A FIRST COMPOSITIONAL ATTEMPT INTO THE WORLD OF SILENT SHORT FILMS – SANCTUARY BY NELIO COSTA (WITH MUSIC BY ŞERBAN MARCU) by Şerban MARCU

“…The study highlights the suggestions that the composer derived from the film, the musical solutions the composer came up with in order to “counterpoint” the visual discourse and the context in which the film was presented, at the 2nd edition of the InnerSound International New Arts Festival, in Bucharest, 2013. …”
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COMPOSITION: INSPIRATION OR TECHNIQUE? (A CRITIQUE ON THE MUSICAL COMPOSITION SYSTEMS) by Vangelis KARAFILLIDIS

“…Under this perspective one can study harmony, counterpoint, fugue, music morphology, serial composition techniques, etc. and utilize this knowledge in order to compose music. …”
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Rethinking the politics of vulnerability: neighborhood empowerment in Kansas City Missouri (USA) by Jacob Wagner

“…In contrast to the estimates of low community resilience in these neighborhoods, the author demonstrates that neighborhood empowerment is an important counterpoint to concentrated vulnerabilities. …”
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The Government as Shareholder and Principal-Principal Conflicts in the Brazilian Electric Power Industry by Murialdo Loch, Jaison Caetano Silva, Giovana Bueno, Rosilene Marcon

“…Our main findings suggest that while a government stake in a firm’s ownership structure can provide a useful channel for the government to seek support and resources, in counterpoint, it can also create distortions and uncertainties, and exacerbate principal-principal conflicts. …”
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MOZART’S MINUET by Ecaterina BANCIU

“…Indications referring to character appear: Menuetto-galante, Menuetto Maestoso On conclusion, the initial simplicity of the phrase and harmony allowed a series of innovations required by the aesthetics of the Rococo: harmonic and tonal contrasts, the infiltration of new ternary styles and the counterpoint writing. …”
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Ilhas, parentesco e mobilidade infantil: Diálogos Brasil-Cabo Verde (passando pela França) by Fernanda Bittencourt Ribeiro

“…From an ethnographic study made at an institution of child protection, located on Yeu island (France), it offers some counterpoints between these two ethnographic contexts, on the Boa Vista and Yeu islands. …”
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O nosso presente: a condição humana em alguns espelhos da modernidade e da pós-modernidade by Brenda Teresa Porto de Matos

“…Modernity is, then, presented as a duality or a duplication, and the article discusses some of its counterpoints, such as the politics of antiquity and modernity, the idea of positive and negative freedom, utopian and conservative thinking and the idea of equality. …”
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