1. Intro: Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was an innovator‚ widening the scope of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto‚ and quartet‚ and combining vocals and instruments in a new way. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness‚ and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life‚ when he was quite unable to hear. He is an crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music‚ a pianist‚ a composer who remains one of
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Composer and pianist Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ who is commonly considered the greatest composer of all time‚ was born on or about December 16‚ 1770. He was born in the city of Bonn‚ Germany to the parents of Maria Magdalena van Beethoven and Johann van Beethoven. However‚ his exact date of birth is uncertain‚ Beethoven was baptized on December 17‚ 1770. It was a law that babies be baptized within twenty-four hours of birth‚ however‚ Beethoven believed he was born in 1772 even when provided official
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The Campaign of 1812 should have been a another crusade for Napoleon‚ but he now faced 2 new policies that he had never faced before‚ the severe Russian winter and the notorious scorched-earth policy. On June 23‚ 1812 Napoleon’s Grande Armee‚ over 500‚000 men strong‚ poured over the Russian border. An equal amount of Russian forces awaited them. The result of the campaign was a surprise. Two authors‚ General carl von Clausewitz and Brett James‚ show similarities in reasons why Napoleon had lost this
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A SEMINAR PAPER ON LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS PRESENTED BY: AKOMOLAFE OLUWATOBA M. MATRIC NO: 187189 COURSE CODE: PHI 702 COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY LECTURER IN CHARGE: Dr. Afolayan LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS NATURE OF METAPHYSICS In everyday discourse‚ “Metaphysics”
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drinking to pull young Ludwig out of bed to practice until morning. Beethoven ’s talent was recognized at a very early age‚ and by 1778 he was studying the organ and viola in addition to the piano. His most important teacher in Bonn was Christian Gottlob Neefe‚[5] who was the Court ’s Organist. Neefe helped Beethoven publish his first composition: a set of keyboard variations. A portrait of the thirteen-year-old Beethoven by an unknown Bonn master The young Beethoven ’s talent was
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however‚ his father exploited his son‚ announcing that he was only 6. Because of this‚ Beethoven was always thought of as being younger than he actually was. Ludwig soon outgrew the teachings of his father and began to study with Christian Gottlob Neefe‚ who was the Court’s organist. Neefe taught Ludwig about composition and by March of 1783‚ had helped him write his first published composition: a set of keyboard variations. He then began working with Neefe as an assistant organist and published
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Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy Kwame Anthony Appiah OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Thinking It Through Thinking It Through AN I NTRODUCTION TO CONTE M PO RARY PH I LOSOPHY Kwame Anthony Appiah Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi São Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Oxford University
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hypothesized that he may have had mild dyslexia. As Beethoven put it himself‚ “Music comes to me more readily than words”. In the year of 1781‚ at the age of 10‚ Beethoven stopped going to school and went to studying music full time with Christian Gottlob Neefe‚ Newly appointed Court Organist. Neefe introduced Beethoven to Bach‚ at twelve Beethoven published the first composition of his life. His first composition was a set of piano variations on a theme by an obscure classical composer named
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Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing‚ normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality‚ rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case ofmonotyping‚ the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece‚ which is called a print. Each print produced is not considered a "copy" but rather is considered an "original". This is because typically each print varies to an extent
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