Study Questions Unit II Part 2 (Chapters 28-29‚ 32) The Romantic Era Chapter 28 1) How old was Mendelssohn when he composed the Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream? 17 2) How does Mendelssohn tell the story of the play through music? By using melodies that can be readily associated with the play’s principal characters. 3) What is program music? Why was it important during the 19th-century? Purely instrumental work openly linked in some way to an object‚ story‚ or idea outside of the music; Artists
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force within many other musical ensembles. He has been referred to as “the most vital artist in music”. When considering historical figures in music‚ I tend to recognize similarities more within the life and works of Robert Schumann than any other. First and foremost‚ Schumann was a musical master of the Romantic Era. If Reznor could be placed in any historical era based upon his music‚ there would be no question that he too would have been a “Romanticist”. Though Reznor’s work is often intense
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The text I have chosen to analyse in this written review is called ‘I Was Only Nineteen’‚ but also goes by the names ‘Only Nineteen’ and ‘A Walk in the Light Green’. It was composed by John Schumann‚ the lead singer/songwriter of the folk group Redgum. This examination will focus on topics such as the poetic techniques used‚ how Australian identity is portrayed‚ the effect the text has on the reader and my opinions. I Was Only Nineteen tells the story of an Australian digger’s experiences
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Distinctively visual texts are able to manipulate the emotions of the audience to influence the responses of a collective group. John Misto‚ the person behind the play The Shoe-Horn Sonata‚ uses his distinctively visual text as a memorial for the Australian Army nurses who died in the war‚ as they were refused one by the government. “I do not have the power to build a memorial. So I wrote a play instead.” This drama illustrates the way the women were treated in the Japanese prisoner of war camps
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and death‚ and ending with a movement that gives eventual closure to Smetana’s loss. The style of the trio involves stylistic elements of both Schumann and Liszt‚ as is characteristic of several of Smetana’s musical pieces (Clapham 65) and is composed of three voices: the violin‚ cello‚ and piano. In the first movement‚ there is a great similarity to Clara Schumann’s Trio in G Minor. This brings to mind the idea that Smetana may have used the theme similarity to show what kind of musician his daughter
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Dance Moms‚ the only show on lifetime worth watching. Only looking at the title and not ever seeing an episode of Dance Moms would most likely lead people to the conclusion that this show is only about moms of dancers. In reality (see what I did there) the show really focuses mostly on the dancers and a little bit on the moms. Abby Lee Miller is the owner of the ALDC (Abby Lee Dance Company) and some people might say she’s mean and cruel while others say its constructive criticism. Abby teaches 6
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A Room with a View written by E.M. Forster is a story about love‚ conflict‚ and finding your way. The story is set in both Florence Italy and England during the Edwardian era where societal standards were different and the upper class were unforgiving on lower class peasantry. Lucy Honeychurch is an exception‚ as a naïve‚ sheltered young women brought to Italy by her older cousin‚ Charlotte Bartlett. She begins to learn the struggles of love through unexpected encounters and memorable people. Lucy’s
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enthusiasm for improvement. Likewise‚ (Lee‚ 2000) suggests that motivation is gained by empowering nurses to become role models‚ to mentor and motivate others. Which in turn enhances employees’ motivation and professional development. The two articles (Wieck‚ Dols and Northam‚ 2009) and (Young‚ Albert‚ Paschke and Meyer‚ 2007) are similar in there approach by both identifying incentives
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He is a professor from Northwestern University‚ in St. Paul. Schumann was in a horrendous hail storm accident and explains his experience and how even though the black storm clouds took over the sky‚ never did he doubt in his mind that the sun was not there. He knew that even though he could not see the sun‚ it was still shining behind the clouds. Schumann makes the point of how this exemplifies John Piaget’s theory of ‘Object permanence’. Object permanence
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Wag the Dog Review The film “Wag the Dog”‚ directed by Barry Levinson‚ features Robert De Niro as a political spin doctor named Conrad Bread who is attempting to cover up a scandal concerning the President. After being accused of Molesting a “Firefly Girl” in the Oval office‚ a White House aide named Winifred Aimes‚ played by Anne Heche‚ brings Brean to a secret meeting in an underground bunker. To distract the press from the Firefly Girl sex scandal‚ he advises extending a presidential trip to
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