The remarkable success of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage is borne out by the fact that nearly 1;000 properties have now been designated as possessing Outstanding Universal Value and recognition given to the imperative for their protection. However; the remarkable success of the Convention is not without its challenges and a key issue for many Sites relates to the touristic legacies of inscription. For many sites inscription on the World Heritage List acts as a promotional device and the management challenge is one of protection; conservation and dealing with increased numbers of tourists. For other sites; designation has not brought anticipated expansion in tourist numbers and associated investments. What is clear is that tourism is now a central concern to the wide array of stakeholders involved with World Heritage Sites.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. The Rise and Fall of the Glass ArmonicaBy NancyAdairBAngelic Music by Corey Mean is the story of Ben Franklins Glass Armonica. the invention that gave him the "greatest personal satisfaction."When we lived in Philadelphia in the mid-1970s to late 1980s we saw the Glass Armonica at the Franklin Institute. And we had heard a man perform on musical glasses in several venues around the time of the Bicentenniel. So I had heard the ethereal. angelic music of the musical glasses.I had not realized that the Glass Armonica was all the rage in the 18th c and early 19th c. Chamber music including the instrument was written by Mozart. Beethoven. and Handel. Vituosos toured Europe playing the music that made women swoon.It gained a tarnished reputation in the early 19th c when people believed the music could drive one mad and cause illness. or summon the dead with magical powers. Mesmer used it in his seances.As music changed from small ensambles to large symphonic orchestras in halls the Armonica fell out of favor. relegated to being a museum curiosoity. But in the last twenty years it has found a revival. electronically enchanced. and used in pop music. movies. opera. and chamber music.I was fascinated by this book. Corey covers the rise and fall of the musical glasses. the development of glassmaking. early musical glasses. Franklins musical background and development of the Armonica. the hey-day of the Glass Armonica. and Mesmers career and his use of the instrument. including his comissioning an opera from Mozart. the decline and revival of the instrument.When German glassblower Gerhard Finkenbeiner saw a Glass Armonica in a musem in 1960 it was a curiosity. He rediscovered how to create the glass and instrument and the instrument found a revival.Today a few people are experts. including Dennis James whose collaboration with Linda Ronstadt on six CDs revived an interest in the instrument. A a boy he saw Franklins instruemtent at the Franklin Institute; in music school he asked what it sounded like and his professor answered. "No one knows. It hasnt been played for two hundred years." Now he leads the worlds first known glass music studies program at Rutgers University.I received a free ebook from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.
