Kirk Dwayne Franklin‚ born Kirk Dwayne Smith on January 26‚ 1970 in Fort Worth‚ Texas to a teenage mother. He never knew his father and his mother struggled caring for him and gave him up for adoption. At the age of three he was adopted by his great aunt Gertrude Franklin‚ who had cared for him since birth and the only mother figured he had known. Gertrude recognized Franklin’s gifts and talents at a young age and encouraged his development and growth. Detriment to provide Franklin with the musical
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Franz Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau‚ Austria on March 31‚ 1732. Mr. Haydn was a singer at St. Stephen’s Cathedral choir in Vienna. He later learned to play the violin and keyboard. After leaving the choir he taught violin to make money while studying counterpoint and harmony. Haydn soon became an assistant to composer Nicola Porpora in exchange for lessons. In 1761‚ he became court musician at the palace of the influential Esterházy family where he financially support himself for nearly 30 years
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I was so focused on the academic aspects of school my freshman and sophomore years’ that i wasn’t active in any of my school’s clubs or activities. I finally decided to get more involved my junior year and I joined nearly every club‚ participated in every activity‚ and even went to as many sports events as I could have. I currently am a six year member of the National Beta Club and have held the positions of Vice President of Fundraising and Senior Representative throughout my high school career
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X recognizes how his loneliness is negatively impacting his life by causing him to detach himself from society. As Sergeant X begins to acknowledge his solitude‚ the young British girl named Esmé who X had first seen at choir practice approached him and stated that she‚ “purely came over because [she] thought [he] looked extremely lonely‚” (Salinger‚ 11). Esmé’s ability to identify the loneliness present in Sergeant X’s life indicates a mutual understanding of the detrimental
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In high school‚ I participated in a choir which was required to perform at least one song in a language besides English every year - in my four years in this choir‚ we were given songs in Latin‚ French‚ Hebrew‚ and Basque. While all of these songs contained specific challenges for native‚ monolingual American English speakers - in the Hebrew piece‚ for example‚ many people had trouble producing what (in hindsight) appeared to be a pharyngeal approximant‚ a phone which is much more evident in Semitic
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The motet was one of the most important forms of polyphonic music from 1250 to 1750. The Italian mottetto was originally a profane polyphonic species of music‚ the air‚ or melody‚ being in the Tenor clef‚ taking the then acknowledged place of the canto fermo or plainchant‚ theme. It originated in the 13th century resulting from the practice of Pérotin and his contemporaries in Paris. The term "motet" can be translated as "the word of movement". Sometimes two upper voices had different words. In the
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or a hidden meaning. The author tells us that a so called “paradise island” can really be hell. Jack‚ a key character in the story‚ has a role in Lord Of The Flies‚ as the oldest one and the one who likes to be in charge. At the beginning he has a choir‚ although he decided they were to become hunters and what he does next shows cruelty and violence. The first time we encounter Jack he comes across as a powerful‚ confident‚ controlling and dark character. The reason why I chose dark as one of the
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kids because of his occupation in the civil service. Therefore‚ he was very strict. Alois Hitler never had a pleasant relationship with any of his children. Hitler was said to have a really good singing voice and took part in his school’s choir. He also was a very smart boy‚ doing well in school. Hitler was very religious‚ idolizing his priests. At age nine‚ he was caught smoking a cigarette by one of his priests but was forgiven and had no punishment. Hitler was obsessed with German
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The work of Lord of the Flies by William Golding presents the idea that anyone without strong security can devolve into anarchy. The boys at the start of the book use school paradigm of rules and regulations to create order. These values are eventually destroyed when they begin to worship false deities through the beast and showcases how religion is never a blessing but a curse. Their microcosm of society reflects the powers of a cult that caused the boys to lose their innocence in the form of their
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that I frequented as a child in the church choir. (Refrence.com Answers‚ 2013) Moving on through school‚ I learned how much singing played a major part of my academic career. Now as an adult‚ I give back through singing. Singing is both therapeutic and calming. Psychologically I believe singing to be categorized under the social subfield. As‚ a kid you depend on those around you to teach you all you need to know in life. Singing as a child‚ I had a choir director in church that taught us rhythm
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