The “Wild Beauty” of Brahms’s Rhapsodies, Op. 79. Structural Analysis and Comparative Analysis of Performances

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-332
Author(s):  
Sebastian Shwan ◽  
Stela Drăgulin

"The present paper focuses on the Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79 which, along with Op. 119 No. 4, form the triad of Brahms’s rhapsodies for piano. Devised according to the ancient notion of the rhapsody, with the development of the epic tension, these works evoke the “Charites and the Heroes”, following the technical and compositional patterns laid out in the piano miniatures in Op. 76, at the same time, recalling the ideas that lay at the basis of the Ballads Op. 10. In the first part of the paper, aspects regarding the analysis of the structure are revealed, the aim of the research being the disclosure of the constituting structure, which will inspire the performing artist to convey and reveal the composer’s intentions. A system of structural ramification has been made, starting from the overall image to the smallest details, represented in tables that contain the following aspects: structure, main structural elements, thematic material, tonal scheme. Within the analysis, the harmonic and rhythmic dimensions will be indicated as well. The second objective of the research concerns three important renditions of pianists Radu Lupu, Martha Argerich, and Murray Perahia – three distinct conceptions regarding the performance, the style, and technique as well. Elements pertaining to the following dimensions will be observed: agogic accents and dynamics, phrasing, tempo, faithfulness towards the score, the identification of attack techniques, touch of the keys, and use of pedals, along with the resulting sonority and the semantic connotations of the sound. Keywords: Brahms, piano, Rhapsodies Op. 79, structural analysis, comparative analysis "

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
El Mehdi Echebba ◽  
Hasnae Boubel ◽  
Oumnia Elmrabet ◽  
Mohamed Rougui

Abstract In this paper, an evaluation was tried for the impact of structural design on structural response. Several situations are foreseen as the possibilities of changing the distribution of the structural elements (sails, columns, etc.), the width of the structure and the number of floors indicates the adapted type of bracing for a given structure by referring only to its Geometric dimensions. This was done by studying the effect of the technical design of the building on the natural frequency of the structure with the study of the influence of the distribution of the structural elements on the seismic response of the building, taking into account of the requirements of the Moroccan earthquake regulations 2000/2011 and using the ANSYS APDL and Robot Structural Analysis software.


2018 ◽  
Vol Volume-2 (Issue-3) ◽  
pp. 1132-1151
Author(s):  
Potharaboyena Vinay ◽  
Kurimilla Srilaxmi ◽  

Author(s):  
Frank Navarro Tamayo ◽  
Ana Luisa Rodriguez Quesada ◽  
Veronica Avila Ayon ◽  
Alexander Justel Betancourt

Environmental pollution and natural degradation of materials cause deterioration in buildings, initiating pathological processes that require conservation actions. Architectural Photogrammetry will be discussed as a tool to identify different pathologies on buildings and to accurately measure deflections. A photographic study was conducted of the most common deflections on reinforced concrete structures, with samples of different ages and locations exposed to various environments within Holguin Province in Cuba to detect deterioration characteristics, causes and possible treatments. A comparative analysis of other common methods and instruments currently used to measure structural pathologies highlights the efficiency of architectural photogrammetry. Photogrammetry is suitable to study the most common pathologies, their causes, and potential solutions. These include: cracks, fissures, deflection in beams, footing settlement, slenderness in columns, and more. In addition to the scope and efficiency of photogrammetry, this technology also facilitates studying inaccessible points on large elements. The instantaneous recording of accurate data about physical objects gives photogrammetry advantages over conventional structural analysis methods.


2018 ◽  
pp. 122-131
Author(s):  
Oksana Halahan

This article gives the analysis of five curriculums on Botany for the last ten years that have been carried out at Kremenets Regional Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy named after Taras Shevchenko (2008 – “Botany”, 2012 – “Anatomy and Plant Morphology”, “Plant Systematics” and “Mycology”, 2016 – “Botany”). The comparison of such structural elements of the curriculum as the content, the number of lecture and laboratory work hours, the number of independent and individual work hours and the kind of control is described. The distribution of hours by sections and topics is considered. The compulsory learning outcomes are formed into groups such as the requirements for students' knowledge and skills, as well as the purpose, tasks, methodological support and recommended literature for all curriculums. It is proposed to introduce separate educational disciplines such as "Mycology" and "Theology" in the curriculum of the students-future Biology teachers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Razaul Haq ◽  
Sabeen Survery ◽  
Fredrik Hurtig ◽  
Ann-Christin Lindås ◽  
Celestine N. Chi

Abstract The origin of the eukaryotic cell is an unsettled scientific question. The Asgard superphylum has emerged as a compelling target for studying eukaryogenesis due to the previously unseen diversity of eukaryotic signature proteins. However, our knowledge about these proteins is still relegated to metagenomic data and very little is known about their structural properties. Additionally, it is still unclear if these proteins are functionally homologous to their eukaryotic counterparts. Here, we expressed, purified and structurally characterized profilin from Heimdallarchaeota in the Asgard superphylum. The structural analysis shows that while this profilin possesses similar secondary structural elements as eukaryotic profilin, it contains additional secondary structural elements that could be critical for its function and an indication of divergent evolution.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Mihail M. Androniс ◽  
Ilya A. Rodionov ◽  
Yurii B. Tsvetkov

A comparative analysis of new product development principles in microelectronics, mechanical engineering, and MEMS production is carried out. A MEMS integrated digital modeling approach is proposed based on the formation of a knowledge base, including a description of basic structural elements and basic tested process sequences for their manufacture.


2013 ◽  
Vol 475-476 ◽  
pp. 1253-1256
Author(s):  
Valentina Parlashkevich ◽  
Oleg Tsyba

The prospects of the use of rolled shapes made of high-strength steels in steel structural elements are considered. A comparative analysis of strength values and economic indices of steel structural elements is done for their work in compression, tension and bending.


Author(s):  
A. М. Bocharnikova

The article contains information on all general-purpose linguistic museums that are currently functioning in the world, functioned in the past, or are at the project stage. In cases where this is possible, the structure of museum’s exposition is examined. Criteria that have played a key role in the division of museums’ content into structural elements are defined. The accuracy of exposition authors’ compliance of their approaches has also been analyzed. The first linguistic museum in the world that opened its doors to visitors was Taras Shevchenko university of Kyiv’s Linguistic Educational Museum founded in 1992 by the order of the university’s rector. During next sixteen years it was world’s only linguistic museum till the year 2008 when National Museum of Language in the US was opened. In 2013 a new linguistic museum named Mundolingua was established in Paris. After 2014 when the museum in USA was closed and till now it continues to be the only linguistic museum in the world except Linguistic Educational Museum in Ukraine that is functioning. At present times there are several big projects of establishing a comprehensive linguistic museum in different countries. Among them is Planet Word in Washington, Museum der Sprachen der Welt in Berlin, Museum of Language in London. The work upon these projects is in progress and hasn’t reached the stage of completeness. There are also two websites available on the Internet that have the name of museum but does not contain any traces of the exposition content. These are the website of the above mentioned National Museum of Language and Taalmuseum in the Netherlands. Both of these websites are portals for announcements concerning exhibitions, lectures and meetings in different places that are somehow referred to language topics. In this article the structure of the museums content has also been analyzed. Linguistic Educational Museum in Kyiv was established for academic purposes therefore its content has the same structure as the Introductory Linguistics course. At the same time it reveals the principles of the museum exposition author’s Doctor of Science thesis named the Metatheory of Linguisics.


Author(s):  
Silvija Ozola

Only wooden buildings were found on lands populated by the Balts up to the 13th century. It was necessary to build buildings of different planning configuration following the relief of the hillfort: rectangular, polygonal and free configuration log houses made of logs were very appropriate for such conditions. Fences of logs for the defence of hillforts matching the relief gradually became as fortification walls and new structural elements in the spatial arrangement of primitive settlements. Logs became components of landscape. Starting from the 13th century architecture of wooden buildings developed in a new socio-political situation in the presence of stone architecture. In modern Latvia building of log houses has remained unchanged and has not lost its peculiarity in constructive essence during the centuries.Research goal: analyse the impact of urban and rural environment forming wooden buildings – log houses on the Latvian cultural landscape during various ages.Applied materials and methods in the work: observation of buildings in nature, comparative analysis of projects, cartographic, graphic and photographic materials. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-22
Author(s):  
Mirosław Rodzewicz ◽  
Jerzy Lewitowicz

Abstract The paper concerns an application of lightness factors in comparative analysis of strength properties of basic materials being applied in aeronautical structures – in a historical perspective. The use of lightness factors enables effective estimation how lighter will be the structural elements (of the same strength or stiffness) made from different kind of materials : traditional as well as advanced composites. It is quite easy to find the solution to the inverse problem, i.e. to estimate how differ will be stiffness or strength for the same mass of the structural elements. Very particular application of the lightness factors are noted in engineers calculations of composite gliders wing spars, where they appears as the materials constants and as structure loading factors as well. The paper presents some examples of application of the lightness factors in strength analysis of the composite shells applied in the shear webs of the wing spars, and refers to the design recommendations issued by German aviation authority (LBA).


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