Musical

Once I had decided on a career in chemistry, I was determined rather single-mindedly to make a success of it. I sometimes think about what would have happened had I chosen a different occupation or field. Having a rather competitive nature, I could probably have done reasonably well in a number of other areas. Certainly for some fields you must be born with a special talent. Musical talent, artistic ability, business acumen, leadership ability, and vision can be further developed. 

Some of the earliest studies of the aldol reaction were carried out by Aleksander Borodin Though a physician by training and a chemist by profession Borodin is re membered as the composer of some familiar works in Russian music See pp 326-327 in the April 1987 issue of the Journal of Chem ical Education for a biogra phical sketch of Borodin... 

When The Nylons Bloom Again, words by George Marion, Jr. music by Thomas Fats Waller... 

Come Back to Me, words by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Burton Lane... 

CD-XA (CD-extended architecture) is the standard for CD-ROMs for data storage and compressed audio recording (up to four hours music in HiFi-stereo quaUty). The definition of the CD-XA format is also put down in the extended Yellow Book. 

CD-V (compact disk-video) is premolded for both video and digital music 0 = 305 mm oi0 = 203 mm. There is also a videocHp version (0 = 120 mm) for 22 min CD audio and 5 min of video information. CD-VEP (video extended play) 0 = 200 mm, is recorded on both sides, whereas for CD-VLP (video long play) 0 = 200 mm, one- or two-sided recording can be selected max. 60 min video/side. 

Reverberation Control. Reverberation time (T q) is defined as the length of time in seconds for the sound of an instantaneously stopped source in a room to decay by 60 decibels (dB). Reverberation time is one important factor in determining the acoustical character of a space and its suitabiHty for specific activities. For lectures and other speech activities a relatively short reverberation time is desirable so that syllables do not persist and overlap one another, causing difficulty with inteUigibiHty conversely, for music activities, a relatively long reverberation time is desirable to allow blending of the sound and a sense of being surrounded by the music. Without reverberation music usually sounds dull and lifeless. 

Living Conditions. An investigation of the following community quahty-of-life considerations, which are considered important in attracting personnel to relocate, is necessary living conditions, ie, house availabiUty, costs, and safety schools, ie, quaUty, class size, and distance health care, ie, avadabihty of a major hospital and local doctors recreational facihties, ie, types and proximity cultural, ie, musical, plays, and movie theaters and sports, ie. Major or Minor League teams. 

Theatrical Pyrotechnics or Special Effects. Many spectacular visual and audible effects are produced for stage presentations of both music and drama, and many motion pictures and television shows incorporate pyrotechnic and explosive special effects to Hven up the presentation. These spectacular effects are a combination of pyrotechnics, explosives, combustion, and electronics. After the effects are filmed or videotaped, they are often enhanced by slow-motion replay and by the addition of more exciting noise. A real explosion is over in milliseconds, and hence there is a need for electronic enhancement to create a more spectacular effect on the screen. 

Hardness is increased appreciably. Wood-polymer composites are currently used in certain sporting equipment, musical instmments, decorative objects, and high performance flooring. 

In a 24-h water soaking test, compreg has an ASE value of 95%. The rate of water pickup is so slow that complete swelling equiHbrium of a 1.27-cm specimen is not achieved in a year at room temperature. Compreg is brown and acquires a high poHsh on buffing. It is made commercially in small quantities and is used for knife handles, gears, and certain musical instmments and decorative objects. 

The leaded nickel bronzes, UNS 97600 (20% nickel-silver) and UNS C 97800 (25% nickel-silver), are used for marine, ornamental, and sanitary castings, and valves and pumps, and for ornamental hardware, sanitary castings, valves, and musical instmment parts, respectively. 

EinaHy, the work must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression. To a very limited extent, there are some works that are not so fixed, such as purely improvised and unrecorded pieces of music or choreography extemporaneous speeches or five, unrecorded, and ephemeral broadcasts. Unfixed works are protected by state common law copyright, and not the federal statute. Under the federal law, however, all works that are so fixed are governed exclusively by the federal statute. 

Joint Authorship. When more than one author has created a work, the work is said to be a joint work. Under the law, such a joint work is one prepared by two or more authors with the intention that their contributions be merged into inseparable or interdependent parts of a unitary whole. Thus joint authorship can occur when a composer and a lyricist collaborate on a song. Even though their contributions can exist independendy of each other, ie, the music as an instmmental, the lyrics as a poem, they were created as interdependent parts of a unitary whole, ie, the song. Two scientists collaborating on an article for a scientific journal are similarly joint authors. Their contributions caimot be teased out of the article they have written and so are inseparable parts of a unitary whole. The test of joint authorship is intention. The creation must be made with the intention that the contributions be merged into one work, and that intention caimot be imputed after the fact of creation if it was not there to begin with. 

The Right to Prepare Derivative Works. Many copyrighted works serve as the basis for derivative works, in which the underlying work is recast, transformed, or adapted. Examples include translations, motion pictures made from novels, and musical arrangements. Derivative works can be a significant source of income for copyright owners. 

The Right of Public Performance. Certain types of works, for example, musical compositions, plays, and choreographic works, are meant to be performed. PubHc performance of these works is the copyright owner s exclusive right. 

The violin (Fig. 28.17) is a member of the family of musical instruments which we call "string" instruments. Table 28.4 shows just how many different types of string instruments there are of European origin alone - not to mention the fascinating range that we can find in African, Asian or Oriental cultures. 

Such skills are rare, and most students today can only afford rather indifferent mass-produced instruments. But the music trade is big business and there is a powerful incentive for improving the quality of the mass-market product. 

These examples should be sufficient to cause us all to go out and put our words to music. 

Jewelers findings and materials, and lapidary work 3931 Musical instruments... 

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