of Russian society during the early 1800s. In an attempt to create a portrait of the vices of an entire generation Lermontov paints the portrait of Pechorin as he tries to diagnose the malady of the time. Each of female characters plays a very important role in this diagnosis‚ making it possible to more deeply open the superfluous nature of Pechorin. In this essay‚ I will examine how Pechorin’s inability to find satisfaction and meaning in life through the role of the female characters. The first
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Kevin McCray Ms. Smith General Music 4 December 2008 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Born May 7‚ 1840 in Votkinsk‚ Russia‚ Tchaikovsky was a famous composer during the romantic time period of music and was the most famous Russian composer. Tchaikovsky was born to a small middle class family. His father was a miner and his mom died when he was 14. He started learning to play piano at the age of 5 and soon showed a great talent for it. At age 10 he was sent to the School of Jurisprudence at St. Petersburg
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Western Front’ present the decay of the human spirit‚ as both novelists propose the corrosive effects of war‚ with Erich Maria Remarque focusing more on the after-effects and Mikhail Lermontov on the process in action. The characters Paul Baumer and Pechorin can‚ in some ways‚ be considered products of their time. The characters in All Quiet on the Western Front‚ including Paul‚ are trying to survive and cope with the lifestyle the war entails‚ as well as trying to cope with the issue of death‚ which
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One of the symptoms of this nadir (the lowest point in the fortunes of a person) in his life was almost hysterical activity in composition culminating in the Symphony No. 4 in F Minor‚ Opus 36 (1877‚ and the opera Eugene Onegin (1877-78) based on a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin”. In his sympathy for the main character‚ Tatyana‚ he married one of his former music students‚ Antonina Milyukova‚ when she threatened suicide if he didn’t accept her offer. She was then associated
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nervous breakdown. Later‚ in the 1880s‚ he became depressed due to the failure of his marriage‚ which is said to be because of his homosexuality‚ which resulted in an attempt to take his life. Due to these events‚ Tchaikovsky composed the opera Eugene Onegin‚ which was about an unrequited love. Sometime during the same year‚ Tchaikovsky composed the “1812 Overture” in celebration of Napoleon’s defeat by Russia. In addition‚ during his time‚ Czar Alexander II was promoting reforms in Russia; however
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The History of Ballet The first experience of watching a ballet‚ for me or any little girl‚ can be fascinating and exhilarating. Wondering how a dancer can be so steady on her toes as she spins in circles and leaps through the air. Watching a ballet‚ there is a feeling of wanting to be graceful‚ as well as the warm sensation felt by a little girl as she slips into dream land. My mom had taken me to my first ballet when I was 11 years old. When we returned home home‚ she signed me up for classes
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Gwendolyn Richmond Music Appreciation 110 November 11‚ 2014 Large Paper Pyotr ‘Peter’ Tchaikovsky Peter Tchaikovsky was one of the Great Russian composers of the Romantic Period and he created many musical masterpieces. Born in May of 1840‚ he was fascinated with music as young as five years old. His parents supported his dream but eventually directed him into the government. At ten years old‚ he studied at the School of Jurisprudence after he and his family relocated to St. Petersburg. When he
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This paper will discuss the life and work of the Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in terms of his relationship to the Romantic movement in music. Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in the town of Votinsk in Russia. Although he learned to play the piano as a child‚ his family wanted him to pursue a career as a lawyer. For this reason‚ Tchaikovsky began attending the St. Petersburg School of Jurisprudence at the age of 10‚ and by the age of 19 he obtained a position as clerk in the Ministry of
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“We all now pose as Napoleons-- Millions of two-legged creatures For us are the instrument of one.” --Eugene Onegin‚ by Pushkin Napoleon in Russian Thought Despite Russia’s own history with Napoleon Bonaparte in the Russian invasion of 1812‚ Russians came to view Napoleon with a strange sort of admiration and reverence. In much the same way as Western Europe at the time‚ Russians saw Napoleon as a symbol: an extraordinary modern man who overstepped boundaries and moral law to change history
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The Life of Peter Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ also spelled Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ was born in Votkinsk‚ in the city of Vyatka‚ Russia‚ May 7‚ 1840. Second in a family of five sons and one daughter‚ to whom he was extremely devoted. Once in his early teens when he was in school at St. Petersburg and his mother started to drive to another city‚ he had to be held back while she got into the carriage‚ and the moment he was free ran and tried to hold the wheels. There is an anecdote
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