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    an inability to find the correct words to describe the state of the self. This breakdown of language after the Wold War calls out for a need to reinvent language to fit the post war world. Hitler’s use of almost an enigmatic‚ opera type use of words (he admired Wagner) that achieved his mass appeal‚ did also lead to the war. It was perhaps then necessary to breakdown language to reinvent it. The distortion and the fragments not only hint at the former but to a unity hat feeds to be rediscovered

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    The poem I am choosing to examine is T.S‚ Eliot ’s The Waste Land emerging from the Modernist poetic movement. The modern movement occurred after World War one (1914-1918). This war marked momentous changes on a global scale. Before 1914‚ English literature and it ’s ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918 Modern begins to define the twentieth century. Among the influences of Modernism were the rapid developments both socially and technologically. Also new

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    Music 1306

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    atonality‚ and polyrhythms. (Chapt. 2) During the twentieth century‚ radio‚ television‚ and recordings had a direct impact on the listening habits of the public. Various institutions regularly commissioned new music. These include: ballet and opera companies‚ foundations‚ orchestras‚ performers‚ film studios‚ and wealthy music lovers. Also impacting the direction of Twentieth-Century music was the emigration of many famous composers to the United States because of World War II‚ the widespread

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    Antonin Dvorak began composing during a time when nationalists from many states were attempting to have music of their own. The world relied heavily on Germanic music for a long time‚ so composers were being tasked with trying to create new music for the non-germanic states. Dvorak was among these commissioned. His compositions were best known for being able to create a national style through the use of folk songs. The pieces he wrote‚ that incorporated the folk songs of the Slavic people‚ gave him

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    Faunt‚ was about a Faun that woke up to adore the nymphs. He thought‚ they were not real because they were so perfect to be a reality. The Faun‚ was feeling lonely and the nymphs were the only women that he felt in company with. Debussy‚ began the opera with a flute melody‚ that evokes a peaceful environment. Further‚ he added more sounds such as horns‚ clarinets‚ and harp. These instruments‚ complemented the purpose of the work. I must say that the flute was the main instrument because it contributed

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    Mozart

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    dismembered the "Andretter" Serenade K. 185‚ retailing it piecemeal for greater profit. The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni now rival the box-office receipts of La Boheme and Madame Butterfly. This popularization of Mozart did not come from the opera houses or concert halls -- its most direct beneficiaries -- but from the stage and screen. More than any other factor‚ the Mozart mania of the 1980s was initiated by Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus. It and the subsequent film directed by Milos Forman

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    Programme Notes

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    Programme Note: DipABRSM | Date: 1st June 2009 | | Word Count: 1‚085 words | | | | | Partita for solo violin no.3 in E‚ BWV 1006 J.S Bach (b. 21 March 1685 in Eisenach;d. 28 July 1750 in Leipzig) Bach was the son of Johann Ambrosius Bach‚ court trumpeter for the Duke of Eisenach and director of musicians of the town of Eisenach in Thuringia. It is probably from his father that he learned the fundamentals of music. The Bach family throughout Thuringia had held positions

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    Beethoven Pastoral Symphony

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    Beethoven was one of the pivotal composers that helped music evolve from the Classical period into the age of Romanticism. When discussing Beethoven’s success in classical compositions‚ his symphonies are at the forefront of most if not every conversation. However‚ even within the topic of his symphonies‚ some are naturally highlighted more than others. For example‚ one could reproduce the melody from either the opening movement of the Fifth or the finale of the Ninth and a majority of people

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    Mozart Research Paper

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    Music. Fascinating both by it’s diverse individual styles and the inevitable fusion of different genres which in turn have created other completely new and unique styles of music. Classical music is a perfect example. The earliest forms of classical music were composed in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and displayed a very complicated and sophisticated form of writing incorporating a wide range of instruments and used the principle of multi instrumentation which achieved a very full

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    The Nuremberg Rally was the annual rally of the Nazi Party in the years 1923 to 1938 in Germany. The first rallies took place in 1923 in Munich and in 1926 in Weimar. From 1927 on‚ they ran exclusively in Nuremberg. Especially after Hitler’s rise to power in 1933‚ they were big propaganda events. Nuremberg was situated in the centre of Germany and was well suited as a venWAW ue. In addition‚ the Nazis had a well organized local party in Franconia and the Nuremberg police were sympathetic to the

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