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View article: Examining Aristotle's Substance
Examining Aristotle's Substance Open
When examining Aristotle’s works, it is difficult to properly explain his account of substance, and even more so to understand what things can be considered as natural substances. Typically, artifacts have been believed not to be natural s…
View article: Beethoven's Ukraine Connection: New Light on the Creation of his Flute Variations Opp. 105 and 107
Beethoven's Ukraine Connection: New Light on the Creation of his Flute Variations Opp. 105 and 107 Open
Two previously unidentified groups of sketches are revealed to be preliminary work for Beethoven’s last set of Flute Variations, Op. 107 No. 3. The theme is of Ukrainian origin, and the new discoveries are placed in the context of other ma…
View article: Revisiting Rotation Measures from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey: the Magnetic Field in the Disk of the Outer Galaxy
Revisiting Rotation Measures from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey: the Magnetic Field in the Disk of the Outer Galaxy Open
Faraday rotation provides a valuable tracer of magnetic fields in the interstellar medium; catalogs of Faraday rotation measures provide key observations for studies of the Galactic magnetic field. We present a new catalog of rotation meas…
View article: The early copy of Beethoven’s Allegretto in B minor for string quartet
The early copy of Beethoven’s Allegretto in B minor for string quartet Open
This article discusses a manuscript described by Sotheby's as a 'Beethoven autograph', and points out numerous inconsistencies between the handwriting in the manuscript and Beethoven's normal handwriting. These anomalies demonstrate that h…
View article: A NEWLY IDENTIFIED BACH CANTATA FRAGMENT IN A BEETHOVEN MANUSCRIPT
A NEWLY IDENTIFIED BACH CANTATA FRAGMENT IN A BEETHOVEN MANUSCRIPT Open
Beethoven's sketch leaves are so numerous and at times so impenetrable that they are bound to throw up the occasional surprise when studied in detail. Around ten thousand such pages survive; they are generally difficult to decipher, and of…
View article: Beethoven’s Preliminary Sketches for the 'Waldstein’ Sonata
Beethoven’s Preliminary Sketches for the 'Waldstein’ Sonata Open
Beethoven’s main sketches for the ‘Waldstein’ Sonata begin on page 120 of thesketchbook Landsberg 6, but some sketches on earlier pages, not previously identified asbelonging to the sonata, show that he started composing a new piano sonata…