Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins This beautiful poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins runs on a single theme- Nature and its creator‚ God. He writes about the diversity and beauty of nature and how it changes everyday. Hopkins sees the power and creation of God through nature. This poem describes his wonder and awes at the creation of such an extraordinary and ever changing course that is nature. ‘Glory be to God for dappled things‚ For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow‚’ He uses
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French Horn Assignment 4 http://www.soundjunction.org/thefrenchhornabriefhistory.aspa http://www.blackdiamondbrass.com/hrnhist/hornhist.htm History of French Horns In Europe‚ horns gained popularity in the trendy sport of hunting. As this aristocratic sport spread‚ horn-makers experimented with different shapes and sizes to increase the range of notes possible. In 1636‚ French musical scholar Marin Mersenne wrote of four different kinds of horns in his Harmonie Universelle: Le grand cor (the
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Concert Review #1: Carmina Burana I watched the Florida Orchestra perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana via a internet recording. The venue was recorded at the Tampa Bay performing arts center. It was interesting to view the orchestra from an entirely different view than what the audience normally sees. The cameras were focused in on each part of the massive orchestra in their time of importance. This orchestras was made of all sections. It contained woodwinds‚ string‚ drum‚ brass‚ and choral. There
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Unit Summary – Module I Elements of Music - 5 points Please complete each question as thoroughly as possible and submit to your professor by the due date. This summary will function as one of the study guides for the midterm exam; it is very important that the information is complete. This first unit develops the vocabulary that is used in the rest of the class‚ so there are many terms to master. As part of this unit’s study‚ you will also be expected to recognize each instrument by its
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Mihir Shukla 1. A: abstract B: ballet C: contemporary D: distraught E: emotional F: frenzied G: graceful H: harmonious I: integrated J: joyous K: kinetic L: loving M: manipulative (body-wise) N: nimble O: organized P: peaceful Q: qualitative R: resonance S: separation T: transient U: ubiquitous V: "Virtuosity" (Unit 1 term) W: willful X: xeransis Y: youthful Z: zealous 2. A limit does not exist within the vast pool of terminology which could be
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Extra Credit – 500x Museum Visit For the extra credit‚ I went to the 500x Gallery and witnessed several different art pieces there. The one that happened to cross my mind the most was the "Owl" by Elaine Pawlowicz. This painting intrigued me because it evokes several memories of my childhood that I have recently forgotten. When I was a child I lived in a yellowish orange house surrounded by fields of land which had no plants or resemblance to any type of farm life. It was like a huge desert
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STUDY QUIZ -- UNIT I 1. Why does a live performance provide a special excitement? 2. What will enhance our ability to evaluate and enjoy music? 3. Why is John Cage’s composition 4’ 33" particularly interesting? 4-7. What are the four main properties of musical sound? 8. What determines the pitch of a sound? 9. The distance between two pitches is called an ______________. 10. If a pitch has a frequency of 100 cycles per second‚ what is the frequency of the pitch one
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Haley Plemons RA-2 1. Easily defined ragtime is known as an early mixture of African‚ African-American‚ and Eurpoean musical elements. Ragtime has an unending set of variations with added embellishments. Known as the hottest musical rage of late 1890’s to early 1900’s‚ ragtime brought together established techniques and incorporated them with European march format. This fused syncopation influences from Africans with harmonic ways of African Americans and Europeans. Rhythmic syncopation was
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1. The four main properties of musical sounds are; Tone Color (Timbre)‚ Pitch‚ Dynamics and Duration. Tone Color also known as timbre pertains to the distinguishing attributes of one voice or instrument from another. A good example is the tone difference between a saxophone and a guitar‚ or even between a nylon and steel string guitars. Pitch mainly has to do with the relative highness or the lowness of a sound. It is determined by the frequency of the vibration of sound. Smaller objects (shorter
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Pros and Cons of an appreciation in Australian dollar In the recent days‚ Australian dollar has witnesses a significant appreciation and keeps strong. To put in a simple way‚ appreciation of Australian dollar‚ for our ordinary consumer‚ means we can buy more goods than before using the same amount of money. This is caused by an increase of purchase power of Australian dollar. As for choices of consumers‚ foreign goods are especially welcomed for the simple reason that they become relatively cheaper
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