“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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The Strings Introduction Almost every culture in history has featured string instruments as part of their musical life and heritage. However‚ regardless of their origin‚ string instruments share one common characteristic: a string stretched between two points to produce the sound. Strings may be plucked‚ strummed‚ bowed‚ rubbed‚ or otherwise manipulated in order to produce vibration. Although any one of these techniques may be applied to a particular string instrument‚ different instruments have
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Introduction Music is found in every known culture‚ past and present‚ varying wildly between times and places. Since all people of the world‚ including the most isolated tribal groups‚ have a form of music‚ it may be concluded that music is likely to have been present in the ancestral population prior to the dispersal of humans around the world. Consequently music may have been in existence for at least 50‚000 years and the first music may have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become
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German Culture Germany has been remarkably called Das Land der Dichter und Denker (the land of poets and thinkers). The diverse culture of Germany has been molded by the major intellectual and popular currents in Europe‚ both religious and secular. This report is divided into several aspects of German Culture which are as follows. Language German is the official and predominant spoken language in Germany. Minority languages constitute Sorbian‚ Danish‚ Romany and Frisian. The immigrant languages
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Bach in Time The musical composition‚ “Fugue in G Minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach reflects the conflict riddled throughout the story of 1984 by George Orwell. The fugue presents the musical theme as what Big Brother’s ideologies are. The different aspects of the fugue represent Winston Smith‚ society‚ and Big Brother’s interactions throughout the book. In the story‚ Winston goes through an internal and external struggle of rebellion against Big Brother. The constant movement in the music and the
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also to its music. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon‚ being widely studied‚ performed‚ and listened to. It is associated with composers such as Claudio Monteverdi‚ Antonio Vivaldi‚ George Frideric Handel‚ and Johann Sebastian Bach. The baroque period saw the development of diatonic tonality. During the period composers and performers used more elaborate musical ornamentation; made changes in musical notation‚ and developed new instrumental playing techniques. Baroque
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After listening to this pieces‚ I decided it was composed in the Baroque period of music. When I listened‚ it sounded as if there were two separate pieces but the radio personality did not announce a new piece or a change. For this reason‚ I assumed they were movements. The first movement sounded dark and frantic. It reminded me of sitting down to take a test and being filled up with anxiety. The mood of the piece changed and became lighter. It was not necessarily happy but rather soothing and romantic
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The Baroque era was a very interesting time‚ where people were questioning many things. People were starting to discover their own styles and express those styles in their artwork and music. Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or better known as Wolfgang Mozart was born on January 27th‚ 1756 only six years into the Baroque era. He was born in Salzburg‚ Austria to Leopold Mozart‚ a court musician and Anna Marie Mozart. He was one of two children out of seven that survived. At the young
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Words such as “soured‚ stank‚ grey‚ foul‚ fanged and bullet” spotlight the hideousness of Medusa. Now she commands her lover/husband to “be terrified”‚ a hint that she starts giving full vent to her wrath turning everything she gazes at to a stony figure: “The fact that she has gone from bee to bird to cat to pig to dragon shows the ever-increasing size of her anger: she is not being satiated by these random acts of destruction. They are merely leading her towards greater‚ more powerful targets until
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+500300 B.C 580 B.C Pythagoras born 470 B.C Socrates born 427 B.C Plato born 347 B.C Plato dies 384 B.C Aristotle born 399 B.C Socrates dies 322 B.C Aristotle dies 100BC. 198 B.C Polybius born 151 B.C Ptolemy inactive 146 B.C Greece came under Roman rule 121 B.C Ptolemy first active 117 Polybius dies 120 B.C Plutarch died 106 B.C Cicero born 100 B.C Caesar ruled Rome. 7060 B.C 70 B.C Roman poet Virgil born‚ Rabbi Hillel born
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