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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one of the most praised composers of Russia and perhaps of all time. During his life, Tchaikovsky created many notable works. He created ballets such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and most famously The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky also was responsible for Operas like Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. Tchaikovsky even wrote the Coronation March for Tsar Alexander III.…
The Nutcracker and The Rite of Spring are some of the most influential ballets ever produced. In this paper, I will be describing the composers, what influenced the writers, what the ballets are about, and I will contrast the two works of art. Since these greats works of art are so influential, it is important to talk about them their importance when they were created and what impact they still have today. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky or better known as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovosky, was the man who composed The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty.…
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian neoclassical composer born on June 17th, 1882. He was born near St. Petersburg, Russia. Stravinsky died of congestive heart failure on April 6th, 1971 in New York, New York. He moved many times in his lifetime, but ended up gaining citizenship in the United States. Stravinsky’s musical influence came from how successful his father was with the bass.…
Theodore Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was the only son of Henrietta Seuss Geisel and Theodore Robert Geisel. He had two sisters, Marnie, two years older and Henrietta 3 and a half years younger who died at the age of 5 because of pneumonia. At the time there was no cure and she eventually died. Theodore enjoyed reading comic strips, writing humorous poems, and drawing cartoons.…
On August 21st, 1904, one of the world’s greatest jazz musicians was born. This great musician was known as William Count Basie. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, where he became a pianist and a player of vaudeville based entertainment. Basie ultimately formed his own big band that had many hits, for example: “Blue Skies” and “One O’Clock Jump.” Basie’s band and music helped to define the ‘swing’ era.…
Myra Collier Photography 1 Schroder 25 April 2018 Annie Leibovitz Photographer Annie Leibovitz was a streetwork photographer along with a portrait photographer. She was born on October 2, 1949 in Waterbur Conneticut. She is currenty 69 years old and she is world famous.…
Some of his famous pieces include Symphony No. 3, Quiet City, The Cat and the Mouse, and Lincoln Portrait. Those are just some of his many pieces that he has composed. Several of Copland’s early work shows the influence of French and middle European music of early 1990’s. Starting in the mid 1950's, he resuscitated…
Richard Stoltzman was born in Omaha Nebraska and spent most of his early years in San Francisco and then moving to Cincinnati. His first experience with learning music was with his father's saxophone lessons since his father was a jazz- playing railwayman. He began playing with his father in the Stewart Memorial United Presbyterian Sunday School Orchestra. Benny Goodman was Stoltzmann earliest mentor and remained a major influence through his career. When Stoltzman was seven years old he found a case with a clarinet in it and started playing with it and dangling it out his second story window and it fell and it turned out to be one of his father's clarinets but instead of punishing Stoltzman his father bought him a metal clarinet to start…
Some of his fine great works are Appalachian Spring, Lincoln Portrait, Fanfare for the Common Man, Billy the kid and,Quiet City. All of these music pieces are very important to him and some of are his major works. One of those pieces had a major fame. That piece would be Appalachian Spring. Appalachian Spring are Completed 1944 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, first performance October 30, 1944, in Washington, D.C.…
Tragedy doesn’t always have to lack aspects of gore or blood that make peoples’ stomachs turn. In fact, some tragedies may have a lot of horror to them to what may happen to a person; however, when a horrific tragedy occurs to someone close to a person, then that person may be driven to seek a terrible and bitter revenge in honor of the other person. In the years between the late 1580s and early 1590s William Shakespeare wrote his first tragedy, which can now even be a horror story. The story by itself has several themes that can be discussed, and be compared to a similar story which takes place in book six of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In this paper, I will have two main points that show the similarities between Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare and Metamorphoses by Ovid.…
Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo de Rivera was born on July 6th, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico. Frida was a Mexican painter who was known for her self-portraits. Frida who was married to Diego Rivera ironically was a bisexual feminist. Kahlo had a tough marriage with Diego Rivera. Frida always had health problems, at the age of six she had been diagnosed with Polio.…
During a time when Mexico was ruled by a dictator. On July 6, 1907, Frida Kahlo was born. Her birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo. There were many injustices in Mexico for over decades, three years after Frida was born that was the start of the Mexican Revolution. .…
Description A stoat has a long, slender body with short legs. In the summer time, the coat of a stoat is chestnut brown on top and white on the stomach. In the winter, the coat is all white to blend in with the snow. The female stoat averages 23-27 centimeters long. A male stoat is bigger than the female stoat.…
Lev Vygotsky was born in Russia. He was psychologist and gives many theories related to human psychology and social development. He also gives the theory of Vygotsky Circle. His main work was related to development of cognitive function in children in the social environment. He gives importance to social behaviors in our daily life.…
The author thought that this article would be of interest because it is rare for someone to donate a kidney to a stranger, it is even rarer for someone to be willing to donate both of their kidneys to strangers, 15 million dollars in cash donations to charity, and another 6.2 million of property donations. Zell Kravinsky is a unique case of selfnesses with his concern for the welfare of others. (Storm, 2003) The main ethical issue being discussed with the Storm article is whose life is more valuable.…