"The Mephisto Waltz" Composed By: Franz Liszt Reviewed By: John Teabout Jr. January 18‚ 2006 Mr. Brellochs Piano 1 A4 Franz Liszt was born on October 22‚ 1811 in Raiding‚ Hungary. His father Adam Liszt‚ a cello player‚ taught him to play the piano. As a young boy he moved to Vienna to study piano under Carl Czerny and composition under Antonio Salieri. Two years following him and his family moved to Paris‚ France where he toured broadly as a pianist. Liszt ’s father Adam died in 1826
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ultimate death. The author‚ Franz Kafka‚ born in Prague grew up with a pressuring father‚ driving him to be a business man. Kafka not only pursued his fathers’ dreams but also his own. He states in a journal entry “at the office I fulfill my obligations outwardly‚ but not my inner ones‚ and every unfulfilled inner obligation turns into a misfortune which does not find its way out of me.” (Kafka‚ 1388) Somehow Kafka managed to succeed at both endeavors. The writings of Franz Kafka audaciously explore
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Synesthesia is a genetic and a neurological condition in which one’s senses overlap and affect one another. For example‚ the sound of a piano can produce the color blue‚ or the letter “A” can generate the sound of a violin. Synesthesia is defined as “a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality‚ as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color” (Dictionary.com). For instance‚ if one sees a color‚ it can conjure a scent. If
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Country Doctor Franz Kafka 3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924. Known to be one of Germany’s most influential authors of the twentieth century‚ had a termed coined after his last name and writing style‚ Kafkaesque‚ and it is used by many modern day critics. Kafka’s narratives have been called “anti-fairy tales” (Kafka 332). Unlike fairy tales‚ where the hero or protagonist is sent on an adventure in order to save the day‚ Kafka’s journey is meant to bog down the hero and makes them feel like all hope is
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In Franz Kafka’s The Trial‚ Josef K. is guilty; his crime is that he does not accept his own humanity. This crime is not obvious throughout the novel‚ but rather becomes gradually and implicitly apparent to the reader. Again and again‚ despite his own doubts and various shortcomings‚ K. denies his guilt‚ which is‚ in essence‚ to deny his very humanity. It is for this crime that the Law seeks him‚ for if he would only accept the guilt inherent in being human (and‚ by so doing‚ his humanity itself)
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understanding of his surroundings is opposed to what is truly happening to him or her. What makes this ironic is that the author is creating a deluded main character in order to make the audience more aware of his reality. In both Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis this method is used in order to create an ironic world for their hero‚ where neither Oedipus nor Gregor are fully informed of their tragic standing in their world. The use of dramatic irony in both of these works of literature
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Franz Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau‚ Austria on March 31‚ 1732. Mr. Haydn was a singer at St. Stephen’s Cathedral choir in Vienna. He later learned to play the violin and keyboard. After leaving the choir he taught violin to make money while studying counterpoint and harmony. Haydn soon became an assistant to composer Nicola Porpora in exchange for lessons. In 1761‚ he became court musician at the palace of the influential Esterházy family where he financially support himself for nearly 30 years
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is widely known as the ignition of World War I and‚ because of its effect‚ one of the most influential assassinations in recorded history. His death made him famous and triggered countless deaths. I believe that his death was a just one‚ not that any murder is just. Rarely in school do we go over the events of the assassination and the motives that drove it or the actions that elicited it. Nor have we been ever asked this question “did his actions precipitate
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Lillie 1 Nathan Lillie Mark Ari Lit 2000 4/9/10 Kafka and his Father In Franz Kafka ’s novel The Metamorphosis‚ The relationship between Gregor and his father was a clash of personalities that isn ’t clearly explained. As readers take a closer look at Kafka ’s letter to his father it reveals that there is more to this story than meets the eye. The Metamorphosis does not say much about the relationship that Gregor and his father had before Gregor transformed into a giant bug‚ but it does show
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Society care more about conformity then individual identity. Conformity is behaviour in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards. Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. This state of being is shown through Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” Gregor’s sister and family are very concerned with Gregor’s new state and how it will be accepted by society. They are afraid that if he is different that society will not care for him anymore. This is because society
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