Tonight I offer the four pieces from Aaron Copland’s (1900-1990) Old American Songs Set I and II. Aaron Copland is a favorite and one of the most audience accessible composers of the 20th century. His most famous works include the ballets Appalachian Spring‚ Billy the Kid‚ and Rodeo‚ and his stirring Fanfare for the Common Man. The music of Aaron Copland often connects with listeners because of the beautiful simplicity found in his melodies. There is something about Copland’s music that reflects American
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An Explication of Spring and Fall: To a Young Child Hopkins starts his poem‚ Spring and Fall: To a Young Child‚ with a question to a young girl‚ perhaps his granddaughter: “Margaret‚ are you grieving[?]” (line 1). This quotation suggests that Margaret is watching the leaves fall from the trees in the fall and is sad to see the leaves go. Margaret is a young child‚ and in being young‚ she would have no knowledge of the seasons and why the leaves are falling. “Over Goldengrove unleaving?” (line 2)
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scattered with thousands of lifeless birds. This animal genocide was the shocking reality that stunned millions of Americans worldwide. Rachel Carson‚ a marine biologist and conservationist‚ released the book Silent Spring in order to address the harmful effects of pesticide usage. Silent Spring pointed out long-term consequences of chemical use that far outweighed the immediate benefits. Although Carson’s controversial book was denounced at first by the chemical companies‚ it eventually led to the banning
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Alcohol Abuse and Spring Break Kylie Lowe‚ Angela Smith‚ Kelsi McMahan SWK 2050 Professor Genenbacher April 18‚ 2010 Abstract For many years‚ Spring Break is a highly anticipated holiday that high school students and college students look forward to the most. Many students plan their vacations in hot destinations where thousands of students gather to drink‚ tan‚ meet people‚ and just have fun. Alcohol abuse among these teenagers and young adults is very high while on Spring Break. There are
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ready to say whether death came on the third night or the fourth night. This uncertainty afflicts me with a sense of personal deterioration; if I were in decent health I would know how many nights I had sat up with a pig. The scheme of buying a spring pig in blossom time‚ feeding it through summer and fall‚ and butchering it when the solid cold weather arrives‚ is a familiar scheme to me and follows
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The Topshop Spring Campaign Outfits You Need in Your Life Yes‚ fashion is supposed to be about originality and ‘showing off your personality’. But we can’t all be creative all the time and sometimes it’s just easier to look at a fashion magazine and copy the idea in real life. So‚ here are ideas for those lazy days – 9 outfits from Topshop’s latest spring campaign that deserve to be stolen. 1. Metallic jackets Topshop’s spring collection has a beautiful Metallic Hooded Windbreaker Jacket‚ which
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Nevertheless‚ viewers and critics cannot attribute all the themes in The Rite of Spring because she provided an interpretation of the piece not an original work. Café Muller on the other hand is an original work by Bausch. The piece is very rich with information about Bausch’s style and techniques as well as her personal background. Growing up observing patrons visiting her parents’ restaurant‚ she had exposure to a wide pool of human experiences and emotions to make the basis for this art work
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Silent Spring Busy people trying to get from one place to another not realizing the beauty of our planet just don’t take the extra steps to take care of it. Departments of public works and landscapers build beautiful gardens and work to grow grass in areas‚ not for it to be ruined by mass pollution. The use of pesticide can be helpful‚ however taking a toll on our health. The Toxics Action Center (2015)‚ pesticides are used almost everywhere— not only in agriculture fields‚ but also in buildings
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Two years after the outbreak of what has come to be known as the Arab Spring‚ the bloom is off the rose. Fledgling democracies in North Africa are struggling to move forward or even maintain control‚ government crackdowns in the Persian Gulf and elsewhere have kept liberalization at bay‚ and Syria is slipping ever deeper into a vicious civil war that threatens to ignite the Middle East. Instead of widespread elation about democracy finally coming to the region‚ one now hears pessimism about the many
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Introduction At boy band concerts‚ the general admission standing floor is an open space in front of the stage; concert attendees buy tickets at a single price and try to get as close to the stage as possible by lining up in front of the concert venue as early as two days before the doors open. During the concert‚ the general admission crowd‚ constituted by at least a hundred members at even the smallest of venues‚ is often a fertile spot for pushing‚ hair pulling‚ hitting or other types of physical
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