for writing. Many of her letters‚ poems and greatest speeches still remain today. It is written she enjoyed reading classics‚ making her knowledge of history very extended and precise for the time. Another talent she had was music. She could play the lute (see Appendix 3) and the piano and she was said to be an expert at both. The Virgin Queen adored her kingdom and was one of the royal statuses who reigned over England for the longest time. She influenced England in many ways. Politically‚ she was
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INTRODUCTION Since primitive man did not have the materials or resources to create the more sophisticated instruments of the early civilizations‚ they constructed instruments out of materials from their natural environment. Items such as animal bones‚ horns‚ and skins‚ wood and shells‚ stones‚ gourds‚ and sticks were used in a variety of functions to create various sounding instruments. The earliest music revolved primarily around rhythms and patterns. Melody was eventually discovered
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“When I like your favour‚ for God defend the lute should be like the case.” The quote given to us means “When I like the way you look‚ for God forbid your face be as ugly as your mask!” This is quite a line from Hero as she seems to be a person
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Dark Ages The Dark Ages is a historical period used originally for the Middle Ages‚ which emphasizes the cultural and economic deterioration that occurred in Western Europe following the fall of the Roman Empire. The period is characterized by a relative scarcity of historical and other written records at least for some areas of Europe‚ rendering it obscure to historians. The term "Dark Age" derives from the Latin word “saeculum obscurum”‚ originally said by Caesar Baronius in 1602 to a tumultuous
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The Art of Theater Every country has a specific form of entertainment for their culture. For East Asia‚ it is no exception; Japanese traditional theater is one of the oldest arts of the world. East Asia presents theater performances with Japanese musical ensembles; specifically the theater performances of Noh‚ Kabuki‚ and Bunraku. The Japanese believe in simplicity and show this throughout their performances. The three different theater genres are presented with different characteristics to outline
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Non-Membranous Percussive (Ghan) CHIMPTA (CHIMTA) The chimpta is actually a fire tong. However‚ it has evolved into a musical instrument by the permanent addition of small brass jingles. This instrument is especially popular in Punjabi folk music and the Sikh religious music known as shabad. GHUNGHARU Traditional ghungaru (left) / padded ghungharu (right) Ghungharu are the "tinkle bells" or "jingle bells" which are used to adorn the feet of dancers. When tied to the feet‚ they are
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[1819]). Unlike mortal beings‚ beautiful things will never die but will keep demonstrating their beauty for all time. Keats explores this idea in the first book of Endymion (1818). The speaker in “Ode on a Grecian Urn” envies the immortality of the lute players and trees inscribed on the ancient vessel because they shall never cease playing their songs‚ nor will they ever shed their leaves. He
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finally returned after a recent war then moves on to speak of his brother King Edward is the new king and that everyone is happy celebrating except him which he says in lines 12 to 14‚ “He capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber to the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I‚ that am not shaped for sportive tricks.” He then continues to explain that he is deformed and ugly to the point that dogs bark at him in which he states from lines 20 to 23‚ “Deformed‚ unfinished‚ sent before my time Into this breathing world
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Renaissance background report. The word renaissance means "rebirth" or "reconstruction"‚ The Renaissance era was a time for the revival of learning. The Renaissance took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; it was a period in which artistic‚ social‚ scientific‚ and political thought turned in new directions. As part of the culture or beliefs that existed in the renaissance ages‚ baths were only taken when prescribed by a doctor because it was believed that water would open pores
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be Shakespeare’s point – identity and meaning are never fixed -“Enter Gremio‚ Lucentio in the habit of a mean man disguised as Cambio‚ dPetruchio with Hortensio disguised as Litio‚ Tranio disguised as Lucentio‚ dwith his boy Biondello bearing a lute and books” p.36 -“how much she loves me-O the kindest Kate! She hung about my neck‚ and kiss on kiss she vied so fast‚ protesting oath on oath‚ That in a twink she won me to her love.” P.49 (has Kate
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