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    influential individual who created his own harmonic and rhythmic language. Born in New York to a wealthy family in 1908‚ Carter showed an interest in music at a young age‚ and by his teens‚ had discovered the idea of modernism through the music of Stravinsky among others. It was during his teenage years that Carter came in contact with the prolific composer Charles Ives‚ who became an influential mentor to the young teenager. He encouraged Carter’s interest in music‚ and by the time Carter entered Harvard

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    Polovtsian Dance Analysis

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    frequently composed in his freetime. Borodin’s pieces are characteristic of Russian Romantic music‚ a distinct culture within the Romantic era. The opera Prince Igor‚ completed posthumously in 1890‚ is often considered his masterpiece‚ telling the story of Russian Prince Igor’s conquest of nomadic tribes. One of the most spectacular elements of Prince Igor is the “Polovtsian Dances‚” a dance performed at the end of the second act. “Polovtsian Dances” draws on traditional musical themes of the nomadic tribes

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    Chaos and Order: György Ligeti’s Piano Étude No. 1 Désordre : A look into the compositional aspects‚ influences and their relationship to comprehension. Since the 19th Century‚ the piano etude has been a medium for composers‚ and subsequently pianists‚ to work out technically challenging ideas associated with playing the keyboard. Carl Czerny based his piano etudes explicitly on technical challenges – often in a simplistic way – creating exercises for pianist to work through particular issues

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    Sara Vaught Ms. Bond English II Honors 13 November 2017 The Place with the Future in Mind “Falls Lake Academy seeks to create a challenging learning environment while striving to meet the academic‚ social‚ and emotional needs of our 21st century learners to prepare them for citizenship‚ leadership‚ and success in a rapidly changing world. Our school promotes a safe‚ orderly‚ caring and supportive community. Each student’s self-esteem is fostered by positive relationships with students and staff

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    Veronika Decides to Die

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    VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE Veronika was a young girl living in Ljubljana‚ in Slovenia. She was bored of her life and she decided to kill herself‚ she attempted to commit suicide. She was living in a room she rent for herself. On a November day‚ she ordered the room meticulously; she brushed her teeth and lay down. She decided to take sleeping pills in overdose. After she took most pills‚ she began to wait for the loss of consciousness and finally‚ her aim‚ death she waited for. While she was waiting

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    between world wars (WWI 1914-1918‚ WWII 1939-1945) music was heavily regulated- some wanted to reconnect with audience while other had little concern and began experimenting. France - Les Six- neoclassicism‚ drawing on French baroque "fully French‚ anti-Romantic in clarity‚ accessibility‚ emotional restraint" to establish French patriotism after the war. French music as intrinsically classical while German was romantic. Messiaen: lack of traditional harmony resolutions; chords are repeated

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    three of them were engaged in the position of leaders‚ which was useless. However‚ there were some misunderstandings and disagreements even among these friends‚ such as the language of communication‚ since Roman wanted to speak English‚ while Sasha and Igor preferred Russian. When the amount of the team’s members increased with Henry and Dana‚ the work on the project became slower‚ because the intra-command communication was low. Also‚ the project participants could not determine the target audience of

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    only four episodes left in the current season‚ it is still not clear if Alex would succeed in her mission of finding the terrorist aka the voice. But if Josh Safran‚ the show creator is to be believed‚ fans will get the answers but not before the finale “Yes”. He is reported to have said that the audience will not find themselves embroiled in any kind of guessing game regarding the fate of the characters. The series would not leave them hanging in the air during the break‚ before the second season

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    Sacrifice‚ the concept of giving up something valuable as a means of gaining more desirable things or preventing evil‚ is a fascinating art that has long intrigued humankind. In particular‚ two American texts have captured the essence of it ‚ The Great Gatsby by F.S. Fitzgerald and the 1999 movie American Beauty directed by Sam Mendes. Both texts closely explore the responsibility of an individuals relationship with his or her society for the sacrifices the individual makes; from the disillusionment

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    lunched by Igor Svyatoslavovich‚ against the nomadic tribe of Polovtsy in 1185. In comparison‚ the other piece of Russian literature The Zadonshchina tells a tale of the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380 led by Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy‚ and considered by the contemporaries to be a masterpiece during the late 14th century. Both equally important literatures described two different military campaigns with two Russian princes‚ regardless of the differences

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