Macfarlane December 17‚ 2012 Music Theory III Music Theory III Final Paper Beethoven Sonata No. 27 (e minor) This piece is highly unusual for Beethoven Sonatas. One‚ although it was written at the start of his late period‚ this sonata had only two movements‚ the first being extremely short. Secondly‚ this was the first that Beethoven started writing his tempo markings in German‚ as though implying that this Sonata was more personal. Beethoven has also remarked on this piece that he considered titling
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Abstract This experiment was an alteration of Elizabeth Rauscher’s 1993 study on the Mozart effect. Instead of testing spatial ability‚ this experiment aimed to determine the effect of classical music on recalling‚ for the purpose of improving studying methods. We hypothesized that exposure to classical music during the encoding stage would have a significant‚ positive effect on recall. The participants for this experiment were an opportunity sample of high school seniors‚ 17-18 years
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart is truly the most remarkable composer who ever lived. He composed in the classical style and there is no other composer to fairly compare him to. Although he died at the age of 35‚ he left the world with more than 600 of the most amazing compositions ever written. Throughout his life‚ he composed with an ease of melody and a blend of grace and precision that arguable no one has ever excelled (Duiker 478). He was an amazing musician and composer whose legend continues
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Media Review: Mozart and the Whale Mozart and the Whale is a movie loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name written by Jerry Newport. The main characters are Donald‚ played by Josh Hartnet‚ and Isabelle played by Radha Mitchell. The film follows the two main characters as they meet and build a relationship. It focuses on the normal ups and downs of a typical romance that is compounded by the fact that the lovers both have Asperger’s Syndrome. Asperger’s Syndrome is a pervasive
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Mozart In 1756‚ a musical genius was born‚ one that would influence music throughout the course of history. The prodigy I’m referring to was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He became a musician and composer that influenced culture during his life‚ after his death‚ and even to this day we his cultural influence. The legacy that Mozart passed down to us is a powerful one; the direct result from the influences in his life and his achievements. As for background information‚ Wolfgang Amadeus
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The Mozart Effect The Mozart Effect. Is it fact or fiction? This question has made quite a splash in the science community in the past decade. The Mozart Effect states that listening to classical music as a kid is good for the brain development and learning abilities of that kid. In this paper I will show you why I believe it does do so. In 1988 Gordon Shaw and Xiaoden Leng began experimenting with how music affects the brain. They discovered that the way the brain nerves were connected it encouraged
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society‚ Japanese family is facing many challenges. Some of them are fail to adapt the changing environment. Tokyo Sonata portrays some problems in contemporary Japanese dysfunctional families such as communication problems. In this article‚ we are going to illustrate them one by one. Portrait of Japanese family To illustrate the dysfunctional families portrayed in Tokyo Sonata‚ we have to understand the traditional Japanese and how does it work functionally. Traditional Japanese family is
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Mozart Wolfgang was born on January 27‚ 1756‚ in Salzburg‚ Austria. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned the piano at the age of 3 . By the age of five‚ Mozart started composing his own music. Mozart was a musician capable of playing many instruments who started playing in public at the age of 6. Over the years‚ Mozart‚ composed hundreds of works that included sonatas‚ symphonies‚ masses‚ concertos and operas. When he was a young man‚ Mozart travelled through Europe. Mozarts first operas that
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composers of the Classical Period: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In this essay‚ I will be detailing how‚ through his career as both a performer and composer‚ Mozart is directly responsible for further developing the standardized instrumentation of the orchestra. By looking
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Beethoven Symphony No. 3 and Mozart Symphony 40 Forms Sonata form is one of the more popular forms of music that is found in a variety of different works including symphonies‚ concertos‚ and sonatas. Sonata form features three distinct sections: the exposition‚ development‚ and recapitulation. Mozart was one of the early composers of this form of music. I will examine the clear distinctions between each section and how he does not stray from the typical form. In later years the form would change
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