The main themes in both Top Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale are feminism‚ politics and women’s role in society. Top Girls is based on social realism and political drama. Churchill once said “Playwrights don’t give answers‚ they ask questions”.[1] It could be said that Churchill is asking the audience to acknowledge how much a woman has to sacrifice in order to succeed in the stereotypically male dominant workplace. However‚ it could also be said that she could be asking the audience to acknowledge
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Period: Block of time connected with music and chord progressions leading to a PAC; usually an antecedent phrase (ending with an HAC) and consequent phrase (ending with a PAC) once you get to the end of a period‚ the PAC offers a sense of completion Periodicity: Difference between Baroque and Classical music (In Baroque compositions‚ the melody always continues and in Classical compositions‚ the melody will be a set number of measures and will have individual phrases following Empfindsam Style:
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MU Medieval Period * Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit * Genre = plainchant * Text = sacred‚ Latin * Texture: monophonic throughout * Performance practice: responsorially‚ that is‚ the performance alternates between a single singer (soloist) and the larger choir‚ which “responds” * The piece becomes more melismatic as it continues. * Ensemble: female vocal soloist‚ female vocal choir‚ droning
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| Bach and his impact on the World of Music | Music | | 19/11/2010 | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Bach’s achievements in music 3 Music of Johann Sebastian Bach 4 Conclusion 6 References 6 Introduction There are music schools‚ conservatories‚ and private teachers‚ all over the World to educate children and adults with music‚ either through an instrument or through theory or even history of music. There is a certain amount of technical
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Everyone in the world has grown up on Disney. Whether a person is a toddler or an elderly person‚ they have‚ at least heard of Disney. One thing that Disney is known for is having family friendly movies with phenomenal musical scores. A movie that will possibly stick out to older people would be Fantasia. This movie is famous for adding a motion picture storyline to classical music. Disney spared no expense in utilizing music from the best composers of all time. Some compositions were written by
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Frederic Francois Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola‚ Poland on March 1st‚1810. Shortly after his birth his parents moved to Warsaw‚ where he grew up. While growing up people said Chopin was a sensitive and poetic child and he showed a passionate love of music in his early age and was even taught to play the piano by his older sister Ludwika. (Orga‚ pg.13) While he was being taught by his sister his parents started to see that he was very talented at playing the piano‚ so when he was around the age
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and died in Frankfurt in May of 1896. She was born to Friedrich Wieck and Marianne (Tromlitz). Her father was a talented pianist who taught but began his career in theology at his mother’s insistence. Clara’s mother‚ Marianne‚ was a pianist and soprano who studied with Friedrich. Friedrich and Marianne were wed in 1816 and he began training her to perform and help to forward his own career as a teacher. After eight years and five children‚ she left him and got a divorce. He then turned his musical
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ABSURDISM IN MODERN LITERATURE[pic] Absurdism is often linked to Existentialism‚ the philosophical movement associated with Jean Pual Satre and Albert Camus‚ among others. Although both existentialists and absurdists are concerned with the senselessness of the human condition‚ the way this concern is expressed differs. The philosophers explored the irrational nature of human existence within the rational and logical framework of conventional philosophical thought. The Absurdists‚ however‚ abondoned
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Office Politics: Rumor and Reality By Jacqui Love Marshall Office politics have been around since ancient times. Julius Caesar succumbed to them‚ and Aristotle told the Greeks: “Man is by nature a political animal.” As a middle manager‚ even Tony Soprano spent most of his day (and therapy sessions) pondering the power elements and politics of his world. No wonder Tony watched the History Channel in search of leadership tips. Ignoring office politics is not likely to land you a dagger in the back or
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STUDY QUIZ -- UNIT I 1. Why does a live performance provide a special excitement? 2. What will enhance our ability to evaluate and enjoy music? 3. Why is John Cage’s composition 4’ 33" particularly interesting? 4-7. What are the four main properties of musical sound? 8. What determines the pitch of a sound? 9. The distance between two pitches is called an ______________. 10. If a pitch has a frequency of 100 cycles per second‚ what is the frequency of the pitch one
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