Haydn as a London Star : Thoughts on Using Material Culture to Teach Eighteenth-Century Music at a Liberal Arts College

Interdisciplinary research and teaching is usually touted as at the center of a successful liberal arts college. As musicologists, we already utilize tools of the ethnographic “material culture studies” (thing-theory, materiality) when we study primary sources (especially musical scores), but material culture can be applied to much more. Teaching with artefacts such as instruments, first edition books, and items from everyday life of the past engages students in discussions and paths of inquiry that inevitably lead to understanding the truer historical picture, and to new connections between the past and present. When teaching Haydn, I spend a week using artefacts and readings to establish a sense of the “star” theatrical culture in Enlightenment-era England, encouraging connections with present day souvenirs and collectables of the entertainment industry (figurines, pin-ups, autographed concert programs, etc.). Within this context, Haydn’s role as a London “star”—his celebrated arrival and continued coverage in the press—makes perfect sense. Artefacts that were used to highlight Haydn’s visits there, such as John Bland’s famous portrait engraving of the composer, help students transcend the historical distance and thereby bring a more concrete understanding of abstract ideas

Studio Recital: Students of Jana Young

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Studio Recital: Students of Jana Young.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1367/thumbnail.jp

Lung cancer resection in patients with underlying usual interstitial pneumonia:a meta-analysis

Objective Patients with lung cancer with underlying idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern on CT represent a very high-risk group in terms of postoperative UIP acute exacerbations (AEs) and in-hospital mortality. We sought to investigate the outcomes in these patients.Methods We carried out a meta-analysis, searching four international databases from 1 January 1947 to 27 April 2022, for studies in any language reporting on the acute postoperative outcomes of patients with lung cancer undergoing surgical resection with underlying UIP (the primary outcome). Random effects meta-analyses (DerSimonian and Laird) were conducted. We analysed the difference in incidence of postoperative AE as well as the difference in long-term overall survival among subpopulations. These were stratified by the extent of surgical resection, with meta-regression testing (uniivariate and multivariate) according to the stage of disease, operative decision making and country of origin. This study was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42022319245).Results The overall incidence of AE of UIP postoperatively from 10 studies (2202 patients) was 14.6% (random effects model, 95% CI 9.8 to 20.1, I2=74%). Sublobar resection was significantly associated with a reduced odds of postoperative AE (OR 0.521 (fixed effects model), 95% CI 0.339 to 0.803, p=0.0031, I2=0%). The extent of resection was not significantly associated with overall survival following lung cancer resection in UIP patients (HR for sublobar resection 0.978 (random effects model), 95% CI 0.521 to 1.833, p=0.9351, I2=71%).Conclusions With appropriate implementation of perioperative measures such as screening for high-risk cases, appropriate use of steroids, antifibrotics and employing sublobar resection in select cases, the risk of local recurrence versus in-hospital mortality from AEUIP can be balanced and long-term survival can be achieved in a super-selected group of patients. Further investigation in the form of a randomised study is warranted