1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456414803321

Autore

Rousseau Jean-Jacques <1712-1778.>

Titolo

Essay on the origin of languages and writings related to music [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; translated and edited by John T. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover [N.H.], : University Press of New England, c1998

ISBN

1-61168-127-8

0-585-23093-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (657 p.)

Collana

The collected writings of Rousseau ; ; vol. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottJohn T. <1963->

Disciplina

780

Soggetti

Language and languages - Origin

Music and language

Music - 18th century - Philosophy and aesthetics

Music - France - 18th century - History and criticism

Querelle des Bouffons

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-603) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chronology of Works in Volume 7; Introduction; Note on the Text; Plan Regarding New Signs for Music; Letter to the Mercure on a New System of Musical Notation; Dissertation on Modern Music; Letter on Italian and French Opera; Letter on "Omphale" (Grimm); Remarks on the Subject of the Letter by M. Grimm on "Omphale" (Raynal); Letter to M. Grimm on the Subject of the Remarks Added to His Letter on "Omphale"; "Notice" to Rinaldo da Capua's La Zingara; Letter from a Symphonist of the Royal Academy of Music to His Comrades in the Orchestra

Letter on French MusicObservations on Our Instinct for Music and on Its Principle (Rameau); Articles from the Encyclopedia; Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia (Rameau); Continuation of the Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia (Rameau); On the Principle of Melody, or Response to the "Errors on Music"; Examination of Two Principles Advanced by M. Rameau in His Brochure Entitled: "Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia"; Essay on the Origin of Languages; Pronunciation; On Theatrical



Imitation; The Levite of Ephraïm; Dictionary of Music

Letter to Mr. Burney and Fragments of Observations on Gluck's "Alceste"Extract from a Response by the Underlaborer to His Frontman Concerning a Piece from Gluck's "Orfeo"; Appendix: "EnWn, il est en ma puissance," from Lully's Armide; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Rousseau's major works, available for the first time in a uniform English edition, continue with a work that situates Rousseau's linguistic and musical theory within his larger philosophical system.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792464003321

Autore

Quaglia Lucia <1973-, >

Titolo

Governing financial services in the European Union : banking, securities and post-trading / / Lucia Quaglia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99816-0

1-136-99817-9

1-282-56991-0

9786612569913

0-203-85552-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge/UACES contemporary european studies

Disciplina

332.1094

Soggetti

Financial services industry - European Union countries

Banks and banking - European Union countries

Corporate governance - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The research design; 3 The making of the Single Market in fi nancial services; 4 Governing banking in the EU; 5 Governing securities markets in the EU; 6 Governing post-trading in the EU; 7 An overall cross-sectoral assessment; 8 The EU response to the global financial turmoil in 2007-9; Conclusions; Interviews; Notes; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The global financial crisis that reached its peak in late 2008 has brought the importance of financial services regulation and supervision into the spotlight. This book examines the governance of financial services in the EU, asking who governs financial services in the EU, how and why, and explaining where the power lies in the policy-making process. It covers the main financial services: banking, securities, payments systems, clearing and settlement. Addressing the politics and public policy aspects of financial market integration, regulation and supervision in the European Union,