Chapter 1 Listening To Music Why do we listen to music? 1. gives us pleasure 2. affects our minds and bodies 3. Intensifies and deepens our feelings 4. heightens the emotional experience How musical sound and sound machines work. Listening to music—a physical reaction to disturbance in our environment A sound machine creates a vibration and creates sound waves and processed by inner ear and converted into electrical signals and transported by neurons and primary auditory cortex in the center
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Abstract Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness in which a person’s mood alternates between extreme mania and depression. Bipolar disorder is also called manic-depressive illness. In a related disorder called cyclothymic disorder (sometimes called Bipolar III)‚ a person’s mood alternates between mild depression and mild mania. Some people with cyclothymic disorder later develop full-blown bipolar disorder. Rates of bipolar disorder are similar throughout the world. At least fifteen percent of people
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STUDY QUIZ -- UNIT I 1. Why does a live performance provide a special excitement? 2. What will enhance our ability to evaluate and enjoy music? 3. Why is John Cage’s composition 4’ 33" particularly interesting? 4-7. What are the four main properties of musical sound? 8. What determines the pitch of a sound? 9. The distance between two pitches is called an ______________. 10. If a pitch has a frequency of 100 cycles per second‚ what is the frequency of the pitch one
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foundations for modern orchestra and instruments. The Composers that lived in the classical era and still know today. Their music is still known around the world.Composers in the classical era of music we Mozart‚ Bach‚ Beethoven‚ Chopin‚ Handel‚ Tchaikovsky‚ and many more. Many instruments were designed and perfected in this era. In this era of music‚ Orchestration was developed and perfected. This era started the more common use of wind and percussion instruments in orchestra. Trios were also very
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The Tempest The shipwreck in Act I‚ Scene 1‚ in a 1797 engraving based on a painting by George Romney The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written in 1610–11‚ and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island‚ where Prospero‚ the rightful Duke of Milan‚ plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm‚ the eponymous tempest‚ to lure
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it is about films like this one. They drain you completely while making you wonder about the pointlessness of perfection. Black Swan is about ballerina Nina Sayer (Portman) who lands the role of the Swan Queen in a production of the Tchaikovsky classic. Normally‚ this should have been a happy occasion but with a mother who pushes her all the time‚ she strives to get picked in lead roles only to see roles go to lesser talents. Years of failure to get that big break‚ including an overwhelming
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orphanage. The second ballet we watched was Barishnikov’s “The Nutcracker.” This is based on the original version of The Nutcracker and was made in 1977. Even though both ballets are different versions they still used the same composer which is Tchaikovsky. For instance‚ when the variations are dancing both of the ballets play the same music‚ but have very different costumes and dances. This is just one example of how the two ballets differ from each other. In Matthew Bourne’s The Nutcracker!
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Mozart is one of the most influential composers and musicians of all time. His creative genius has inspired emotion in hundreds of people. Mozart’s music has stood the test of time‚ finding itself immersed in the modern world as well as an integral influential part of the past. Though suffering from a troubled life‚ his music spurred the classical period not only impacting the music of his time but that of many future generations. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27‚ 1756‚ in Salzburg
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Art and Culture No one ever asked the question‚ "Do all people have culture?" until the end of the 19th century. E.B. Tyler‚ world famous anthropologist from Oxford University in England‚ discussed the culture of primitive people. Before the writing of his book‚ Primitive Culture‚ never before had culture been associated with people from outside of the west. It was common knowledge back before E.B. decided to write his book that one needed an education in order to be considered to have a culture
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1. Communism in Russia; Lenin; Stalin; Show-Trials Key concepts: Communism; propaganda; dictatorship; cult of personality; totalitarianism; collectivisation Key personalities: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; Josef Stalin To what extent did Lenin and/or Stalin bring about social and economic change? (2011) How effective were the internal and external policies of Josef Stalin? (2010) How did dictators use propaganda and/or terror to maintain power? (2009) What did Lenin and Stalin contribute to communism
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