Star Valley Wyoming, 1889. Blizzards, starvation, outlaws, courage, initiative, faith, triumph. Strange allies: Latter-day Saints (Mormons) seeking refuge from a law prohibiting plural marriage; Matt Warner and Tom McCarty seeking refuge from another law prohibiting bank robbery. Extreme conditions: Blinding blizzards; loss of herds and crops; impossible to reach nearby towns for supplies. A native of Star Valley tells a gripping tale of overcoming hardship through initiative and cooperation among seemingly incompatible bedfellows. When the characters speak in the old dialects, they seem to come to life. Some of these real-life characters have descendants still living in Afton and other towns of Star Valley. One of them recently became well-known as a world-champion wrestler.

The Great Snow: A Saga of Star Valley Wyoming

History

Merna Thurman Madden

Americas

High Art Press

This study of the use of the golden proportion in classical music shows that 53 of the 70 composers studied used it to structure their works, some of them knowingly. Since this is seldom discussed in courses in music theory, this book should be a major contribution to our understanding of musical structure.

Fib and Phi in Music: The Golden Proportion Musical Form

Arts & Photography

Madden, Charles

Music

Establishing a new genre of musical analysis, this book goes beyond the usual analysis of chord symbols and period forms to examine such topics as: Fibonacci number and golden mean proportions, Statistics for distinguishing among styles, Self-similarity in form. This second edition includes many new illustrations and concepts, including: Orbit drawings of attractors, Correlation coefficients, Melodic dimensions. It is intended for readers with little mathematical background and requires only algrebra and trigonometry.

Fractals in Music: Introductory Mathematics for Musical Analysis Second Edition

Charles Madden

This book suggests a new way to look at musical form based on fractal geometry. Specifically, it draws on writings of Arnold Schoenberg and Rudoph Reti suggesting that music can be broken down into smaller and smaller self-similar parts in the manner of a fractal image. It is intended for university music students at all levels. The mathematics used is elementary algebra and trigonometry.

Self-Similarity in Music: Inner/Outer Form

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The Great Snow: A Saga of Star Valley Wyoming

Fib and Phi in Music: The Golden Proportion Musical Form

Fractals in Music: Introductory Mathematics for Musical Analysis Second Edition

Self-Similarity in Music: Inner/Outer Form