A Memetic Analysis of a Phrase by Beethoven: Calvinian Perspectives on Similarity and Lexicon-Abstraction

This article discusses some general issues arising from the study of similarity in music, both human-conducted and computer-aided, and then progresses to a consideration of similarity relationships between patterns in a phrase by Beethoven, from the first movement of the Piano Sonata in A flat major op. 110 (1821), and various potential memetic precursors. This analysis is followed by a consideration of how the kinds of similarity identified in the Beethoven phrase might be understood in psychological/conceptual and then neurobiological terms, the latter by means of William Calvin’s Hexagonal Cloning Theory. This theory offers a mechanism for the operation of David Cope’s concept of the lexicon, conceived here as a museme allele-class. I conclude by attempting to correlate and map the various spaces within which memetic replication occurs

Implementation of Mozart Classical Music Therapy for Pain in Post-Op Tibia Fracture Patients "Literature Review"

Tibial fracture is a condition where the continuity of the bone is broken due to direct or indirect trauma. Tibial fractures are one of the most common types of lower extremity fractures throughout the world. Therefore, appropriate management strategies are needed to reduce the incidence of tibia fractures and the impacts they can cause. To determine the effect of implementing Mozart classical music therapy on pain in post-op patients with tibia fractures. Descriptive analytical literature review design. Data was obtained through article search results using two electronic databases, namely Google Scholar and Garuda Portal, 167 articles were identified with a total sample size of 79 respondents. Analysis uses a map of extracted data in a grid synthesis table including author, year of publication, country, aim, sample, design, duration, results and research conclusions. This research shows that Mozart classical music therapy has been proven to have a significant effect on reducing pain in post-op patients with tibia fractures. Based on this literature review, it can be concluded that Mozart classical music therapy has proven effective in reducing pain in post-op patients with tibia fractures

A Side of Mercury Not Seen By Mariner 10

More than 60,000 images of Mercury were taken at ~29 deg elevation during two sunrises, at 820 nm, and through a 1.35 m diameter off-axis aperture on the SOAR telescope. The sharpest resolve 0.2" (140 km) and cover 190-300 deg longitude -- a swath unseen by the Mariner 10 spacecraft -- at complementary phase angles to previous ground-based optical imagery. Our view is comparable to that of the Moon through weak binoculars. Evident are the large crater Mozart shadowed on the terminator, fresh rayed craters, and other albedo features keyed to topography and radar reflectivity, including the putative huge ``Basin S'' on the limb. Classical bright feature Liguria resolves across the northwest boundary of the Caloris basin into a bright splotch centered on a sharp, 20 km diameter radar crater, and is the brightest feature within a prominent darker ``cap'' (Hermean feature Solitudo Phoenicis) that covers the northern hemisphere between longitudes 140-250 deg. The cap may result from space weathering that darkens via a magnetically enhanced flux of the solar wind, or that reddens low latitudes via high solar insolation.Comment: 7 pages, 4 PDF figures, pdfLaTeX, typos corrected, Fig. 2 modified slightly to add crater diameters not given in published versio

Preliminary results of geologic and remote sensing studies of Rima Mozart

In order to better understand the processes responsible for the formation of lunar sinuous rilles, a study of Rima Mozart was conducted using a variety of geologic, photographic, and remote sensing data. The apparent source of this rille is located in a highlands unit of known composition and it is hypothesized that thermal and mechanical erosion played an important role in the formation of Rima Mozart. Excellent photographic, topographic, multispectral, and radar data exist for this rille. The preliminary results of an analysis of this data are presented. Photographic data indicates the presence of two volcanic source vents for Rima Mozart: Kathleen and Ann. It is suggested that Rima Mozart, like many other lunar sinuous rilles, was most likely formed by a combination of events. Rima Mozart does follow a pre-existing, dominant NW/SE structural trend suggesting the influence of structural features on the rille, however, the tectonic influence is not the sole source for the formation of the rille, as suggested by the presence of the two source vents and the spatter around Ann. It is suggested that the rille formation began with an explosive eruption at Kathleen which later calmed down to a pulsating, high volume, low-viscosity lava flow. The rapid effusion rate of the magma as well as its high temperature and turbid nature helped carve the sinuous rille into the fractured and structurally weak Apennine Bench Formation underneath. Similar eruptions and subsequent flows were also created at Ann and joined to the main channel by a NE-trending secondary rille

BU Symphonic Chorus and Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, April 28, 2009

This is the concert program of the BU Symphonic Chorus and Symphony Orchestra performance on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 8:0 p.m., at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Falling from a Height, Holding Hands by Richard Cornell, Cenotaph by Dominick Argento, and Mass in C minor, K. 427 by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund