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Oral history interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004
No full text1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 2 audio file (wav, mp3) 865470588 bytes. 01:21:25. 4 PDF documents (3 scans, jp2). 961 MB (1,007,966,659 bytes).Oral history interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004. Waycross (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.
Mr. Wilkerson speaks of his life working in the turpentine woods and stills of south Georgia. He worked from childhood to adulthood in the woods and then worked at the turpentine still in Hoboken, GA until 1982, when he left the turpentine industry for good. He now works at the sawmill at Varn Wood Products in Hoboken, GA
Time ordering in spontaneous parametric down-conversion
No full textWe consider the multi‐mode parametric down‐conversion Hamiltonian that governs the evolution of the fields inside a nonlinear crystal. If the Hamiltonian does not commute with itself at all times—as is the case for the multimode down‐conversion Hamiltonian—then the expansion of the evolution operator must take the form of the time‐ordered Dyson series, as opposed to the simplified Taylor series. By expanding the evolution operator to third order, the conditions under which the Taylor series is a valid approximation are revealed. In addition, some new and interesting behaviour is predicted
Characterization and structure in the development of Tudor comedy
No full textThe role of characterization in dramatic structure is assessed by theoretical criteria.
Characters who perform actions necessary for the completion of the narrative sequence are
said to be "bound" to the narrative; those without such obligations are "free". Characters
who maintain a single, constant meaning during the course of a play are said to be "static";
characters who change or develop into new roles are "dynamic". Horatian decorum
demanded that comic characters be static, and the characters of Plautine and Terentian
tradition were almost always bound to narrative intrigue. However, evaluations of six
Tudor comedies show an increasing use of non-classical characterization within the comic
form.
In the early comedies lohan lohan and Roister Doister all characters are bound and
static, yet the impetus to enlarge the role of characterization is evident. The characters of
lohan lohan are expanded from their French source, and Roister Doister includes
extraneous episodes in which Udall displays his braggart hero. Free characters abound in
Misogonus; as well the play brings dynamic characterization into the scope of comedy with
the conversion of its prodigal son.
Free characters offer new possibilities of non-narrative plotting. In comedies of the
1580s favourite traditional characters appear as diversions outside the action, and thematic
arrangements of characters inform the increasingly complex plots. Lyly stresses the
symbolic potential of characters in Endimion, whereas Greene uses dynamic
characterization to heighten the illusion of independent figures in Friar Bacon and Friar
Bungay. Love's Labour's Lost exposes the limitations of comic artifice by pulling the
characters between convention and individualization.
By the end of the sixteenth century free and dynamic characters had become
common, and characterization had established a sizable claim on the design of English
comedy. These developments set the English form apart from its neoclassical counterparts
Some remarks on a book, entitled, A view of the expediency and credibility of miraculous powers among the primitive Christians, after the decease of the apostles. Represented in a charge delivered to the clergy of the archdeaconry of Sudbury: and other papers annexed on the same subject, containing several new Illustrations of many Curious Points in Antiquity. By John Chapman D.D. By the author of the Cursory animadversions upon a late controversy concerning the miraculous powers, &c [electronic resource].
No full textThe author of the Cursory animadversions = Ralph Heathcote.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
Omaleimaista nationalistisuutta : Ralph Vaughan Williams c-mollijousikvarteton näkökulmasta
No full textOpinnäytetyö koskee englantilaista säveltäjää Ralph Vaughan Williamsia sekä hänen musiikkiaan. Työssä lähestytään säveltäjää erityisesti hänen varhaisteoksensa, c- mollijousikvarteton kautta. Opinnäytetyön yksi tarkoitus on tarjota tietoa Vaughan Williamsista, hänen sävellystyylistään ja elämästään suomeksi, sillä suurin osa säveltäjästä kirjoitetusta aineistosta on englanninkielistä. Työn toinen päämäärä on selvittää, kuinka säveltäjään ja hänen tyylinsä perehtyminen vaikuttaa teoksen harjoitusprosessiin ja esittämiseen. C-mollijousikvartetto toimii työn innoittajana, ja työ on laadittu ennen kaikkea sen näkökulmasta. Koska kvartetto kuuluu säveltäjän varhaisteoksiin, säveltäjän elämänvaiheista, inspiraationlähteistä ja vaikutteista kertovassa osuudessa on keskitytty nimenomaan säveltäjän varhaisvaiheisiin. Työ on suunnattu lähinnä musiikinopiskelijoille ja muille musiikkiin ja musiikin teoriaan jo perehtyneille.
Työssä analysoidaan c-mollijousikvartettoa, sen rakennetta, musiikillisia aiheita sekä harmonioita lähdeaineiston kautta. Kvarteton kaikki osat käydään läpi ja kerrotaan, mitä Vaughan Williamsin sävellystyylille ominaisia piirteitä niissä on
Monimuototyön liitteenä on konserttitaltiointi Vaughan Williamsin c-mollijousikvarteton ensimmäisestä osasta Keel-kvartetin soittamana. Äänite on Kuhmon kamarimusiikkikurssin oppilaskonsertista kesältä 2013, ja opinnäytetyönlaatija soittaa kvarteton ykkösviulun osuuden. Työhön on valittu kvarteton ensimmäinen osa, sillä siinä tulee parhaiten esille Vaughan Williamsin tyypillinen sävelkieli.
Työn loppupohdinnassa käydään läpi prosessin tuloksia. Opinnäytetyö vahvistaa käsitystä teosanalyysin suuresta merkityksestä harjoitusprosessiin ja lopputulokseen. Perehtyminen säveltäjän elämään ja vaikutteisiin antaa tunteen, että soittaja pääsee lähemmäksi säveltäjän ajatusmaailmaa. Teoksen työstäminen tuntuu mielekkäämmältä, kun säveltäjän musiikillisia ratkaisuja ymmärtää paremmin. Lisäksi säveltäjään ja teokseen perehtyminen auttaa artikulaatiomerkintöjen tulkitsemisessa ja fraasien ymmärtämisessä. Opinnäytetyössä havaitaan, että monet hankalilta tuntuvat paikat teoksessa selkeytyvät perehtyessä teoksen ja säveltäjän taustaan.The final project is about British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) especial- ly from his C minor string quartet’s point of view. The report includes a recording of the string quartet’s 1st movement, played by Keel string quartet, where the Author of this report plays the 1st violin. The quartet is recorded in June 2013 in the student concert of Kuhmo music course.
The purpose of this final project is to offer information about Ralph Vaughan Williams in Finnish since most of the source material can be found only in English. Another aspect of the report is to find out, how it affects the interpretation and rehearsing a work when you know the background of the piece and about composer's life and his style. Since the C minor string quartet belongs to the composer’s early works the report concentrates on Vaughan Williams’ life before and around the time when the composer started his career
The report tells about Vaughan Williams' life, his musical style and the events and people that had a great influence on his composing. Besides that, it also includes an analysis of C minor string quartet. In the report the Author tries to show the elements that are typical for Vaughan Williams. The report presents the folk music aspects and harmonies that are part of the composer’s style.
In the end of the report there is a discussion about the results. It seems that searching information about the composer and the events that took place during he was composing, increases your motivation to work with the composition. It helps you to understand the composition better and feel in a way connected to the composer. Knowing the style of the composer and the elements he uses, helps a lot when it comes to articulating and phrasing.Työhön kuuluu äänite Ralph Vaughan Williamsin c-mollijousikvarteton ensimmäisestä osasta
Spacetime effects on satellite-based quantum communications
No full textWe investigate the consequences of space-time being curved on space-based quantum communication protocols. We analyze tasks that require either the exchange of single photons in a certain entanglement distribution protocol or beams of light in a continuous-variable quantum key distribution scheme. We find that gravity affects the propagation of photons, therefore adding additional noise to the channel for the transmission of information. The effects could be measured with current technology
Quantum estimation of the Schwarzschild spacetime parameters of the Earth
No full textWe propose a quantum experiment to measure with high precision the Schwarzschild spacetime parameters of the Earth. The scheme can also be applied to measure distances by taking into account the curvature of the Earth's spacetime. As a wave packet of (entangled) light is sent from the Earth to a satellite it is redshifted and deformed due to the curvature of spacetime. Measurements after the propagation enable the estimation of the spacetime parameters. We compare our results with the state of the art, which involves classical measurement methods, and discuss what developments are required in space-based quantum experiments to improve on the current measurement of the Schwarzschild radius of the Earth
Poems by Heinrich Böll Translated
No full textPoems by Heinrich Böll translated by Robert C. Conard in collaboration with Ralph Ley. The translation of My Muse is by Leila Vennewitz and first appeared in Encounter, April 1971 (copyright 1971 by Heinrich Böll and Leila Vennewitz). All poems appear with the permission of their author and his agent Joan Daves. Copyright 1977 by Heinrich Böll
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