LECTURE 17/ 08/ 2012 DR ROCÍO ORTUÑO CASANOVA ------------------------------------------------- POST-BOOM‚ MCONDO‚ CRACK: LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER THE BOOM BOOM LITERATURE: García Márquez‚ G. One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) MANY YEARS LATER as he faced the firing squad‚ Colonel Aureliano Buenda was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. At that time Macondo was a village of twenty adobe houses‚ built on the bank of a river of clear water
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whereas The Penelopiad is just the opposite. Noticeably‚ the chapter is titled ‘A Low Art’. Low art is considered to be incomparable to items of high art‚ for example comparisons between Mozart and modern day (21st century) music would be impossible‚ because the quality of music is so different and Mozart is heralded throughout the ages. It makes you think that Penelope does not think that her version(s) of events are of importance‚ but that if the reader wishes to know her side of events‚ then
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and acoustic venue for the orchestra. Howard Goldstein‚ the music director for the orchestra and conductor for the night‚ currently works as a Professor of Music at Auburn University. Dr.Goldstein decided to perform three pieces composed by Wirén‚ Mozart‚ and Schubert. To open the concert‚ the orchestra performed the Serenade for Strings Orchestra‚ composed by Dag Wirén. Dag Wirén was a composer from Sweden that lived during the modern age of music. The Serenade for Strings is considered one of Wirén’s
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Listening log Composer- W.A Mozart Title of work- Bassoon Concerto in B flat major (K. 191) Date of Composition- 1774 Date of listening- 22/10/2010 Medium of performance-CD Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) BBC Philharmonic‚ Gianandrea Noseda This is Mozart’s only surviving bassoon
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The term keyboard‚ according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ is “a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard like that of a piano and that produces sounds electronically.” This is the modern definition of a keyboard‚ as it can be used as a term describing any key-like instrument which does not contain a firmly established identity‚ such as the clavichord and the harpsichord. The keyboard has been a prevalent instrument since as early as the third century BC‚ and therefore has
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A new study shows that listening to loud music also causes our hearts to beat faster and our blood pressure to rise as well whereas‚ listening to slower‚ softer music actually lowers blood pressure and decreases our heart rates. Italian researchers at Pavia University seem to enjoy conducting researching on how music affects human beings. One the first studies that the concluded was on how music with quicker tempos effected a person’s breathing may causing them to breath faster‚ with an increase
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1. Intro: Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was an innovator‚ widening the scope of sonata‚ symphony‚ concerto‚ and quartet‚ and combining vocals and instruments in a new way. His personal life was marked by a struggle against deafness‚ and some of his most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life‚ when he was quite unable to hear. He is an crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music‚ a pianist‚ a composer who remains one of
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Franz Seraphicus Peter Schubert is a founder of Romantics and one of the four great pillars of Classicism – along with Haydn‚ Mozart‚ and Beethoven. Although he only lived for thirty-one years‚ he produced a large number of masterpieces during his short but prolific career. Today people recognize Schubert’s greatness‚ but he was unknown and poor for whole life. In total‚ he composed over six hundred secular vocal works‚ seven complete symphonies‚ sacred music‚ operas‚ incidental music and a large
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Manuel Maria de los Dolores Falla Matheu (Cádiz‚ November 23‚ 1876 - Alta Gracia‚ Argentina‚ November 14‚ 1946) was a Spanish composer. Representative of musical nationalism‚ is one of the most important Spanish composers of the early twentieth century‚ with Isaac Albéniz‚ Enrique Granados‚ Joaquin Turina and Joaquin Rodrigo. Musical nationalism refers to the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country‚ region‚ or ethnicity‚ such as folk tunes and melodies‚ rhythms
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Everyone loves a good rags to riches story‚ a diamond in the rough anecdote like Joseph from the bible. Joseph was sold into slavery and miraculously becomes the pharaoh’s right-hand man. Or how J.K Rowling‚ arguably one of the most famous authors‚ lived on welfare before writing the most widely read book series. However‚ becoming successful is directly related to opportunities and the fact that they owe something to patronage and parentage . For example‚ Steve Jobs‚ a multimillionaire that may look
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