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A random walk version of Robbins' problem: small horizon

Description: This article considers an analogous problem in which the observed random variables are the steps of a symmetric random walk. Assuming continuously distributed step sizes, it describes the optimal stopping rules for the cases n = 2 and n = 3 in two versions of the problem: a "full information" version in which the actual steps of the random walk are disclosed to the decision maker; and a "partial information" version in which only the relative ranks of the positions taken by the random walk are … more
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: Allaart, Pieter C. & Allen, Andrew
Partner: UNT College of Science

Piatek

Description: Recording of Daniel Park's Piatek. This work uses voice in different languages and styles, which are interrupted by fragments of electronics. The synthesized sound are very still and have many harmonies. The segments of speech are either processed and put through effects or kept as is containing little to no digital processing.
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Date: 1993
Duration: 54 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Bernstein, Daniel
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #1665-B, Warsaw, Poland

Description: The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 21, 1959. This episode was the second of a series following Conover's highly successful trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the first part of the first concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date: June 7, 1959
Duration: 45 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #1666-B, Warsaw, Poland

Description: The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 22, 1959. This episode was the third of a series following Conover's trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the second part of the first concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date: June 7, 1959
Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #1667-B, Warsaw, Poland

Description: The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 23, 1959. This episode was the fourth of a series following Conover's trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the first part of the second concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date: June 8, 1959
Duration: 45 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #1672-B, Warsaw, Poland

Description: The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 28, 1959. This episode was the fifth and final part of a series following Conover's trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the second part of the second concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date: June 8, 1959
Duration: 46 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library

Eco-Ethno-Polish-Mountains-Music-Spheroid

Description: Recording of Alexander Gabrys' Eco-Ethno-Polish-Mountains-Music-Spheroid. This work is composed of four parts on acoustic material borrowed from recordings of authentic Polish mountain folklore. Despite a very advanced technical and sound transformation, the nature of folklore is highlighting its dynamic character. The sound developed from: "gajdy" (bagpipes), "krzapoki" (goat bells), shepherd's horn, Polish violin, and by a pseudo instrument composed of a kind of whip used to flagellate horses. more
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Date: 1998
Duration: 10 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Gabrys, Alexander
Partner: UNT Music Library

Memento

Description: Recording of Ryszard Klisowski's Memento for tape.
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Date: 1975
Duration: 8 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Klisowski, Ryszard
Partner: UNT Music Library

Daisy story

Description: Recording of Bohdan Mazurek's Daisy Story. Key sonorities include the twittering of birds, the croaking of frogs, and vocal phrases as well as whispers, laughter and shouts. The piece was realizes at the Polish Radio Experimental Studio in Warsaw.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 19 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Mazurek, Bohdan
Partner: UNT Music Library

Epiphora

Description: Recording of Pawel Mykientyn's Epiphora. For voice, piano, and tape. The piece is dedicated to Maciej Grzybowski and is a collaborative work.
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Date: unknown
Duration: 48 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Mykietyn, Paweł
Partner: UNT Music Library

Atavi

Description: Recording of Jan Oleszkowicz's Atavi.
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Date: 2000
Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Oleszkowicz, Jan
Partner: UNT Music Library

Lekcja

Description: Recording of Eugeniusz Rudnik's Lekcja.
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Date: 1965
Duration: 15 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Rudnik, Eugeniusz
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Nous

Description: Recording of Eugeniusz Rudnik's Nous.
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Date: 1979
Duration: 27 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Rudnik, Eugeniusz
Partner: UNT Music Library

The waste land

Description: Recording of Elżbieta Sikora's The waste land, for fixed media. The piece is a journey through time and spaces. The present is mixed with the past, the ordinary with the extraordinary, dream with reality. The work was commissioned by the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio and was realized in October 1979. The text comes from T. Elliot's poem "The Waste Land."
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Date: 1979
Duration: 24 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Sikora, Elżbieta, 1943-
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover documentary on Polish television

Description: Documentary broadcast on Poland's TVP2, from Conover's final visit to Poland in 1995. The program includes comments from Andrzej Jaroszewski, Paweł Brodowski, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Andrzej Trzaskowski, and photos from Marek Karewicz. The program is followed by a musical interlude, and the news program Panorama, and additional programming.
Date: 1995
Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: TVP2
Partner: UNT Music Library
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