Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mackenzie Gates Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27‚ 1756. At the age of four he could learn a piece of music in half an hour. At five he was playing the clavier incredibly well. At six he began composing‚ writing his first symphonies at the age of eight. He was constantly traveling all over Europe with his father‚ Leopold Mozart‚ a violinist‚ minor composer and Vice-Kapellmeister at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. The musical feats and tricks of young
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Ezra Pound is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry. In the early teens of the twentieth century‚ he opened a seminal exchange of work and ideas between British and American writers‚ and was famous for the generosity with which he advanced the work of such major contemporaries as W. B. Yeats‚ Robert Frost‚ William Carlos Williams‚ Marianne Moore‚ H. D.‚ James Joyce‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ and especially T. S. Eliot. His own significant
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Extra Credit Jon George Mrs. Dvorak College Success December 1st 2011 Babe Ruth – The homerun king for ages was Babe Ruth. He played for the New York Yankees. In his earlier years he was a right handed pitcher in the MLB but switched to a hitter. He is now 3rd on the all time homerun list behind Hank Aaron who is second and Barry Bonds. Babe Ruth was born in Pigtown‚ Baltimore. Michael Jordan – In the eyes of many people Michael Jordan was the best basketball player in the world. He
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The brand Chanel has long had its reputation in the world of fashion‚ but few people know that it was Coco Chanel‚ who gave women bathing suits‚ pants‚ slacks‚ costume jewelry‚ and of course‚ Chanel No.5 .Her influence on the 20th century fashion was so great that she was the only person in the courtier field to be named in Time 100.The Most Important People of the Century. (Nikitine) While Coco Chanel gained world recognition her early years‚ however‚ were anything but glamorous .Gabrielle “Coco”
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woman and one black man‚ and than man being Arthur Mitchell. Agon is a terribly exposing dance‚ technically‚ emotionally and physically. The piece requires a lot of focus‚ force‚ agility and speed‚ like many other Balanchine works. “The music‚ by Igor Stravinsky‚ is jarring and without meter. The dance‚ Athletic‚ modern and elegant. The Agon pas de deux is a true expression of the style of the Dance Theatre of Harlem.” (Times Magazine) “Our company is as strong technically as any professional ballet
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after a while. Stravinsky music was unpredictable. It was as if he created a box around him and said‚ "This is what I am going to play‚ and you can either like or dislike‚ because I do not care and will play it." Stravinsky broke away from the romantic period and any other period. He created his own period. The Romantic period had a wide range of emotions of love‚ war‚ sadness‚ hurt‚ pain‚ sorrow‚ vengeances‚ scorn‚ betrayal‚ and a variety of other feelings and expressions. Stravinsky and Ravels music
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in London on April 8‚ 1950. The Rite of Spring was performed by Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes on May 29th‚ 1913 at the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris. It was later remade by the Joffrey Ballet in Los Angeles on September 30‚ 1987. Igor Stravinsky was the composer for The Rite of Spring. In his works for the Rite there was a significant basis of Russian and Lithuanian folk music. His music has influenced many of the 20th century composers and the idea that the Rite portrayed was inspired
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The Clarinet The clarinet is such a small musical instrument‚ but has such a large variety of uses. I play the clarinet myself‚ and this is what provoked me to choose it as my topic. The Area of Interaction acquainted with this topic is Human Ingenuity because music is a wonderful creation that is a form of entertainment to many people around the world. The clarinet has a unique build‚ a great deal of refining to go through‚ an intriguing history‚ several “spin-offs” of itself‚ and has been the
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Music is certainly a part of us. In such a way‚ as the examples of the patients who suffered brain injuries show‚ that it seems to be a part of our very biology from birth and is honed more so over time. This‚ in some way‚ must have an impact on our very being‚ our identity as a whole‚ that it shapes us more than we may realize. This notion of music being impactful to our identity must be explored more before a discussion of how heavy metal affects our identity can be investigated. Music seems to
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An Introduction Oboe and Bassoon By Marie A Rogers 300005290 Woodwind Techniques 1 1010-1100 Mr. Robinson The oboe is a soprano-range double reed instrument with a length of 62cm. Its wooden tube is distinguished by a conical bore that expands into a flaring bell. The modern oboe’s range extends from the B flat below middle C (b3 flat) to about 3 octaves higher (A6). The oboe has a very narrow conical bore. It is played with a double reed consisting of two thin blades of cane tied together
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