SOFIA

This research aims to provide insight into binary harmonic structures found in Sofia Gubaidulina's Offertorium for violin and orchestra. While many structural aspects of the work have been discussed in detail elsewhere, the harmonic content of Offertorium is yet to be studied in…

Over the last several decades, the practices and philosophy of Sufi mystics from former Soviet Republics Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have spread into Russian society, and from there to much of Eastern Europe. Through the efforts of individuals such as Mirzakarim Sanakulovich Norbe…