Brass Band competitions are still held in our village. Local bands play marches at the Band Room and hymns outside one of the village pubs. Their performances are marked by a panel of judges. I never get to hear the marches, but this year the almost disorderly procession of bands between the two venues reminded me of some of the new periodic orbits which have been found for the N−body problem. ...

This article tries to highlight the deep doctrinal meanings underlying vase that is often included in artistic depictions of Annunciation. apparently banal everyday object has been deliberately placed there a prominent position symbolize Virgin Mary her condition as virginal mother God Son, and bearer all virtues highest degree. As methodological resources justify our iconographic interpretatio...

   Zakaria Paliashvili is the greatest and outstanding figure in history of Georgian music, whose work based on musical folklore. He considered founder classical opera. author three different types opera: Monumental opera-tragedy - "Absalom Ether", lyrical-dramatic opera "Dais", heroic-patriotic "Latavra".      perfectly combined his compositional with successful e...