisphere, and Nagual Art celebrates in cold ambient beauty. Sound travels far in the frigid air, bringing wisps of voices and the woodsmoke scent of deep dreaming. Keywords: abstract; ambient; cold; countertenor; darkambient; dreaming; electronic; soundtrack; winter Downloads: 3,011 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	THE ECLIPSE OF THE COUNTERTENOR VOICE: A STUDY IN GENDER AND SOCIETY - Collin R. Fox From the abstract - This paper examines the period from 1660 to 1890, investigating the several causes for the decline of the countertenor (or male alto voice) in Londonâs theaters. Changes in politics, gender roles, masculine archetypes, societal demographics, physiology and musical style combined to effectively bar countertenors from the stage. They were replaced sequentially by castrati and heroic tenors, each successive voice symbolizing and in some ways embodying the virtues and acceptable... Keywords: music history; social history; interdisciplinary history; gender history; baroque; vocal music; countertenor; castrati; Handel; Purcell; Wagner Downloads: 12
	Acoustic improvisations \| Solo voice - Styles J. Kauphmann Styles J. Kauphmann is a composer and solo improviser. Born in South Africa in 1983, he was raised in Botswana and the United Kingdom, and educated at Cambridge and in Berlin. The vocal recordings presented here are taken from the first sequence of acoustic improvisations begun in November 2006 and concluding in May 2009. Recordings of work for clarinet and violin are located here. For further information, please visit www.stylesjkauphmann.org. Keywords: complete; live; styles; kauphmann; botswana; south africa; united kingdom; acoustic; improvisation; solo; bass; countertenor; voice; february; july; 2007; 2008; london Downloads: 392 Average rating: (0 review)
	Insight: Scott Ritter / "The Raw Shark Texts" / Ian Howell Scott Ritter - A former United Nations weapons inspector is speaking in Davis this week. Today on Insight, Scott Ritter tells you what it was like to search for weapons in Iraq during the 1990s. "The Raw Shark Texts" - You'll meet author Steven Hall. His critically acclaimed novel, "The Raw Shark Texts," is being released in paperback. Ian Howell - Countertenor Ian Howell is performing in Davis tonight... Keywords: Scott Ritter; United Nations weapons inspector; UN; Iraq; The Raw Shark Texts; Steven Hall; Ian Howell; countertenor; singer; KXJZ; Insight; Sacramento public radio; Capital Public Radio Downloads: 164 Average rating: (0 review)
	Acoustic improvisations \| Abstract - Styles J. Kauphmann Styles J. Kauphmann is a composer and solo improviser. Born in South Africa in 1983, he was raised in Botswana and the United Kingdom, and educated at Cambridge and in Berlin. The extracts presented here are taken from the first sequence of acoustic improvisations begun in November 2006 and concluding in May 2009. Complete recordings of work for clarinet, violin, and voice are located here. For further information, please visit www.stylesjkauphmann.org. Keywords: excerpts; live; styles; kauphmann; botswana; germany; south africa; united kingdom; acoustic; improvisation; abstract; solo; bass; countertenor; clarinet; violin; voice; february; may; july; september; october; november; 2006; 2007; 2008; cambridge; exeter; lincoln; norwich; oxford; truro; warwick; york Downloads: 3,237 Average rating: (0 review)