My article explores some aspects of Theodor W. Adorno's work in relation to contemporary music general and electroacoustic particular. Let us recall that Adorno never seriously considered the latter, which he regarded more as a technological bricolage than legitimate source for production works. One purposes this paper is demonstrate under definition musique informelle, opens wide door all musi...

The paper aims to examine Serbian translations of Whitman and Poe published by the representatives 1920s avant-garde movements point place these in context developing modernism. A special focus is on book series “Albatross”, a short-lived but important project Belgrade avant-gardists, which significantly influenced course literature.

We assessed canopy openness (%) in an old-growth beech–maple forest immediately before and in the 3 years following a severe ice storm. We estimated canopy openness using hemispherical photographs taken at a height of 0.6 m above the soil surface in 101 permanent plots. Mean canopy openness increased from a prestorm value of 7.7% to 16.6% in the summer immediately following the storm. However, ...

In an article in the Scottish cultural magazine, The Drouth, Mark Cousins provocatively bemoaned the lack of a vibrant film culture in Scotland. Putting Iran's cinematic achievements forward as a – perhaps surprising – example, Cousins identifies several reasons for Scotland's underdevelopment, most of which revolve around a lack of experimentation and a general absence of interest in exploring...

The goal of this paper is to explore the role of clause subordination in discourse structure. Through the study of the French subordinating conjunction avant que (English before) and its interaction with discourse context, I will attempt to show that clause subordination can affect temporal structure and also discourse structure, by conveying either subordination or coordination between discour...