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Hypergeometric functions and Mahler measure
The logarithmic Mahler measure of an n-variable Laurent polynomial, P(x1,...,xn) is defined by [expression]. Using experimental methods, David Boyd conjectured a large number of explicit relations between Mahler measures of polynomials and special values of different types of L-series. This thesis …
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Gustav Mahler - Conductor as Interpreter: A Comprehensive Study of the Bach-Mahler <em>Suite for Orchestra</em>
<p>This document is an examination of Mahler's contributions to the discipline of conducting through the Retuschen he made of other composers' works. Chapter 1 is an overview of Mahler's ideas on what interpretive responsibilities a conductor faces when he/she conducts other composers' music. It …
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On the Inverse Problem for Mahler Measure
… a number of aspects of the inverse problem for Mahler Measure. If � is an algebraic unit, we demonstrate how to determine if there are any reciprocal numbers with measure �. We also give a formula for the number of integer polynomials with measure � and given degree.
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Some Extensions of the Skolem-Mahler-Lech Theorem
The Skolem-Mahler-Lech theorem states that if the Taylor series expansion (about the origin) of a rational function has infinitely many zero coefficients, then the set of indices of these zero coefficients forms a finite union of arithmetic progressions modulo a finite set. Since rational functions …
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Gustav Mahler and psychasthenia : a musical and psychological investigation of the Kinder-Totenlieder
An in-depth study of Gustav Mahler's preoccupation with death was the foundational purpose for this dissertation. The song cycle Kinder-Totenlieder was the main composition examined, however, other works were mentioned to provide further proof of his obsession.The content of Chapter One presents …
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Mahlerian Tonality: Challenges to Classical Foreground Structures in the Music of Gustav Mahler
… local levels of structure in the music of Gustav Mahler. The results are grouped into three domains: cadences, common-tone techniques, and the Mahlerian imaginary continuo. An investigation of Mahler’s cadences reveals an underlying simplicity in the diverse tonal progressions that Mahler uses to …
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A Model of the Tonal-Chromatic System and Its Application to Selected Works of Gustav Mahler
… century, such as Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Wagner, and Strauss. The question arose: did the diatonic system remain at the heart of tonality during the late nineteenth century, or—as some propose—did a new chromatic-based tonality emerge? The acceptance of this new chromatic-based …
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Gustav Mahler and His Disciples: An Exploration of Tempo In the Bruno Walter and Otto Klemperer Recordings of the Ninth Symphony
<p>Many modern conductors of Mahler's works face challenges when attempting to understand how Mahler himself performed them. There is much debate over tempo and the 'correct' interpretation of Mahler's works. In dealing with the interpretation of Mahler' works, one must certainly lend the most …
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"Schattenhaft" in Mahler's Seventh and Ninth Symphonies: An Examination of a Passage in Adorno's Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy
… marking "schattenhaft" appears twice in Gustav Mahler's symphonies: at the beginning of the scherzo in the Seventh and within the first movement of the Ninth. Theodor Adorno's observations regarding Mahler's use of this marking, which connect it to Schopenhauer and Romantic aesthetics, provide …
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Mahler's Third Symphony and the Languages of Transcendence
… of his previous compositional efforts, Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony embodies cultural, political, and philosophical ideals of the Viennese fin-de-siècle generation. Comprising six enormous movements and lasting over ninety minutes, the work stretches the boundaries of symphonic form while …
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Números p-ádicos y aplicaciones en álgebra, geometría y teoría de números
… de sucesiones y series p-ádicas, el teorema de Mahler para funciones continuas, y por último, una aplicación del teorema de Mahler, para calcular funciones p−ádicas ergódicas a través de los coeficientes de su serie de Mahler.
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Ein Weltenregisseur - Filmmusikalität und Filmästhetik im Werk Gustav Mahlers
… auf die Wirkungsgeschichte des Werkes Gustav Mahlers im Zwanzigsten Jahrhundert fällt auf, dass es immer wieder zu markanten Berührungen mit dem ästhetischen und praktischen Feld des Films gekommen ist. So verwendet die Musikforschung zuweilen filmtechnische Begriffe, um die Lesart des Werkes …
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The use of object relations theory in clinical social work practice : a case study
… the works of Melanie Klein and Margaret Mahler. The method of inquiry was that of a single case study. The investigation centred around the theories' usefulness in clinical social work practice regarding: assessment, particularly in terms of the development of insight into and …
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Barragem de enrocamento com face de concreto: simulação e parametrização por elementos finitos
… the finite elements computer program CONSAT (MAHLER and PEREIRA, 1988) developed at COPPE/UFRJ. A wide review of the state of the art of design and construction of concrete face rockfill dams is also presented.
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Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder: Subject and Textual Choices and Alterations of the Friedrich Rückert Poems, A Lecture Recital Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of F. Schubert, J. Offenbach, G. Finzi, and F. Mendelssohn
The bulk of scholarly research and discussion of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder deals with musical concerns and analyses. This study explores the significance of Mahler's selection and use of the poetry of Friedrich Rückert and, in particular, the personal significance of the textual treatment to …
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ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΝΝΟΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗΣ ΣΥΜΒΙΩΤΙΚΗΣ ΨΥΧΩΣΗΣ
… THE CONCEPT OF CHILD SYMBIOTIC PSYCHOSIS BY M . MAHLER IN CORRELATION WITH THE CONCEPT OF PRECOSE AUTISM DEVELOPED BY D. MELTZER AND THE CONCEPT OF CHILD PSYCHOSIS DEVELOPED BY F. TUSTIN. THE LITERATURE ON THE SUBJECT IS DISCUSSED CRITICALLY AN AUTISTIC AND SYMBIOTIC CHILD'S PSYCHOTHERAPY …
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Examination of the evolution of multi-percussion
… of composers such as Debussy, Stravinsky, and Mahler. It was at this moment in time that percussion assumed a new and unique role to express changes in colour and timbre, alongside its rhythmic function. The percussion repertoire of the twentieth century reflected the Zeitgeist, and composers …
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The compositional evolution of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony, its formal design and tonal strategies
… examines and analyses the evolution of Mahler's Tenth Symphony. By establishing and comparing different stages of composition, harmonic and structural implications of each phase are brought to light. Mahler's Tenth Symphony has attracted the attention of many scholars, in part due to its …
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Agency and emotion in transnational migration stories : life-changing experiences of Polish women in south west England.
… migration as a life-changing experience. Mahler and Pessar’s model of “gendered geographies of power” has been employed to frame the findings of the research and assist in understanding the different levels of analysis on which power and context are ‘played out’, and the processes by which …
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