remember. There ’s music for church‚ music for parties‚ music for every occasion. Western Art Music is the oldest form still listened to and performed today. The literature most well-known across continents and generations such as Beethoven ’s "Fur Elise" or Mozart ’s infamous "Waltz" - gives its common name - classical music. Classical music is the most traditional music and gives a good foundation for musicians of every level to learn on. The musical genre known as New Age is perhaps the classification
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Sonatas‚ Symphonies‚ Concertos‚ and other pieces for piano and orchestra. As Beethoven grew older‚ he became deaf‚ but still wrote music while growing deaf. Some of Beethoven’s most famous pieces include Moonlight Sonata or Quasi una fantasia‚ Fur Elise‚ Symphony no. 9 or Ode to Joy‚ and the very popular‚ Symphony no.5. Beethoven lived partly in the Classical period and partly in the romantic period. He died before he finished his 10th Symphony on March 26‚
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The theme is Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth is more than just one man’s struggle to rise to economic success. She portrays and focuses on the feminism and depiction of Chinese women probably during or before the Xinhai revolution. The appearance of Railroads suggests the novel took place after 1908‚ which is when the lines of shanghai to the north were constructed‚ relatively connecting southern and northern China. This allowed an escape for farmers like Wang‚ who had to move to the city with his
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Coffee Culture #3 Coffee has been around for a very long time. It is no coincidence that such an influential and integral drink has created a cultural realm of its own. According to “Hot and Bothered: Coffee and Caffeine Humor” by Elise Decamp with Catherine M. Tucker‚ coffee humor has been depicted to be one of the compliments that has culturally elevated coffee-drinking to a another human aspect – humor. Humor can be interpreted and expressed in more ways than one. There are no set rules of
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267 Days The Taft School is a coeducational boarding school that strives to not only educate‚ but also embody the student’s whole person. During your four years at Taft‚ the words “hate”‚ “hungry”‚ “tired”‚ and “exhausted” will be repeatedly heard‚ and said‚ on pretty much a daily basis. But during those low points‚ you will also come to acknowledge moments of understanding‚ learning‚ success and laughter. My sophomore year has not been an exception and I have grown as I confront situations that
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In the southern part of the Pandyan Kingdom there was a prosperous and beautiful city filled with large domed multi-story buildings. In that city there was a large lotus-filled deep lake. The lake’s banks were surrounded by large stone steps that led from the top right to its bottom to facilitate bathers to enter and exit the waters easily. There were a lot of fish in that lake and a ‘Senkaal Narai’ – a ‘Red-legged
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From the reading “How We Listen”‚ I found the ideas that Aaron Copland presented are interesting. I was entreated by his explanation of listening to music. There are three layers in listening to music‚ they are the sensuous plane‚ expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane. I found myself mostly in the expressive plane‚ but lack of the awareness of listening music through a more technical mean. Music is a form an expression‚ it cannot be defined by an exact word or description. Certainly‚ there
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may be‚ either poisoned witch-food‚ Helios’s cattle‚ or lotus fruit‚ Everyone is constantly eating. Although throwing a feast for a guest is a common part of hospitality‚ hunger and the consumption of food often have negative associations in the Odyssey. They represent lack of discipline or submission to temptation‚ as when Odyssey tarries in the cave of Cyclops‚ when his men slaughter the Sun’s flocks‚ or when they eat the fruits of the lotus. The suitors‚ moreover‚ are constantly eating. Whenever
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Penelope throughout the Odyssey. In spite of the fact that Odysseus has been gone for twenty years‚ he never forgets his wife back in Ithaca. One example of how much he wanted to go home was when he went to the island of the Lotus-Eaters. He could have stayed on the island of the Lotus-Eaters where everything he ever wanted was there‚ but the thing he wanted the most was to be with his wife. Penelope likewise displays this kind of love towards Odysseus. The suitors in Ithaka were always courting her
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and his men helps them gain freedom. Not only does Ulysses’ intellect assist in times of need‚ his physical attributes help as well. Ulysses draws on his strength to aid him during difficult times. When in the land of the Lotus-Eaters‚ Ulysses’ men fall asleep from eating the lotus flowers. In order to save them he decides he must carry all the men to their ships. "One by one he carried the sleeping men to their ships and propped them on their benches." (14) After saving himself by using sharp slivers
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