Kenny Davern and Wilhelm Furtwängler Musicological Paper, Jazz Journal, Edinburgh (2009) A short paper on US-American jazz clarinetist Kenny Davern's relation to German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, focusing on musical themes (tempo, balance of instrumentation, melodic rhythm), as well as historical and philosophical issues (how an artist can deal with living under an oppressive political regime) . Used in part by Edward N. Meyer is his biography of Kenny Davern, The Life and Music of Kenny Davern: Just Four Bars, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ (2010) Felix, Uhudler, Travnicek; Eine österreichische Wirkungsgeschichte History of Science Study, Vienna (1987) Rejected Master's Thesis at Technical University Vienna, later self-published by the author Brief Abstract: The reception in Austria of Douglas R. Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1979), in its German translation Gödel, Escher, Bach; Ein Endloses Geflochtenes Band (1985) Wohltäter, Waffenhändler, Weltreisende: Eine kurze Industriegeschichte des Triestingtals Kral Verlag, Berndorf (2019) ISBN-13 ‏: ‎978-3990248300 A medium-lenght (160 pages) study of the industrial development of Austria, covering the Industrial Revolution, which started around 1750, and coincided with the rule of Empress Maria Theresia (1717-1780), who headed the Habsburg Empire from 1740 to her death. Other influential figures include: Arthur Krupp (1856-1938), who developed Berndorf from a little village into an industrial town, and was one of the pioneers of socal housing; Fritz Mandl (1900-1977), a prominent and highly controversial Austrian arms manufacturer who became internationally known in the 1930s as Europe's "Cartridge King."; his wife (from 1933-1937), the Viennese actress Hedwig Kiesler (1914-2000), who escaped his "gilded cage", moved to the United Statest, took up the screen name Hedy Lamarr, and achieved the rare distinction of being celebrated both as Hollywood's "most beautiful woman in the world" as well as a brilliant technological visionary - the co-inventor of frequency-hopping spread-spectrum technology that later laid the foundational groundwork for modern wireless communication, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Watch out for more to come here!