There are certain films that are just meant to become classics‚ to be seen as masterpieces‚ even if not during their heyday but after a few decades. Such an example of a film like this is Planet of the Apes‚ which the eccentricity of its origins gives it a boost when it came to the awesomeness of the film. However‚ this essay is not meant to explain the storyline‚ rather to give a description of the musical score of it. The story began aboard a spaceship that was on its way to an unknown place around
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Ragtime was a very influential part of the development of jazz. Ragtime became very popular in the late 1800’s. Ragtime’s distinct style set it apart from the other genres. Syncopation is what defines this art form. This is when the loud accents fall in between the beats. Anything that is syncopated is basically ragtime. One of the most important ragtime composers was Scott Joplin. Like all great artists‚ Joplin did not restrict himself to this favored art form. Both before the advent of
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whereas upward social comparison is surrounding yourself with successful people to make yourself feel more successful. Compensatory self-enhancement is when you acknowledge the poor grade you got in class but instead start to think about your excellent clarinet-playing skills. Discounting is reducing the
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Beethoven has published the Symphony No. 7 in A major in 1812. In addition to small size‚ the symphony requires a modest orchestra. The symphony is scored for 2 trumpets‚ 2 flutes‚ 2 bassoons‚ 2 oboes‚ 2 clarinets‚ 2 horns‚ strings‚ and timpani. The performance lasts approximately 45 minutes. In the Seventh
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“This town is full of Tabasco” Elton Glaser starts his poem with. This statement helps us to see Glaser’s view of New Orleans and his view on life in general; A good life is one that is flavorful‚ spicy‚ and unpredictable at times‚ just like New Orleans. Throughout the poem Glaser uses diction‚ imagery‚ line breaks‚ and many more poetic elements to relate to his attitude towards his town‚ and his life. Glaser constantly uses diction that helps express the purpose of his poem. “This town is full
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From my range of experiences at the Indianapolis Museum of Art there has been one painting that has always brought me back to cast my shadow on the museum floor in front of it. Norman Rockwell’s The Love Song has captured my attention time and time again with its expressive and intriguing narrative. Sylvan Barnet tells us that in the critique of a work we must ask ourselves‚ “What is my first response to the work?” Barnet goes on to say that we may eventually change our understanding of the work
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A symbol is something that represents something else. In Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle‚ a reoccurring symbol is – unbelievably - the cat’s cradle‚ which is represented in three different ways. There’s the “literal cat’s cradle‚ which is where this symbol comes from‚ and there’s an image of the cradle. But the most interesting way the cat’s cradle is represented is when it’s used as a metaphor in different situations. The cats’ cradle is used as a symbol to signify the difference between the world
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Her face is oval‚ the nose and mouth are small‚ but well proportioned. Her olive-colored eyes are large and her look is nobel and calm. As she steps in a half moon‚ in her right arm‚ she holds a small child‚ and on her and the child’s head‚ rests a golden crown and steps on a half moon. This is the image of Our Lady of Santa Anita‚ from a town in Jalisco‚ Mexico named after her; she is best known to look out for the sick and for miracles. It is common for people in the town to devote hope on the
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Jazz Counterpoint in the Late Twentieth‚ and Twentieth-First Century Since the 1950s the jazz world has not seen another effort of creating fully polyphonic jazz like with the Modern Jazz Quartet‚ Dave Brubeck’s early period‚ and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. The homophonic texture still remains as the principal form of writing in jazz‚ either for small or large ensembles. But that does not mean that it is impossible to find contrapuntal writing in contemporary jazz—especially in large ensembles—although
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music program until I was bussed to another community for junior high. I immediately joined the band program and was given a clarinet to play. In my high school a new computer program was implemented by the initiative of our principal. Through this program‚ I developed a new area of interest. After graduating from high school I was accepted into music school (clarinet) and continued on with my own informal technology education. In my first teaching position‚ I was given much support by my
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