and jazz did not show up until the 20th century. The saxophone was around well before jazz musicians Charlie Parker‚ Lester Young‚ and Paul Desmond were alive. So‚ what was the purpose of the classical saxophone? Where did it come from? Adolphe Sax could not have imagined the popularity of his invention at the time that he patented it. He was born in Dinant‚ on the Meuse River. This Belgium city was once under French rule. Sax’s father was an architect and a musician. He enjoyed tinkering in his
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I have chosen to do a review of the film adaptation of Othello. In this review‚ one will find a concise description of the movie along with theatrical review of the film which includes an evaluation of it as well. The film Othello directed by Oliver Parker was based on the play by the playwright William Shakespeare. The film was produced in the year 1995. The movie starts with Roderigo and Iago talking about the hidden marriage between Desdemona and Othello and devises a plan to tell Desdemona’s
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OTHELLO TRANSFORMATIONS ESSAY OTHELLO IS ONE OF SHAKESPEARE ’S GREATEST TRAGEDIES AND CONSEQUENTLY A PILLAR OF WHAT MOST CRITICS TAKE TO BE THE PINNACLE OF SHAKESPEARE ’S DRAMATIC ART. IN RECENT YEARS‚ FILMMAKERS HAVE RE-CONTEXTUALIZED HIS WORKS‚ INTO A NUMBER OF MORE MODERN SETTINGS‚ IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE HIS WORK MORE UNDERSTANDABLE TO CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCES. ONE SUCH ADAPTATION IS GEOFFREY SAX ’S ’OTHELLO ’. SET IN LONDON‚ IT DETAILS AN ENGLISH-BORN BLACK POLICE OFFICER‚ JOHN OTHELLO‚ A RISING
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To learn a lesson is to gain insight on matters from mistakes or past experiences. Everyone can learn from others to avoid mistakes that can be stressful. In the play Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ the main characters demonstrate actions that we all can learn from so we do not end up in uncomfortable positions. In the beginning‚ an evil plan is made out of jealousy in hopes to hurt others and their reputations. The gullible protagonist quickly believes the lies of others‚ betrays his friend
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the famous Shakespeare. Beethoven also once said “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” Throughout history‚ music played an important role in society and even in today’s world; from classical to country to pop and even to Jazz music. However‚ there is one thing in common‚ that is all music uses instruments to portray the emotion it intends to express. Adolphe Sax was an influencer‚ due to the Saxophone‚ of the popular type of music called Jazz. Adolphe Sax has impacted
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It is made evident to all upon reading Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ that without the female characters to fashion an intimate insight into the mind-set of the subordinate sex‚ the play would not have had half the desired impact on its original Elizabethan audience as intended. With a hefty responsibility such as this‚ one would imagine the main female role in particular would remain as true to her character as possible. However‚ this is where the screenplay falls tragically short. Conventionally (and
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“Othello‚ the Moor of Venice‚” is a play written by William Shakespeare sometime during the beginning of the 1600s. Typical of plays at the time‚ it was written in a dramatic style and tells the tragic story of Othello‚ a general in the Venetian army‚ and his marriage to Desdemona‚ the daughter of a politician in Venice. Influenced by the jealous Iago‚ a man who has multiple ulterior motives throughout the play‚ Othello becomes transfixed on the idea that his wife is having an affair with his recently
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"Othello" and "O" tell the story of a great man who suffers terrible destruction as a result of external evil. "Othello" is a tale that weaves an intricate pattern of lies and deceit‚ beginning with the main character‚ Othello‚ being questioned by Brabanzio‚ the father of his new wife Desdemona who Othello had just married in secret. Brabanzio is not happy with this as not only is Othello a middle-aged man while Desdemona a young women‚ but Othello is a Moor‚ (a black man) and the thought of a white
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Othello: Shakespeare vs. Parker To create an adaptation of a literary work is not an easy task‚ especially if it is a classic work by man named Shakespeare. Today movies are expected to be packed with drama‚ action‚ and sex. True‚ Othello contains all of these‚ but it certainly isn’t a blockbuster by today’s standards. When Shakespeare wrote Othello‚ viewing the play was an event in itself‚ not an hour and a half thrill ride that today’s viewer have come to expect. This was Parker’s dilemma
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versatile yet! Sax held numerous patents for the saxophone from 1838-1850. Over this period of time‚ he worked on two different categories of saxophones: orchestral and military band. These two groups contained seven instruments each and varied in transposition and size: sopranino‚ soprano‚ alto‚ tenor‚ baritone‚ bass‚ and contrabass. The orchestral series may be unheard of to some reading this because saxophone is the one instrument very rarely seem in an orchestral setting. Sax generated these
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