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Roger Grant (tennis)
Roger Grant may refer to: * Roger Grant (oculist) (died 1724), English quack oculist *Roger Mathew Grant Roger Mathew Grant is a music theorist specializing in the eighteenth century. He also works as a dramaturge, for example with Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce on a film version of Arnold Schoenberg's " Pierrot Lunaire." Grant teaches at Wesleyan U ..., theorist of music * H. Roger Grant, American railroad historian and author * Roger Grant (''EastEnders'') {{Hndis, Grant, Roger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Grant (oculist)
Roger Grant (died 7 April 1724) was an unqualified English quack oculist. Grant, having lost an eye as a soldier in the German emperor's service, set up as an oculist in Queen Anne's reign in Mouse Alley, Wapping. He was appointed oculist to Anne and to George I, and acquired considerable wealth. He is satirically referred to as 'putting out eyes with great success' in No. 444 of ''The Spectator'' (30 July 1712). A sheet describing his professed cures is in the British Museum Library, and also an ''Account of a Miraculous Cure of a Young Man in Newington'', London, 1709, written to discredit his pretensions. The pamphlet states that Grant was a Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ... preacher, had been a cobbler, and was illiterate. References {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Mathew Grant
Roger Mathew Grant is a music theorist specializing in the eighteenth century. He also works as a dramaturge, for example with Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce on a film version of Arnold Schoenberg's " Pierrot Lunaire." Grant teaches at Wesleyan University. Work According to a recent interview, Grant believes that "during the eighteenth century, debates within musical aesthetics re-scripted the role that performing musicians play in the creation and communication of affect." Publications Books *Grant, Roger Mathew (2014). Beating Time and Measuring Music in the Early Modern Era' New York: Oxford University Press. OCLCbr>1028553445 *Grant, Roger Mathew (2020)''Peculiar Attunements: How Affect Theory Turned Musical'. New York: Fordham University Press. OCLCbr>1144094031 Articles * Grant, Roger Mathew (2008). " ''Music Theory Online'' 14 (1): n.p. *Grant, Roger Mathew (2013). Ad infinitum: Numbers and Series in Early Modern Music Theory” '' Music Theory Spectrum'' 35 (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |