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Portfolio of recorded performances and exegesis: Messiaen’s musical language for the jazz pianist - an exploration through performance.
No full textMoving beyond Gunther Schuller’s Third Stream amalgamation of classical and jazz, this study explores whether the musical language of Olivier Messiaen can make a valid contribution to jazz piano performance. Initially, my project sought to answer such questions as: What elements of the musical language of Messiaen already exist in the jazz vocabulary? Am I able to extend this further? What are the timbral structures and pianistic effects within Messiaen’s musical language? What will be the most effective application of Messiaen’s musical language to jazz piano performance? Endeavouring to answer the final question led me to consider such aspects as whether the project should be limited to quoting Messiaen motifs, arranging Messiaen melodies, replacing jazz harmonic structures on standards with examples from Messiaen’s musical language or whether it would be better to approach the research conceptually. The work of Hubert Nuss provided encouraging reassurance that this was not an impossible task. In order to articulate this conception, the initial challenge was to decide how the classical and jazz worlds might meet in a ‘Messiaen’ technique. The approach adopted was similar to that used for undergraduate jazz study, namely, immersion in the piano scores and recordings of Messiaen’s music as well as by live performances. This was followed by the development and assessment of a contrived approach when specific techniques, such as tonal colourings or harmonic structures, were developed through prepared exercises and consciously included in my performance. It was then compared with an intuitive approach when no such precise parameters were established. This submission consists of CD recordings of two public recitals and an exegesis. It documents the development of this Messiaen technique and discusses its application in my performances. It also demonstrates the ways that Messiaen’s musical language can be used within jazz piano performance to provide a colour that distinguishes jazz piano performance in a competitive field.Thesis (M.Mus.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 201
Les Maisons au sud du Palais de Malia. Campagne d’étude 2024
No full textL’étude en cours des données issues des notes et de la documentation collectées par Olivier Pelon lors de ses sondages permet déjà de suggérer que l’habitat de la fin du Prépalatial et du début du Protopalatial identifié par les fouilleurs dans l’ensemble désigné par le terme « Maisons Sud » s’étendait davantage à l’ouest (sondages Iα, Iβ et Iγ et réexploré dans les sondages Iε, Iθ et XVIII 5). Plus loin au sud-ouest, il faudra encore déterminer si le sondage Iδ a mis au jour des restes du même habitat, ou s’il s’agit là de vestiges distincts éventuellement en relation à l’occupation sous et/ou au sein du Bâtiment Dessenne. Il faudra également vérifier si, comme c’est le cas pour le
matériel issu des anciennes fouilles dans les Maisons A et B, l’occupation de l’habitat ancien au sud du Palais de Malia semble s’achever au cours du Minoen Moyen IB. Comme l’a révélé l’étude du matériel issu des fouilles anciennes, le matériel plus tardif, Minoen Moyen II, semble en effet être mieux représenté dans la zone de la Maison C et du Redan Sud‐Est, c’est‐à‐dire au sud‐est du Palais
Investigating Street Art in Latin America. Interview with Olivier Dabène
No full textcontribution à un site webPolitical scientist Olivier Dabène is the author of Street Art and Democracy in Latin America, published by Palgrave Macmillan. The author presents the results of a several year long project in several cities of Latin America, during which he investigated and questioned the relation between street art and (local) democracy. Olivier Dabène has accepted to answer our questions and present his book. Interview by Miriam Perier, CERI
Double smoothing technique for infinite-dimensional optimization problems with applications to optimal control
No full textIn this paper, we propose an efficient technique for solving some infinite-dimensional problems over the sets of functions of time. In our problem, besides the convex point-wise constraints on state variables, we have convex coupling constraints with finite-dimensional image. Hence, we can formulate a finite-dimensional dual problem, which can be solved by efficient gradient methods. We show that it is possible to reconstruct an approximate primal solution. In order to accelerate our schemes, we apply double-smoothing technique. As a result, our method has complexity O (1/[epsilon] ln 1/[epsilon]) gradient iterations, where [epsilon] is the desired accuracy of the solution of the primal-dual problem. Our approach covers, in particular, the optimal control problems with trajectory governed by a system of ordinary differential equations. The additional requirement could be that the trajectory crosses in certain moments of time some convex sets.convex optimization, optimal control, fast gradient methods, complexity bounds, smoothing technique
First-order methods of smooth convex optimization with inexact oracle
No full textIn this paper, we analyze different first-order methods of smooth convex optimization employing inexact first-order information. We introduce the notion of an approximate first-order oracle. The list of examples of such an oracle includes smoothing technique, Moreau-Yosida regularization, Modified Lagrangians, and many others. For different methods, we derive complexity estimates and study the dependence of the desired accuracy in the objective function and the accuracy of the oracle. It appears that in inexact case, the superiority of the fast gradient methods over the classical ones is not anymore absolute. Contrary to the simple gradient schemes, fast gradient methods necessarily suffer from accumulation of errors. Thus, the choice of the method depends both on desired accuracy and accuracy of the oracle. We present applications of our results to smooth convex-concave saddle point problems, to the analysis of Modified Lagrangians, to the prox-method, and some others.smooth convex optimization, first-order methods, inexact oracle, gradient methods, fast gradient methods, complexity bounds
Crisis and Revolution in Economic Theory and Policy: A Debate
No full textThe following is the transcript of a debate, entitled ‘Pensare un’alternativa’ (Thinking of an Alternative), between Olivier Blanchard, former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund and a leading exponent of mainstream macroeconomics, and Emiliano Brancaccio, author of the book Anti-Blanchard and advocate of ‘The Economists’ Warning’ against European deflationary policies. The debate examines, from two different theoretical perspectives, the global great recession, the Eurozone crisis, the effects of austerity and deflation, increased social inequality, and political conflict. It took place at the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation in Milan, Italy, on 19 December 2018, and was moderated by the journalist Pietro Raitano
'Auteur Shakespeare': Laurence Olivier
No full textThe article appears in a special issue Shakespeare and the Auteurs.The article discusses the films: Henry V. 1944. Dir. Laurence Olivier. United Kingdom. Two Cities Films;Hamlet. 1948. Dir. Laurence Olivier. United Kingdom. Two Cities Films;Richard III. 1955. Dir. Laurence Olivier. United Kingdom. London Film Productions.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:In 1948 Laurence Olivier claimed that he could make a Shakespeare film “just as Shakespeare himself, were he living now, might make it” (Foreword 3). This statement refers specifically to the 1948 Hamlet but the connection between Olivier and Shakespeare is frequently evoked, too, in relation to Olivier’s other cinematic adaptations: Henry V (1944), Richard III (1955), and the unmade Macbeth. In this statement, Olivier asks us to read his own stylistic signature as constituting the equivalent of Shakespeare’s should the author be transmogrified into what would be later designated the cinematic auteur. Yet, appearing in the context of a foreword justifying the supposed liberties taken with Shakespeare’s play-text, it also stresses difference. In negotiating difference through sameness, Olivier’s justification of his “interpretation” of Hamlet ultimately asserts that Olivier’s visual stamp on the film is both analogous to Shakespeare’s imagined cinematic signature and specific to Olivier himself
La haute Provence de l'esprit
No full textPoem in French which includes an original frontispice by the author. Presentation: D'abord un poème itinérant, fait de rien, c'est-à-dire d'herbes, de vents des hauts plateaux, glanés au fil des sentiers vertigineux qui plongent dans le Verdon, et sur le contrefort des barres rocheuses. Ensuite, une déchirure faite dans le temps, libérée par l'état hypnotique de la fatigue, conduisant peu à peu à la spiritualisation du paysage. Olivier Salazar-Ferrer est né en 1962. Il est maître de conférences à l'Université de Glasgow au Royaume-Uni. Il est également l'auteur des textes poétiques suivants : Adieu à Terre rouge (2002), Eloge du peintre (2003), Poèmes du silence et de la neige (2003), La Roulotte peinte (2004) chez le même éditeur
Mining e-mail content for author identification forensics
No full textWe describe an investigation into e-mail content mining for author identification, or authorship attribution, for the purpose of forensic investigation. We focus our discussion on the ability to discriminate between authors for the case of both aggregated e-mail topics as well as across different email topics. An extended set of e-mail document features including structural characteristics and linguistic patterns were derived and, together with a Support Vector Machine learning algorithm, were used for mining the e-mail content. Experiments using a number of e-mail documents generated by different authors on a set of topics gave promising results for both aggregated and multi-topic author categorisation
Larinus cuniculus Olivier 1807
No full textLarinus cuniculus (Olivier, 1807) Figs. 3–4, 18. Lixus cuniculus Olivier, 1807: 282; pl. 30, fig. 458. Original description. " L. albo pubescens, elytris striatis fusco alboque variis, thorace scabro. Lixo Jaceae paulo minor. Corpus nigrum albo pubescens. Rostrum cylindricum vix longitudine thoracis. Thorax scaber. Elytra striata, fusco alboque varia versus apicem gibbere parvo notata. Pedes corpore concolores. Femora mutica". Type locality. “Nord de l’Arabie, près de l’Euphrate”. Types. In the general collection of MNHN, under the name of “ L. cuniculus Olivier, arabie, M. Olivier” written on yellow paper, there is a single male pinned through the left elytron by a headless and curved pin, elytra divaricated and hind left leg missing. It bears the labels “ L. cuniculus, arabie” handwritten on a round paper, “MUSÉUM PARIS, Arabie” partly printed. The specimen agrees with both description and type locality and is here designated as the lectotype with: “ LECTOTYPUS 3, Lixus cuniculus Olivier, Gültekin & Perrin des. 2010 ” and identified as “ Larinus cuniculus (Olivier), Gültekin det. 2010 ”. Remarks. The name of this species was first misspelled as “ cuniculinus ” by Gemminger & Harold (1871: 2408), a spelling used also by Marseul (1888: 418), Winkler (1932: 1504), and Csiki (1934: 75), the last authors both considering L. cuniculus as a questionable synonym of L. onopordi (Fabricius, 1787). Study of the types clearly revealed that L. cuniculus is a good species different from L. onopordi, and that in addition L. marki Ter- Minassian, 1982 is conspecific with it, according to the examination of types of both species by the senior author. Consequently Larinus cuniculus (Olivier, 1807), synonym revised (= L. marki Ter-Minassian, 1982, syn. nov.). Moreover, Walker (1871) described a species from Arabia with the name of Larinus cuniculus Walker, 1871, hom. nov. of Larinus cuniculus (Olivier, 1807) and mentioned that this Arabian species was different from Olivier’s one. However his description is that of a Larinus ursus (Fabricus, 1792), so another synonymy must be established: Larinus ursus (Fabricius, 1792) [= L. cuniculus Walker, 1871, nec L. cuniculus (Olivier, 1807), syn. nov.].Published as part of Gültekin, Levent & Perrin, Hélène, 2011, Study of a part of the A. G. Olivier Lixini collection (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): lectotype designations, new synonymies and nomenclatural acts, pp. 45-57 in Zootaxa 2943 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27816
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