dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital‚ where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna‚ he composed many of his best-known symphonies‚ concertos‚ and operas‚ and portions of the Requiem‚ which was largely unfinished at the time of his death. The circumstances of his early death have been much mythologized. He was survived by his wife Constanze and two sons. Mozart learned voraciously from others‚ and developed a brilliance and maturity
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Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction film‚ 2001: A Space Odyssey connects the past with the future in terms of life‚ while also having a sense of ambiguity to leave the film up to the interpretation of the viewer. In David W. Patterson’s “Music‚ Structure and Metaphor in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’‚” he argues that “2001’s soundtrack is comprised of two mutually exclusive harmonic streams – the atonal and the tonal – and that in their perceptive and nuanced empathy with the narrative
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Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten was an English composer‚ conductor and pianist. He was born on November 22‚ 1913 in Suffolk. Britten’s best works were the operas War Requiem which he wrote in 1962 and Peter Grimes which was written in 1945. His most famous orchestral piece was The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra which was also performed in 1945. Britten had a very unusual past but as any other famous composer‚ pianist or conductor‚ Britten started at a very young age. The main theme of
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According to The Gift of Music‚ “He was interested in Hungarian music and used many folk song tunes in his compositions” (Smith and Carlson 140). This shows that Nationalism and its emphasis on culture had affected Brahms. In addition‚ his German Requiem does not use the traditional Latin Catholic text‚ but instead is very Protestant‚ and uses Luther’s translation of the Bible. According to The Encyclopedia of Music‚ “…during the Franco-Prussian War he was hailed as a ‘patriot’‚ having used material
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Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian operatic composer. He was raided as a duchy. He was born on October 10‚ 1813‚ in Roncole. Berdi first studied music in the town of Bussesto. In 1832 Verdi was rejected to study with the Milan Conservatory because of his age. He became the pupil of composer Vincenzo Lavigna. Then returned to Bussesto in 1833 as conductor. At the age of 25 Verdi again went to Milan. His first opera‚ Oberto‚ was produced at La Scala with some success in 1839. His next work‚ the comic opera
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born January 27th‚ 1756 in Salzburg‚ Austria. At the age of three‚ he could imitate his sister‚ Nannerl‚ on the clavier. From age four to five‚ he studied music with his father and started composing his own music. At age six‚ he taught himself to play the violin and the organ and also played for the Emperor of Austria. When he was seven and eight‚ he traveled to many different cities and performed in front of many royalties. While he was eleven and twelve‚ he wrote his
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How did the Paramount decision of 1948 change the U.S. film industry? To what degree did the decision alter the way the industry did business? The Supreme Court ruled against the Hollywood’s monopoly of the film industry of the United States‚ directing that the production and distribution of movies be separated from movie exhibition practices. The ruling marked the death of studio era and led to numerous changes in film industry decades later. The paramount decision pushed the Twentieth century
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parts. First of all comes the elegy of Philip‚ which begins most aptly with the burial service and proceeds to a Mass of the birds---a type of mock requiem with antecedents reaching far back into the Middle ages. This section of the poem is an early example of the stream-of-consciousness technique‚ as Jane ruminates about her pet. Bits of the Requiem Mass and the Office for the Dead float through her head‚ and she sings these. In fact‚ Jane begins her lament with the opening word of the antiphon
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Do we still need newspapers? When you turned your computer on this morning at work to check your Yahoo‚ did you look at the thirty to fifty articles posted on the homepage before you logged in? In this day and age‚ one can ask the question‚ “Do we still need newspapers?” And after reading‚ “Yes‚ Newspapers Are Doomed”‚ by Gary S. Becker‚ the end of the newspaper era is coming to an end. “A telling fact is that young people today do not read general newspapers‚ whereas they did in the past.” (Becker
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dismissed. He married Constance Weber in 1782. Most of his life with Constance was spent in poverty‚ but during this time he wrote he three great operas‚ Don Giovanni‚ The Magic Flute and the Marriage of Figaro were written. His last work‚ The Requiem‚ was never finished. Mozart died in 1791 and was buried in a paupers grave. Bibliography http://www.makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_mmf_music_library/hey-kids-meet-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart.htm http://www.findfast.org/composers/facts-about-mozart
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