Gregory Sanders Aesthetics 3-27-2013 Toccata & Fugue: The Epitome of the Baroque Organist The young‚ earnest gentleman and the hapless damsel whose car ran off the road about 100 feet down the drive creak open the massive double mahogany doors. The wind howls outside and the lad closes the door behind them. “Hello?” he calls‚ “Anyone home?” No response. As they walk further into the house they hear a low grumbling noise‚ quieter than the wind‚ but too regular for the creaking of an antiquated
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Reading Musical Interpretation: a case analysis of J.S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (BWV 893) based upon framework and diagram established by Hellaby § Introduction and Literature Review This essay aims to discuss interpretations of‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier (WTC) II‚ through analysis of recordings made on the piano by three pianists whose names have been closely associated with Bach performance. The analysis is based on an approach established by Julian Hellaby. In his book ‘Reading Musical
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The Prelude of Middlemarch very obviously ties Dorthea‚ as the central character and analogous of Saint Theresa‚ to community idealism as does Elliot’s very direct description of Dorthea‚ lacking any subtlety‚ in the beginning paragraphs of Chapter 1 where the reader is told that she yearned by nature “after some lofty conception of the world” and was likely to “incur martyrdom” in a “quarter where she had not sought it.” Since Middlemarch picks up when Dorthea is “not yet twenty‚” her family and
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The Prelude to Appreciation The Prelude to Appreciation was very interesting to me. It taught me the steps of music appreciation. There is a lot more than just listening to music‚ even though everyone has different taste in music you can learn to like different kinds of music by knowing the history of it and understanding the background behind it. By listening to the CDs I began to appreciate music that I’ve never heard before. I enjoyed the different songs from different cultures‚ it’s always
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"fugue- a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts. (Sagan 18)" The word fugue seems out of place in an astronomy book. The use of the word quickly makes sense when you realize Carl Sagan is talking about the way Earth’s short melody fits into the Milky Way’s composition. The word heads off the music theme for the section. The section begins with pondering of other
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Bach‚ Well Tempered Clavier Historical Background of the Fugue and how it fits into the greater context of Bach’s careers. Introduction The fugue can be defined by Schulenberg as ‘A contrapuntal composition (or section or movement of a larger work) in which a theme‚ called a subject‚ is introduced in one voice and then imitated repeatedly at different pitch levels or in different keys by all of the parts’. The fugue originates from the Renaissance motet‚ an instrumental piece from the 16th and
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Psychogenic Fugue Definition Psychogenic fugue is a psychological condition in which a person loses their memory and become confused about who they are. Individuals that suffer from this disorder do not have any recollection of memories past and may create new identities entirely. Persons with this disorder show no outward symptoms of this disease other than having no memory of who they are‚ where they work‚ or where they live. Causes Severe stress Traumatic life events Substance abuse Risk Factors
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Fardad Hajirostami Guilty Conscience In his poem‚ “The Prelude”‚ William Wordsworth relives a childhood epiphany that alters his perception of nature. Wordsworth describes this experience of his through his voyage in a boat which later dramatically turns into a nightmarish journey. Through use of suspenseful diction‚ dramatic personification‚ and descriptive syntax‚ Wordsworth vividly illustrates his perception of nature and how he views it with certain trepidation after he encounters a “towering”
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It has become an expectation from the community to go to a university and come out with more job opportunities guaranteed. In “Prelude: The Barbershop” by Vershawn Ashanti Young‚ he writes about his own race’s expectations and cultural differences when someone does not follow the “norms” of their race. He writes‚ “I am troubled because the black men who suffer most from the educational
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of the opening texture; however there is a short monophonic passage in the coda. This particular piece is nicknamed ‘raindrop’ because of the repeated quavers that are heard throughout. It comes from a collection of preludes known as Op. 28‚ composed in 1839. There are 24 preludes in the collection‚ one in each of the major and minor keys. It was composed during the Romantic period (1825-1900)‚ when composers began to convey emotions‚ tell stories and paint pictures through the music‚ in contrast
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