In a previous essay describing scientific places of interest in Philadelphia, 1 I mentioned the Wistar Institute, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania just a few blocks from 1S1? Wistar is the oldest biomedical research institute in the US. Although it has some cooperative arrangements with the university, Wistar is a completely independent organization. While this is the yea...

This paper presents a tool for objectively evaluating music notation systems. In particular, we assess the ease with which a musician playing piano can sight-read music written using a particular system. We use this tool to evaluate two different notation systems—traditional Western notation and a proposed alternative, known as Klavarskribo. We present the results of this evaluation, and discus...

The purpose of the work. publication is devoted to presentation famous personalities who played an important role in initial stage formation professional piano performance Ternopil late XIX – early XX centuries, on example Vladislav Vshelyachinsky and his pupils. research methodology. methodology use historical-comparative personalistic approaches. This allows us highlight figure musician-teach...

This paper studies the variants of hijrah movements among Muslim youths in Bandung, Indonesia, responding music. Hijrah (to migrate spiritually) was first interpreted as abandoning past sinful life into path Islam. In its development, it is defined leaving behind “un-Islamic” activities, including The latter meaning conveys to ex-musicians performing completely abandon music and even destroys t...