Shostakovich i el violí : el Concert per a violí núm. 1 op. 77 i els Preludis op. 34

L’objectiu del projecte final titulat Shostakovich i el violí és l’estudi de la vida, el context històric i l’obra del cèlebre compositor rus Dmitri Shostakovich, parant una especial atenció en dues de les seves composicions: el Concert per a violí núm. 1 opus 77 i els Preludis per a piano opus 34 (arranjats per a violí i piano per Dmitri Tsyganov). La metodologia usada en l’elaboració del treball ha consistit en la recerca d’informació a través de biografies de Shostakovich, reculls de les seves memòries, records de persones pròximes al compositor, articles i cartes publicades per ell, així com estudis o anàlisis de les seves obres musicals. La conclusió extreta és que l’obra de Shostakovich està íntimament lligada amb el context històric en el qual va viure, és a dir, amb la seva època, tal com es pot apreciar tant en la seva escriptura com en el contingut emocional de les seves obres.

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Summary of the findings for 2005/06 from the four collaborating centres in Northen Ireland

Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema syndrome in connective tissue disease.

OBJECTIVE: Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are associated with several interstitial lung diseases. The aim of this study was to describe the recently individualized syndrome of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) in a population of patients with CTD. METHODS: In this multicenter study, we retrospectively investigated data from patients with CTD who also have CPFE. The demographic characteristics of the patients, the results of pulmonary function testing, high-resolution computed tomography, lung biopsy, and treatment, and the outcomes of the patients were analyzed. RESULTS: Data from 34 patients with CTD who were followed up for a mean±SD duration of 8.3±7.0 years were analyzed. Eighteen of the patients had rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 10 had systemic sclerosis (SSc), 4 had mixed or overlap CTD, and 2 had other CTDs. The mean±SD age of the patients was 57±11 years, 23 were men, and 30 were current or former smokers. High-resolution computed tomography revealed emphysema of the upper lung zones and pulmonary fibrosis of the lower zones in all patients, and all patients exhibited dyspnea during exercise. Moderately impaired pulmonary function test results and markedly reduced carbon monoxide transfer capacity were observed. Five patients with SSc exhibited pulmonary hypertension. Four patients died during followup. Patients with CTD and CPFE were significantly younger than an historical control group of patients with idiopathic CPFE and more frequently were female. In addition, patients with CTD and CPFE had higher lung volumes, lower diffusion capacity, higher pulmonary pressures, and more frequently were male than those with CTD and lung fibrosis without emphysema. CONCLUSION: CPFE warrants inclusion as a novel, distinct pulmonary manifestation within the spectrum of CTD-associated lung diseases in smokers or former smokers, especially in patients with RA or SSc.

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