Through his compositions‚ teachings‚ philanthropy‚ and desire to create original and inspirational music that was uniquely American‚ Aaron Copland became one of the most decorated and respected composers of the twentieth century. Born November 14th 1900 to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania‚ Copland played piano at a very young age. He took lessons in harmony and counterpoint with Goldmark‚ an old-fashioned teacher who was dedicated to Beethoven and Fux‚ and against whom Copland rebelled‚ becoming
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Stephen Sondheim is an american composer and his age as of now is 87. He was born on 3/22/1930 And is known for writing lyrics for Gypsy and also many more such as Into the Woods and Follies. He is still a active writer he has been writing for more that 50 years he started writing in 1954 and he is currently writing. He was born in a jewish family in new york city. His father manufactured dresses for his mother. His most interest was theatre he always wanted to be in musical theatre. So he kept
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English Techniques Allegory Story with a double meaning: one primary (on the surface) and one secondary. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters‚ figures/ events in narrative‚ dramatic or pictorial form. Alliteration Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase. Anaphora The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Anecdote A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. Illustrate
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John Williams: The American Composer In American Culture‚ myriads of art forms have been created. There are the photographers‚ who capture beautiful moments with the click of a camera and touches of computer editing. Next are the sculptors‚ carefully depicting real life or imaginative works with soft clay molded into a thousand different shapes. Writers use language to leave images in our heads and create stories in our minds. Dancers are their own artwork‚ illustrating artistic
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James Hetfield is a highly popular composer that started writing in the 80s‚ and he is a member of the band Metallica. James was born August 3‚ 1963 and has two half-brothers and a sister. James was inspired by music at a small age. His mother was a light opera singer and his dad was a truck driver. His parents were very strict Christian Scientists and didn’t believe in medicine/medical science. This type of upbringing became the inspiration to James’ music. When he was 9 years old‚ he started
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The Brahms Biography: A Composer by Birth People are created with certain abilities to enable them to be fantastic in certain areas. If one has steady hands and a way with wood his best area would be a carpenter. If one loved helping others when sick and did not mind bubbling blood she might be a best nurse. If one loved Romantic music and loved to prolifically compose brilliant compositions that person would want with the utmost desire to be another Johannes Brahms. Now‚ Johannes Brahms was a
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NAME: Chibuzor Ogbu MAT NO: 030503042 COURSE: MIT 805 1. Justify by citing examples the use of Truman’s triangle in classifying technology across generations Truman’s triangle is a relationship triangle developed by Truman Reynolds that attempts to compare three attributes of a network‚ object or service. The principle behind the triangle expresses the facts that when three attributes are to be evaluated‚ the first two (randomly chosen) attributes will always disagree or not favor the last attribute
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back" and "the show" are both metaphors. The money represents time‚ while the show is representative of life. No matter what‚ in the end‚ we can’t get back time‚ so her speeding through time and never enjoying events of everyday life is making life difficult. She caught in between getting through life with a keen direction‚ and with just loving where shes at in her life. When she realizes it in the end‚ she wants time back "I want my money back‚" she ends with "Just enjoy the show." Just enjoy your
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Ray Charles Robinson and Steveland Hardaway Judkins are two of the most prolific composers of all times. Born and raised in the United States of America‚ they became legendary composers‚ singers‚ producers‚ and musicians of the 19th century. Their compositions were soulful in nature‚ and their styles ranged from rock and pop to blues and jazz. Ray Charles Robinson was known as The Pioneer of Rock Music. He influenced the lives of people worldwide‚ and he paved the way for various artists such
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ALLITERATION is the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words. If the consonants are the same but the sounds are different they do not alliterate. eg. "...the grease that kisses the onions with a hiss." from WILLIAM STREET by Kenneth Slessor ALLUSION is the reference to well-known figures and/or other texts eg. "And thrice I heard the Cock crow thinking I knew it’s meaning well." from COCK CROW by Rosemary Dobson The reference here is to the denial of Jesus after his arrest by
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