We all know and love the famous Disney character Mickey Mouse created by Walt Disney. The character has become very popular in American culture and has stolen the hearts of people of all ages from many generations. Many memories can be associated with the shows‚ songs and movies that Mickey stars in‚ but after taking a look deep into the past we can see that there was a chance that the mouse we all are so fond of would have never existed. The movie Fantasia created by Walt Disney revived the career
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"Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself" (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin)‚ this quote applies to the play‚ Macbeth. In the play‚ Macbeth kills the respected King Duncan so that he can be king. However‚ during his rule‚ Macbeth demonstrates that he is incapable of mastering the power and responsibilities of being a king. His drive for power and maintaining his power is the source of his downfall. Macbeth is not meant to have authority beyond Thane of Cawdor. When Macbeth is king‚ he does
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Name Surname Professor Name Surname English number 18 July 2015 Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor The purpose of my paper is to incorporate facts I determine are crucial to understanding a magnificent performance mentioned above. I’m also including the background information about great performers who collaborated to create the masterpiece. My goal in this paper is to bring you to the source of my inspiration after beholding this violin concerto. To achieve this goal‚ I have organized
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than on the past and future. Music was seen as the best medium to express the values of the Romantic Era. Many composers‚ apart from Mussorgsky‚ are renowned for their Romantic works; these include: Schubert‚ Mendelssohn‚ Chopin‚ Liszt‚ Verdi‚ Tchaikovsky‚ Dvorak and many others. During the Romantic period musical style and its characteristics were dramatically different from the style of the Classical period preceding it. Lyrical melodies were emphasized‚ rather than rhythm‚ and complex harmonies
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------------------------------------------------- The Tempest From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the Shakespeare play. For other uses‚ see The Tempest (disambiguation). 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
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Have you ever heard of Alexander Ilyich Ulyanov? Probably not‚ but you are not the only one. Most people have heard of Alexander’s brother‚ Vladimir‚ more commonly known as the great Russian revolutionary Lenin. Vladimir is credited as the man responsible for the Russian Revolution‚ but his revolutionary cause may have been sparked because of his older brother’s death. Therefore Alexander may be just as responsible for the Russian Revolution as Vladimir. Alexander was born in 1866. His father‚
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is not the newest orchestra; it was founded 40 years ago with only 29 musicians who practiced in worn-down buildings. Originally founded to be a chamber group‚ the NP eventually expanded into a diverse orchestra‚ which now plays everything from Tchaikovsky to Rodgers and Hammerstein. Going in‚ I was not sure what we were going to be listening to‚ but we saw them perform three Romantic French symphonies at the College of
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George Balanchine born at St. Petersburg‚ Russia in 1904 as Giorgi Balanchivadze to a Georgian father and a Russian mother who largely influenced the direction he took in life because they played a crucial role in helping him realize his passion for ballet. His father was a prominent Georgian composer‚ Meliton Balanchivadze who was one of the creators of the famous Georgian Opera whereas his mother was a Russian ballet professional. In his childhood‚ George Balanchine had no interest in ballet
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1. Russian Populism The Populist movement resulted from Alexander II’s Great Reforms. The purpose of the reforms was to take Russia into the future. 2. Lenin’s Imperialism: the Highest State of Capitalism describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism‚ as the final stage of capitalist development to ensure greater profits 3. People’s Will (Narodnaia Volia) a newspaper published by the People’s Will revolutionary
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Chapter 1 Incorrect 1. The language used to discuss music is universal. A) True B) False Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 0.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): B Correct 2. One way 19th-century Americans were exposed to European classical music was through visiting European musicians. A) True B) False Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): A Correct 3. The musical language of America is based on: A) Western European
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