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BROWN MUSIC [4 records]

Record 1 2017-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Popular Music
CONT

As an excellent interpreter of folk and roots music, [Allison Brown] treads the thin lines between folk, pop, and country with a diverse repertoire of both traditional and original songs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique populaire
CONT

Dranouter, terrain du festival Au cœur des collines vertes s'installe chaque année le plus grand festival de musique folk et roots d'Europe.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

x =-1, giving rise to the hyperbolic power law f-1. Or, as Balthazaar van der Pol once said of Bach’s music, "It is great because it is inevitable [implying x < 0] and yet surprising [x > -2].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
OBS

Voir mouvement brownien, fonction brownienne, trajectoire brownienne, etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
CONT

When tones fluctuate in this fashion, let us follow Voss and call it Brownian music or brown music.

OBS

(...) Brownian noise (...) is characteristic of Brownian motion, the random movement of small particles suspended in a liquid and buffeted by the thermal agitation of molecules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

Lorsque des notes varient de cette manière nous dirons comme Voss qu'il s'agit de musique brownienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Música (Generalidades)
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Record 4 1994-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

... white and brown noises are far from exhausting the spectral possibilities : between white and brown there is pink noise with an f-1 spectrum.... pink and black noises are widespread. Pink processes make their appearance in many physical situations and have surprising aesthetic implications in music and other arts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie

Spanish

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