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First World War Works Of Art
1,455 wordsAccording to a character in Joy Luck Club, with the removal of one's lips comes the eventual chilling of the teeth. Through constantly declaring to her daughter this metaphorical aphorism, her astute daughter eventually learned what she meant, which was one thing is always the cause of another. On that account, her incessant mentioning of that awesome aphorism was after all not in vain, for she managed to pass through her daughter such a cosmic actuality that is often overlooked by many people, ...
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Bye Bye Backstreet Boys
1,258 wordsNsync: A True Talent in Music Here we go, the title of one of many Nsync songs, but it is also a term that cynics often use referring to the group. Here we go, another boy band, they all sound the same, etc. , etc. , etc. I admit that two years ago I agreed with the critics of this new boy band movement, in that they were trying to duplicate the success of groups such as New Kids on the Block and New Edition. Its a guaranteed money-maker, five good-looking guys, a trace of vocal talent, and some...
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Bury Her Brother Concept Of Fate
444 wordsSophocles Antigone concerns the struggle of a young woman battling for justice at all costs. The idea of fate is a staple throughout Greek Literature, and Sophocles uses the concept of fate to dictate the actions of a character. Antigone's destiny is one of predestination, a mission of the gods which begins with her ill-fated family and Creons decree, and ends with her own actions. The Ancient Greek plays contain a concept of fate that dictates every action taken by, and every word spoken by a c...
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Avant Garde Brings Forth
1,700 wordsAmong the influential composers of classical music, there have been few who have contributed so much in both talent, creativity, and style as Joseph Haydn and Ludwig Van Beethoven. Both extremely talented in the art of classical composition, Haydn and Beethoven placed their heart, soul and ingenuity in their music as is clearly illustrated in Haydn's The Creation and Beethoven's The Creatures of Prometheus. Both composers display sheer genius in their very effective ways of displaying complex th...
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19 Th Century Symphony Orchestra
527 wordsThe string bass, also known as the double bass and bass violin, is widely used in a symphony orchestra in the left and / or right back rows. The string basis strings are four notes apart like most other music instruments and unlike the five notes apart that some other odd instruments are. The string bass belongs to the string family. Most stringed instruments are found in orchestras. The string bass is also the largest instrument in the string family. It is a lot like a larger version of the vio...
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Early Nineteenth Century Six Or Seven
1,640 words... ded roll with ornaments. The cap or Turkish Bonnet was worn by both boys and girls. The hair for girls is worn down until marriage when it is put up. Children's clothing the in the Sixteenth Century became more elaborate as their parent's clothes were more so. Long gowns or robes were worn by young children. The gowns were sometimes sleeveless with wings. Wings were stiff bands or rolls that resembled epaulettes. The child when wearing a sleeveless gown wore a sleeved shirt underneath with r...
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Extended Metaphor Wife Penelope
1,388 wordsThe epic, The Odyssey, by Homer, depicts the journey of the hero Odysseus as he faces the greatest of obstacles to evolve into a man, preeminent over that of other mortals. In both power and prowess he is unsurpassed, comparable even to the gods themselves at times. In a particular passage within the epic, the powerful nature of this master mariner and soldier is exceptionally portrayed, positioned before the revealing of Odysseus true identity and his slaughtering of the voracious suitors. Such...
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Octave Johnston 1989 Based On Pythagorean Music
1,360 words"Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements... Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of the best government in the universe. As a rule it assumes the guise of harmony in the universe, of lawful government in a state, and of a sensible way of life in the home. It brings together and unites. " The Pythagorean's Every school student will recognize his name as the originator of that theorem which offers ...
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Imagination Without Strings Words In Freedom Manifesto
622 wordsFuturism (1909 - 1944) was perhaps the first movement in the history of art to be engineered and managed like a business. Since its beginning, Futurism was very close to the world of advertising and, like a business, promoted its product to a wide audience. For this reason, Futurism introduced the use of the manifesto as a public means to advertise its artistic philosophy, and also as a polemic weapon against the academic and conservative world. The poet F. T. Marinetti, founder of the movement,...
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Nights Dream Sonata Form
793 wordsAn Analysis of Mendelssohns Overture to Shakespeare's Mid Summer Nights Dream. Mendelssohns Mid Summer Nights Dream is written in sonata form. It has the attributes of sonata form having an Exposition, Development, Recapitulation, and Coda. Mendelssohns piece has 2 subjects and within each subject he has 2 themes. Each of the themes represents a certain area of the play. For example Subject 1 theme 1 represents the fairies Subject 1 theme 2 represents the Duke the lovers theme is in the 2 nd sub...
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York Times Apr 2005
1,010 words... rent early success occurred at his Paris debut in April 1924. This performance was arranged by Pablo Casals. The audience included a circle of musical celebrities like Paul Dukas, Manuel Dc Falla and Madam Deputy. They loved him immediately. His reputation became international. In January 1928 he appeared at Town Hall In New York City (Cumpiano, William). Here is the article written by the New York Times: The fame of Andr " es Segovia, the Spanish guitarists whose name has been a prominent o...
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Year Old Man Back To Life
2,020 wordsCell Components Let's imagine clouds of cold fog billow up through a circular hatch in the top of a stainless steel tank as a biologist pulls out the lid and its one-foot thickness of styrofoam insulation. As the fog rolls down to the floor, Hay peers into the dark tank, where the temperature is all the time 321 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. It is kept so cold because that is a temperature at which life, normally warm and pulsing with activity, abandons its vital dance and enters limbo - but wi...
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Strings Are Played Ability To Play Bass
441 wordsNoting pulsating beats while listening to any song brings one thing to mind, the electric bass. Playing the bass is easy to learn but difficult to master. It takes time, dedication and hard work to master this skill. You must first learn how to hold the bass, also the proper way to play the strings, but then be able to put that with scales, and good timing. After studding bass guitar for years one is then able to go anywhere musically with their instrument. There are many basses and the ways you...
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Octave Johnston 1989 Based On Pythagorean Musical
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Elizabethan Era Queen Elizabeth
866 wordsThe Sounds of Elizabethan Times The Elizabethan Era was a time when music and art were growing more and more each day. This time period, also known as the English Renaissance, is still well known for its styles and sound of music. Queen Elizabeth herself was a musician, and played both the lute and the virginal. It was thought that the virginal was named after Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. Other instruments were popular during this time period were the spinet and the viol. All of these are string...
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King George Prime Example
1,183 wordsGeorge Frideric Handel's Water Music George Frideric Handel's Water Music Not only is George Frideric Handel's Water Music extraordinarily beautiful, it also helped to establish the orchestral suite as a legitimate art form. Written to be performed outside instead of in a theater, it remains one of the most outstanding compositions in Handel's catalogue. Even though it is somewhat overplayed, the Water Music continues to be a very popular work of art. By nature of the venue this great work was t...
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Eric Clapton Electric Guitar
1,177 wordsThe History of Guitar By Four hundred years ago the guitar was invented. Since then, guitar has been a great innovative instrument. It serves as the heart of a song, or sound. From Jazz, and Blues, to Heavy Metal, and punk music guitar has been perhaps the biggest factor in modern music. Between acoustic guitar, and electric guitar there is a lot of history. When guitar was first invented, it looked nothing like the guitars that we know. The first guitars were lutes. Lutes evolved into vihuelas,...
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16 Th Century Hands And Feet
1,075 wordsMusic has been around sense the dawn of time. When man first started to discover music it was not the kind of music we have today. All it consisted of was grunts, moans, and banging things. Music has evolved just as much as the people that created it. From Chromagnum men to musician and from grunting too classical music, rock, and rap. The first people imitated music from nature. They mimicked the sound from their every day life. It had no rhythm, beat, or tune it was just noise, but later turne...
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20 Th Century Bass Guitar
783 wordsThe nights of April 21 - 22, 1999 in Berkeley, California, The San Francisco Symphony was joined by the rock band, Metallica for a performance at the Berkeley Community Theater. It was conducted by Micheal Kamen. The hall was filled to capacity with both hardcore Metallica fans. Before the concert even started, they were on their feet, cheering for both Metallica and the members of the symphony. The were all dressed in street clothes. Most opted to wear jeans and a Metallica shirt. The members o...
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Edgar Allan Poe Sings So Beautifully Israfel
1,720 wordsIsrafel: An Analysis Israfel is a mesmerizing poem, the beginning of which was first set down by Poe during his days at West Point College. (Allen 233) The poem itself is a direct contrast to Poe's usual poetry, which usually deal with death and dark thoughts or other melancholy, Gothic ideas. Poe's idea of the death of beautiful woman being the most poetical of all topics is here, nowhere to be found. This proves that Poe, when so inclined, could indeed write about something other than opium in...
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