Charles Rosen - Charles Rosen Charles Rosen (born May 5, 1927) is an American pianist and music theorist. Rosen has carried out a double career. As a virtuoso pianist he has appeared in numerous recitals and orchestral engagements around the world, and has recorded a number of 20th century works at the invitation of their composers, including works by Igor Stravinsky, Elliott Carter, and Pierre Boulez. Rosen is also the author of many widely admired books about music. Perhaps his most famous work is The Classical Style (2nd ed., 1997, New York: Norton), which analyzes the nature and evolution of the high classical style as it was developed by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. Sonata Forms (2nd ed., 1988, New York: Norton) is in some.
Charles Stark Draper Prize - Charles Stark Draper Prize The Charles Stark Draper Prize is awarded by the National Academy of Engineering for the advancement of engineering and the education of the public about engineering. The Prize is worth $500,000. The prize is named for the "father of inertial navigation", an MIT professor and founder of the Draper Laboratory. Previous Winners 1989: Jack S. Kilby and Robert N. Noyce for their independent development of the monolithic integrated circuit. 1991: Sir Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain for their independent development of the turbojet engine. 1993: John Backus for his development of FORTRAN, the first widely used, general purpose, high-level computer language. 1995: John R. Pierce and Harold A. Rosen for their development of communication satellite technology. 1997: Vladimir Haensel for his.
Joseph Haydn - characteristic of Haydn's music is the development of larger structures out of very short, simple musical motifs. The music is often quite formally concentrated, and the important musical events of a movement can unfold rather quickly. The organizational principle for much of Haydn's work is sonata form, of which the basic elements – as they appear in Haydn – are as follows: Exposition: presentation of the initial musical material, followed by a modulation to the dominant key (creating an increase of musical tension), and a local resolution and cadence in the dominant. A notable feature of many of Haydn's expositions is that (unlike Mozart and Beethoven) he often uses no contrasting "second theme" at the appearance of the dominant; instead he repeats the opening theme or some modification thereof. Development: the.
Ichthyology - completed, the work described 4,514 species. Albert Günther published his Catalogue of the Fishes of the British Museum between 1859 and 1870, describing over 6,800 species and mentioning another 1,700. The greatest ichthyologist around the beginning of the 20th century is generally considered to be David Starr Jordan, who wrote 650 articles and books on the subject, in addition to serving as president of Indiana University and Stanford University. Journals Copeia Organizations American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Notable ichthyologists The names are followed by their fields of specialization and major contributions: Alexander Emanuel Agassiz Louis Agassiz Peter Artedi William O. Ayres - California Spencer Fullerton Baird Tarleton Bean Pieter von Bleeker - East Indies M. E. Bloch George Boulenger Edward Drinker Cope Georges Cuvier Francis Day - India Bashford Dean.
Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser - songs, which he learned in childhood and perhaps also in field work during adult life. The particular folk source of "Gott erhalte" appears to be Croatian in origin. This link traces through the various versions of the tune that have since been collected by folk music scholars, and discusses how Haydn transformed and (in the opinion of many) exalted his source material. The tonic note in the high octave near the end, felt by Charles Rosen and others to be the climax of Haydn's melody, appears in none of the folk originals. Haydn's patriotism appears to have been unsophisticated and fully sincere. During his frail and sickly old age (1802-1809), Haydn often would struggle to the piano to play his song, often with great feeling, as a form of consolation in.
Deaths in 2002 - Hank Luisetti, basketball star and innovator 13 Zal Yanofsky member of Lovin' Spoonful music group. 12 Dee Brown, author (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) 10 Ian MacNaughton, director of most episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus. 9 Stan Rice, painter, educator, poet, husband of author Anne Rice 6 Charles Rosen, Pioneer in artificial intelligence 6 Father Philip Berrigan, priest, political activist 5 Roone Arledge, creator of Monday Night Football and Nightline dies at age 71 5 Ne Win, Burmese dictator 3 Glenn Quinn, actor November 2002 29 Florence Stephenson Mahoney (aged 103), health advocate 26 Verne Winchell, founder of Winchell's Donuts and nicknamed "The Donut King" 25 Rosa Carrillo, Univision news anchor 24 John Rawls, political theorist 21 Hadda Brooks, U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer, aged 86 19 Prince.
1918 - Julian calendar). As a consequence the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, previously October, now falls in November. February 16 - Lithuania declares its independence from both Russia and Germany March 3 - Germany, Austria and Bolshevist Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I. March 5 - The Soviet Union moves the national capital from Petrograd to Moscow March 6 - Finnish Airforce founded. The blue swastika is adopted as its symbol as a tribute to the Swedish explorer and aviator Eric von Rosen who donated the first plane. Von Rosen had painted the buddhist symbol on the plane as his personal lucky insignia. March 7 - World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany. March 19 - The United States Congress establishes time zones.
1924 - J. Baum failed to come to an agreement so the rights were sold to Chadwick Pictures. 1924 in literature 1924 in music "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin 1924 in sports February 17 - In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds. February 24 - Johnny Weissmuller finishes the 100-meter swimming event in 57 2/5 seconds breaking the world record. Births January 3 - Hank Stram, American football coach, broadcaster January 6 - Earl Scruggs, bluegrass performer January 11 - Slim Harpo, musician January 12 - Olivier Gendebien, race car driver (†1998) January 16 - Katy Jurado, actress (†2002) January 21 - Telly Savalas, actor (†1994) January 27 - Sabu, actor (†1963) January.
1949 in music - To Have A Man Around The House" w. Jack Elliott m. Harold Spina "Just One Way To Say I Love You" w.m. Irving Berlin "Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk" w.m. Irving Berlin "A Little Girl From Little Rock" w. Leo Robin m. Jule Styne "Lush Life" w.m. Billy Strayhorn "Maybe It's Because" w. Harry Ruby m. Johnnie Scott "Melodie D'Amour" w.(Eng) Leo Johns m. Henri Salvador "Mona Lisa" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans "Mule Train" w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Fred Glickman "My Bolero" Kennedy, Simon "My Foolish Heart" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young "My One And Only Highland Fling" w. Ira Gershwin m. Harry Warren "Now That I Need You" w.m. Frank Loesser "The Old Master Painter" w. Haven Gillespie m. Beasley Smith "Paris Wakes Up And Smiles" w.m. Irving Berlin "Peter Cottontail" w.m. Jack Rollins & Steve Nelson "Pigalle" w.m. Georges Konyn,.
2003 Ontario municipal elections - 6,882 Patrick Dunn 4,585 Joe McGuire 4,335 Kingston Harvey Rosen 23,179 Isabel Turner 4,550 Richard Moller 3,167 Dave Meers 2,958 Jeffrey P. Lowes 453 Joseph R. Barr 263 Kitchener Carl Zehr 23,707 Jon Huemiller 4,553 Ferenc Kulcsar 739 London Anne Marie DeCicco 48,789 Vaughan Minor 37,337 Garry Moon 1,871 Ivan W. Kasiurak 865 Andrew McIlhargey 729 Carl Harris 636 Frank Burlock 578 Linden John Cassina 506 Mesbah Eldeeb 388 Kenneth Venus 312 Peter Schuller 296 Markham Donald Cousens 31,532 Bernadette Manning 5,635 Sam Orrico 1,941 Milton Gord Krantz 6,238 Rick Malboeuf 2,224 Al Volpe 701 Las Polcz 409 Vito Agozzino 369 David Lloyd 331 Mississauga Extremely long serving mayor Hazel McCallion is easily reelected to another term Results Hazel McCallion 74,719 Masood Khan 2,304 Charles Coober 1,613 Larry J. Mancini 1,478.
Authentic performance - Klavier zu spielen ("An essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments," 1753-1762) by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Versuch einer grundliche Violinschule ("An essay on the fundamental principles of violin playing," 1756) by Leopold Mozart Among the letters of musicians, those of Mozart are notable for their liveliness and insight, and from them considerable information about performances of his work is obtained. In the case of Haydn and Beethoven we have the advantage that they became very famous--in fact, venerated--in their own lifetimes, and many people with whom they conversed attempted to remember and write down their words. Occasionally, the written record tells us things we might prefer not to know. For instance, a letter from Haydn (Oct. 17, 1789) says: Now I would humbly ask you to tell the.
Classical music - may claim that classical music constitutes art and popular music only light entertainment. However, many popular works show a high level of artistry and musical innovation and many classical works are unabashedly crowd-pleasing. It might be argued that, at least on the average, classical works have greater musical complexity. In particular, classical music usually involves more modulation (changing of keys), less outright repetition, and a wider use of musical phrases that are not default length--that is, four or eight bars long (however, much minimalist music goes against these tendencies). Also, it is normally only in classical music that long works (30 minutes to three hours) are built up hierarchically from smaller units (usually called movements). This not to say that popular music is always simpler than classical. Both jazz and rap.
Columbia University - centers for graduate education. In 1896, the trustees officially authorized the use of yet another new name, Columbia University, and today the institution is officially known as "Columbia University in the City of New York." At the same time the campus was moved again from 49th Street to a more spacious 26 acre campus in Morningside Heights (from 114th to 120th streets, Broadway to Amsterdam Avenue West) where it is still located. The campus was designed by the famous architectural firm, McKim, Mead, and White. In 1902, New York newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer donated a substantial sum to the University for the founding of a school to teach journalism. The result was the 1912 opening of the Graduate School of Journalism-- the only journalism school in the Ivy League. The school.
Timeline of quantum mechanics, molecular physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics - alpha particles and negatively charged beta particles 1900 Paul Villard discovers gamma-rays while studying uranium decay 1900 Johannes Rydberg refines the expression for observed hydrogen line wavelengths 1900 Max Planck states his quantum hypothesis and blackbody radiation law 1902 Philipp Lenard observes that maximum photoelectron energies are independent of illuminating intensity but depend on frequency 1902 Theodor Svedberg suggests that fluctuations in molecular bombardment cause the Brownian motion 1905 Albert Einstein explains the photoelectric effect 1906 Charles Barkla discovers that each element has a characteristic X-ray and that the degree of penetration of these X-rays is related to the atomic weight of the element 1909 Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden discover large angle deflections of alpha particles by thin metal foils 1909 Ernest Rutherford and Thomas Royds demonstrate that alpha particles.
Wadham College, Oxford - Music Room, the oldest such building in Europe. Under the original statutes, women were forbidden from entering the college, with the exception of a laundress who was to be of 'such age, condition, and reputation as to be above suspicion.' These rules were relaxed over the years, and in 1974 they were altered to allow for the admission of women as full members of college at all levels. In fact, Wadham was the first historically all-male college to have a female student. Perhaps related to this fact, the Wadham student body has for the last four decades been a hotbed of radical political activism. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Famous Former Students 2 Famous Wardens and Fellows 3 External Link Famous Former Students Charles Badham, classics scholar Samuel Augustus Barnett, social.
Sonata form - Development - this generally starts in the same key as the exposition ended, and may move through many different keys during its course. It will usually consist of one or more themes from the exposition altered and occasionally juxtaposed with new material or themes. The development usually has a high degree of tonal and rhythmic instability when compared to the other sections. The development section may be quite short, or it may be extremely lengthy. At the end, the music will return to the home key and lead up to the: Recapitulation - this is an altered repeat of the exposition, and consists of: First group - usually in exactly the same form as it appeared in the exposition. Transition - now altered so that it does not change key, but.
Pastiche - on pastiche for any effects it might have. Pastiche is also used in non-literary works, including art and music. For instance, Charles Rosen has characterized Mozart's various works in imitation of Baroque style as pastiche. Pastiche is also used less scrupulously to take commercial advantage of popular styles or subjects. Many genre writings, particularly in fantasy, are essentially pastiches. A variant meaning When it was new in English (late 19th century), pastiche was used with an additional element of meaning: a work was designated as pastiche if it was cobbled together in imitation of several original works. As the Oxford English Dictionary put it, a pastiche was "a medley of various ingredients; a hotchpotch, farrago, jumble." This earlier meaning accords with etymology: pastiche is the French version of Italian pasticcio, which.
Pianist - Ignace Paderewski Vlado Perlemuter Murray Perahia Alfredo Perl Egon Petri Maria Joao Pires Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Viktoria Postnikova André Prévin Eduaro del Pueyo Livia Rev Karl Richter Hans Richter-Haaser Sviatoslav Richter Bernard Roberts Charles Rosen Arthur Rubinstein Andreas Schiff Artur Schnabel Peter Serkin Rudolf Serkin Craig Sheppard Juan Maria Solare Solomon Jean-Yves Thibaudet Alexander Toradze David Tudor Rosalyn Tureck (also famous for her harpsichord playing) Fou Tsong Mitsuko Uchida Arcadi Volodos André Watts Earl Wild Elisso Wirssaladze Paul Wittgenstein Christian Zacharias Krystian Zimerman Well known popular music pianists : Tori Amos Oksana Kolesnikova Vanessa Carlton Russ Conway Liberace Billy Joel Elton John Barry Manilow See List of jazz pianists Well known blues pianists include: Ray Charles also jazz, and country music Fats Domino Little Willie Littlefield Professor Longhair Jimmy Yancey.
Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven) - a very powerful sound in spite of the overall dynamic. The Moonlight Sonata is one of Beethoven's most popular works, and it is frequently performed and recorded. Beethoven's pedal mark At the opening of the work, Beethoven included a written direction that the damper pedal should be depressed for the entire duration of the first movement. The Italian reads: "Si deve suonare tutto questo pezzo delicatissimamente e senza sordino" ("The entire piece must be played as delicately as possible and without dampers."). Beethoven's instruction cannot feasibly be respected by pianists playing modern instruments without creating an unpleasantly dissonant sound, and most pianists today try to achieve an effect similar to what Beethoven asked for using pedal changes only where necessary to avoid excessive dissonance. For instance, the score posted at the.
List of computer scientists - work falls within what would now be called theoretical computer science, such as complexity theory and algorithmic information theory. See also: List of programmers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Hal Abelson Paul Abrahams Leonard Adleman - RSA Rajeev Agrawal Al Aho John R. Allen B Charles Babbage - Invented first mechanical computer Charles Bachman John Backus - FORTRAN Gordon Bell - DEC VAX, Computer Structures Manuel Blum - cryptography Ron Book George Boole Robert Boyer - string searching and ACL2 theorem prover Per Brinch-Hansen - concurrency Fred Brooks - System 360, OS/360, The Mythical Man-Month, No Silver Bullet Rod Brooks Tim Budd - Tiny C? C Luca Cardelli -.
