EFFICIENT AGGREGATION VIA ITERATIVE BLOCK-BASED ADAPTING SUPPORT-WEIGHTS

Local stereo matching algorithms based on adapting-weights aggregation produce excellent results compared to other lo- cal methods. In particular, they produce more accurate results near disparity edges. This improvement is obtained thanks to the fact that the support for each pixel is accurately deter- mined based on information such as colour or spatial distance. However, the computation of the support for each pixel results in computationally complex algorithms, especially when us- ing large aggregation windows. Iterative aggregation schemes are a potential alternative to using large windows. In this paper we propose a novel iterative approach for adapting- weights aggregation which produces better results and out- performs most previous adapting-weights methods

A Catholic, a Patriot, a Good Modernist: Manuel de Falla and the Francoist Musical Press

Although the composer Manuel de Falla left Spain for Argentina only a few months after the end of the Civil War in 1939, the Franco regime tried from the beginning to obtain its support in order to achieve a measure of legitimacy, given that Falla was, at the time, the only living Spanish composer of international standing. This article explores the way in which, during the first decade of the Franco regime, the musical press, music criticism and musicology worked to construct an image of the composer which suited the dictatorship. Thus, Falla was presented, first of all, as a true Catholic, and this allowed him to be a true Spaniard; in turn, both qualities combined turned him into a representative of what a healthy and ‘Spanish’ musical modernism could look like. I will analyze how this narrative was supported by particular readings of Falla’s works, including the Harpsichord Concerto and El retablo de maese Pedro