Q1. In no more than 500 words compare the use of the cantus firmus technique in Guillaume Dufay’s Agnus Dei from his Missa L’homme armé and Josquin de Prez’s Agnus Dei from his Mass L’homme armé. The Cantus Firmus technique is an existing melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition. The cantus firmus had been the most commonly used for writing masses throughout most of the 15th century. It is traditionally written in the alto clef and begins and ends on the tonic of the key or the
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During my examination of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony I discovered that he starts with a four-note motive (short-short-short-long) which becomes the driving force for the entire symphony. He continues to modulate the motive in new and exciting ways with each new movement. Sometimes it is forcefully stated in its "original" (or first) form like the 1st movement or very subtly within a running melody as in the 2nd movement. Now that I have actually listened to and analyzed the musical components of the
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At the onset of 33 Variations‚ it is evident that there are many parallels between the lives of both Beethoven and Katherine. The reasoning behind these parallels‚ however‚ is not revealed until Katherine delivers her final lecture. As Katherine begins her lecture‚ she starts by explaining the purpose of a hypothesis before then providing the audience with her own. “My hypothesis was that Beethoven wanted to use Diabelli’s waltz to show Vienna what a great masterwork he could create out of a grain
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Louis Bernstein was born on August 25‚ 1918 in Lawrence‚ Massachusetts. He was known to family members as Leonard or Lenny. He officially changed his first name to Leonard at the age of sixteen. At the age of 10‚ Leonard played his first piano. Leonard became interested in taking lessons however‚ his father refused to pay for lessons. His determination motivated him to raise a small pot of money for his lessons. He did not need much practice and his father became impressed. For his bar mitzvah‚ his
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Quiz 1 MCOM 1. The television program Survivor is an example of a: X message 2. Which of these is an example of negative feedback? X talk radio host hanging up on a caller. 3. The mass communication audience is large‚ heterogeneous and X all of these 4. Which of the following is true of traditional mass communication organizations? X All of these. 5. AOL’s merger with Time Warner is an example of: x corporate convergence 6. Which of the following has increased
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The printing press‚ paper‚ and cell phones are all inventions that changed history in many ways. They have changed industry and communication as well as our everyday life. We use these objects all the time but never even think about how it was possible for you to have that object. What made those objects available for you to use without even a thought about how it was possible. What are some of these inventions‚ how have they changed society‚ and how has it improved for our use today? Yes‚ one
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Gutenberg’s creation of the printing press was a revolutionary innovation which permanently changed the culture at the time. This invention was created around 1440. Nothing like it was ever seen before it. It allowed for many copies of books or articles to be printed relatively quickly. Books at the time were extraordinarily expensive. The only people that had access to them were the extremely rich. A peasant couldn’t imagine owning a book‚ let alone reading it. Because they were so unobtainable
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partner.Thus Pablo Menendez might not give the information to Johannes Van Den Bosch which would cause a terrible consequence.Even if Van Den Bosch got the information he needed‚the relationship between Pablo Menendez and him would be really strained.And that may result in an constant negative influence on their work. D. Key players (list individuals‚ groups or organizations who are involved in the most critical issue discussed in C): Johannes Van Den Bosch Pablo Menendez E. List appropriate cultural
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Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud was born in Purmerend‚ North Holland in 1890. He began his education at Amsterdam’s Quellinus School of Decorative Arts and later began working with the architectural firm of Jeseph Cuypers and Jan Stuyt in 1907. Oud was interested in architectural theory‚ and found his lack of knowledge in that area frustrating. He left the firm after only six months to study at the National School for Art Education in Amsterdam. He had high expectations for the education he would
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Topic: Compare functionalism and critical theory perspectives on media and society. Which could be the most appropriate approach to understand the media role in Malaysia? Please elaborate with examples There are many theories‚ approaches or model to look at the perspective of media and society in Malaysia. In order to understand media and society in Malaysia‚ we have to look at the meaning of Functionalism Theory and Critical Theory on mass media and society. Functionalism theory attempt
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