Living and Labouring as a Music Writer

Nurse as writer, writer as nurse.

Building a System for Writer Identification on Handwritten Music Scores

17th and 18th century music scores were copied and distributed in a manual way. Music historians are interested in how the compositions were distributed or in other words, who copied the compositions when and where. Such information may also help to determine the composer when a piece of unknown origin is found. In this paper, we present ongoing work on the development of a software system to a...

Wallace as writer

But despite their differences each man deeply valued the other. Darwin persuaded the British government to award Wallace a pension for services to science. Wallace dedicated his book The Malay Archipelago to Darwin, “as a token of personal esteem and friendship but also to express my deep admiration for his genius and his works.” Wallace also called his 1889 collection of evolutionary essays Da...

NN Music: Improvising with a 'Living' Computer

unimagined music • unresolved and unpredictable characteristics – only with machinehuman collaboration. • computers might extend, not copy: machine music need not model established styles or practices, or be measured according to any associated aesthetic. musique informelle. • contributions of all performers involved – human and machine – may have equal significance, but may not necessarily be ...

Eat, drink, and be labouring?

The practice of restricting oral intake during labour has been and remains controversial. Overall, the nutritional needs of labouring women are poorly understood. This literature review reveals that little evidence exists to support the general restriction of oral intake for all labouring women. Education of health professionals and pregnant women regarding intake in labour is required to encou...