We live to make our own adventures‚ but it is rather common to find ourselves diverted in others’ stories. In 1853‚ Giuseppe Verdi offered a new source of entertainment‚ as he presented the world with La traviata. Not only did it stir the European 19th century society‚ but it is still today a very controversial opera. Since its beginning‚ the main character‚ Violetta‚ became the central source for outrage and discussion. All because she was a courtesan‚ and this very well-known opera was seen by
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Her ça¤›n bir ruhu vard›r ve bu ruh o ça¤›n devlet sahiplerine benzer flekiller verir‚ onlar› birer heykel gibi yontarak zamana uyakl› k›lar. Mesela‚ XVI. yüzy›l sadece Osmanl› ‹mparatorlu¤u’nda Muhteflem Süleyman’›n güçlü bir kiflilik olarak k›l›ç kufland›¤› bir devre de¤ildir. Bu as›r bütün dünyada demir bileklerin imparatorluklar yönetti¤i bir büyük hükümdarlar devri olmufltur. 1520’de padiflah olan Kanunî’nin ça¤›nda ‹ngiltere’de VIII. Henry ve I. Elizabeth‚ Fransa’da I. Fransuva‚ ‹spanya’da
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A striking departure from the thematic regularity of most operas of his time‚ Mozart’s Don Giovanni‚ presented Europe with a brash new outlook of nobility. The opera’s plot‚ based around the licentious actions of Spanish aristocrat Don Giovanni‚ begins with Giovanni’s rape of Donna Anna‚ the future bride of Don Ottavio‚ and subsequent murder of her father. From the commencement‚ it is apparent that Giovanni follows his own set of perverted morals unlike those common to society. His servant Leperello
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My favorite composer is Andrew Lloyd Webber. He has written music for The Likes of Us‚ Cats‚ Phantom of The Opera‚ The Sound of Music‚ and more. This year he will write music for The Wizard of Oz. he was born on March 22‚ 1948 in Kensington‚ London‚ England. He been married twice and divorced them‚ but now he is happily married with 5 children. He has composed 13 musicals! He started writing songs when he was very young. He is not just a composer he is also a panelist‚ a businessman‚ a songwriter
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1. Early years a. Beethoven born in Bonn b. Studied under Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-98) c. 1787: brief visit to Vienna‚ may have played for Mozart d. 1790: Haydn hears Beethoven’s music and urges the archbishop of Cologne to send him to Vienna 2. Studies with a number of
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Music throughout History I personally like classical music because my wife used to sing in many competitions‚ which gave me a whole new appreciation for this type of music. She has sung in many different languages such as Italian‚ German‚ Hebrew‚ Russian‚ English‚ Bohemian‚ Spanish‚ and French. We also used classical music in our wedding by Johann Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major”‚ which is heard very often in weddings. I chose to do my research paper on classical music throughout history
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predicted there was no answer. No one heard her….” • “Slow progression of difficulties was a kind of torture.” • “She did not want to go home‚ she wanted to sit here on the edge of the grave.” • “She waited‚ trying to capture the image of peace” Requiem in a Townhouse • “As the removal men brought those possessions… Mr. Thorpe stood helplessly by like an old gaunt camel in a small enclosure.” • “The townhouse imposed indignities on Mr. Thorpe: its mean conception was the antithesis of what he had
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Hersh Patel Poetry Project AP English III "When I Am Dead‚ My Dearest" Literal and Figural Meaning The poem literally illustrates the speaker’s reflection upon whether or not he or she and the "dearest" shall remember one another when the speaker dies. Yet‚ figuratively‚ the poem conveys the poet’s perception of death as a dreamy‚ intermediate existence that compares to "twilight". Structure and Meaning Christina Rossetti strategically structures her poem‚ "When I am dead‚ my dearest" to convey
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fears and emotions about death. In verse three‚ Keats expressed that most people enjoy a full life and die old‚ when he pens: Here‚ men sit and hear each other groan; last gray hairs‚ Where youth grows pale‚ and spectre-thin‚ and dies (24-26) He felt that youth was a time in one’s life to enjoy. According to him‚ being rich‚ popular‚ beautiful‚ funny and smart didn’t matter because the angel of death was blind. Keats was afraid of death because of the loved one’s
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10th Poetry : The Frog and the Nightingale Poet: Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta in 1952. He left India to study at Oxford where he earned degrees in philosophy‚ economics‚ and politics‚ and went on to study creative writing at Stanford and classical Chinese poetry in China at Nanjing University. His first novel‚ The Golden Gate‚ is written entirely in tetrameter sonnets‚ something that had never been done in the English language before. The Suitable Boy‚ his prose fiction debut‚ examined multigenerational
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