Preludes (1917) is an early poem of Eliot that deals with the characteristic Modernist trope of urban absurdity‚ monotony and squalor. The poem is divided into 4 parts and in a ’montage’-like fashion‚ creates an associative framework of images that describe a banal urban life‚ disconnected‚ solitary and full of alienation and meaninglessness. The first part sets the tone in minutely describing a winter evening in the city--from the smells of meat to the grimy scraps to the abrupt rain or the lonely
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Reading Musical Interpretation: a case analysis of J.S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (BWV 893) based upon framework and diagram established by Hellaby § Introduction and Literature Review This essay aims to discuss interpretations of‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier (WTC) II‚ through analysis of recordings made on the piano by three pianists whose names have been closely associated with Bach performance. The analysis is based on an approach established by Julian Hellaby. In his book ‘Reading Musical
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Psychology-1 06 April 2015 Mystifying Cases of Dissociative Fugue Disorder In a figure of extraordinary cases‚ certain individuals fail to recall their self-identity. Correspondingly‚ some individuals forget about whom they are‚ while frequently developing these inclinations to interchange and travel across the country. What symptoms could cause something like that to happen o certain individuals? Dissociative Fugue Disorder‚ once known as psychogenic fugue‚ is a precise and uncommon condition where one or
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Gregory Sanders Aesthetics 3-27-2013 Toccata & Fugue: The Epitome of the Baroque Organist The young‚ earnest gentleman and the hapless damsel whose car ran off the road about 100 feet down the drive creak open the massive double mahogany doors. The wind howls outside and the lad closes the door behind them. “Hello?” he calls‚ “Anyone home?” No response. As they walk further into the house they hear a low grumbling noise‚ quieter than the wind‚ but too regular for the creaking of an antiquated
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“Johann Sebastian Bach” Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in western musical history. More than 1‚000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the art of fugue‚ Brandenburg Concerti‚ the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord‚ the‚ Mass in B-minor‚ the motets‚ and the Easter and Christmas oratorios. Bach came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians in his family over a period of 300 years. His father Johann Ambrosius Bach‚ was a talented
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(1685-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach‚ a Baroque composer‚ is widely recognized for his contrapuntal music‚ characterized by many notes‚ simple rhythms‚ and steady shifts of underlying harmony. Bach is not only known for his vast compositions‚ which consist of hundreds of choral and instrumental works‚ but was also as an astoundingly gifted organ player and improviser. Compared to the other composers in his time‚ Bach explored much more harmony in his music. Bach’s music can contain extraordinarily ’jazzy’
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Jacob Zeller Professor Davidson History of Music 114:01 15 November 2012 Bach v. Handel When thinking of composers‚ whose works changed the world of music forever‚ many names may come to mind. Among those on that list‚ both Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel are figures whose effect on music has been felt worldwide. Born in the same year‚ these composers have much in common and many differences that illustrate their importance to their era and music as we see it today. Their individualism
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"Poetry can be a criticism of life" - T.S Eliot Eliot is one of the major poets who belong to the era of modern poetry. In most of his poems we find the characteristics of the modern era which have uprooted the people from their cultural roots. The city dwellers who belong to the modern era led a fatigue bored lifestyle. Eliot’s poem Preludes captured the thoughts and observations of industrial city dwellers. Eliot published these short poems in a book of poetry that contained long poems about
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Andy Lacey “Bachumentary” 10/2/14 Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685 to Johann Ambrosius Bach and Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt. Throughout his life‚ Bach experienced many great things‚ as well as hardships and trials. In the sixty five years‚ he led a very entertaining and interesting life. Even though he never traveled very far from his place of birth‚ he still became famous worldwide by writing great music. Bach’s life was more than likely an exciting and busy one‚ he sired
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Germany as the youngest child of a church organist father‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695)‚ and a mother‚ Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt (1644-1694) and into a great musical family‚ stretching back seven generations. Bach’s family was devoutly Lutheran. Bach learned violin and music theory from his father and organ from Johann Christoph Bach (1671-1721). In 1692‚ when Bach was seven years old‚ he attended Lateinschule in Eisenach and studied religion‚ Latin
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