of the opening texture; however there is a short monophonic passage in the coda. This particular piece is nicknamed ‘raindrop’ because of the repeated quavers that are heard throughout. It comes from a collection of preludes known as Op. 28‚ composed in 1839. There are 24 preludes in the collection‚ one in each of the major and minor keys. It was composed during the Romantic period (1825-1900)‚ when composers began to convey emotions‚ tell stories and paint pictures through the music‚ in contrast
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J. S. Bach (1685-1750) : Prelude & Fugue in G minor‚ BWV 861 Book: Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Composed in: 1722 Publish year: 1722 Background Johann Sebastian Bach was as “the Father of Music” who devoted himself to music education in his later years and brought great influence to the classical music world. The Well-Tempered Clavier‚ a collection of solo keyboard music (harpsichord)‚ was a good example. J.S. Bach’s music requested high technical command and artistic beauty. With
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Eliot Ness was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ April 19‚ 1903. Ness stands as the man most often recognized for destroying the multimillion-dollar breweries operated by Al Capone. Also responsible‚ in part‚ for Capone’s arrest and conviction of tax evasion‚ Ness was instrumental in seizing the power Capone had over the city of Chicago. Ness was also responsible for turning around Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ in the mid-1930s‚ when the city was overcome with crime and corruption. When he was 18 years old he went
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850) completed two main versions of his autobiographical epic poem The Prelude‚ the original version in 1805‚ and a revised version which was published in 1850. The 1805 version is the one usually studied‚ and usually considered the better of the two‚ being more melodic and spontaneous than the more laboured version of 1850. In this essay I shall be discussing the 1805 version‚ with one or two references to differences in the 1850 version. Book Vl‚ entitled‚ ’Cambridge
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The Well-tempered Prelude and Fugue Part 1 in G minor BWV 861 J.S. Bach (1680-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach was a great composer and performer‚ born in Eisenach Thuringia Germany. Future musicians praised him as ‘father of music’; throughout his life he had composed countless beautiful pieces‚ including the Brandenburg concertos‚ the Mass in B minor‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1 & Book 2) etc. The Well-Tempered Clavier is considered to have a set of the Prelude and Fugue for each piece. They
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I will be closely reading Hysteria by T.S. Eliot to interpret the piece through the eye of an amateur New Critic. Through this reading technique that emphasizes focusing on the words on the page‚ I will give evidence to support that hysteria is an overwhelming state that consumes everyone in its path. Although it is the woman in the poem who is laughing hysterically‚ both men who surround her are consumed by the desire to make her stop. By showing the ambiguity‚ and tension found throughout this
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unit of verse‚ to introduce Vers Libre‚ symbolism‚ and other new forms of writing’ (Childs‚ 2008‚ pg. 3). In the composition of Prufrock TS Eliot utilized a form of symbolism ostensibly very similar to that outlined by the Imagist movement in the Imagists Manifesto (Imagists‚ 1915‚ pg. 269). Instead of simply telling the reader Prufrock’s emotions‚ Eliot relied on the ‘objects’ within the poem to convey Prufrock’s thoughts and feelings. The most vivid example of imagist inspired symbolism within
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The changing conditions of the early 20th century had a clear and profound impact on T.S Eliot as his works convey a definitive Modernist ideas and literary techniques. With the breakout of World War I‚ evoked a sense that the great human civilisation was destroying itself. This belief was further compounded with the Second Industrial Revolution‚ which introduced innovative science‚ and revealed newly discovered advancements in the economical‚ political‚ cultural and most importantly the religious
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information?" T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot Quotes.) TS Eliot was not only a poet‚ but a poet that wanted to change his world. He was writing in the hopes that it would give his society a reality check that would encourage them to change themselves and make their lives more worthwhile. Through his themes of alienation‚ isolation‚ and giving an example of a decaying society‚ TS Eliot wanted to change his society. Alienation is a common theme that consistently runs throughout TS Eliot’s poetry. Eliot knew how alienation
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Windy Night Analysis From the opening line Eliot engages the audience by having an auspicious beginning. By using “twelve o’clock”‚ he has taken an ungrammatical sentence and used it as a bridging between two days. He does this as a way of setting up the novelistic functions within his poetry‚ a common feature of his writing. He continues with his narrative technique by following the time by the place in which the poem is set. The “lunar synthesis” referred to in the first stanza is used to emphasize
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