This paper will discourse about the Army Song Taps, It will compare and contrast the origin of the military song Taps. It will show the two stories that almost every member in the armed forces know or don’t know. How this song came to be the well-known song in the military to this day, it will also talk about what song was before the Army Song Taps and who create Taps. How is came to be the official bugle call of both the Union Army and the Confederates Army during the Civil war, and at what venues you can hear the song taps been play to this day.…
Julia Ward Howe wrote Battle Hymn of the Republic. Women in the mid-1800’s, they were not able to be leader while they were in politics and religion, unfortunately, Harriet Beecher Stowe with along with Julia Ward Howe did the exact same thing, by standing for women's rights. Most of all her song were written during and about the Civil War. She remembered that she was in her hotel room at Willard’s Hotel and the lyrics popped up in her head. In November 1861, and she was on her 1st trip to wartime in Washington, with her novio, and hers priest.…
When I first heard Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus, I was very and was in New York at a concert for what I would called symphony or classical music at the time. When listening to the song I felt a sense of energy that made me want to just close eyes and node my head. Not in a soothing way, but in a way that made me bop my head with intensity. While listening I can hear the monophonic, polyphonic and homophonic textures. As the song transitions from one note to another note, you can hear the authority, momentum and force of what the song commands from the audience. At certain points in the song, you can hear how quick the choir changes from one tone to another tone with ease and grace. The momentum of the voices and music gives a clear understanding…
“O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?” To people like Francis Scott Key, the writer of “The Star-Spangled Banner”, the American flag is a symbol of men and women standing up for what they believed in, and even giving up their life for it. These people care greatly about the American flag being honored and respected, and I am too.…
Ayn Rand's novella, Anthem, displays a dystopian and totalitarian society that is in opposition to individualism. As shown in Anthem and many other real and fictionalized totalitarian societies, children live apart from their families. Why? Because dictatorial leaders enforce this living arrangement among the kinsfolk.…
What evidence of Enlightenment ideas did you find in the two anthems? Give specific words from the anthems in your answer.…
John Emerich Edward Dalberg said, "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." In the novels Anthem and Brave New World, Ayn Rand and Aldous Huxley explain what life in a dystopian society is like through the eyes of two outcasts; Equality 7-2521 and Bernard Marx. Neither agree with the action of their councils and try to do something about it but cannot because they are the only ones that actually notice the corruption. Which causes them to create a new society. Through the novels Anthem and Brave New World, the authors show how societies that claim to be perfect while in reality are as corrupt as possible, can cause the society to lose no only its ways, but also its humanity.…
In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, the story of Equality 7-2521 and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden can be compared and contrasted in many different ways. Two of those are their similarities and differences. They include both personal and behavioral similarities as well as personal and behavioral differences. They will be stated in the following paragraphs.…
Prompt: In the final chapter of Anthem, Prometheus writes that he now understands “why the best in me had been my sins and my transgressions; and why I had never felt guilt in my sins.” What has Prometheus come to understand about himself? Why does his society regard the “best in him” as sinful?…
“Talking shit about a pretty sunset,” is a song that portrays an overall apathetic outlook on life. The listener can clearly hear the discontent expressed in the words sung and the execution in the music. Thoughts of suicide, phobia of commitment, lack and gain of motivation, fixation and illusions of a better life are all present. Through the complex breaks and climax of the song, tells an emotional story of revelation, realization and self-actualization.…
Everyone who has studied the history of the United States of America has heard of Paul Revere, George Washington, and Benedict Arnold, but who has heard of Molly Pitcher, Sybil Luddington, or Eliza Lucas? Was it not Abigail Adams who told her husband John Adams to, "Remember the ladies"? And James Otis, brother of Mercy Otis Warren, another mother, said, "Are not women born as free as men? Would it not be infamous to assert that the ladies are all slaves by nature?" (Roberts 49). These women, and many more, were active in the Revolutionary War; they are considered "mothers of our country." However, not all of them picked up muskets and went into battle. Some chose to fight for America with an arrow or a cannon, others with a pen or a needle (Zitek). However, some of the women that helped were actually just teenage girls. The women that participated in the Revolutionary War contributed to both the Patriot and Loyalist sides, and provided a means of help for many soldiers.…
Tu Fu lived through a period of political and social unrest in China where there was warfare and constant threat of displacement. “Song of P’eng-ya” depicts an episode of running from violent rebellion. What do you think about this poem? What kind of values does this poem speak of?…
Lieder ohne Worte (Song without Words) is written by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It is a collection of forty-eight short lyrical piano pieces of markedly song-like character that he wrote at various periods of his life between 1809 and 1847. They are well suited to the study of musical form because of their artistic value. Op. 19b, No. 1 Andante con moto in E major was written in 1830 and is the first in the collection. The piece is in the key of E major and modulates from E to B to G major.…
Human fate, whether predetermined or not, has always been a subject of great debate. Numerous inconclusive arguments have erupted from scientific as well as religious perspectives as to whether or not destiny is controlled by an outside force. Author William Ernest Henley’s poem “Invictus” is frequently regarded as an eye opening piece of literature that has imitated and facilitated the self reinvention of countless lives. Challenging Christian ideals, Henley elicits a powerful emotional response by supporting the philosophy that man is the sole determinant of his fate. By presenting such a bold and controversial belief, Henley greatly increases the impact of his poem. He titled the poem “Invictus,” Latin for unbeaten, in order to show that although his spirits were low and mind deterred, they still remained unconquered, demonstrating the retention of control he had over his destiny [Invictus (Meaning of)].…
Patriotic music has been and always will be a foundation for America’s spirit and pride. Since the day America declared independence, Americans have relied on this music to inspire and pay tribute to those who fought and served for our country. The land of the free and the home of the brave has been celebrated for years with awe-inspiring music that touches the hearts of all who are fortunate enough to be a part of this land.…