Accompaniment

Peter and the Wolf was written in 1936 by Sergei Prokofiev as a children's story. This work includes both music and text. The symphony is the accompaniment to the narrator, who reads the spoken parts during the work. Prokofiev was born in Sochovka, Russia on April 23, 1891. The music Prokofiev is most famous for, is the music he composed for Peter and the Wolf. Prokofiev’s composing days began during his youth, eventually leading him to study music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 1918,…

movements; two, by making the chorus, along with the instruments, more unified or chaotic Bach highlights the calamity or confusion that is happening; third, at the end of the work Bach descends into deeper, darker music that, even without the vocal accompaniment, conveys the gravity of what has…

Foundation; it was established in 2006 with the intention of encouraging and offering early interventions and support to young Australians that are experiencing mental and substance use disorders (Headspace, 2018). Headspace was created as an accompaniment to the current primary care and specialist services available in Australia, with the hope that it would allow more integration and management of services for young Australians (McGorry…

emphasizing Horatio’s loyalty, and his trustworthiness. Worrying for his own sanity, Hamlet also calls into question the assertions of his father’s ghost, and concocts a scheme in order to determine their validity. Wishing for Horatio’s input and accompaniment as an accomplice, Hamlet, trusting him, begins to explains the plan. Shakespeare uses allusion again in the passage, this time to remind Horatio of the sighting of King Hamlet’s ghostly apparition: “If his occulted guilt / Do not itself…

The National Junior Honor Society is a very prestigious program that rewards students for their service in their communities, leadership skills, citizenship, and character. Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School highlights these important qualities and I honored to be selected to apply for the society. I believe my morals, love of service, and leadership skills make me a strong candidate to the National Junior Honor Society. Community service is a rewarding activity that, sadly, not many teens…

Over the course of the 20th century Grieg's music bleached from the minds of musicians and the audience, and his popularity amongst the crowds was often used against him. Grieg's most popular works were listened to daily at spas, cafes and as the accompaniment to soundless…

At the end of the Civil War, former slaves rejoiced in their newly free status granted by the 13th Amendment. Yet, despite their freedom, these African Americans essentially held no means of beginning a new life off of their former owner’s plantations. However, newly freed African Americans sought to rebuild their lives post-slavery through the ownership of land, the ability to receive an education, mobility, suffrage, family reunification, and being self-sufficient. Land would allow for these…

The world of popular culture has greatly evolved throughout history in that various innovations have allowed for the incorporation of new ideas and phenomena into society. From the creation of the first motion pictures to the progression of professional sports, America has seen magnificent transformations in the field of entertainment. Such elements of culture have been especially important when the nation is struggling, much like it was during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. It was at this…

As one of the most quintessentially American musical genres, jazz reflects the vast diversity of the United States’s active cultural and ethnic traditions. Though jazz did not distinguish itself as a distinct form until the late 19th century, it draws from other tributary sources, namely ragtime and blues. Indeed, an essential characteristic of jazz is its ability to constantly evolve and incorporate elements of antecedent and contemporary music that lend it vitality and richness. Defined by…

David Fincher's Academy-Award nominated film “The Social Network” stars Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield as Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, the original founders of Facebook. The film explores the founding of Facebook from multiple perspectives- those who were lifted into the technological stratosphere, and others who became collateral damage on Zuckerberg’s path to technological superstardom. Fincher uses a variety of narrative techniques in examining the evolution of Mark from a lonely…