Cello

Whether or not a distinction exists between non-musical and musical memory domains is still disputed. Patient PM, a professional cellist developed severe amnesia, his SM and EM demonstrating profound deficits, remained able to sight-read and perform the cello (Finke, Esfahani & Ploner, 2012. Likewise Hailstone, Omar and Warren (2009) found preserved musical knowledge in their case study of a patient with semantic dementia, suggesting a distinction of musical SM from other forms. One difficulty…

Debussy, born Claude Achille Debussy at Saint Germain-en-Laye, France on August 22, 1862, was a profound composer of the twentieth century. Because of the similarities his compositions share with impressionist art, many refer to Debussy as an impressionists. Impressionist, according to the online Webster dictionary, is defined as “one who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism in art; especially, a painter who paints in the impressionistic style; as, the skyrocketing prices of…

on September 3, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jacob C. Epstein and Frieda Epstein, Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine. During his high school years at Central High School, he excelled at academics and enjoyed track and field, and played the cello. After completing high school he went on to Harvard College where he graduated summa cum laude and received a chemistry degree. He married his girlfriend and fellow Harvard student, Lois Barth, despite being warned to wait until after they had…

Humanities in STEM Many undergraduate students will claim, “the humanities are a waste of time” or “the humanities will not help me with my career”. Yo-Yo Ma in “Behind the Cello” and Tamar Lewin in “As Interest Fades in the Humanities” both discuss what the humanities may have to offer. The humanities educate degree seeking students on many things that are essential to every career. Without being educated in the humanities, students are missing out on skills and information that are not taught…

Many a times, we have seen many words which are used in various ways, for example, child, children, childhood, live, lively, livelihood, female, feminine, feminist, feminism, and so on. Have we ever observed, why does so happen? How do we change number? For example: a cat becomes cats when we say I have 2 cats as my pets. How does goose changes into geese, when we are said to change its number? How we make nouns from verbs such as, smoking from the verb smoke? This all happens because of not a…

A wide range of instruments were used in this piece -- violins, violas, cellos, double basses, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, horns, oboes, trumpets, trombones, timpani, and alternative percussion instruments – the musical ensemble that performed this piece is called a symphony orchestra. The stringed instrumentalists were set…

The Secret Life of Bees is an emotional story that tells a tale of a girl who lives with the regret of accidentally killing her mother. She now lives with her angry emotionally reserved father. Lily’s only mother figure and real friend is her black made, Rosaline. This story is all about forgiveness, and the challenges of racism at that time Secret Life of Bees is told in the form of a book and a movie. They both tell the story in different unique ways, while keeping the general plot the same.…

Hi, I am Franz Joseph Haydn, an 18th-century Austrian composer of the Classical period, and I played a major role in the development of chamber music. As one of the most prominent composers of my time, I am often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony" and the "Father of the String Quartet" in recognition of my immense contribution to musical form. I was born on March 31st, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria. My dad, Mathias Haydn, was a wheelwright and my mom, Maria, worked as a cook before marrying…

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IV. Second Movement The second movement is in a compound ternary form. It is in simple quadruple time in E major with the tempo of Adagio. It is nocturne-like (Zi, 2001, p. 94) and it’s meant to give the audience a peaceful feeling. Introduction: The opening of the second movement has used muted strings, woodwind, clarinet and bassoon. These instruments slowly modulate from the previous C minor to E major using chromatic notes. Fig.16 Exposition (A): In preparation for the first theme to…