News from abroad : letters written by British travellers on the Grand Tour, 1728-71 /

Table of Contents: “…'Old Style' and 'New Style' dating -- Map -- Introduction : the Grand Tour -- The tourists and their letters -- George Lyttelton (1709-73) : letters (1728-30) -- Joseph Spence (1699-1768) : letters (1730-3) -- James Boswell (1740-95) : letters (1764-6) -- James Barry (1741-1806) : letters (1765-71) -- Caroline Lennox (1723-74) : letters (1766-7) -- Appendix A. …”
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The Garland encyclopedia of world music.

Table of Contents: “…Jewish instrumental melodies (2:08) -- Rom (Gypsy) female solo song with tambourine : Ajnaja Baktim (1:32) -- Traveller's song : The Galloway Hills (1:44) -- Saami joik (0:48) -- Basque improvised verse (1:01) -- England: Northumbrian smallpipes : Jock of Hazeldean ; Gentle Maiden (2:39) -- Wales: penillion singing with harp (1:27) -- Scotland: a Child ballad : Barbara Allen (2:26) -- Ireland: old-style song : Geaftaí Bhaile Buí (2:20) ; Jig : All the ways to go (1:18) -- Iceland: song : Líkafrón (1:18) -- Norway: Telemark springar leaping dance for Hardanger violin (1:27) -- Sweden: polska : Di sma undar jårdi dansar (1:56) -- Denmark: sailor's lovesong : Søde pige, du er så laugt fra mig (1:03) -- Faroe Islands: ballad : Fípan Fagra (1:17) -- Latvia: song with moveable drone : Steidzies, Dekla, steidzies, Laima (0:52) -- Low countries: schottische on plucked zither (0:51) -- France: male solo song : Mon père a fait faire un étang (0:47) -- Portugal: choral song (1:47) -- Spain: flamenco bulerías for voice and guitar (3:38) -- Italy: ballad in three-part harmony : La Rosina la va la rusa (1:16) -- Sardinia: ballu seriu : Beni, dammi sa manu, isfortunatu (2:06) -- Austria: yodel song : Apfelbauerndudler (2:14) -- Switzerland: alphorn trio : Im Hüenerbachtobel (1:41) -- Poland: dance song and music from Podhale (1:16) -- Hungary: song with violin and struck cello accompaniment : Lassú és sebes magyaros (1:18) -- Russia: song with balalaika : Skobaria (1:11) -- Belarus: polyphonic harvest song (0:51) -- Ukraine: psal'ma with lute-zither : Isuse preliubeznyi (1:34) -- Romania: table song from string ensemble (0:47) -- Bulgaria: wedding dance played on bagpipe (1:23) -- Slovenia: waltz on bowed and plucked zither (1:03) ; Polka : Dancing on the green grass (1:00) -- Croatia: klapa singing : O mili mi je u selu divojka (2:10) -- Serbia: dance for brass band (1:04) -- Montenegro: Muslim Albanian circumcision song : Berber bashku (1:17) -- Bosnia: lullaby : Rest son, sleep son (1:23) -- Macedonia: Rom (Gypsy) dance played by two zurlas and tapan (2:25) -- Albanian urban song : Na leu dielli n'atë buz'mali (2:24) -- Cyprus: Foni Akathkiotissa (1:22).…”
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Tsunamis in the European-Mediterranean Region : from historical record to risk mitigation / by Papadopoulos, G. A. 1951-

Table of Contents: “…3.2.11 -- September 29, 1650 (Old Style), Kolumbo Volcano, South Aegean Sea3.2.12 -- January 11, 1693, Eastern Sicily; 3.2.13 -- January 7, 1731, Storfjorden, Norway; 3.2.14 -- November 1, 1755, South West Iberia; 3.2.15 -- February 6, 1783, Messina Straits; 3.2.16 -- February 23, 1887, Ligurian Sea; 3.2.17 -- December 28, 1908, Messina Straits; 3.2.18 -- February 9, 1948, Karpathos Island, Eastern Hellenic Arc; 3.2.19 -- July 9, 1956, Cyclades Islands, South Aegean Sea; 3.2.20 -- February 7, 1963, Western Corinth Gulf; 3.2.21 -- August 17, 1999, Izmit Bay, Marmara Sea…”
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