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means to support his life. Thankfully for us‚ he eventually turned to composition‚ and furthermore‚ to piano composition. His affinity for piano led to some of the best character pieces for piano ever created‚ including the piano cycles Papillon‚ Carnaval‚ and Kreisleriana. But these pieces that he is now known for were not successful in his time. Clara Wieck‚ Schumann ’s eventual wife‚ wrote in her diary in 1839‚ “I would play [Robert ’s compositions] gladly‚ but the public doesn ’t understand
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Brazil is the largest country in both South America and the Latin America region. It is the world’s fifth largest country‚ both by geographical area and by population‚ with over 197 million people. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. It is spoken by about 99% of the population‚ making it one of the strongest elements of national identity. The first European to explore Brazil was Pedro Álvares Cabral in the year of 1500 under the sponsorship of Portugal. From the 16th to the 19th
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In her 2014 book Brazil in Twenty-First Century Popular Media‚ Gabriela Antunes describes a nation of colorful complexity. She explores many international perspectives of Brazil as well as their impact on foreign media. Although Antunes’ argument fails to address native opinions‚ it does create an open forum for a discussion about stereotypes. With her analysis of cinematic and historical evidence‚ Antunes insightfully uses the 2011 film Rio to explain how stereotypes in media frequently misrepresent
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The dance during “Blackout” demonstrated the tension between the characters that came with the heat wave while the dance in “Carnaval del Barrio” showed the unity of the people living in Washington Heights. The amazing detail in the shops‚ such as making sure Usnavi’s grocery/deli store was stocked with realistic props‚ and the graffiti done on the salon’s shutters enhanced the
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unconventional painting. At the beginning of his artist life he was promoting the expressionism. He started painting many expressionist paints‚ the first one really famous called‚ “La Masia” (1920)‚ and a second one really important too called “Carnaval Arlequi” (1925)‚ an expressionist paint that many people think that Joan is painting what he is seeing in his dreams‚ but after all of these‚ Joan said that was the hallucinations that he had in his hunger when he was really poor during those years
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Michael 10-14-08 Piano Concert-10/7/08 The only performer‚ performing this evening was an aspiring pianist named Judy Huang. The performer had a charismatic personality‚ with a little bit of an accent. She gladly welcomed us and opened her recital by introducing herself. The event occurred in the Art Building‚ C-104 at approximately 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday of October 07‚ 2008. She humbly dedicated and donated her time to share her piano skills. She proudly opened her recital by presenting how honored
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technical problems won’t allow it so a brand new stadium will be build just for the world cup. One of the most popular cities Rio de Janeiro is the second largest cities of Brazil‚ containing 6.3 million people and it is very famous for the samba‚ carnaval and the Christ of Redeemer. Maracana is their principal and biggest stadium. It was built for the world cup in 1050. It was renovated 2006 and fits 82 000 people but in the days it used to fit almost 200 000 people. Sao Paulo is also a popular
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Death Without Weeping Has poverty ravaged mother love in the shantytowns of Brazil? Nancy Scheper-Hughes I have seen death without weeping‚ The destiny of the Northeast is death‚ Cattle they kill‚ To the people they do something worse Anonymous Brazilian singer (1965) "WHY DO THE CHURCH BELLS RING SO often’?" I asked Nailza de Arruda soon after I moved into a corner of her tiny mud-walled hut near the top of the shantytown called the Alto do Cruzeiro (Crucifix Hill) . I was then a Peace
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Name Instructor Course Date Music Assignment: Manha De Carnival Introduction Musical pieces contain specific elements regardless of genre and style. The two most important elements in any musical piece are Variety and Unity‚ and they apply to every musical composition. Unity in music is basically the togetherness expressed in the theme of the music‚ while variety as an element suggests different components and factors (Paynter‚ 12). They may seem to be contradictory in nature‚ but both co-exist
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