Program Notes By Xiaohan Sun Béla Bartók Born 1881‚ Nagyszentmiklós‚ Hungary Died 1945‚ New York‚ New York Viola Concerto (1945) Bartok left two major concertos unfinished: the Third piano concerto and the Viola Concerto. The former was complete except for the orchestration of the last seventeen measures‚ but the latter required much more extensive work. The manuscript for this unfinished work was given to Bartok’s friend and informal student Tibor Serly‚ who reconstructed the work and prepared
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How can leaders of such large companies‚ who make millions‚ try and tell their minimum wage employees how to live on so little? Leonard Pitts Jr.‚ the author of “’McBudget’ an insult to those living in poverty” takes his stance on this as he talks about McDonalds controversial ideas and guidelines for how to live on so little. He points out that the employees may only be getting a mere $8.25 per hour and that they may not even be getting the full 40 hours per week of pay. It seems that another point
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order to prevent the repeating of the same mistakes. The novel‚ The Piano Man’s Daughter deals this idea of learning from past mistakes‚ and the author Timothy Findley does expands this idea further to the possibility of inheriting the same mistake to the next generation. The Piano
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano was first published in 1952 and it is his first literary masterpiece. It examines a dystopian society run by machines in Vonnegut’s signature style— satirical‚ deadly serious but at the same time‚ wildly humorous. In Ilium‚ New York‚ people have no potential to be anything beyond a body with a letter and a number attached to it. For example Doctor Edward Francis Finnerty‚ a rebellious outsider with a brilliant mind and an old friend of the protagonist Paul Proteus‚ is
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When Maytag faced global issues between possibilities of being bought out and confronting heavy losses and lawsuits from consumers for UK Hoover’s cumbersome product promotions‚ Leonard Hadley stepped up as CEO in utilizing the power that he had to keep Maytag together and resolve the issues that it had to handle. The power that he used throughout his time spent as CEO was manifest in the ways that he formed and exhibited a respectable image of himself‚ and dealt with foreign Maytag subsidiaries
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Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius‚ also known as “Blade Runner”‚ was born November 22‚ 1986. He was born in Johannesburg‚ South Africa and is the middle of three children. Oscar was born with a condition called fibular hemimelia. Fibular hemimelia is a congenital condition in which someone is missing the fibula in one or both legs. Unfortunately‚ Oscar was born without a fibula in both legs. His parents had to make a terribly difficult decision to have his legs amputated when he was 11 months old. The
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In the article "We ’ve Got Mail Always" Andrew Leonard examines the advantages and shortcomings of email. He suggests that‚ email‚ due to its boundryless nature‚ has invaded our personal and work lives and has become an inescapable presence‚ albeit‚ good or bad‚ that draws our attention. As a communications tool‚ email‚ has facilitated the global exchange of vast amounts of information. It has improved the manner and speed with which we communicate‚ and individuals from all walks of life are
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“Piano” shows a man recalling his childhood as he is listening to a woman singing. This poem reflects his mood of nostalgia and pathos; the speaker is longing for the simplicity and comfort of years gone by. We can discover that there is an ambiguous‚ harmonious tone‚ which is accentuated by its structure and rhyme. It also insists of rich imagery that creates a vivid picture for audiences. It is a relatively short poem that has only three stanzas‚ but Lawrence conveys the main theme of ambiguous，
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Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor‚ K. 310 Mozart’s Mourning “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” – Victor Hugo The Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor‚ K. 310‚ composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ is an original piece which stands out even among all of his other works. To fully appreciate this sonata however‚ one must understand the events in Mozart’s life preceding the writing of this piece. Written in the summer of 1778 shortly after the
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Haydn Piano Sonata in Bb Major Haydn’s Piano Sonata in Bb major has three clearly defined sections: the exposition‚ the development‚ and the recapitulation. In the exposition‚ the thematic statement from measure 1 through 10 is more or less the introduction followed by a theme in parallel period from measures 11 to beat two of 22. Up to this point we are in the key of Bb major‚ ending on a half cadence. Though it stays in this key‚ E is tonicized with a five of four in measures 11 and 16.
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