Europeans were searching for new routes to the east for spices‚ silk and gold. Spanish expansion was indicated by Christopher Columbus arrival in America. He was exploring the southern and western America in their quest of gold. Columbus‚ sailed from Spain in 1492 in effort to find the new trade route and instead found a "new world". This world had many items‚ which the Europeans wanted - corn‚ tobacco‚ cocoa‚ sugar and gold. After the sugar cane plantations were established by the Spanish‚ one
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Johannes Gutenberg Explanation Johannes Gutenberg was born into a good family. His family and background was important on his impact to Europe. One instance would be that he was brought up in a family which taught him how to read‚ but in books that had been hand written. This impacted on his life because otherwise‚ he wouldn’t have been able to create a printing press. Without this knowledge‚ he would never have known what each letter was and could have never created the printing press. Books had
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Mozart Sonata K.545 3/25/2014 Piano Sonata No.16 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. Mozart himself catalogued this Sonata as “for beginners” and it is also known by its nickname Sonata Facile or Sonata Semplice(Froment‚ 2010). This Sonata however was not published in Mozart’s lifetime but only later on in 1805. It is a typical Classical eraSonata piece written in C major and consists of three movements: I. Allegro‚ II. Andante‚ III. Rondo. In the following essay
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Sonata Allegro Form The roots of this form can be traced to the simple binary form of the baroque era. With binary‚ the two sections are thematically similar with a sameness of texture and theme throughout the movement. The term sonata originally referred to instrumental music‚ not a particular form of composition. The Baroque sonata can be traced back to an instrumental song of the late Renaissance called canzon da sonar. This leads eventually to the trio sonata‚ for four instruments
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Giraud to music. The verses had been first published in 1884 and later translated into German by Otto Erich Hartleben. Schoenberg began composing on March 12 and completed the work on July 9‚ 1912. The ensemble consisted of flute‚ piccolo‚ clarinet‚ bass clarinet‚ violin‚ viola‚ cello‚ piano‚ and voice. After twenty-five rehearsals‚ Schoenberg and Zehme‚ in a Columbine dress‚ gave the premiere in Berlin on October 16‚ 1912. Reactions were mixed‚ with some criticism of blasphemy in the text‚ to which
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For his time‚ Brahms was criticized as being overly technical or old fashioned; an opponent of true progress and emotion in music. However‚ what his music shows is not a lack of emotion but layers of depth. His carefully planned motifs and calculated phrases allow his audience an initial emotional experience while offering a technical structure intelligent enough to sate most musicologists. This can especially be seen in Movement One of Brahms’ Third Symphony‚ where he clearly uses a specific pattern
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The play the “Shoe-Horn Sonata” written by John Misto and poem “Vergissmeinicht” composed by a British Tank Commander Keith Douglas use the distinctively visual to portray the idea of war and its consequences on people and their relationships. The use of lighting in the play and the poem help give the audience an idea of the mood that the protagonists are in‚ for example in the play The Shoe-Horn Sonata the use of dim light whilst on stage is used to great effect whenever Sheila or Bridie are
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Cited: "01 Brahms Violin Concerto‚ Julia Fischer (Violin) - 1rst Movement ( 1/3 ) - YouTube." YouTube. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. . "Brahms Double Concerto/Doppelkonz. Allegro 1/2 - YouTube." YouTube. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. . "Brahms string sextet I op18 Bflat II - Andante ma moderato - YouTube." YouTube. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. . Devoto‚ Mark. Harvard Dictionary of Music‚ “Tonality.” n.p. Print. MacDonald‚ Malcolm. Brahms. New York: Schirmer Books‚ 1990. Print
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instrument maker and his son‚ the clarinet was created. Johann Christoph Denner and his son Jacob‚ improved the chalumeau by adding a register key to the instrument‚ and later the chalumeau received the Boehm flute key system (Bellis)‚ which created what my musical life all started on: the clarinet and family. The very first original clarinets had only two keys to be played – eventually three (“The Clarinet”). Though despite the small size and few keys‚ the clarinet could hit more notes‚ and was louder
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When Johannes Kepler was born in the late sixteenth century‚ scientists believed that planets in the solar system traveled in circular orbits around the Earth. The occasional problem was solved by the addition of miniature circles test — epicycles — to planetary paths. But Kepler not only adamantly defended the idea that planets orbit the sun‚ he also revealed that their paths were not perfect circles. His descriptions of planetary motions became known as Kepler’s laws. Born in December of 1571‚
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