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    Concerto Grosso Analysis

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    Before concerto grosso took form‚ it had a series of predecessors that morphed over time to finally become what we recognise today as concerto grosso. The first of these predecessors was the trio sonata – a work composed for two violins and cello. Trio sonatas were composed in the style of da chiesa (to be performed in the church) or da camera (to be performed in the courts of noblemen and aristocrats). Trio sonata evolved into solo sonatas where a solo instrument such as violin‚ flute‚ oboe or cello

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    Critical Survey of Poetry. Vol. 2. California: Salem Press‚Inc.‚ 2003. 8 vols. Lee‚ Michelle. Poetry Criticism. Vol. 68. New York: Thomas Gale‚ 2006. 83 vols. Saunder‚ Alletha. Interview with Billy Collins. Summer 2006. http://www.uidaho.edu/fugue/billy_collins.htm. Fugue‚ University of Idaho. Varnes‚ Kathrine. An exaltation of forms: contemporary. Michigan: University ofMichigan Press‚ 2002. Weich‚ Dave. Billy Collins‚ Bringing Poetry to the Public. January 14‚ 2004. http://www.powells.com/authors/collins

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    ’Complex ideas about culture are communicated through the specific detail of construction of a literary text. Discuss with reference to one or more works you have studied.’ Australian poet Gwen Harwood was renowned for her strongly opinionated approach towards the subjects of her poetry. Harwood’s poetry often reflects her own experiences of the arrogant injustice of Australian culture in the 1950s and 60s. Harwood personally felt the harsh discrimination of Australia at the time‚ after being rejected

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    The Meaning and Scope of The Humanities Humanities The word humanities comes from the latin humanus‚ which means human‚ cultured and refined. To be human is to be have or show qualities like rationality‚ kindness and tenderness. It has different connotations in different historical eras. Today‚ however‚ we know of humanities as a loosely defined group of cultural subject areas. Unlike other subjects‚ it is not a group of scientific or technical subjects. The Scope of Humanities The humanities

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    The Baroque Era

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    The orchestra as we know it now did not exist before the 17th century. At the start of this century the orchestra was just beginning and developing on from the renaissance era where orchestras had only just began to be used rarely and only in tiny groups‚ with a small range of instruments. The main factors influencing this development include: instrumental technology‚ different classes of the public‚ playing techniques‚ economics‚ the role of music directors and changes in musical tastes. The

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    “Derived from the Portuguese barroco‚ or “oddly shaped pearl‚” the term “baroque” has been widely used since the nineteenth century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750” - http://www.baroque.org. Following the Renaissance‚ the baroque period was known for its expressivity of boldness‚ extravagance‚ overall balance‚ and use of heavy use of ornamentation. These features can be seen in everything from the clothing styles‚ to the architecture‚ and in particular

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    out of seven that survived. At the young age of six Mozart could play the harpsicord and violin. He also had magnificent abilities to read music perfectly upon first sight. Mozart was considered a child prodigy for his abilities to improvise fugues and write minuets at this young age. At the ripe age of eight‚ he wrote a symphony; then at eleven‚ an oratorio. To top it off at twelve‚ he composes an opera (Kamien‚ 2015‚ p. 176). Mozart wrote in all the music genres of his time‚ this was unlike

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    Felix Mendelssohn

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    Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was born on February 3‚ 1809‚ to Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn in Hamburg‚ Germany (Oxford Companion 1162). He was the second of four children‚ but he was closer to his older sister Fanny than any of his other siblings. The two of them studied music and played together for many years‚ and Fanny also composed. Several of the Songs Without Words were her works‚ published under Felix ’s name because of the family ’s feeling that it was unbecoming for a woman to

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    Beethoven 9th symphony

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    Beethoven Symphony No.9. 4th movement. Ludwig van Beethoven‚ great music composer‚ born in December 17‚ 1770 in Bonn Germany‚ and died in March 26‚ 1827 in Vienna. He was interested in music at a very young age. He grew up in a family where his father was a musician but he had drinking problem‚ and his mother was gentle loving care person. Beethoven claimed his mother as his best friend. When Beethoven took interest in music‚ his father taught him music day and night and how to play an instrument

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    Crazy Like Us Analysis

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    Is The Rest Of The World ’Crazy Like Us’?by ETHAN WATTERS Author Ethan Watters thinks that America is "homogenizing the way the world goes mad." In Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche‚ he describes how American definitions and treatments of mental illness have spread to other cultures around the world. "[McDonald’s] golden arches do not represent our most troubling impact on other cultures‚" Watters writes. "Rather‚ it is how we are flattening the landscape of the human psyche

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