Dave Eggers wrote What is the What to raise awareness about the Sudanese Civil War‚ and the Lost Boys living in America. Eggers originally decided to write his novel after he was approached by Achak Deng‚ who asked him to write about his life. Eggers was interested in the conflicts in Sudan‚ and making the voices of the lost boys in America heard‚ and decided to write Deng’s story. The story itself follows Achak Deng‚ a child refugee who migrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan
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The book‚ A Child Called It‚ by Dave Pelzer is an astonishing inside look at the life of an abused and neglected child. His journey allows the reader to see a horrible situation through the eyes of a helpless child‚ and has a profound impact on the emotions of his audience. After reading this book I felt compelled to read a bit more about the subject of child abuse and neglect. I have reviewed three different articles‚ which can be compared and contrasted with the writings of Pelzer. The articles
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child abuse with a look into Dave Pelzers autobiography "United States more than three children die as a result of child abuse in the home. That is more than 1‚000 children a year and most of these children are under the age of six. (http://www.childhelpusa.org/child/links.htm) You may be wondering‚ what exactly is child abuse? Of what does it consist? Are there different types? What are the signs? Read on to find all the answers and take a look into the life of Dave Pelzer who was a victim of
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The following lyrics are those of “The Real Ambassadors”‚ written by Dave and Iola Brubeck‚ and performed by Louis Armstrong and Lambert‚ Hendricks & Ross (Lyrics Playground). It is the title song of the musical “The Real Ambassadors”‚ written by Dave and Iola Brubeck‚ originally recorded in 1961 (The Real Ambassadors). The play was produced in response to the jazz ambassadors of the Cold War and the racial issues that followed. It also celebrates Louis Armstrong’s travels as a jazz ambassador (Nocera)
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to be comparing the famous jazz compositions‚ “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck and “C-Jam Blues” by Duke Ellington. Both pieces were chart-topping and achieved incredible mainstream success‚ with “Take Five” becoming the biggest selling jazz single ever (Sarabia‚ 2000). Over the next few pages I will be analysing each song in detail as well as looking at how these songs helped to define jazz. Take Five Take Five was written by Dave Brubeck in
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Over the years jazz music has gone through many musical evolutions throughout its history. At its height in the 20s and through the 40s‚ jazz big bands were one of the most popular forms of musical entertainment in America. After World War II‚ there seem to be a shift within the jazz community as more and more jazz musician broke away from the big band genre. Many of them created smaller more intimate groups that wanted to put more of an emphasis on solo improvisation‚ instrumental virtuosity‚ and
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Dance) Good afternoon everyone. I am Tom and today we will be looking at how great composers use fascinating rhythm. Let’s take a look at two fantastic songs‚ The Beatles‚ Strawberry Fields Forever‚ and the other by Dave Brubeck‚ Unsquare Dance. In 1961 American Composer Dave Brubeck wrote a piece called Unsquare Dance. Unsquare Dance is a jazz piece in 7/4. The fact that it is in 7/4 is very strange‚ as this is an uncommon time signature. This piece falls under the genre of free jazz‚ allowing
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Describe at least ONE important setting in the text(s). Explain how the setting helped to show the author / creator’s idea(s)‚ supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features. The film Pleasantville written‚ directed and produced by Gary Ross shows a time period in American History where life was more comfortable‚ stable and ‘perfect’ if you would generalise it. However‚ as the film ironically shows‚ this was a time when people were more ignorant‚ racist and most certainly
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Toccata in Funk Bradley G. Eustace (b.1978) Moderate speed with energy Bradley Grant Eustace‚ the son of Robert and Rita Eustace‚ was born in Cairne‚ Australia on July 12th‚ 1978. Eustace is an Australian composer‚ arranger‚ publisher‚ and pianist who had been one of the nominees of the top five in the Classical/Jazz section of the 2008 National Music Oz Awards. He started learning many musical instruments in the age of 8 and he got his first Associate Diploma from Yamaha Music Foundations
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About The Arranger A native of Woodbourne‚ New York‚ Murray Houllif holds degrees from the State University of New York at Potsdam (BS Music Education) and the State University of New York at Stony Brook (MM Percussion Performance). His teachers include Raymond Des Roches‚ Richard Fitz‚ James Petercsak‚ Sandy Feldstein‚ Dom Famularo‚ and Bey Perry (organist Jimmy Smith’s drummer). Having subsequently served as co-coordinator of percussion at North Texas State University in Denton‚ Murray has recently
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