Final

Final or The Final may refer to:

Art and entertainment

See also

Final (competition)

The final of a competition is the match or round in which the winner of the entire event is decided.

In sports competitions following a knockout system, where only two individuals or teams compete in each match, the final is usually played between the winners of two semi-finals. However, if more than two entrants are required for each match, then qualification for the final may be through some other process such as winning heats.

The final is usually, but not always, the last match in a tournament to be played, and the winner of this match is declared the winner of the whole tournament. In many contests, the winner(s) and runner(s)-up receive gold and silver medals respectively. Another game, or competition, between the two players who lost in the semi-finals is done to determine who receives the bronze medal. Unusually, many teams (32 in recent years) qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals. These teams then play each other in various formats until the ultimate two 'finalists' play off for the gold and silver medals.

Final (band)

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Final is a project of Justin Broadrick, creator of the band Godflesh, which he started when he was just 13 years old. Unlike Godflesh, Final is primarily electronic in nature, taking on a space-like, dark ambient sound.

In 2006 Final performed across Europe, including a slot on the Supersonic Festival at the Custard Factory, Birmingham on 23 July, and as special guests supporting Isis on 24 July.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles and EPs

Sonata

Sonata (/səˈnɑːtə/; Italian: [soˈnaːta], pl. sonate; from Latin and Italian: sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung. The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until the Classical era, when it took on increasing importance, and is vague. By the early 19th century it came to represent a principle of composing large-scale works. It was applied to most instrumental genres and regarded—alongside the fugue—as one of two fundamental methods of organizing, interpreting and analyzing concert music. Though the musical style of sonatas has changed since the Classical era, most 20th- and 21st-century sonatas still maintain the same structure.

The term sonatina, pl. sonatine, the diminutive form of sonata, is often used for a short or technically easy sonata.

Instrumentation

In the Baroque period, a sonata was for one or more instruments almost always with continuo. After the Baroque period most works designated as sonatas specifically are performed by a solo instrument, most often a keyboard instrument, or by a solo instrument accompanied by a keyboard instrument.

Sonata (building design software)

Sonata was a 3D building design software application developed in the early 1980s and now regarded as a forerunner to today's building information modelling applications.

Sonata was commercially released in 1986, having been developed by Jonathan Ingram of T2 Solutions (renamed from GMW Computers in 1987 - which was eventually bought by Alias|Wavefront), and was a successor to GMW's RUCAPS. Like RUCAPS it was expensive to purchase and required substantial investment in suitable workstation computer hardware (by contrast, other 2D CAD systems could run on personal computers), which limited its use to large architectural and engineering practices. However, as a BIM application, in addition to geometric modelling, it could model complete buildings, including costs and staging of the construction process.

US-based architect HKS used the software in 1992 to design a horse racing facility (Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas) and subsequently purchased a successor product, Reflex.

Sonata (play)

Sonata is a one-act play by Indian playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar about friendship between three women.

Plot

Sonata is about three single working women, living in Mumbai; a journalist, a teacher of Sanskrit and one employed in a big post in a multinational. They share a life of solidarity and freedom. Not only do they have an aura of sophistication but each of them is also successful at work.

The women aligned themselves with the Woman's movement but 30 years later abandon it and retreat for into their private world of reality and fantasy, opting for the conventional lifestyle of marriage and children.

Themes

The play explores loneliness in the lives of women. The three women - Subhadra, Aruna and Dolon, represent women who irrespective of their origin, live a western life. They have a strong bonding and share a comfort zone despite their differences.

Background and tour

Sonata was written by Mahesh Elkunchwar in 2000. An English translation of the play premiered in 2001. It was directed and produced in English (rather than Marathi) by Amal Allana.