Introduction to Humanities III‚ Music Final Paper October 23‚ 2013 The concept of Music as a Mirror of its Time is the thread that connects the musical eras discussed in this course and effective way to follow musical development by studying it in relation to the events and influences that shaped he history of the times. It is clear that music was used as a tool ranging from religious ceremony to self-expression. This paper will walk thought history‚ musical development and composers that represented
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History of the Serpent and Ophicleide The Serpent Canon Edme Guillaume invented this instrument in 1590 in Auxerre‚ France. The purpose for such an instrument was to strengthen the choir’s sound when a choir was singing plainchant. Serpent music was rarely written higher than an octave‚ and the cantus firmus gave the player time to stabilize each note before moving to the next one. Though some believe it to be a member of the cornet family‚ this is untrue. The serpent has too many qualities
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differ from each other and as well as their similarities. Table 1. Comparison of Grand Theorists According to Types Identified by Meleis: Needs theorist Interaction theorist Outcome theorist Caring/becoming theorist Name of theorist Dorothea Orem Hildegard Peplau Myra Levine Jean Watson Educational Background >1931‚ Seton High School‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland (Dorothea Orem Collection‚ n.d.) >1934‚ Diploma‚ Providence Hospital School of Nursing (Dorothea Orem Collection‚ n. d.) >1939‚ Bachelor of Science
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Medieval literature is a broad subject‚ encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages.The literature of this time was composed of religious writings as well as secular works. Just as in modern literature‚ it is a complex and rich field of study‚ from the utterly sacred to the exuberantly profane‚ touching all points in-between. Works of literature are often grouped by place of origin‚ language‚ and genre.The wave of the women’s movement begin in
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Analysis: Isorhythmic Motet There were a total of five separate talea consisting of three colores. The first three talea were in 3/2 time and the final two were in 6/8. Taleas A-I and B-I share the same color‚ while A-III and B-III also share the same color. A-II had the only unique color. While there are no actual repetitive talea in the upper voices‚ there are many cyclical repeated rhythms. For example‚ the triplum in measures eleven through eighteen match the exact rhythm for the eight
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Unity and VarietyReNoAdmin 2013-07-19T20:09:08Unity and Variety The Concepts of Unity and VarietyLet’s begin by listening to two fundamental concepts that make a piece of music "work"—the concepts of unity and variety. Most people like hearing sounds that they find pleasing‚ memorable‚ and familiar. Within a given composition‚ the feeling of familiarity—fostered by‚ among other things‚ reiterations of a music idea—lends a sense of unity to the music. Whereas unity satisfies the human need for sameness
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daughter of King Desiderius of the Lombards‚ was married to Charlemagne for about a year before he divorced her for unknown reasons. After his marriage with Desiderata ended‚ within that same year he married a Suabian woman named Hildegard. He had as many as six children with Hildegard before her death in 783 A.D. Charlemagne had two other wives‚ Fastrada and Liutgard‚ and as many as six concubines. Together with his wives and concubines‚ Charlemagne had a whooping total of about twenty children some of
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Do Children Know God Without Being Taught? The Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) writes of a vision in which a four-sided form‚ representing the wisdom of God‚ is connected by a channel to a fetus in the mother’s womb. Through this channel to the child a “fireball” is transmitted‚ which “pours itself through all the limbs of the person and gives the greenness of the heart and veins and all the organs to the entire body as a tree gives sap and greenness to all the branches from
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Description Today I continue to do my clinical at the Grand Anse medical station. Since I observed what the nurses did last week I was able to be involved in everything today‚ such as performing vital signs‚ weighing patients‚ performing urinalysis‚ educating patient and taking maternal history. Feelings I felt very good and organize because I know how to deal and what to do for antenatal patients based on what I observed last week at the health center and what I have learned in school
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References: All 7 Church Modes Music Theory Lesson! Perf. Julian Bradley. All 7 Church Modes Music Theory Lesson! Youtube‚ 7 May 2013. Web. 28 Aug. 2014. Bonds‚ Mark E. "Plainchant and Secular Monophony." A History of Music in Western Culture. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall‚ 2006. 28-43. Print. Hinterbichler‚ Karl. "Text Setting in Medieval Music." Music History. University of New Mexico‚ Albuquerque. 20
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