Variations on a Theme

Тема «предопределение» в вариациях лермонтовского «Фаталиста» «The theme “predestination” in the variations of Lermontov’s “Fatalist”»

Тема «предопределение» в вариациях лермонтовского «Фаталиста» Кошемчук Татьяна Александровна Профессор кафедры лингвистики и международных коммуникаций юридического факультета Санкт-Петербургского государственного аграрного университета. Санкт-Петербург, Россия. (дата получения: март 2016 г.; дата принятия: июль 2016 г.)      Анн...

An integrated strategy for vehicle active suspension and anti-lock braking systems

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Schur Functions : Theme and Variations

In this article we shall survey various generalizations, analogues and deformations of Schur functions — some old, some new — that have been proposed at various times. We shall present these as a sequence of variations on a theme and (unlike e.g. Bourbaki) we shall proceed from the particular to the general. Thus Variations 1 and 2 are included in Variation 3 ; Variations 4 and 5 are particular...

Variation as Thematic Actualisation: the Case of Brahms's Op. 9

Generally speaking, variation sets in the Classical period are characterised primarily by embellishment and change of texture, effected so as to create a multitude of views of the same object. In the Romantic period, on the other hand, the theme is not so much decorated as reinterpreted: its harmonic and melodic constituents are exposed, then reconfigured. The change can be traced back to as ea...

Variations on a Theme by James Stirling

Melodic Variations: Toward Cross-Cultural Transformation

We all share similar innate emotions, but our cultural experiences nurture us to express them differently. The musical form “theme and variations” offer us a unique lens to uncover in each culture the relationships between the musical surface that touches us most directly, and the underlying structures that are more abstract. Variations are musical surfaces composed to explore the expressive po...