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Fermat’s Last Tango
''Fermat's Last Tango'' is a 2000 off-Broadway musical about the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, written by husband and wife Joshua Rosenblum (music, lyrics) and Joanne Sydney Lessner (book, lyrics). The musical presents a fictionalized version of the real life story of Andrew Wiles, and has been praised for the accuracy of the mathematical content. The original production at the York Theatre received mixed reviews, but the musical was well received by mathematical audiences. A video of the original production has been distributed by the Clay Mathematics Institute and shown at several mathematical conferences and similar occasions. The musical has also been translated into Portuguese. Synopsis The plot is based on the story of the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by Andrew Wiles, whose name is changed to "Daniel Keane" in the musical. After seven years of isolation in his attic, Keane believes he has found a proof of the theorem. The musical starts with a press conference, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Rosenblum
Joshua Rosenblum (born May 10, 1963) is an American composer, conductor, pianist, arranger, music journalist, and author. He has composed extensively for the concert hall as well as for musical theatre, and currently teaches musical theater composition at Yale University, his alma mater, as well as both conducting and orchestration at New York University. As a pianist, he has performed frequently in the New York City area as soloist and accompanist, as well as in Broadway pit orchestras, and with the New York City Center Encores! Orchestra. He has conducted numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'', ''Wonderful Town'', ''Falsettos'', ''Miss Saigon'', and ''Anything Goes''. He served as pianist and associate conductor for the hit 2022 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's ''Into the Woods,'' and can be heard playing on the Grammy-winning original cast recording. Education Rosenblum attended Marietta High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Aczel
Amir Dan Aczel (; ; November 6, 1950 – November 26, 2015) was an Israeli-born American lecturer in mathematics and the history of mathematics and history of science , science, and an author of popular science . Biography Amir D. Aczel was born in Haifa, Israel. Aczel's father was the captain of a passenger ship that sailed primarily in the Mediterranean Sea. When he was ten, Aczel's father taught him how to steer a ship and navigate. This inspired Aczel's book ''The Riddle of the Compass''. Amir graduated from the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, in 1969. When Aczel was 21, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, BA in mathematics in 1975 and received a Master of Science in 1976. Several years later Aczel earned a PhD in statistics from the University of Oregon. Aczel taught mathematics at universities in California, Alaska, Massachusetts, Italy and Greece. He married his wife Debra in 1984 and had one daughter, Miriam, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral music, or to soprano C (C6) or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which often encompasses the melody. The soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura soprano, coloratura, soubrette, lyric soprano, lyric, spinto soprano, spinto, and dramatic soprano, dramatic soprano. Etymology The word "soprano" comes from the Italian word ''wikt:sopra, sopra'' (above, over, on top of),"Soprano" ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as the soprano is the highest pitch human voice, often given to the leading female roles in operas. "Soprano" refers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above (i.e. A3–A5 in scientific pitch notation, where middle C = C4; 220–880 Hz). In the lower and upper extremes, some mezzo-sopranos may extend down to the F below middle C (F3, 175 Hz) and as high as "high C" (C6, 1047 Hz). The mezzo-soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, lyric, and dramatic. History While mezzo-sopranos typically sing secondary roles in operas, notable exceptions include the title role in Georges Bizet, Bizet's ''Carmen'', Angelina (Cinderella) in Gioachino Rossini, Rossini's ''La Cenerentola'', and Rosina in Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville, Barber of Seville'' (all of which are also sung by sopranos and contraltos). Many 19th-century French- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenor
A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below middle C to the G above middle C (i.e. B2 to G4) in choral music, and from the second B flat below middle C to the C above middle C (B2 to C5) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of tenor include the ''leggero'' tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or . History The name "tenor" derives from the Latin word '' tenere'', which means "to hold". As noted in the "Tenor" article at ''Grove Music Online'': In polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the enor was thestructurally fundamental (or 'holding') voice, vocal or instrumental; by the 15th century it came to signify the male voice that sang such parts. All other voices were normally calculated in relation to the ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Rabb
Jonathan Rabb (born April 28, 1964) is an American novelist, soloist, essayist, actor and writer. Early life and education Born in Boston, Rabb grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, where his father, Theodore K. Rabb, taught history at the university. He studied political science at Yale University from 1982 to 1986 and earned an MA and MPhil in political theory from Columbia University. While at Yale, Rabb sang with the Whiffenpoofs and performed in numerous productions, eventually finding himself in New York, where he continued to act and sing both Off-Broadway ('' Fermat's Last Tango''). and at Carnegie Hall with the New York City Pops. After leaving Columbia, Rabb began to write fiction. His first novel, ''The Overseer'', was published in 1998. This was followed in 2001 by the historical thriller, ''The Book of Q''. Rabb released the first novel of the Berlin trilogy, ''Rosa'', in 2005, followed in 2009 by ''Shadow and Light'' and ''The Second Son'' in 2011. Rabb has also p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
