scholarly journals Dmitry Shostakovich’s suite for two pianos as a musical novel (on the issue of manifestation of epos in the composer’s legacy)

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
Vladislav Olegovich Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Special Form ◽  
Narrative Development ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Piano Duet ◽  
First Time

In Shostakovich’s creative work, metaphoric completeness becomes the most important constant of any concept, in which the orientation to the depth of the audience’s penetration into the controversial music whole prevails. Naturally, different metaphoric states are enclosed in definite, prevailing metaphoric layers: epos, lyrics, and drama with typical for them various emotional shades and the ways of narrative development. The research object in the article is the suite for two pianos created by the composer in 1922, which reflects the composer’s state of mind after his father’s death. It explains the images and themes in the composition, which  are connected with epos and the epic form of a novel. For the first time, the study of art considers a suite as a musical novel: the author parallels between a novel as a genre of literature and a novel as a possible form of narration and development of a piece of music. It represents the scientific novelty of the article. The author proves that due to its special form of narration, the suite has the features new to the field of piano duet: polysynthetism of the form of the whole, variety of drama “fractures”, diversity of artistic and musical metaphors, and, consequently, the virtuosity of performance. In its turn, it has predetermined the allocation of thematic structures, considerably new for the genre.   

A MODIFIED GENERALIZED LORENZ-TYPE SYSTEM AND ITS CANONICAL FORM

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (06) ◽  
pp. 1931-1949 ◽  
Author(s):  
QIGUI YANG ◽  
KANGMING ZHANG ◽  
GUANRONG CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Special Form ◽  
Topological Structure ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Type System ◽  
Chaotic Attractors ◽  
Hopf Bifurcations ◽  
Compound Structure ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
First Time ◽  
New System

In this paper, a modified generalized Lorenz-type system is introduced, which is state-equivalent to a simple and special form, and is parameterized by two parameters useful for chaos turning and system classification. More importantly, based on the parameterized form, two classes of new chaotic attractors are found for the first time in the literature, which are similar but nonequivalent in topological structure. To further understand the complex dynamics of the new system, some basic properties such as Lyapunov exponents, Hopf bifurcations and compound structure of the attractors are analyzed and demonstrated with careful numerical simulations.

Verwendung, Verleugnung, Wiederentdeckung – Ligeti und ethnische Musiken

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Márton Kerékfy
Keyword(s):  
Folk Music ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Late Period ◽  
Ethnic Music ◽  
East European ◽  
Ambivalent Attitude ◽  
First Time

Regarding György Ligeti’s relation to ethnic music, his oeuvre can be divided into three periods. Until 1956 he used East European folk music in the manner of Hungarian composition of the 1940s and 1950s, but upon leaving Hungary he apparently rejected folkloristic inspiration. In his late period from 1978 on, however, ethnic musics became again central to his creative work, albeit in a basically different way than in his youth. This article provides an overview of Ligeti’s early folkloristic pieces and a brief characterization of his use of elements of Eastern European folklore in Le Grand Macabre, Hungarian Rock, Passacaglia ungherese and the Horn Trio. Finally, it traces back Ligeti’s “lamento melody,” that appears for the first time in the last movement of the Horn Trio, to certain types of the Hungarian folk lament. Ligeti’s references to folklore do not mean an idealization of his past, but are rather signs of an ambivalent attitude toward his own roots, in which nostalgic longing, ironic distancing, and desperate mourning are equally present.

scholarly journals V. Bryusov’s Letters to His Fiancée

Literary Fact ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 8-30
Author(s):  
Monika V. Orlova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Relationship

The publication includes V.Ya. Bryusov’s letters to his fiancée I.M. Runt (1876 –1965) from June 9 to September 9, 1897. 11 correspondences, including the final telegram sent from Kursk, were written and sent from Aachen (Germany), Moscow and several Ukrainian localities. The letter 10 is accompanied by the full text of I.M. Runt’s only surviving letter to Bryusov, sent from Moscow to the village of Bolshye Sorochintsy and received by the poet a few months later at home. The relationship between the young people before the wedding were complicated. While the poet was preparing for the wedding in Moscow, he summed up the past contacts with “mes amantes”, and his state of mind was painful. Shortly before meeting his future wife, Bryusov broke up with the former governess of his family E.I. Pavlovskaya, who was terminally ill. A few days before the wedding he decided to go to say goodbye to Pavlovskaya to her homeland, Ukraine. In his letters to the future wife the poet tried to smooth out the tension of the situation, perhaps anticipating that he would be bounded with I.M. Runt 30 Литературный факт. 2021. № 2 (20) by a long-term relationship, where life and literature are closely interconnected. The letters are published for the first time.

Epilogue

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Lawson
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Withdrawal Symptoms ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Mind Reading ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
First Time

Did Alex Arnold kill Betty Gail Brown? I have been asked that question hundreds of times and have never found it easy to answer. My difficulty with the question began almost as soon as I saw Arnold for the first time, in a jail cell in Lexington two or three days after he had confessed to the killing and been charged with murder. Although Arnold was not at the time hallucinating about mind-reading machines or talking to creatures on the walls of his jail cell, he was quite obviously still suffering mental impairments. He had lost his access to alcohol a little more than a week earlier and had been sitting alone in jail for most of that period; he seemed to have passed through the worst of his withdrawal symptoms, but was not even close to a total escape from the consequences of at least ten years of drunkenness. He had lost the “good feelings” he gained from drinking (elevated mood, self-confidence, and nonexistent inhibitions) and had found in their place high anxiety, low energy, some disorientation, and a crystal-clear desire to be left alone. It was under these conditions, speaking very softly and seeming almost to be talking to himself, that he said, “I killed her.” Had he made this statement under normal circumstances, in a clean and clear state of mind, it would have been easy to believe that the state had found the killer of Betty Gail Brown. But the circumstances under which the statement was made were far from normal, although they were much closer to normal that those that prevailed a few days earlier when he signed the confession that led to his prosecution for murder....

scholarly journals August patron of the learned priest from the province

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Аndrey Yu. Butin
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Work ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
First Time ◽  
Historical Thought

The issue of influence of a circle of acquaintances on life and creative work of the provincial scientist from spiritual estate Mikhail Yakovlevich Diyev thanks to which, Kostroma historical thought became known to the scientifi c world of Russia, is considered in this article. The author for the first time has revealed the degree of influence of the environment of the scientist priest, represented by the botanist and naturalist from the nobility Aleksandr Boshnyak, Professor of Moscow University, ethnographer Ivan Snegiryov, poet Vasily Zhukovsky. The article deals with the key moments of Mikhail Diyev's life that contributed to his fame at the Emperor's court. The provincial priest became known to Emperor Nicholas I and his heir. Only the Imperial patronage stopped the wave of harassment of the rural scientist priest by the local diocesan authorities and provided him with the opportunity of fruitful scientific work and pastoral service.

A UNIFIED LORENZ-TYPE SYSTEM AND ITS CANONICAL FORM

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 2855-2871 ◽  
Author(s):  
QIGUI YANG ◽  
GUANGRONG CHEN ◽  
TIANSHOU ZHOU
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Form ◽  
Special Form ◽  
Lorenz System ◽  
Type System ◽  
Chaotic Attractors ◽  
Lorenz Attractor ◽  
System A ◽  
Generalized Lorenz System ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
First Time

Based on the generalized Lorenz system, a conjugate Lorenz-type system is introduced, and a new unified Lorenz-type system containing these two classes of systems is naturally constructed in the paper. Such a unified system is state-equivalent to a simple special form, which is parameterized by two parameters useful for chaos turning and system classification. More importantly, based on the parameterized form, three new chaotic attractors, called conjugate attractors, are found for the first time, which are conjugate to the Lorenz attractor, the Chen attractor, and the Lü attractor, respectively.

scholarly journals OP0256-PARE A PAW? YES, THANK YOU AN ANIMAL ASSISTED INTERVENTION (AAI) PILOT PROJECT FOR CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS (JIA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 161-161
Author(s):  
U. Viora ◽  
P. Ponzio ◽  
M. T. Mascarino ◽  
B. Picco ◽  
P. Guiso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Pet Therapy ◽  
Waiting Room ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Salivary Cortisol Level ◽  
Professional Control ◽  
First Time ◽  
Animal Care

Background:Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) is the new way to indicate what was previously known as “Pet Therapy”, as activities can be done either with the conventional “pets” (dogs, cats and rabbits) or with horses and donkeys.Children with JIA have several problems in terms of adherence both due to the atavistic fear of the needle and due to nausea and vomiting - the most important side effects of Methotrexate – often since the 2-3 days before the assumption to immediately after it.Sure that animals can help children to forget this fear and to avoid the psycological conditions which enhance nausea, for the first time in Italy (and probably in Europe) it was designed a specific AAI program for these children.Objectives:To promote a general state of psycho-physical well-being in children and families about:manage of therapy; reduce discomfort and anxiety caused by entering hospital; improve self-esteem and the response to the stress generated by the execution of therapy and disease management; strengthen communication and socialization; stimulate the affective area through the activities of animal care.Methods:Dogs and cats are part of the recreational activities once a week in an equipped area in the OIRM Hospital (no alternative gateway was needed).Paediatric Rheumatologists selected two different groups of children: the first one (5 children in the pilot study) every 15 days; the second one (5 children) every month; the selection was made looking at the therapeutic scheme.Every session, one hour, has 3 clearly distinct stages:Welcome and organization: children say hello to dogs and cats, open the toolkits specifically designed for the intervention, express their state of mind and are encouraged to tell their own stories.Therapy:parents prepare and inject the drug to their children under medical or Health Professional control without discontinuation of the activities with animals.Play and socializing:children are involved in petting and other activities with animals; they are also involved in manipulative activities (design, puppets shows, modelling clay, animal care, ball retriving, etc). This step has the aim to relieve stress and discomfort due to medical procedures.Visual Analogic Scales (VAS) were part of the toolkit, to let the researchers evaluate the effects of the activity directly from the children experience.For the first time, we will control also the animal health status and wellness condition monitoring behavioural parameters and salivary cortisol level during each session.Results:The pilot project started in October 2019 and nowaday we closed 12 meetings, 4 on October, 4 on November, 3 on December and 2 on January, with the participation of 2 dogs (Golden and Labrador Retriever) and 1 cat (Devon Rex) in each one.All children love to play with animals, seek their closeness at the time of therapy and enjoy playing all together with the dogs; no one cry or refuse therapy and, since the third session, no one has nausea before, during or after the injection. Parents have reached a certain level of confidence: they stay quietly in the waiting room or go away to have a drink or to run an errand (it becomes a moment of relaxing for them too).Animals remain in healthy and wellness conditions during the activity.Conclusion:These preliminary data seem that AAI to be useful in helping patients in JIA to overcome some problems related to their pathology.Disclosure of Interests:UGO VIORA: None declared, Patrizia Ponzio: None declared, Maria Teresa Mascarino: None declared, Barbara Picco: None declared, Paolo Guiso: None declared, Eleonora Battista: None declared, Silvana Martino: None declared, Davide Montin Speakers bureau: Not relevant for the topic, Marta Dellepiane: None declared, Germana Rosso: None declared

scholarly journals Russian fairy tales in the USA: Alexander Alexeieff’s graphic interpretation and Roman Jacobson’s scientific comprehension

Neophilology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 165-179
Author(s):  
Lola U. Zvonareva ◽  
Oleg V. Zvonarev
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Roman Jakobson ◽  
Artistic Images ◽  
First Time ◽  
Graphic Interpretation

We analyze the graphic commentaries of Alexander Alexeieff, the illustrator and the first wave emigrant, made for The Russian Fairy tales published in the USA in 1946. We believe A. Alexeieff to have been the second to illustrate The Russian Fairy tales in the USA as Ivan Bilibin, the eminent Russian painter and book illustrator had preceded him. A. Alekseev brought his vision of artistic images to the illustration of The Russian Fairy tales, combining ancient Slavonic motives with Christian symbolism. We assume the publication also to be unique as Roman Jakobson, the well-known philologist an ancient Slavonic and Russian folklore explorer wrote the foreword to the book being cited in Russian for the first time. Having briefly considered R. Jakobson’s life and creative work, we presume it to be quite logical Jacobson to have been baptized according to the Russian Orthodox tradition, as well as to have backed up the theory of Eurasianism. From this point of view, the analyzed edition of The Russian Fairy tales is holistic in content, harmoniously combining the traditional values of the cultural heritage of the Russian world and the work of outstanding figures that developed and propagated its values and enduring significance through their works.

scholarly journals LEVKO KOLODUB. LETTERS TO A STRANGER (formation of professionalism in the mirror of the epistolіa)

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (58) ◽  
pp. 198-232
Author(s):  
Iryna Sikorska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Student Life ◽  
Symphonic Poem ◽  
75Th Anniversary ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
The Family ◽  
To Come ◽  
First Time

Introduction. Levko Kolodub – is one of the most outstanding Ukrainian composers of the 2nd half of the XX-th – the beginning XXI-thcentury. Studying of his creative work will never lose its actuality in the context of understanding the integrity, depth and diversity of our national musical culture. Theoretical Background. There is no fundamental monograph about L. Kolodub. The brochure by M. Zaghajkevych (1973), collected articles based on the conference materials, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Master (2006), books by K. Bila (2010) about the instrumental concert and by L. Makarenko (2015) about folklore principles of his work, so as biographical articles for the Ukrainian Music Encyclopedia (V. 2, 2008) and for the Festival booklet (2019) – became a milestone on this path. Eight letters from Levko (1954) to Janna Brondz (his future wife Zhanna Kolodub), with whom they lived for almost sixty-five years!), recently found in the family archives, – are important for the scientific reconstruction of L. Kolodub’s creative biography. Objectives. The article aims to describe the letters, first submitted for publication and commented in detail, and determine the meaning of this period. Methods. It was used: analytical – to analyze the literature on this issue; historical – to comment and identify the significance of June 1954 in the L. Kolodub’s life; biographical – for the studying of life facts; interviews with J. Kolodub during 2020–2021 to clarify some details; and also – a source method for studying the epistolary corpus. Results and Discussion. The impetus for the letters was a brief acquaintance of two young people after a symphony concert at the Kyiv Philharmonic during the Republican Plenum of the Ukraine Composers Union. The correspondence lasted a little over a month – until the end of their student life. In the first letter, Levko describes in detail how he first saw Janna, decided to approach and talk. Then he tells about himself, about the years of his study at the Kharkiv Conservatory. As he finishes his own Cantata to the state exam in the specialty. How the composition lessons were held in the Professor M. Titz’s class. He remembers also, how he came to M. Titz on December 31, 1947 at the first time and almost until the New Year he showed the Symphony, improvising on the clarinet. Another letter tells, how Levko prepares carefully for the piano exam, where he will also play his own works – Scherzo and Fuga. During the preparing for the composition exam – in really a symphony concert at the Kharkiv Philharmonic – L. Kolodub considerably reworked his Symphonic poem; he describes the changes in detail because he is sure, she’ll be interested in it. We learn about the passing of the colloquium from the last letter, where the author expresses his confidence in the upcoming meeting: after his graduation he is going to come to Kyiv and congratulate Janna on her diploma. Conclusion. So, from these letters we found out L. Kolodub as a competent specialist – erudite, self-critical, hard-working composer, aimed at self-improvement.

Big Data and corporate reporting: impacts and paradoxes

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 850-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaldoon Al-Htaybat ◽  
Larissa von Alberti-Alhtaybat
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the phenomenon of Big Data and corporate reporting, and to determine the impact of Big Data and the current Big Data state of mind with regard to corporate reporting, what accountant and non-accountant participants’ perceptions are of the phenomenon, what the accountants’ role is and will be in this regard, and what opportunities and risks are associated with Big Data and corporate reporting. Furthermore, this study seeks to identify the inherent technological paradoxes of Big Data and corporate reporting. Design/methodology/approach The current study is qualitative in nature and assumes an interpretive stance, investigating participants’ perceptions of the phenomenon of Big Data and corporate reporting. To this end, interview data from 25 participants, video and text material, were analysed to enhance and triangulate findings. A four-fold sampling strategy was employed to ensure that any collected data would contribute to the findings. Data were analysed on the basis of open and selective coding stages. Data collection and analysis took place in two stages, in 2014 and in 2016. Findings Three topics, or categories, emerged from the data analysis, which have sufficient explanatory power to illustrate the phenomenon of Big Data and corporate reporting, namely the Big Data state of mind and corporate reporting, accountants’ role and future related to Big Data, and perceived opportunities and risks of Big Data. Features of a new approach to corporate reporting were identified and discussed. Furthermore, four paradoxes emerged to express inherent opposing positions of Big Data and corporate reporting, namely empowerment vs enslavement, fulfilling vs creating needs, reliability vs timeliness and simplicity vs complexity. Originality/value The original contribution of the study lies in the empirical investigation of the phenomenon of Big Data and corporate reporting as one of the most recent and praised developments in the accounting context. The dual communication flows of corporate reporting with Big Data is an important element of the findings, which can enhance the prospective financial statements significantly. Finally, technological paradoxes of Big Data and corporate reporting are discussed for the first time, two of which are based on the literature and the remaining two are inherent in the phenomenon of Big Data and corporate reporting.

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