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In international relations, an aide-mémoire is a proposed agreement or negotiating text circulated informally among delegations for discussion without committing the originating delegation's country to the contents. It has no identified source, title, or attribution and no standing in the relationship involved. Such a text is also referred to as a non-paper in many international organizations, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization ^[1][2] and sometimes within the European Union.^[3]

The term also has a more general meaning, as an English noun with French influence, meaning "a memory-aid; a reminder or memorandum, especially a book or document serving this purpose." ^[4]

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.integratedframework.org/files/english/Yemen_am.pdf
2. ^ http://forum-menschenrechte.de/cms/upload/PDF/ab_05-2008/aides_memoires/Vietnam-IGFM.pdf
3. ^ http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/doc/publi/pdipl/abctxz.html
4. ^ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aide-m%C3%A9moire#English

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Georg Katzer (born 10 January 1935 in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia) is a German composer. He was one of the pioneers of electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany or GDR).

Georg Katzer.

Biography[link]

From 1954 to 1960 Katzer studied piano, music theory, and composition with (amongst others) Rudolf Wagner-Régeny and Ruth Zechlin at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik in East Berlin. From 1957 to 1958 he studied in Prague with Karel Janáček. From 1961 to 1963 he was a postgraduate student of Hanns Eisler and Leo Spies at the German Academy of the Arts in Berlin (Klingberg 2001). In 1963 he became a freelance composer and musician.

From 1976– to 1977 he worked in electronic-music studios in Bratislava and Paris. In 1978 Katzer was elected to membership in the Academy of the Arts in East Berlin (Klingberg 2001). In 1982 he founded the Studio for Electroacoustical Music affiliated with the Music Department of the Academy of the Arts (the first studio of this kind in the GDR), whose artistic director he remained until 2005.

In 1987 he was appointed Professor and subsequently taught a masterclass in composition at the Academy of the Arts. From 1988 to 1991 he was President of the German Section of the C.I.M.E. (International Council for Electroacoustical Music) and from 1990 to 2001 was a presiding member of the Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council, a member of the International Music Council). Katzer now lives in Zeuthen near Berlin.

Katzer’s compositions include works for chamber ensembles, orchestral works, solo concertos, operas, ballets, puppet plays, and oratorios. His work also encompasses electroacoustical pieces, music for radio dramas, multimedia projects, and projects involving improvised music.

Translated from the German Wikipedia

Compositions[link]

• String Quartet No. 1 (1965)
• Die Igeltreppe for speaker and 13 instruments, text by Sarah Kirsch (1973)
• Das Land Bum-Bum, opera (1973)
• Schwarze Vögel, ballet (1975)
• Szene für Kammerensemble, instrumental theater (1975)
• Bevor Ariadne kommt, for tape (1976)
• Concerto for Harpsichord and Wind Quintet (1978)
• Ein neuer Sommernachtstraum, ballet (1979)
• Aide-memoire, for tape (1983)
• Gastmahl oder über die Liebe, opera, libretto by Gerhard Müller (1987)
• Antigone oder die Stadt, opera, libretto by Gerhard Müller (1989)
• Mein 1989, radio composition (1990)
• Ich bin ein anderer, Hörspiel after Arthur Rimbaud (1990)
• L'homme machine, multimedia scenic Aktion (2000)
• Medea in Korinth, oratorical scenes, libretto by Christa Wolf (after Medea: Stimmen). Premièred on 6 September 2002, at the Berlin Konzerthaus.
• Fukujamas Kiste, for tape (2002)

References[link]

• Amzoll, Stefan. 1978. "Die Stimmen der toten Dichter. Eine Radio-Komposition von Georg Katzer". Musik und Gesellschaft 28, no. 12 (December): 720–21.
• Amzoll, Stefan. 1993. "Georg Katzers 'Multimedia'-Projekte: Eine Dokumentation". Positionen: Beiträge zur Neuen Musik, no. 14: 26–29.
• Becker, Peter. 2005. "'...aus heiterem Geiste geschöpfet': Der Komponist Georg Katzer". Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 166, no. 4 (July-August): 56–57.
• Belkius, Gerd. 1982a. "Bemühungen um neuen Wirkungsraum für Musik. Der Komponist Georg Katzer". Weimarer Beiträge 28 (April): 42-55.
• Belkius, Gerd. 1982b. "Interview mit Georg Katzer". Weimarer Beiträge 28 (April): 30–41.
• Dümling, Albrecht. 2005. "In der Musik müssen wir ganz ehrlich sein: Georg Katzer im Gespräch über seinen Lehrer Hanns Eisler". Eisler-Mitteilungen: Internationale Hanns-Eisler-Gesellschaft 12, no. 37:21–24.
• Förstel, François. 1998. "'Sprechen als Musik genommen': Experimentelle Schülerarbeiten mit Schwitters, Aperghis und Katzer". Musik & Bildung: Praxis Musikunterricht 30, no. 3 (May-June): 22–27.
• Herz, Joachim. 1994. "Der lustige Musikant oder Das Land Bum Bum: Kinderoper von Rainer Kirsch und Georg Katzer". In Die lustige Person auf der Bühne, 2 vols., edited by Peter Csobádi, 2: 721-731. Anif-Salzburg: Mueller-Speiser. ISBN 3-85145-023-X
• Kämpfer, Frank. 1999. "Frühmorgens, beim Sturz der Regierung: Georg Katzer im Gespäch". Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 160, no. 6 (November-December): 22–25.
• Klingberg, Lars. 2001. "Katzer, Georg". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.
• Noeske, Nina. 2005. "'Auch eine Musik ist Maschine': NIna Noeske über Georg Katzers D-Dur-Musikmaschine (1973)". Musikforum: Referate und Information des Deutschen Musikrates 3, no. 1:27–29.
• Raab Hansen, Jutta. 1992. "Georg Katzer". Komponisten der Gegenwart: Loseblatt-Lexikon, edited by Hanns-Werner Heister and Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer. Munich: Edition text + kritik. ISBN 3-88377-414-6
• Rebling, Eberhard. 1981. "Ein neuer Sommernachtstraum: Ballett von Georg Katzer". Musik und Gesellschaft 31, no. 7:423–24.
• Schneider, Frank. 1984. "Und das Schöne blüht nur im Gesang: Zwei Versuche uber Georg Katzers Komposition". MusikTexte: Zeitschrift für Neue Musik, no. 7:25–29.
• Vieth, Heike. 1997. "Georg Katzers Szene: Für Kammerensemble". In Jeder nach seiner Fasson: Musikalische Neuansätze heute, edited by Claudia Schurz and Ulrike Liedtke, 219–24. Saarbrücken: Pfau-Verlag. ISBN 3-930735-70-9
• Ziegenrücker, Kai-Erik. 1987. "Studios für elektronische Musik in Berlin und Dresden". Bulletin des Musikrates der DDR 24, no. 2:31–35.
• Ziegenrücker, Kai-Erik. 1997. "Verfahrensweisen und Ergebnisse auditiver Musikanalyse—dargestellt anhand elektroakustischer Kompositionen". In Die Analyse elektroakustischer Musik: Eine Herausforderung an die Musikwissenschaft?, edited by André Ruschkowski, 57–70. Saarbrücken: Pfau-Verlag. ISBN 3-89727-003-X

External links[link]

• Georg Katzer’s homepage

Val Matthew Emmich (born 1979) is a pop rock singer-songwriter and actor from New Jersey. In 2001 he became the first unsigned artist to be featured on MTV's Total Request Live. As an actor he has appeared in such television shows as 30 Rock and Ugly Betty.

Early life[link]

Emmich was born in Manalapan, New Jersey. He is of Italian, Russian, and German ancestry.^[1][2] He attended Manalapan High School where he played soccer.^[3] At age 15, he was diagnosed with Lyme Disease and had to give up all strenuous activities. During this time, he learned to play the guitar and began to write songs.^[4] In 2001, Emmich and fellow musician Andy Gesner founded Artist Amplification, a program to help independent musicians and bands gain exposure to fans and the music industry.^[5]

Musical career[link]

While attending Rutgers University, Emmich performed with various bands, including Awake Asleep and Ben Trovato.^[6] After graduating from Rutgers in 2001 with a liberal arts degree, Emmich recorded an independent EP entitled The 15 Minute Relationship. He then recorded Slow Down Kid, a full length independent album on Childlike Records produced by Wayne Dorrell. Emmich recorded a video for his song, "Privacy Attracts A Crowd." The video appeared on MTV's Total Request Live, making him the first unsigned artist to be featured on the show. He was then signed by Epic Records label Red Ink and recorded a new version of his Slow Down Kid album with four new songs.^[7] The video of another track from the album,"Shock", was featured at LA's Hype Fest and Toronto's NEXT Festival.^[8] In 2005, Emmich moved temporarily to Woodstock, New York and recorded another independent album, Songs, Volume 1: Woodstock which was released in 2007. The Woodstock sessions eventually became the independent studio album Sunlight Searchparty. In 2007, a track from the album "The Only One Lonely" won the best video category at the Independent Music Awards.^[8] After recording Sunlight Searchparty, Emmich left Epic Records in 2006 due to artistic differences. In 2008, Emmich signed with Bluhammock Music. On May 27, 2008, he released his first single from Little Daggers entitled "Get On With It".^[9] The full album was released on September 23, 2008. Emmich's music video for "Get on With It" was nominated for a Best Video Award at the 2008 Independent Music Awards.^[10] He released Looking For A Feeling You Never Knew You Needed on September 21, 2010 in a digital only format. In June 2011 he announced his intention to use Kickstarter to fund his next album and in just under 24 hours he reached his goal of raising $7000; by the end of the month he had reached more than $15,000. The album was produced by Jason Cupp and was designed to capture the feel of a live performance. On August 16 the album was released digitally to Kickstarter backers and was later released to the general public on October 11. Titled Aide Memoire the 10 track album was recorded completely live to tape.^[11][12]

Musical influences[link]

Emmich has been influenced by a wide range of musicians including Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, The Beatles, Wilco, Björk, Radiohead, R.E.M., Bright Eyes,^[13] Nada Surf^[14] and Paul Westerberg.

Acting career[link]

Emmich began acting in 1997 to finance his college education. He appeared in a television ad for the Got Milk? campaign as well as advertisements for Burger King and At&T Wireless.^[15] He has also appeared in small roles in the television shows Ed, Third Watch, and Hope & Faith. More recently, he has appeared in NBC's 30 Rock with Tina Fey in the seventh episode of the second season titled "Cougars", ABC's Cashmere Mafia with Lucy Liu and as a love interest of Betty Suarez on Ugly Betty.^[16][17] In the summer of 2008, he shot his first film, playing the lead role in the independent feature Fighting Fish.^[18]

Personal life[link]

Emmich lives in Jersey City, New Jersey with his wife Jill, an elementary school teacher, and their roommates.^[3]

Discography[link]

• The Fifteen Minute Relationship (Childlike Records) (2002)
• Slow Down Kid (Childlike Records) (2003)
• Slow Down Kid (Epic) (2004)
• Sunlight Searchparty (2006)
• Songs, Volume 1: Woodstock (2007)
• Little Daggers (2008)^[19]
• Looking For A Feeling You Never Knew You Needed (2010)
• Aide Memoire (2011)
• Ton Papa (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Val Emmich at the Internet Movie Database
• Official YouTube page
• Official Street Team
• Official Myspace page
• Official Last.FM page
• Interview with Val Emmich
• Q&A With Val Emmich