PAOLO AND FRANCESCA Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) more Artful Romance | François-Auguste-René Rodin (1886) | The story of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta is told in Inferno (part of Divine Comedy) by Dante. Paolo and Francesca were historical contemporaries of Dante. Francesca’s father‚ Guido da Polenta‚ lord of Ravenna had waged a long war with Malatesta‚ lord of Rimini. Finally peace was made through intermediaries‚ and to make it more firm‚ they decided to cement it with a marriage
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Nutcracker is a story of a young girl that is whisked away to the Land of Toys to help her animated nutcracker defeat the Mouse King. “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann‚ the altered version by Alexandre Dumas and the ballet by Tchaikovsky tell the same story; however‚ there are significant differences between the three and the audiences they connect with. Hoffmann’s Nutcracker is an extraordinarily innovative and unusual piece of writing that was originally for adults but
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Tolstoy uses his literary work to inform readers about the importance of living the “right life”. In “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”‚ Tolstoy uses Ivan Ilyich’s character as a guide for everything that readers should not be. Tolstoy lets readers know how dull Ivan’s life was by saying‚ “Ivan Ilyich’s life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.” (746). Ivan Ilyich was a man who based
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Perhaps Copland derives the same feeling or meaning from a Tchaikovsky piece each time he hears it‚ however‚ that hardly gives cause to assume it will be the same for anyone else. What Mr. Copland fails to take into account is that some folks may simply prefer Tchaikovsky over Beethoven for a myriad of reasons aside from their “understanding” or lack thereof. That someone could listen to the same piece by any composer
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Sydney Huggins ENG 2130 Dr. Hanley The Trials and Tribulations of a Marriage In our world‚ marriage has always been something that many have planned in their future. The thought of growing up and finding someone to spend their life with‚ and start a family with makes people always consider if the person is a perfect match for marriage. But sometimes‚ when you think you’ve found “The One‚” the realization of the actual marriage can be the opposite of what you’ve imagined. This can be found in
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the tempo – which is basically very lively but at times becomes moderate‚ slower‚ or even faster. This work can be compared with another one-movement symphonic poem that deals with the death of its protagonists: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. Tchaikovsky chose sonata (rather than rondo) form; his composition is in minor‚ the meter is duple‚ and – as in Till Eulenspiegel – the tempo varies. The basic mood of the two works differs significantly: in Romeo and Juliet‚ it is love – rather than mischief
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that we discussed were Franz Schubert‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Robert Schumann‚ Carl Weber‚ Richard Wagner‚ Gioachino Rossini‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Franz Liszt‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Anton Bruckner‚ Modest Mussorgsky‚ and Peter Tchaikovsky. Schubert composed in all genres but the concerto. He was best known for his ideal in writing over 600 lieder! His harmonic innovations and melodic developments are shown in many of his genres including character pieces‚ song cycles‚ ballads
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Claude Debussy In a quote from June 1885 Debussy wrote of his desire to follow his own way. “ I am sure the Institut would not approve‚ for‚ naturally regards the path which it ordains as the only right one. But there is no help for it! I am too enamored of my freedom‚ too fond of my own ideas.”. From the start of his music studies‚ though clearly talented‚ Debussy was also argumentative and experimental‚ and he challenged the rigid teaching of the academy‚ favoring techniques that at the time
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The review of film "Ostrov". "Ostrov" was directed /daɪˈrekt/ by Pavel Lungin. It stars Pyotr Mamonov who plays the part a monk Father Anatoly and who is very interesting person in private - formerly /ˈfɔːməli/ one of the few rock musicians in the USSR‚ converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 1990s and lives now in an isolated village. Pavel Lungin said about him that "to a large extent‚ he played himself." The film won the Nika Awards of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences for
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It may have been frustrating for many of the musicians as well. In the Tchaikovsky‚ especially‚ Mr. Thomas pushed them to the hilt‚ with winded tempos and full-throttled terraced dynamics. Though a little rough and ready‚ the performance had drive‚ color and
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