musical instruments have played a major role in society‚ especially the piano. Throughout its lifetime‚ the piano has grown and changed greatly as well as gained popularity extremely fast. “The pianoforte […] became‚ by the last quarter of the eighteenth century‚ a leading instrument of Western art music” (Powers‚ Wendy). Over the last three hundred years‚ the piano has kept the same look‚ but has developed immensely in tone and power. Before the invention of the piano‚ there were two instruments that
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BOOK REPORT: The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century is a bestselling book in which he examines an in depth analysis of globalization in today’s world. It is called the world if flat because it is actually a metaphor for looking at the world as a level playing field in terms of business where all of the competitors have equal opportunities. In this book‚ Friedman talks about ten different factors that play an important
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The Kreutzer Sonata The Kreutzer Sonata‚ named after Beethoven ’s violin sonata no. 9‚ is a novella written by Leo Tolstoy in 1889. As the anti-hero‚ Pozdnyshev‚ relays his life story to the audience on the train‚ he introduces a conflict between human nature and spirituality‚ what one is versus what one should strive to be‚ and challenges the corruptive influences of society. While Pozdnyshev comes to controversial generalizations about women‚ love‚ and marriage‚ the purpose behind his story is
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music‚ body language and lighting. The glaring confrontation provokes audience empathy for the two protagonists and thus aids them in visualising the unimaginable experiences of the two protagonists. John Misto’s award winning play‚ The Shoe Horn Sonata (1995)‚ is an example of a text that effectively animates the experiences of the characters. An exploration of women involved in WWII and their life today back in Australia reveals how little has changed in regards to the recognition and appreciation
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In chapter 5 in "The World is Flat" Friedman discusses America and Free Trade. Friedman lays out the basic arguments for and against free trade. Friedman first introduces this topic by stating that it is an issue "that needs sorting out immediately‚" followed by his personal experience of a problem with this issue while filming the Discovery Times documentary in Bangalore. The self-identified "free-trader" mentions David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage as the theoretical underpinning
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto has five main themes or concerns. They are; History and Memory‚ Power and Control‚ Heroism and Relationships and War and Atrocities. John Misto explores all these ideas while telling the story of Bridie and Shelia’s reunion fifty years after they last saw each other. The play is about the histories of the women and the nurses that were captive of the Japanese during World War Two; their individual histories and joint suffering. The stories of these women were
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The notion of the distinctively visual can be seen as a process of connecting an image with an idea‚ the distinctive quality of the visual lies in its capacity to elicit a powerful response and plant it within the reader’s mind‚ in order to cultivate as the themes‚ characters and plot of the material begins to broaden. Distinctively visual texts have the power to provoke reactions from responders whether that would be reactions of pleasure or anger and most intentions of distinctive visuals is to
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though his acclaimed play the shoehorn sonata playwright john misto utilises distinctively visual techniques to explore and convey the theme of friendship and mate-ships. through these dramatic and literary devises and through the use of his protagonists‚ bridie and sheila‚ misto explores how strong friendships can come from unlikely circumstance‚ while also conveying and highlighting how he quintessential australian notion of mate-ship can allow an individual to not only survive dark times but to
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I attended Michelle Cann’s piano performance in Wellin yesterday‚ November 13th. It was a 6 part performance that spanned multiple works from various famous composers such as Fredric Chopin and Geroge Gershwin and was a terrific display of Cann’s technical ability and ability to connect emotionally with the pieces she is playing. There were several interesting pieces during the performance‚ but two pieces I found particularly interesting and engaging was the piano suite created specifically for
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The three audiences I used for my research papers were a third grader‚ teenager‚ and employer. Although these different audiences vary‚ I altered the word choice‚ sentence structure‚ and tone throughout each audience. Third graders are used to less advanced words and sentences. Teenagers normally are able to understand complex ideas and sentence structure. An employer is accustomed to higher level thinking and larger scale vocabulary and complete sentences. A third grader is more accustomed to shorter
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