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Samuel Y. Ng
Bio: Samuel Y. Ng is an academic researcher from University of Cincinnati. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 2 citations.
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TL;DR: Fischer as discussed by the authors interprets Mahler's Ninth as a "fading awareness" of the world, without falling into the trappings of a biographical reading of the work.
Abstract: the Ninth has been associated with death and farewell for a number of reasons, including the fact that it was premiered in Vienna, a year after the composer’s death, by his friend and former assistant BrunoWalter. Mahler’s ownmarkings in the full score draft (‘Oh Youth! Vanished! O love! Scattered! Farewell!’) and in the published score (‘dying away’), as well as the kinship of the Adagio’s melodic descent (bar 3) with the beginning (marked ‘Lebe wohl’) of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major (Les Adieux), all participated in suggesting this elegiac program. The early reception of the work emphasized this context, and later, Bernstein championed a reading of the Ninth as Mahler’s swan song. Since then, this interpretation has been challenged, as scholars have become more circumspect in conflating biography and sketch studies with musical analysis. But there is a difference between making the Ninth an autobiographical work (Mahler’s own farewell to the world) and acknowledging that ideas of departure and death are, on many levels, crucial interpretive insights. And this is what Fischer does, musically translating his verbal interpretation of Mahler’s Ninth as a ‘fading awareness’ of theworld,without falling into the trappings of a biographical reading. Fischer’s recording with the BFO is indispensable, not only because it offers a new vision of Mahler’s last completed work, but also because of the highly distinctive sound of the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Fischer’s baton.
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TL;DR: The French major and minor offers preparation in language, literature, culture, film and opportunities for study abroad for students interested in studying French in relationship to philosophy and politics as well as to the sciences and the arts.
Abstract: After a trip to Bordeaux, Chris Jones wonders why French people have lower incidences of cardiovascular disease and manage to stay thin, despite consuming plenty of wine and fatty foods.
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