From Chloroform to Polyhymnia and Euterpe, Liebig's Muses of Hymns and Music.

From Chloroform to Thalia and Erato, Liebig's Muses of Comedy and Love Poetry.

546 doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001289 Instead of dance, Erato (“beloved”) governed romance as the Muse of Love Poetry. On this Italian card advertising a company cofounded by chloroform pioneer Justus von Liebig (1803 to 1873), a seated Erato (right) is pictured playing the cithara, the musical and etymological precursor to today’s guitar. If a 20th-century actor portrayed Erato poorly, that th...

From Chloroform to Melpomene, Liebig's Muse of Tragedy.

Torrenticolid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) from Ghana.

New records of water mites of the family Torrenticolidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from streams in Ghana are presented. One new subgenus, Vietsclio n. subgen., is erected to accommodate Monatractides uniscutatus (K. Viets, 1925), characterized by the presence of swimming setae on leg II-IV. Seven new species are described: Neoatractides (Allotorrenticola) erato n. sp., Monatractides (Monatractides)...

Polyhymnia: An Automatic Piano Performance System with Statistical Modeling of Polyphonic Expression and Musical Symbol Interpretation

We developed an automatic piano performance system called Polyhymnia that is able to generate expressive polyphonic piano performances with music scores so that it can be used as a computer-based tool for an expressive performance. The system automatically renders expressive piano music by means of automatic musical symbol interpretation and statistical models of structure-expression relations ...

Effect of music intervention on the cognitive and depression status of senior apartment residents in Taiwan

OBJECTIVE To identify the effect of music intervention on cognitive function and depression status of residents in senior citizen apartments based on the existing evidence regarding music therapy. METHODS An experimental study was conducted from November 2008 to December 2009. Sixty healthy senior apartment residents over 65 years of age were recruited and separated into two groups. According...