Many wonder‚ how is it that Beethoven became deaf? He became deaf around the 1790s‚ and during those times there wasn’t the amount of advanced technology or medication that would be able to figure out what exactly caused his deafness‚ however there are many theories. One of the most popular theories is that he had Otosclerosis‚ one not so popular theory is lead poisoning. Otosclerosis is a disease of the bones that are typically in the middle and inner ear. The “ossicles” which are bones‚ come together
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At the onset of 33 Variations‚ it is evident that there are many parallels between the lives of both Beethoven and Katherine. The reasoning behind these parallels‚ however‚ is not revealed until Katherine delivers her final lecture. As Katherine begins her lecture‚ she starts by explaining the purpose of a hypothesis before then providing the audience with her own. “My hypothesis was that Beethoven wanted to use Diabelli’s waltz to show Vienna what a great masterwork he could create out of a grain
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portraits of Beethoven; you can realize that he probably wasn’t the easiest of people to be with. Impressive‚ certainly; exciting‚ perhaps; but rarely cosy and good-natured. This might be the common impression about this talented composer. Ladies and gentlemen‚ in my today’s speech I’m going to inform you about Beethoven’s individualism with two parts. 1. How individualism spirit helps him to success 2. A controversial individualist /we can say his arrogant. Beethoven is usually seen
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December 17‚ 2012 Music Theory III Music Theory III Final Paper Beethoven Sonata No. 27 (e minor) This piece is highly unusual for Beethoven Sonatas. One‚ although it was written at the start of his late period‚ this sonata had only two movements‚ the first being extremely short. Secondly‚ this was the first that Beethoven started writing his tempo markings in German‚ as though implying that this Sonata was more personal. Beethoven has also remarked on this piece that he considered titling it either
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knew that each and every stroke of my hands of my performance matters today. And yet‚ I smiled‚ letting my hands dance all over‚ presenting a symphony of sound as the ideas inside my head came to life. The music to my ears‚ however‚ wasn’t Bach or Beethoven‚ despite my personal pursuit of the piano. Instead‚ the notes of my waltz were snippets of HTML tags and CSS selectors on my monitor‚ the sweet melody the scattered wireframes and mockups across my desk‚
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Everyone has heard Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. This piece of music has 3 movements‚ which are major changes to the song such as the key‚tempo‚and volume. This piece of music is very passionate‚ it was written after Beethoven had gone deaf. from the eerie but beautiful begging to very intense near the end. This song can be compared to Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein‚ which also has a lot of passionate written on its pages. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata begins very eerie and soft. It can make
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Maybe others don’t understand you because you’re always "borrowing" gas money‚ crashing on their couches and eating all their food. Ever think of that wasteoids? What’s wrong with being a responsible member of society and pursuing spiritual enlightenment on your own dang couch? Perhaps I take a dim view of this book’s message because I’ve known too many people who "follow their dreams" and expect someone else to take care of their "mundane" needs.(less)I read this book after hearing for years
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Over time‚ Enlightenment ideals have had an immense impact on contemporary and modern society. The Age of Enlightenment was a time during the 17th and 18th century in which scholars and philosophers began to question traditional ideas about society. Centuries of corruption and exploitation from numerous monarchies and the church‚ initiated intelligent people to speak out‚ and thus‚ the Enlightenment began. This Enlightenment changed the world by promoting new ideas concerning political‚ economic
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Zenobia Wright Chapter 1 (2) Define and briefly explain both the Enlightenment and counter Enlightenment. In addition‚ explain how each sociology’s founding fathers’ work embodies both movements. The Enlightenment started around the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe. Simply put‚ it was a period of awakening because individuals in society started having new thoughts and ideas about the world around them. Instead of just relying on religion for answers‚ individuals wanted to
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Rhetorical Perspective Renaissance The Enlightenment and Renaissance era ’s. Two completely different era ’s as far as time periods‚ but actually similar in how they developed rhetoric. These two era ’s focused a lot on education to develop‚ and used past rhetorician ’s views‚ and philosophies to do so. The Enlightenment era focused a lot on argumentation. This period was about an intellectual change going on in the world. According to dictionary.com‚ enlightenment was‚ a philosophical movement of the
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