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    The Harmony of the Spheres.

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    In the south plain region the lack of harmony has a negative impact on economic efficiency

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    Our life and business are changing day by day. Lack of the permanent harmony between the different spheres of economy, or more exactly, of agribusiness has a negative impact on economic efficiency; it hinders increase in the economy. In the present state of our development, we have to create this harmony to avoid conflicts. If we delay doing so, we will impede development of our agribusiness. We try to point at some interesting details and coherences

    Joep Franssens\u27 Harmony of the Spheres: a conductor\u27s analysis

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    Harmony of the Spheres is Dutch composer Joep Franssens’ most extensive choral work to date, exhibiting a substantial possibility to enter the international repertoire as a complete work; however, several of the movements can stand alone effectively. Presented in five symmetrically conceived movements, Franssens scores the piece for SSAATTBB chorus with only the addition of full string orchestra for Movement III. The composition seeks to explore profound connections between science, music, philosophy, religion, and human relationships, intertwining excerpts from Benedict de Spinoza’s magnum opus, Ethica, allusions to the ancient idea of the music of the spheres, and European minimalism. Franssens considers himself part of a movement amongst Dutch composers known as “New Spirituality” in the Netherlands. The research is divided into three chapters. The first chapter offers a brief background of the composer and describes the compositional history behind Harmony of the Spheres. Chapter Two, titled “Spheres of Influence,” explores the diverse influences on the composer and the work: Spinoza and Ethica, the ancient concept of the music of the spheres, American and “Holy” minimalisms, and the compositional philosophies of the Franssens and J. S. Bach. These critical underpinnings enlighten much of the compositional strategy and style employed by the composer. The final chapter presents an analytical overview of the work, informed by the varying influences described in Chapter 2 as well as representing a conductor’s perspective in relating the intriguing stylistic traits and challenges of the work

    The Harmony of All Things : Music, Soul, and Cosmos in the Writings of John Scottus Eriugena

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    In his prodigious philosophical work Periphyseon, the foremost intellectual of the ninth century, John Scottus Eriugena (ca. 800–877 CE), defined musica broadly and in a way that solicits interdisciplinary applications: “Music is the discipline discerning by the light of reason the harmony of all things in natural proportions which are either in motion or at rest.” In this dissertation, I trace resonances of the ars musica in Eriugena’s writings using selections from his three greatest works: Periphyseon, his glosses on Martianus Capella’s textbook De Nuptiis, and his commentary over Pseudo-Dionysius’s treatise on the Celestial Hierarchy of Angels. Beginning with his comments on Capella, I present ways in which Eriugena’s reflections on music as a liberal art intersect with his discussions of the cosmos and the human soul. For Eriugena and earlier Neoplatonists, the consideration of quantity related to quantity in ratio was the proper province of musica, and this natural ordering corresponded to the overall coherence observed throughout the cosmos. That is, the “natural proportions” in Eriugena’s definition of music included all things that can be studied, visible or invisible. Although some previous musicological considerations of Eriugena’s writings have sought insights on performance practices of the ninth century (e.g., the organicum melos question), most have dealt almost exclusively with his description of the harmony of the spheres; this project extends these discussions and explores a fundamental element in Platonic thought neglected in previous studies, i.e., music related to the spheres and the human soul. Eriugena’s writings provide a perfect opportunity for such a study. Using my own translation of Eriugena’s glosses on Martianus Capella’s De Nuptiis, I demonstrate how Eriugena’s short treatise on the harmony of the spheres incorporates a discussion on the motions of human souls superimposed upon the planetary system. Furthermore, ix the ordering of the celestial hierarchy of angels emanating from God is itself proportionally organized, in terms of the nature of each angelic hierarchy and how they interact while relaying the divine oracles. In the end, I demonstrate that a unifying theme in Eriugena’s philosophical writings is the need for central, proportionally defined mediators, whether the sun, which modulates the celestial spheres, the mese in the Immutable System of tetrachords, or even specific ranks within the hierarchy of angels

    Bicultural Experience in the Legal Profession: A Developmental Network Approach

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    A developmental network refers to the egocentric network of individuals who take an active interest in and concerted actions toward advancing a protégé’s career. In Part I of this Article, I draw upon the literature to outline the lived experiences of black lawyers, highlighting the need for them to manage their working identity. In Part II, I further develop bicultural experience as a construct for exploring racial minority experience in a professional context with recent developments from the acculturation literature. In Part III, I introduce the developmental network as a vehicle for understanding developmental relationships. Part IV summarizes the methodology for my pilot study and then discusses the preliminary results

    Survey Report Kosovo

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    During April and May 2019, approximately 120 surveys were distributed to high-level individuals involved in political, economic and cultural spheres in Kosovo

    Science, Art and Geometrical Imagination

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    From the geocentric, closed world model of Antiquity to the wraparound universe models of relativistic cosmology, the parallel history of space representations in science and art illustrates the fundamental role of geometric imagination in innovative findings. Through the analysis of works of various artists and scientists like Plato, Durer, Kepler, Escher, Grisey or the present author, it is shown how the process of creation in science and in the arts rests on aesthetical principles such as symmetry, regular polyhedra, laws of harmonic proportion, tessellations, group theory, etc., as well as beauty, conciseness and emotional approach of the world.Comment: 22 pages, 28 figures, invited talk at the IAU Symposium 260 "The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture", UNESCO, 19-23 January 2009, Paris, Proceedings to be publishe

    Time's Arrow, Music of the Spheres, December 8, 1994

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    This is the concert program of the Time's Arrow, Music of the Spheres performance on Thursday, December 8, 1994 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Primo Intermedio by Antonio Archilei and Cristofano Malvezzi, Time Circles by Menachem Zur, Variations for Piano and Woodwind Quintet by Martin Amlin, Celestial Mechanics by Donald Crockett, and Celestial Mechanics, Cosmic Dances for Amplified Piano, Four Hands by George Crumb. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund
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