My book report is from the biography of Mozart written by Robert W. Gutman. It was illustrated by the Jacket art courtesy of Music Lovers Society and was published by Harcourt Brace and Company. It was printed in New York City and the year of publication was 1999. Mozart was born in Salzburg‚ Austria‚ the son of composer‚ musical author‚ and violinist‚ Leopold Mozart and his wife‚ Anna Maria Pertl. His given names were Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus‚ the last of which is Gottlieb in German
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the poor and needy who came knock on the door .Agnes liked to be in church‚ read‚ pray and sing‚ She washed alcoholistic women in the neighbourhood and fed them twice a day and took care of a widow and her children. Agnes studied well ‚ was once a soprano in choir and played the mandolin. Mother Teresa’s Vocation At the early age of twelve‚ Agnes knew she wished to become a nun. Mary hoped that becoming a nun would lead her to a life like that described in the wonderful stories told of missionaries
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03/12/2014 On March 31st 1732 in a small village by the name of Roharau‚ in Austria next to the border of Hungary‚ a young boy by the name of Franz Joseph Haydn‚ who would turn out to be a famous composer‚ was born to the parents of Mathias Haydn and Anna Maria Koller. Franz was one of the parents three boy children. Mathias Haydn was a professional master wheelwright who loved music. He was a harp player. He worked as a wheelwright in the Austrian village of Rohrau‚ and was also a maktrichter
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Nowadays‚ it is hard to turn on a television program‚ catch a movie or buy your younger sibling a video game without encountering a warning for extreme violence. Everyday‚ our lives are exposed to violence on the screen‚ whether it is in the latest Sopranos episode or even watching the six o’clock news. For quite a while now‚ people have been demanding that stricter censorship be placed on the media‚ especially those programs and video games that can easily be obtained by the youth‚ due to their feelings
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Series analysis Breaking bad is an American television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series premiered January 20‚ 2008 on AMC and the series final aired on September 29‚ 2013‚ having a total of 62 episodes. The series is considered to be one of the best television series of all time. The last season was among the most watched cable shows on American television. About the show The main character‚ Walter White‚ is a chemistry teacher in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. When he is
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The United States of America is made up of several different races‚ religions‚ and ethnicities‚ as well as men and women of different ages‚ and sexual orientations. This makes the United States one of the most diverse nations on earth. It is estimated between the years 2010 to 2050 minorities will increase from 36% to 54% of the population. (Schaefer‚ p. 4‚ 2012)(p.4). Immigration is the main reason for this estimate. It is estimated that in 2050‚ 67 million people will be immigrants and another
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Popular culture is affected by American film and television show because it showcases an image of how Americans wants to perceives their own society’s values and dreams. It also reinforces stereotypes by only showing certain types of characters for their specific race‚ class‚ or gender. The effect it has includes how society views itself and what is acceptable whether the entertainment that is shown is positive and informative or crude and distasteful. Such behavior in the latter can be viewed through
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The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World’s Fair held in Paris‚ France from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was held during the year of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille‚ an event traditionally considered as the symbol for the beginning of the French Revolution. The fair included a reconstruction of the Bastille and its surrounding neighborhood‚ but with the interior courtyard covered with a blue ceiling decorated with fleur-de-lys and used as a ball room and gathering place
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Mozart Sonata K.545 3/25/2014 Piano Sonata No.16 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. Mozart himself catalogued this Sonata as “for beginners” and it is also known by its nickname Sonata Facile or Sonata Semplice(Froment‚ 2010). This Sonata however was not published in Mozart’s lifetime but only later on in 1805. It is a typical Classical eraSonata piece written in C major and consists of three movements: I. Allegro‚ II. Andante‚ III. Rondo. In the following essay
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Puccini. It premiered in the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14‚ 1900. The one the professor viewed in class took place at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera in March of 1985‚ starring Placido Domingo (tenor) as Mario Cavaradossi‚ Hildegard Behrens (soprano) as Floria Tosca and Cornell MacNeil (baritone) as Baron Scarpia. Tosca is an opera consisting of three acts. In Act I‚ the setting reveals an enormous church with bright lights that emphasize the mood for a place of romance. The salmon-colored
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