‘A critical reading and contextualisation of West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents‚ music by Leonard Bernstein‚ lyrics by Stephan Sondheim and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.’ West Side Story is a 1961 film set in the mid-1950s in the upper west side of New York. West Side Story is based and inspired by Williams Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story. In West Side Story the protagonist is the former leader of the Jets‚ Tony‚ who
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Michael 10-14-08 Piano Concert-10/7/08 The only performer‚ performing this evening was an aspiring pianist named Judy Huang. The performer had a charismatic personality‚ with a little bit of an accent. She gladly welcomed us and opened her recital by introducing herself. The event occurred in the Art Building‚ C-104 at approximately 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday of October 07‚ 2008. She humbly dedicated and donated her time to share her piano skills. She proudly opened her recital by presenting how honored
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Kathryn Rodgers Take-Home Essay‚ Test 1 October 20‚ 2014 The Bull Lyre and The People of Ur The Bull Lyre was discovered in Iraq in 1929 by the archeologist‚ Sir Leonard Woolley. In 1926 Leonard Woolley had been elected by the Pennsylvanian and British museums of Archeology and Anthropology to lead an excavation that would examine the surrounding area of the mysterious ziggurat of Ur. Along with his team of excavators‚ Woolley was the first to unearth the “Royal Cemetery” of Ur‚ a mass grave
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Leonard Pitts criticizes McBudget’s argument by making emphasis on the missing points that were not included on the budget. He considers McDonald’s budget as offensive and controversial. Also‚ Mr. Leonard believes that it is impossible for a millionaire company advice the poor people to continue surviving to poverty. In his opinion‚ the poor people cannot live on the totally unrealistic McBudget. According to McBudget the value for health insurance that nowadays everybody must have is 20 dollars
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educational modules and Christian perspective‚ HBU’s Piano Program offers a complete music educational modules represent considerable authority in piano execution‚ teaching method‚ ambiance music‚ and going with. Also‚ understudies in this system advantage from various performing opportunities‚ regular expert classes and exhibitions by going by universally acclaimed craftsman‚ little class sizes‚ and profession/graduate school exhorting. As a piano player at HBU‚ you will join a strong gathering of
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rather than the mask I wear to school everyday. Music is one of those very few things in life that listens and can easily influence mood. Words in a song vary from happy to sad to angry and so can an orchestral piece. One of my favorite pieces is Piano Concerto no.2 by Rachmaninoff as it contains different emotions and connections throughout the piece.
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In B flat major and the third of the set Mozart composed‚ the Piano Sonata (K. 281) opens with an Allegro in sonata form. Almost immediately after the restatement of the four-measure theme begins‚ Mozart moves away from the tonic toward the dominant‚ F major. An insistent repeated-note figure is the main feature of the secondary theme‚ which quickly gives way to a trilled closing motive. After a harmonically daring development section we hear one of Mozart’s most predictable recapitulations‚ tracing
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Once again‚ it is a week of new names and experiences for me to learn about. Prior to reading Leonard Peltier’s story I may have viewed his name with a hashtag in front of it and briefly clicked on it‚ but I didn’t delve any deeper than that. Per usual‚ I have a surplus of questions and fewer answers. For example‚ I know President Obama didn’t commute his sentence‚ but I want to know why. Is it just my perception‚ or has the fight for Civil Rights among the‚ African American population been more
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though it remains to be seen whether or not he’ll poke fun at those that opted not to attend the party. And‚ while some notable faces will be absent‚ like Will Smith (who wasn’t nominated for his leading role in Concussion)‚ you had best believe Leonard DiCaprio will be in the house - possibly wearing his brown pants. The Revenant (one of the favorites to win Best Picture) is a complete work of art and has been the talk of the Oscar season‚ but no one will be feeling more pressure to bring home
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One literary technique that authors often employ is to use a character who is a “visitor” to provide insight into a society’s culture. In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Player Piano‚ the author employs the Shah of Bratpuhr in such a manner. Instead of seeing a society that is better because of its reliance on machines‚ the Shah instead observes that the people of Ilium have become slaves to their machines instead. Instead of observing a society that worships a religious God and looks to him for inspiration
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