with his elder brother Johann Christoph‚ organist at St. Michael ’s Church‚ where he was given lessons on the organ and the keyboard. The term ‘Partita’ refers to a suite of dances. It was (assumed) written for Bach’s wife‚ Maria. A transition for lute was also made by the composer‚ cataloged as BWV 1006a. The term ‘Loure’ originally was a form of French bagpipe music but later the meaning changed to a slow dance accompanied by the bagpipe. Bach did not have any bagpipe accompaniment to his partita
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Did women have a Renaissance?” Joan Kelly discovered the many contributions of women; on the other hand‚ they were not recognized as their male counterparts. She asked this question in her groundbreaking article in 1977. Women in the Renaissance were not only wives‚ mothers‚ and support for their husbands‚ but scholars that helped develop this era. Young women in the Middle Ages had to follow a religious calling‚ they were to marry well‚ be devoted to their significant others‚ and produce numerous
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Throughout the life of Alexander of Macedon as portrayed in works such as Arrian‚ Plutarch and Curtius the question of Alexander’s divinity has always been a prominent debate. Alexander believed that he may have been descended from the Greek warrior Achilles on hid father side and Heracles on his Mother’s. It has been argued by historians that Alexander used his alleged divinity to his advantage in both politics and warfare. However‚ Alexander’s belief in his own divinity did not arise out of an
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Persian‚ Razi means "from the city of Rayy‚ an ancient town in the south of the Caspian Sea‚ situated near Tehran‚ Iran. In this city he accomplished most of his work. In his early life he could have been a jeweler‚ a money-changer but more likely a lute-player who changed his interest in music to alchemy. At the age of forty he stopped his study of alchemy because its experiments caused an eye-disease‚ obliging him to search for physicians and medicine to cure it. This was the reason why he began
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The compelling poem “The Eolian Harp’ written by Samuel Coleridge is a poem of medium length‚ yet by no means a straight forward poem. Its message and ideals are elevated and hidden through Coleridge’s subtle capitalization of words‚ the pantheism riddled across the poem‚ and allusions of mythology and bible verses. However‚ this poem of wind‚ nature‚ music‚ and God is one of the most beautiful poems of the Romantic era because of its superior poetic usage of terms. The Eolian Harp in a brief overview
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Explication of "The Haunted Palace" and the Life of Poe When most are asked to name a famous poet‚ a majority of people instantly think of the great Edgar Allan Poe. He was also an author‚ editor‚ and literary critic during the early nineteenth century‚ but his reputation today rests primarily on his dark‚ lyric poetry. "The Haunted Palace" is one such poem that Poe is remembered for‚ and is actually part of "The Fall of the House of Usher‚" one of his most famous short stories. In the poem‚ Poe
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Individual work The passage under analysis is taken from newspaper “Newsweek”. It is a newspaper (journalistic) article is written in publicistic style. This article is about reformation of the bank system. The main idea of the text is to show the readers that timely action from the side of Japan could help to built a healthy financial system. This article is impersonal and it’s function to inform the readers. The vocabulary used in this article is neutral and common literary. Specific features
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Everyone knows what music is and that different instruments make many sounds‚ but do people know how preceding generations formed and influenced their descendants’ music? Not a lot of people know the changes that music went through during certain time periods. The Renaissance was a rebirth of creativity and a change in many areas. There were political‚ economic‚ and religious events in the periods around 1400-1600 that led to many changes. During the Renaissance‚ music was used for religious reasons
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Qanun: 1. What are your overall impressions of the instrument? How difficult does it seem to play? Do you like the sound? Why/Why Not? This instrument reminds me of the Chinese guzheng that I used to dream of playing when I was young. Both instruments are zither-like‚ so I believe that is why I thought of the guzheng initially. The qanun seems somewhat easy to play; however‚ I do not play any instruments‚ so I am sure I will have a hard time with it. The man in the video also said it can be hard
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Westminster Choir College of Rider University Princeton‚ NJ FOLK INSTRUMENTS OF PUERTO RICO: THEIR ORIGINS‚ ROOTS AND INFLUENCE IN PUERTO RICAN CULTURE Luis F. Rodríguez MH 631 - Introduction to Musicology Prof. Mirchandani 12/19/2001 CONTENTS: Introduction 3 Historical Background 3 Musical Genres 4 Musical Instruments Taíno Heritage 6 African Heritage 8 Plucked String Instruments (“Spanish Heritage”)
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