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Texte remanié de: Diss.--Fakultät für Philosophie, Psychologie und Erziehungswissenschaft--Mannheim--Universität, 1989.

Inaug.-Diss.--Leipzig. / Vita. "Verzeichnis der benutzten Bücher": p. [5]-7.

Inaug.-Diss.--Erlangen. / Biography.

Bachelor-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2007.

Inaug.-diss.--Halle-Wittenberg. / Curriculum vitae.

Inaug.-diss.--Würzburg. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturübersicht": p. [vi]-viii.

Diss.--Freiburg (Breisgau)--Universität, 1991.

Empirical studies in the sub-field of European state-building within political science have centered on material or institutional explanations for the development of the modern state. These cross-case analyses ignore key distinctions amongst cases, such as the importance of ideational factors in the modernizing process. This case study of the development of the British state looks at how changes in the conceptualization of the state and the nature of constitutionalism evolved over the course of the 17th century through the political writings of several influential theorists. This evolutionary process highlights distinctions in British constitutionalism between the personalist Union of the Crowns and the constitutionalist parliamentary Acts of Union. This study concludes with a discussion of the Scottish independence movement and the possible effects of the 2014 referendum on the British state.

abstract: Following the Restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, musical culture gradually began to thrive under the support of royal patronage and the emerging middle class. The newly crowned Charles II brought with him a love of French music acquired during his time in exile at the court of his cousin, the young Louis XIV. Organ builders, most notably Bernard Smith and Renatus Harris, brought new life to the instrument, drawing from their experience on the Continent to build larger instruments with colorful solo stops, offering more possibilities for performers and composers. Although relatively few notated organ works survive from the Restoration period, composers generated a niche body of organ repertoire exploring compositional genres inspired by late 17th-century English instruments. The primary organ composers of the Restoration period are Matthew Locke, John Blow, and Henry Purcell; these three musicians began to take advantage of new possibilities in organ composition, particularly the use of two-manuals with a solo register, and their writing displays the strong influence of French and Italian compositional styles. Each adapts Continental forms and techniques for the English organ, drawing from such forms as the French overture and récit pour le basse et dessus, and the Italian toccata and canzona. English organ composers from the Restoration period borrow form, stylistic techniques, ornamentation, and even direct musical quotations, to create a body of repertoire synthesizing both French and Italian styles. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2014