Maria Full of Grace and The Piano Teacher‚ by Elfriede Jelinek‚ both follow the story of females struggling to gain confidence about and control over their own bodies. In Maria Full of Grace‚ Maria Alvarez struggles with her problems of poverty‚ pregnancy‚ and desire for independence which ultimately leads her to be a drug mule. Her life is subsequently controlled‚ for the most part‚ by the drug dealer who is powerful and able to influence her life. In The Piano Teacher‚ Erika Kohut has little
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History Pearl River Piano Group (PRPG) was established in 1956 by bringing together six small piano shops in Guangzhou. The group of 100 employees produced only 13 pianos that year. After many attempts‚ Guangzhou technicians were finally satisfied with the tone color and quality of its first manufactured piano‚ and in a short time it was sold in Hong Kong. It would be twenty years before the factory was able to prove its potential. As a State -owned enterprise PRPG is accountable to the Guangzhou
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French Horn v.s. Piano - Maxwell Miller The french horn and the piano were invented long ago and since then changes have been made to further improve the instruments and make them more suitable for playing music. These instruments are used very differently from each other in music while they both hold key roles. Both instruments are a challenge to learn and to master‚ and both have unique characteristics that make them difficult to play. The Horn was invented for the purpose of hunting
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Theater 107 03/25/2012 The Piano Lesson By August Wilson The Piano Lesson was inspired by a painting of the same name. It was first performed at the Yale Repertory Theater November 26‚ 1987. The Piano Lesson tells the story of an artistically carved piano‚ the interwoven stories of the Sutter and Charles families that owned the piano. Berniece and Boy Willie (the grand children of the slave who carved the piano) have different views on what to do with the family piano which has much of the family’s
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Piano Trio in G Minor‚ Op. 15‚ is the first of several pieces of music to be inspired by a tragedy in Smetana’s life. Spurred by the death of his beloved daughter Bedřiška (1851-1855)‚ “an extraordinarily gifted child‚ [Smetana was inspired] to compose [his] chamber work in 1855.” (Large 65) The trio starts with feelings relating to Smetana’s anguish‚ followed by a dedication to the memory of his daughter torn between her life and death‚ and ending with a movement that gives eventual closure to
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Kurt Vonnegut‚ an American writer who brings the techniques of science fiction‚ relies on the criticism of the moral ambiguity of the corporate world‚ while balancing with humorous scenes and characters. ‘Player Piano’‚ the first novel of his‚ published in 1952‚ describes a ‘dystopia’; a totally mechanized society‚ where automation brings a negative impact on people’s life. The author takes a satirical stance on automation in which the society is run by machines instead of people. The story is
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TMU302H1 Harmonic & Structural Analysis of Marcel Bitsch‚ concertino pour basson et piano Marcel Bitsch composed his Concertino pour basson et piano in 1948 prior to accepting the position of teaching counterpoint at the Paris Conservatoire from 1956 to 1988. It is an exciting piece written using the chromatic scale containing two movements. The piece in its entirety is very animated and neotonal‚ often using non-functional chord progressions and
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Rudin Lengo’s piano playing has been described as “profound‚ imaginative and exceptionally communicative”. Winner of the 2017 DMA Competition at the University of Toronto‚ the 2012 Glenn Gould School Concerto Competition‚ the 5th Knigge Music Competition and the 2010 TD Elora Competition‚ he was also the 2nd prize winner at the 40th William C. Byrd International Competition and winner of the Mary Winston Smail Memorial Award for Best Pianist at the 2011 WAMSO Minnesota Competition‚ the London Kiwanis
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The Brick House Dueling Pianos of Broad Ripple Indianapolis is one of the hottest night spots in town. This place has it all. They feature a range of entertaining shows though the week. The food is nothing to sneeze at either. Guests of the Brick House Dueling Pianos can expect a great time. The History till Today Brick House Dueling Pianos was founded by fans of dueling piano bars. Before coming home to roost in Broad Ripple they traveled about the country. Wherever they went they sampled the
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano was first published in 1952 and it is his first literary masterpiece. It examines a dystopian society run by machines in Vonnegut’s signature style— satirical‚ deadly serious but at the same time‚ wildly humorous. In Ilium‚ New York‚ people have no potential to be anything beyond a body with a letter and a number attached to it. For example Doctor Edward Francis Finnerty‚ a rebellious outsider with a brilliant mind and an old friend of the protagonist Paul Proteus‚ is
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