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Orchestra Essays and Term Papers
DanceThe lights dim, the orchestra begins to warm up, the rustling of paper can be heard, and then the curtain rises. The performance begins with an overture, a prelude to what will happen. Suddenly, the star ballerina appears on stage. She is beautiful and the audience claps vigorously for her. At the ...
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Authur MillerWith the Death of a Salesman during the winter of 1949 on Broadway, Arthur Miller began to live as a playwright who has since been called one of this century\'s three great American dramatists. He has also written other powerful, often mind-altering plays: The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, A ...
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Frank SinatraHoward Cosell, a legendary commentator, spoke words about this legendary man that more or less sums up his legendary career. He said ", who has the phrasing, who has the control, who understands the composers, who knows what losing means as so many have, who made the great comeback, who stands ...
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Pythagorean Philosophy And Its Influence On Musical Instrume"Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification
of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements...
Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of the
best government in the universe. As a rule it assumes the guise
of harmony in the universe, of lawful ...
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Georg Fredrich Handel"Handel is the greatest composer who ever lived. I would bare my head and kneel at his grave."
L.V. Beethoven (1824)
Georg Friedrich Handel was born on February 23, 1685 in Marienkirche, Halle. At the age of seven, Handel visited Saxon Court at Weissenfels with his father. It was here where ...
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Lincoln, NebraskaThe city of Lincoln is the capital of the Cornhusker State, Nebraska. Lincoln
is located in the southeastern part of the state, about 60 miles (100
kilometers) southwest of Omaha. It lies in a shallow basin about 1,160 feet (355
meters) above sea level. Salt Creek and its tributaries thread ...
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Skydivingto some may be considered an extreme sport, to others it is a hobby. requires a discipline that is not readily required by other sports. While can be considered a skill that seems simple, it is not. is defined by the Encarta encyclopedia as - , sport parachuting. Modern skydivers typically ...
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The MusicianThere are many styles of music and many various ways in which to enjoy them. This is only rivaled by the number of people on the planet that have invented them. Through out history the various evolutions of traditions have used music as part of their cultures, ceremonies, and religions. However, ...
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Ludwig Van BeethovenThe rise of into the ranks of history's greatest composers was paralleled by and in some ways a consequence of his own personal tragedy and despair. Beginning in the late 1790's, the increasing buzzing and humming in his ears sent Beethoven into a panic, searching for a cure from doctor to ...
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Film Score MusicTo say that music plays a large role in our society would not do
justice to one of the most important and popular art forms of yesterday and
today. We underestimate the effectiveness and power that music, in any form ,
can have over even the most insensitive of people. In almost everything we ...
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CrimeWhen people think of high salaries they turn to the world of professional sports, because that is where athletes are paid outrageous amounts to do the things they love. Although some would argue that the athletes deserve these wages, I fell that not all professional sports are paid adequately. For ...
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Night Out On The RitzIn the short story “Babylon Revisited”, written by F.Scott Fitzgerald there are many different settings in the story. One of the main settings in the story is the bar at the beginning. The bar it self represents the jazz era, where everyone wore fancy clothes, partied all the time and tipped ...
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The Azores IslandsThe Azores are a chain of Portuguese islands formed from volcanic activity, located right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, between Europe and North America. There are nine islands; Santa Maria, Sao Miguel, Terceria, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores, and Corvo. These nine islands have ...
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Arthur Miller-BIOWith The Death of a Salesman during the winter of 1949 on Broadway, Arthur Miller began to live as a playwright who has since been called one of this century's three great American dramatists by the people of America. The dramatist was born in Manhattan in October 17, 1915, to Isadore and Agusta ...
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The Way We Live Now– abstract
"" is designed to create a dialogue surrounding the issues of AIDS. The play will confront these issues and allow each reader to explore their own beliefs without being confronted by controversial situations. It is a clear, lyrical piece with emphasis placed on words and ...
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Duke Ellington: An American LegacyWhere would music be had it not been for the men that stepped before him.
The Motzarts and Beethovens, who wrote the music that today is known as the
classics. These men were naturals in their own right, but these people wrote
their music in the 17th and 18th century. Many people don't realize ...
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K.k.k.The rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan started a new wave of white supremacy in the United States. Under a different leader as well as a distinctly fresh creed, the second Klan began its reign after World War I. This Klan, unlike the Klan during the years of Reconstruction preyed upon more individuals ...
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Kurt Vonnegut And Slaughter-HoOn May 29, 1945, twenty-one days after the Germans had surrendered to the victorious Allied armies, a father in Indianapolis received a letter from his son who had been listed as "missing in action" following the Battle of the Bulge. The youngster, an advance scout with the 106th Infantry ...
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Louis ArmstrongHeroes are needed in the world to give people something to look up to,
someone to be like. over came such adversities as poverty, a
lack of good education, and racism to become one of the greatest jazz player
not just of the 1920s but of the 20th century. Armstrong was one of the
creators of ...
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