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During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and scintillating repertoire. Square pianos reinforced music as life’s counterpoint, and were played by royalty, by musicians of the highest calibre and by aspiring amateurs alike. On Sunday, 13 May 1787, a square piano departed from Portsmouth on board the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bound for Botany Bay. Who made the First Fleet piano, and when was it made? Who owned it? Who played it, and who listened? What music did the instrument sound out, and within what contexts was its voice heard? What became of the First Fleet piano after its arrival on antipodean soil, and who played a part in the instrument’s subsequent history? Two extant instruments contend for the title ‘First Fleet piano’; which of these made the epic journey to Botany Bay in 1787–88? The First Fleet Piano: A Musician’s View answers these questions, and provides tantalising glimpses of social and cultural life both in Georgian England and in the early colony at Sydney Cove. The First Fleet piano is placed within the musical and social contexts for which it was created, and narratives of the individuals whose lives have been touched by the instrument are woven together into an account of the First Fleet piano’s conjunction with the forces of history. Note: Volume 1 and 2 are sold as a set ($120 for both) and cannot be purchased separately.

Australia --- Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles --- Australasian & Pacific history --- Social & cultural history --- music --- first fleet --- social history --- piano --- History.

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"Gear Acquisition Syndrome, also known as GAS, is commonly understood as the musicians’ unrelenting urge to buy and own instruments and equipment as an anticipated catalyst of creative energy and bringer of happiness. For many musicians, it involves the unavoidable compulsion to spend money one does not have on gear perhaps not even needed. The urge is directed by the belief that acquiring another instrument will make one a better player.This book pioneers research into the complex phenomenon named GAS from a variety of disciplines, including popular music studies and music technology, cultural and leisure studies, consumption research, sociology, psychology and psychiatry. The newly created theoretical framework and empirical studies of online communities and offline music stores allow the study to consider musical, social and personal motives, which influence the way musicians think about and deal with equipment. As is shown, GAS encompasses a variety of practices and psychological processes. In an often life-long endeavour, upgrading the rig is accompanied by musical learning processes in popular music."

Music --- Music: styles & genres --- Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles --- Music industry --- Educational: Music --- Gear Acquisition Syndrome, GAS, THEORY, musician, popular music studies, music technology, consumption research

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Haydn expert A. Peter Brown offers the first detailed and comprehensive study of the composer's keyboard works, encompassing the solo sonatas, keyboard trios, accompanied divertimentos , concertinas and Klavierstücke. Brown first establishes that Haydn was an effective performer on the keyboard instruments of his day. Then, drawing on the latest findings, he devotes two essays to questions of authenticity and dating of keyboard works attributed to Haydn, and another to the central issue for eighteenth- century keyboard music: which instrument is most appropriate for a given work? In investigating the possible influences on Haydn of the Viennese tradition and of C. P. E. Bach, the author concludes that Haydn learned from both but put his own stamp on everything to which he was exposed. In the last three essays, Brown traces the development of Haydn's musical language, describing the relationship of certain genres in the composer's oeuvre and providing a chronological examination of the structure and style of the works in each category. Haydn's contributions to the symphony and the string quartet have long been acknowledged. This meticulously documented study now celebrates Haydn's accomplishments in the realm of keyboard music.

Klaviermusik --- Pianomuziek. --- Keyboard instrument music. --- Concertos. --- Chamber music. --- Concerto --- Musique de chambre --- Instrument à clavier, Musique d' --- Concertos --- Chamber music --- Keyboard instrument music --- Histoire et critique. --- History and criticism. --- Haydn, Joseph. --- Haydn, Joseph, --- Haydn --- Klaviermusik. --- Keyboard music (Haydn, Joseph) --- Concertos (Haydn, Joseph) --- Chamber music (Haydn, Joseph) --- Keyboard music --- Recorded accompaniments (Keyboard instrument) --- Consort music --- Consorts (Music) --- Vocal chamber music --- Instrumental music --- Vocal music --- Instrumental ensembles --- Vocal ensembles --- Concerti --- Concertinos --- Simphonies concertantes --- Sinfonie concertanti --- Sinfonies concertantes --- Symphonies concertantes --- Concertino --- Sinfonia concertante --- Symphonie concertante --- Musical form --- Concertante style --- History and criticism --- Complete works for wind ensemble (Haydn, Joseph) --- Historical anthology of music (Haydn, Joseph) --- Historical anthology of music. --- Concerto (Haydn, Joseph) --- Art music, orchestral & formal music

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Hydroclimatic extremes, such as floods and droughts, affect aspects of our lives and the environment including energy, hydropower, agriculture, transportation, urban life, and human health and safety. Climate studies indicate that the risk of increased flooding and/or more severe droughts will be higher in the future than today, causing increased fatalities, environmental degradation, and economic losses. Using a suite of innovative approaches this book quantifies the changes in projected hydroclimatic extremes and illustrates their impacts in several locations in North America, Asia, and Europe.

downscaling --- floods --- flood risk --- Boise River Watershed --- flooding frequency --- CMIP5 --- flood frequency analysis --- streamflow regulation rules --- droughts --- downscaled projections --- flood inundation maps --- RCM uncertainty --- climate change and variability --- RCP4.5 --- climate change --- RCP8.5 --- frequency estimates --- water resource systems --- climate change impacts --- extreme rainfall --- catchment based macroscale floodplain model --- consecutive dry days --- Canada --- water quality --- Copula function --- return period --- drought-flood abrupt alternation --- ensembles --- continuous simulations --- extreme hydrologic events --- hydrological risk assessment --- uncertainty --- climate projections --- Southeast U.S. --- extreme precipitation --- EURO-CORDEX projections --- temporal and spatial evolution --- HSPF --- changing of exceedance --- Northeastern US --- climate --- flash flood --- spatial analog --- future projections --- flood hazard --- future precipitation at urban scale

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Uncertainty quantification (UQ) is a mainstream research topic in applied mathematics and statistics. To identify UQ problems, diverse modern techniques for large and complex data analyses have been developed in applied mathematics, computer science, and statistics. This Special Issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390) includes diverse modern data analysis methods such as skew-reflected-Gompertz information quantifiers with application to sea surface temperature records, the performance of variable selection and classification via a rank-based classifier, two-stage classification with SIS using a new filter ranking method in high throughput data, an estimation of sensitive attribute applying geometric distribution under probability proportional to size sampling, combination of ensembles of regularized regression models with resampling-based lasso feature selection in high dimensional data, robust linear trend test for low-coverage next-generation sequence data controlling for covariates, and comparing groups of decision-making units in efficiency based on semiparametric regression.

Kullback–Leibler divergence --- geometric distribution --- accuracy --- AUROC --- allele read counts --- mixture model --- low-coverage --- entropy --- gene-expression data --- SCAD --- data envelopment analysis --- LASSO --- high-throughput --- sandwich variance estimator --- adaptive lasso --- semiparametric regression --- ?1 lasso --- Laplacian matrix --- elastic net --- feature selection --- sea surface temperature --- gene expression data --- Skew-Reflected-Gompertz distribution --- lasso --- next-generation sequencing --- BH-FDR --- stochastic frontier model --- ?2 ridge --- geometric mean --- resampling --- Gompertz distribution --- adapative lasso --- group efficiency comparison --- sensitive attribute --- MCP --- probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling --- randomization device --- SIS --- Yennum et al.’s model --- ensembles