scholarly journals Finland, a Vocal Symphony for Soprano, Tenor and Large Orchestra

ICONI ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 100-111
Author(s):  
Anton А. Rovner ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Musical Composition ◽  
Musical Language ◽  
Twelve Tone ◽  
Early 19Th Century ◽  
Short Account ◽  
Romantic Poet ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Hand Writing

My composition Finland is a vocal symphony for soprano, tenor and large orchestra set to the text of the early 19th century Russian Romantic poet Evgeny Baratynsky. The main idea behind this composition involves the combination of two contrasting approaches to musical composition: composing an abstract, independent musical work built on purely musical laws of structure and development and, on the other hand, writing a dramatic, programmatic work, the aim of which is to express emotions, to interpret and depict the subject matter of the literary text. The musical composition consists of six movements, following the poem’s six unequallength stanzas. Each movement is divided into a purely orchestral section and a vocalorchestral section, the latter featuring alternately the solo soprano and tenor. The work is written in the twelve-tone technique and involves references to a late Romantic musical language, emphasis on new textures and sonorities for the orchestra, occasional implications of tonality, and incorporation of serial rhythm in several of the work’s sections. The article gives a short account of Baratynsky’s biography and poetic writings and then proceeds to analyze the composition Finland in terms of both the large-scale structure and the details within the individual movements.

"EPIGRAPH BY COUNT TOLSTOY TO HIS NOVEL "ANNA KARENINA" BY R. SHCHEDRIN: PARADIGM OF POLYPHONIC THINKING

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
N. V. Koshkareva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Main Idea ◽  
Compositional Style ◽  
Musical Composition ◽  
A Cappella ◽  
Musical Form ◽  
Musical Language ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
Anna Karenina ◽  
Literary Source ◽  
Mixed Choir

Rodion Shchedrin's choral work represents the most interesting area of modern musical culture. The object of the analysis is the composition "Epigraph by Count Tolstoy to His Novel "Anna Karenina" for mixed choir a cappella as a demonstration of the key feature of Rodion Shchedrin's compositional style — polyphonic thinking. This aspect becomes an argument for the relevance of the topic. Through the synthesis of research methods, the parameters of musical composition are studied: literary source, musical form, texture, and melody. In addition, the author reveals the "Russian theme" in the choral work of R. Shchedrin, identifies the specifics of the composer's individual choral style, and defines the aspects of polyphonization of the means of musical language. The "Epigraph" explains the main idea of L. Tolstoy's novel and concentrates on the most important contextual continuum development of all the events that take place. A wide semantic field of textual basis becomes an impulse for polyphonization of all musical expressive means. Polyphony as an idiom of R. Shchedrin's composer's handwriting is born, among other things, in the fusion of artistic trends and styles. In conclusion, it is emphasized that the literary basis of the "Epigraph", woven from historical, theological, philosophical, artistic and poetic layers, required a synthesis of traditional and innovative musical expressive means — "a new polyphonic word" in the author's expression of the main paradigms of the Russian theme by R. Shchedrin.

Marriage as Prostitution in Berg's Lulu

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-182
Author(s):  
Silvio Joséé dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
Musical Language ◽  
Twelve Tone ◽  
Frank Wedekind ◽  
Crucial Element ◽  
Seminal Work ◽  
Final Scene ◽  
Otto Weininger ◽  
Sociocultural Issues

Abstract Writing to Schoenberg on August 7, 1930, Berg explained the differences between the libretto for his new opera and the original plays by Frank Wedekind, and in particular the return of Lulu's ““victims”” (her husbands) as her clients in the final scene of the opera. While Berg sought to create a large-scale symmetry with this return, he also posited a link between marriage and prostitution that did not exist in Wedekind's texts. Significantly, Berg was not alone in equating these two institutions; numerous Victorian writers had already made arguments in this regard. In fin-de-sièècle Vienna this issue was widely debated and reflected some prevailing views of female sexuality, including those expressed in the influential works of Otto Weininger and Karl Kraus. Indeed, as is well documented, Berg was keenly engaged in these issues. The association of marriage with prostitution was a crucial element in Berg's conception of the opera. Evidence found in the autograph manuscripts and the finished work confirms that Berg represented these institutions as essentially the same at several levels of the work. This is revealed in his musical portrayal of Lulu, the Prince, the Man servant, and the Marquis, as well as in such musical choices as his borrowing of Wagner's wedding march from Lohengrin and his use of Wedekind's Konfession, a song about prostitution. Indeed, the representation of the two institutions is directly linked to the opera's musical language, particularly the transition from tonal to twelve-tone structures in the final act. Most importantly, this representation reflects Berg's construction of identities for the main characters in the opera and, by extension, the sociocultural issues portrayed in this seminal work.

Models, Practices and Methods of Reading: Evolution in Time and Space

2009 ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Yulia P. Melentyeva
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
National Program ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The Individual

In recent years as public in general and specialist have been showing big interest to the matters of reading. According to discussion and launch of the “Support and Development of Reading National Program”, many Russian libraries are organizing the large-scale events like marathons, lecture cycles, bibliographic trainings etc. which should draw attention of different social groups to reading. The individual forms of attraction to reading are used much rare. To author’s mind the main reason of such an issue has to be the lack of information about forms and methods of attraction to reading.

Fast Multipole Virtual Boundary Element - Least Square Method for Solving 2-D Elastic Problems

2011 ◽  
Vol 204-210 ◽  
pp. 2196-2201
Author(s):  
Yan Tao Jiang ◽  
Si Tian Chen ◽  
Cheng Hua Li
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fast Multipole Method ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Least Square Method ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Fast Multipole ◽  
Large Scale Problems ◽  
Virtual Boundary ◽  
Virtual Boundary Element

In this paper, the fast multipole virtual boundary element - least square method (Fast Multipole VBE - LSM) is proposed and used to simulate 2-D elastic problems, which is based on the fast multipole method (FMM) and virtual boundary element - least square method (VBE - LSM).The main idea of the method is to change computational model by applying the FMM to conventional VBE - LSM. The memory and operations could be reduced to be of linear proportion to the degree of freedom (DOF) and large scale problems could be effectively solved on a common desktop with this method. Numerical results show that this method holds virtues of high feasibility, accuracy and efficiency. Moreover, the idea of this method can be generalized and extended in application.

THE CONNECTION MACHINE IN A UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT: GESAMTHOCHSCHULE WUPPERTAL

1993 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
KLAUS SCHILLING
Keyword(s):  
Parallel Computing ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Early History ◽  
Short Account ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Connection Machine ◽  
The University

A short account is presented on the early history, the intentions and the development of large scale parallel computing at the University of Wuppertal. It might serve as an illustration how common activities between computational and computer science can be stimulated, in the university environment.

Flexibility Effects in a Single Link Robotic Manipulator

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nataraj
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Robotic Manipulator ◽  
Flexible Beam ◽  
Rotating Speed ◽  
Weighted Residuals ◽  
Individual Interaction ◽  
Single Link ◽  
Rigid Mass ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Future Work

Abstract A single link robotic manipulator is modeled as a rotating flexible beam with a rigid mass at the tip and accurate energy expressions are derived. The resulting partial differential equations are solved using an approximate method of weighted residuals. From the solutions, coupling between axial and flexural deformations and the interactions with rigid body motions are rigorously analyzed. The emphasis in the current paper is not on an exhaustive analysis of existing systems but it is rather intended to compare and highlight the various flexibility effects in a relatively simple system. Hence, a nondimensional parametric analysis is performed to determine the effect of several parameters (including the rotating speed) on the errors and the individual interaction effects are discussed. Comparison with previous work in the field shows important phenomena often ignored or buried in large scale numerical analyses. Future work including application to multi-link robots is outlined.

Richard Wagner: Leitmotiv e Música Dramática

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (36) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Elisabete M. de Sousa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Richard Wagner ◽  
Robert Schumann ◽  
Musical Composition ◽  
Musical Language ◽  
Program Music ◽  
Hector Berlioz ◽  
Verbal Language ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Impact

The present essay presents the content of the landmarks that punctuate the long dialogue between verbal language and musical language during the 19th Century, by means of examples taken from the critical and theoretical writings of Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner. In the search for the dramatic essence of music, such dialogue took different forms: the possibility of verbal language being translated by musical language, the pre-existence of a musical-poetic idea in any musical composition, eventually contributing to the appearance of program music, and finally, the principles presiding over Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk. Special emphasis is given to Richard Wagner’s Parisian article De l'Ouverture (1841), as well as to the impact on Soren Kierkegaard.

scholarly journals Numerical simulation of helical-vortex effects in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. V. Levina ◽  
I. A. Burylov
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Forcing Function ◽  
Bénard Convection ◽  
Benard Convection ◽  
Rayleigh Benard Convection ◽  
Rayleigh Benard

Abstract. A numerical approach is substantiated for searching for the large-scale alpha-like instability in thermoconvective turbulence. The main idea of the search strategy is the application of a forcing function which can have a physical interpretation. The forcing simulates the influence of small-scale helical turbulence generated in a rotating fluid with internal heat sources and is applied to naturally induced fully developed convective flows. The strategy is tested using the Rayleigh-Bénard convection in an extended horizontal layer of incompressible fluid heated from below. The most important finding is an enlargement of the typical horizontal scale of the forming helical convective structures accompanied by a cells merging, an essential increase in the kinetic energy of flows and intensification of heat transfer. The results of modeling allow explaining how the helical feedback can work providing the non-zero mean helicity generation and the mutual intensification of horizontal and vertical circulation, and demonstrate how the energy of the additional helical source can be effectively converted into the energy of intensive large-scale vortex flow.

scholarly journals HUMAN ENERGY UTILIZATION AND EFFECTIVENESS IN SMALL AND MARGINAL FARM HOLDINGS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Tandra Mondal ◽  
Pranab Kumar Nag
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Hand Tools ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Land Preparation ◽  
Farm Work ◽  
Farm Mechanization ◽  
Power Tiller ◽  
Paddy Cultivation ◽  
The Individual

In India, small and marginal farmers have emerged as a distinct and dominant category. While farm mechanization represents a rapid transformation from traditional to modern methods of farming, it is not uniform across the crops and regions. The level of mechanization, however, remains scattered due to the compulsiveness to the situation dominated by the economic layout of farm holdings, land size, and large-scale deprivation of access to the technology suitable to small holdings. This present contribution elucidates the extent of use tools and machinery among the rice farmers of the state of Wes Bengal, India. Analysis revealed that the total number of man-days involved in paddy cultivation was 120-140 per ha, i.e., 900-1000 man-hours depending upon the availability of labour, tools, and machinery used for the individual operation. Analysis of farm work in small and marginal holdings evolved that over 90% of the total number of farmers use either tractor or power tiller for land preparation. Use of the animal-drawn country plough is gradually phased out in the study regions. For sowing and transplanting operations are primarily manual methods using hand tools. The study provided an insight of the issues of work methods and practices of the farmworkers in small and marginal farm holdings.

scholarly journals Making Soup: Preparing and Validating Molecular Simulations of the Bacterial Cytoplasm

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Oliveira Bortot ◽  
Zahedeh Bashardanesh ◽  
David van der Spoel
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Computational Power ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Solvent Models ◽  
Explicit Solvent ◽  
Computational Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bacterial Cytoplasm

Biomolecular crowding affects the biophysical and biochemical behavior of macro- molecules when compared to the dilute environment present in experiments made with isolated proteins. Computational modeling and simulation are useful tools to study how crowding affects the structural dynamics and biological properties of macromolecules. As computational power increased, modeling and simulating large scale all-atom explicit solvent models of the prokaryote cytoplasm become possible. In this work, we build an atomistic model of the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli composed of 1.5 million atoms and submit it to a total of 3 μs of molecular dynamics simulations. The properties of biomolecules under crowding conditions are compared to those from simulations of the individual compounds under dilute conditions. The simulation model is found to be consistent with experimental data about the diffusion coefficient and stability of macromolecules under crowded conditions. In order to stimulate further work we provide a Python script and a set of files that enables other researchers to build their own E. coli cytoplasm models to address questions related to crowding.<br>

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