Gabriel Josipovici’s scathing tone throughout What Ever Happened to Modernism refreshes readers who find most literature hollow and the modern social landscape overly accepting. Near the end of a prolific career in both fiction and non-fiction‚ Josipovici writes from the perspective of a well-read scholar in his field; his vast knowledge provides him with endless opportunities for analysis. His masterful command of language and his interpretive genius are both a blessing and a curse‚ however. These
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Who or what was responsible for Hitler’s rise to power? Many believe that there was only one factor for his rise to power. Some state that Hitler could not have risen to power in any country other than Germany‚ implying that he was nothing more than a product of German culture. Others say that Hitler made himself dictator by means of his own political genius. Yet still others claim that it was the weak democratic government of the Weimar Republic or only Germany’s social and economic scene in
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MUSI4813 5/20/09 Music History Synopsis Ancient Greece Major Political events- Much of the written compositions made in this time were destroyed or went missing as the Christian church got rid of pagan influences. Rome was overthrown and Europe went into turmoil and people focused less on music and more on survival. Historical perspective- Aristotle and Plato wrote about music which they believed to have moral and ethical properties essential to the complete education of young students.
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Smash Hit Musicals of the Past Century: Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar was a hit long before it became a musical. The musical was a rock opera concept recording produced as an album before it was staged on Broadway. It is based loosely on the Gospels’ story on the last week of Jesus Christ’s life showing the struggles between Judas and Jesus. The story follows Judas who is not please with Jesus’ rise in popularity because Judas believes Jesus is just a man‚ not a God and that Jesus
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Sawyer1 Miracle Sawyer Ms.Wing 3rd Period January 9‚ 2015 Who is Shakespeare? “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great‚ some achieve greatness‚ and others have greatness thrust upon them”(goodreads). William Shakespeare is said to be one of the most popular idolized English authors. He has created some of the most relevant plays and poems which are still important today. Many of the things he portrayed in his writings were thought to be from his life experience. Shakespeare has lead the way for modern authors
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Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar‚ 1st Baronet‚ OM‚ GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer‚ many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations‚ the Pomp and Circumstance Marches‚ concertos for violin andcello‚ and two symphonies. He also composed choral works‚ including The Dream of Gerontius‚ chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master
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Exploring the Nature of Genius Prof Craig Wright Paper 5 – Final Draft Beethoven: A Typology of Genius An exhibition of great mastery of musical composition‚ Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony begins with a four-note motif that commands the audience’s attention‚ and ends with an exhilarating and triumphant finale that uplifts the audience into euphoria. Such work that transcends pre-existing material in a field and has an enduring impact on society places Beethoven into the hallowed realm of geniuses
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the existing formal and esthetic conventions of the late 18th century while joining to these conventions signs of unusual originality and power. In his middle period (from about 1803‚ the year of the Eroica Symphony‚ to about 1814‚ the year of his opera Fidelio in its revised form) he proceeded to develop methods of elaboration of musical ideas that required such enlargement and alteration in perception of formal design as to render it clear that the conventions associated with the genres inherited
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century. Composers like Chopin were at the forefront of this change in music‚ developing the writing and playing of solo piano‚ orchestral and opera works and how music was performed. There were many composers from this era that were very well known‚ especially in their later years‚ or after their deaths: Liszt‚ Beethoven‚ Schubert‚ Schumann‚ Chopin‚ Verdi‚ Brahms‚ Tchaikovsky and Strauss are just a few of the better known ones. There was a lot of experimentation at the start of the period therefore
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Classical to the Post-Modern Eras In this essay‚ I’m going to trace the development of Classical Music from the late 1750s to the Post-Modern era in the 2000s and provide a brief history of music‚ and how they link together to form what we have today. There are many preconceptions of what the history of music is. Some people think it is mainly a biography of composer’s lives‚ but they are wrong. The history of music is primarily the history of musical style. In order to appreciate this‚ it is essential
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