What is Strings: Definition and 548 Discussions

Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11.
Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year that he wrote the quartet. It was performed for the first time on November 5, 1938, by Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a radio broadcast from NBC Studio 8H. Toscanini also played the piece on his South American tour with the NBC Symphony in 1940.
Its reception was generally positive, with Alexander J. Morin writing that Adagio for Strings is "full of pathos and cathartic passion" and that it "rarely leaves a dry eye". The music is the setting for Barber's 1967 choral arrangement of Agnus Dei. Adagio for Strings has been featured in many TV shows and movies.

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  1. C

    Help: A ball attached to two strings (circular mtoion)

    Homework Statement A ball of mass 1.21 kg is attached to a rotating shaft by two strings, putting the ball into circular motion. Tension on the upper string is 35N. (The length of the strings is 1.6m) a) draw a free body diagram for forces acting on the ball. b) determine the tension in...
  2. S

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  3. T

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  4. Demystifier

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  5. H

    Does Tension Do Any Work in Uniform Circular Motion?

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  6. L

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  7. S

    Kites, and really long strings

    Hi all. It's been quite a while since I've been here, but I was reminded this morning about my childhood when a friend of mine and I got a hold of a spool of string that was purported to have been 5 miles in length. Thinking about it I think it was probably more like some 5000 feet in length...
  8. arivero

    Unlock 4096 Colors - Exploring Strings in Coding

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  9. K

    Does Penrose theorem about Space-time forbid 'Strings'

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  10. T

    What causes the strings to vibrate?

    From what I gather string theory states that everything is made of tiny vibrating strings or bands. But what force or energy causes these strings to constantly vibrate?
  11. J

    Appropriate maths for QFT, LQG, strings etc.

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  12. Demystifier

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  13. D

    Strings Chan-Paton U(N) gauge symmetry fractional winding number

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  14. E

    Mass per Unit Length of Violin Strings

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  15. V

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  16. C

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  17. D

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  18. A

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  19. C

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  20. S

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  21. H

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  22. Demystifier

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  23. A

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  24. S

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  25. M

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  26. J

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  27. CarlB

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  28. C

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  29. A

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  30. C

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  31. F

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  32. A

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  33. P

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  34. B

    Entangled closed oriented strings / closed string chains

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  35. A

    Beginner: Strings and space-time supersymmetry

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  36. B

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  37. B

    Determine the tension in the two strings

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  38. G

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  39. arivero

    What Are the Implications of the Leech Lattice and Strings in String Theory?

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  40. D

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    if a standing wave is a wave which transfers no energy, how is it that a guitar string produces a sound? because it produces it via a standing wave, and the sound is sound energy, so where does the energy come from?
  41. F

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    It's been awhile since I've had physics I, so this problem is giving me a headache. Q) Two very small conducting spheres, each of a mass 1.0 \times 10^{-4}\,\,(kg) , are suspended at a common point by very thin nonconducting threads of a length 0.2 \,\,(m) . A charge Q is placed on each...
  42. B

    Can Strings in 'Empty Space' Explain Gravitational Pull?

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  43. M

    Tension of strings at different angles:

    Hi there- I've been trying to solve this problem for the last hour, and I still feel stuck! So far, I've only seen problems with equal angles between the strings and the horizontal- I have no idea how to solve a problem when there's two different angles! A 45-N lithograph is supported by two...
  44. G

    Mechanics 3 Elastic Springs and Strings Problems

    Hello everyone , I'm new in this forum . I'm 16 and currently doing self study in Mechanics 3 . I've encounter a problem in the 2nd chapter of Mechanics 3 which is Elastic Springs and Strings . Here goes : A ball of mass 0.5kg is attached to one end of a cord of unstretched length 0.6m...
  45. marcus

    Strings '06 conference program now posted

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  46. S

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  47. S

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  48. wolram

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  49. arivero

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  50. marcus

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