music lessons at a young age. He went on to study music at Harvard and Curtis Institute of Music (Seldes Web). In his early years Bernstein wrote several compositions. At the age of 19 he wrote a “Piano Trio” (1937) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFQtbPqwNWo ). This composition was written for the piano‚ cello and violin. The music begins with the cello playing slow and softly in a somber tune setting the melody and theme for the piece. Next the violin repeats the same and just as the dynamics
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and blowing out of proportion to make a story. Two great examples of absurd flash fiction pieces are‚ “Dinner Time” by Russell Edson‚ and “The Piano Player” by Donald Barthelme. To start off‚ “Dinner Time” is an absurd flash fiction piece about an old couple filled with rage. It gets to the point where they go crazy and it does not end well. But‚ “The Piano Player” is about a husband and wife and the wife is just going off saying random things like‚ “I’m ugly‚ the kids are ugly‚” and‚ “The ham died
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Beethoven s Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major‚ Op. 69‚ mvmt. 1 Beethoven’s Sonata for Cello and Piano‚ Op. 69‚ was written in 1808-09‚ just following his Symphony no. 6‚ Op. 68‚ “The Pastoral.” It may have been written with his “immortal beloved” in mind‚ since the dedication is to one of the suspected “beloved’s” brothers-in-law. On one copy‚ Beethoven wrote‚ in Latin‚ the phrase “Between Tears and Sorrow.” In this Romantic sonata‚ the two instruments are clearly equals; the piano part is not
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gives them purpose‚ comfort and strength to carry on. Though after fifty years of the War and of being separated they have no ill feelings toward the Japs but are emotionally torn by their separation. This is the story of The Shoe Horn Sonata. The Shoe-Horn Sonata is characterised by having a two act structure‚ two main time frames‚ two settings and two main characters. The two sets are: the television studio and the motel room. These are visually presented depersonalised and simple‚ allowing theatrical
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Variations for Clarinet and Piano‚ By Carl Maria Von Weber (In the point of view of Max) Maria Carl Von Weber was a famous composer during the early 1800s. He composed many well known pieces like the variations for clarinet and piano. Even though this is not his most famous accomplishment‚ this is still a very challenging piece to play with simplifications in most of the variations. Although it took around 3 months to learn the piece‚ I now have confidence while playing. I also have won an honorable
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Many readers of literature are very familiar with Kurt Vonnegut and his abilities‚ as an author‚ to portray fantastic literature. He is particularly known for his uses of science fiction. Even his shorter stories and different books‚ that are not supposed to be science fiction genre‚ have sort of a sense of his wacky science fiction style. Kurt Vonnegut very often makes a connection to nature or the real world style with science fiction‚ mostly by the use of humor and irony. Kurt Vonnegut was
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December 5‚ 2012 Global Tech. Issues ICSS- 309 W05 Genetically Modified Foods Genetically modified food‚ also known as GM food refer to as animals or plants that had their genetic makeup altered to make them grow bigger‚ stay fresher and other benefits that will make human life more simple. The concept of genetically modified (GM) foods has existed for many years. Cross-breeding of plants‚ has been applied before with the purpose of transferring
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Banging the piano as fast as I could was how I began my music journey as an eight-year-old‚ and just eight years later‚ I found myself preparing for a recital to receive my Diploma in Music Performance from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music. The pressure of playing the most technical pieces at blistering tempos‚ with the inherent risk of a single wrong note ruining the performance‚ gave me joy like no other. Not knowing whether or not a mistake is imminent‚ my hours of practice would
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Distinctively Visual Essay – Shoe Horn Sonata & The Send Off In John Misto’s play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ (1996) and the poem ‘The Send-Off’ written by Wilfred Owen distinctively visual techniques are used to explore past experiences of war and individuals and society’s perceptions. These concepts are conveyed and explored through the use of distinctively visual techniques such as visual and aural imagery‚ stage directions and dialoged. In ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonta’ distinctly visual techniques
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different techniques used in the play “The Shoe Horn Sonata” that enable the text to be distinctively visual in conveying a point of view. Dramatic effects such as music‚ dialogue and flashbacks create the perspective of two women looking back on their memories and experiences of World War 2. Similarly‚ Kenneth Slessor uses distinctively visual elements to aid the description of mateship and death in the poem “Beach Burial”. The Shoe Horn Sonata‚ written by John Misto‚ recounts the experiences
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