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The Film Departures has a vast amount of different components that all come together to make this film extravagant. Since it is a foreign film the production had to rely on more than just dialogue to show the film’s message through to the spectators from different countries. The main features that have made this film astonishing are the camera work, color, motifs, and pacing of the story. The first thing someone viewing this film will notice is how the camera is working throughout every scene.…

Joseph Haydn is regarded by most musicologists as one of the premiere composers of all time. When Haydn's musical output is studied he is consistently discussed as one of the prominent members of the musical canon. Many historians often overlook one of the most important reasons why Haydn's compositions developed over time. Some say that Haydn was influenced by composers such as Carl Emmanuel Bach, Nicola Porpora, and Johann Stamitz. There's is no doubt that these composers were indeed major…

1. Identify the author. Tedd Arnold 2. Identify biographical information about the author. Tedd Arnold was born in Elmira, New York in 1949. He moved with his family to Florida at the age of ten. Tedd started to take his first art lessons when he was ten years old. Arnold finished school and graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He worked with textbook illustration, graphic design, and advertising for ten years. His wife Carol received a master’s degree in…

The musical instruments that the Syrians use include violin, rabab, Ney, oud, tableh, kanun, and riq. The Jews who lived in Syria sang the pizmonim. The modern Syrian music has also incorporated some other instruments from the West which include the cello, electric guitar, oboe and double bass and this includes influences from other jazz and also other foreign musical styles (Alixa, 2003). Arab music tells a story of tradition and often recounts tales of love, honor, and…

much larger and more independant. As he stands up and begins running out of his room quiet instrumental music fades into the background to add anticipation and rhythm while he is running into the forest. This music would be a mix of staccato violin, cello and drums and would contribute to a sense of intensity in the scene. His heavy breathing and brief grunts can be heard over top of the music. As he sits on the rock the music fades out and he is speaking through…

Otto Luening was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Otto spent most of his early childhood on a farm outside of Milwaukee. He started to take piano lessons at the age of four with his father and just two years later at the age of six he began to compose his very own music. When Otto was around 12 years old, he and his family moved to Munich, Germany. Here he studied about orchestration, harmony, flute, and piano at the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik. Four years later when Otto was 16, he made his…

The Far East Side of American Classrooms American sitcoms often mock societal trends and highlight the best and worst stereotypes of American cultures. Aibel and Berger, writers of the animated sitcom King of the Hill, made a very poignant statement in the episode “Westie Side Story”, when a Laotian family moves into the small Texas community (1997). The main character Hank Hill innocently asks his neighbor, “So, are you Chinese or Japanese?” His neighbor, Kahn Souphanousinphone, replies, “I…

Johann Joseph Fux Johann Joseph Fux was an Austrian composer and theorist. He studied language, logic, law and music both at Graz University and the University of Ingolstadt from 1680 to 1687. Around 1695, Fux was appointed to the imperial court of Hungarian bishop Leopold I. While in the court of the emperor, Fux dedicated the Missa SS Trinitatis to Leopold I. Johann Fux kept his position in the court after the death of Leopold I, the reign of Joseph I, and Charles VI. He was appointed…

For this paper I attended two events, one large scale and one small-scale. For the large-scale event I attended Mahler’s Symphony no. 6 in A minor and for the small-scale event I attended Seraphic Fire- Mozart: Requiem. I attended Mahler’s Symphony no. 6 in A minor first. For this event there were not any issues with this venue. The only drawbacks to this event were that the tickets were pretty pricy and for this reason I had to attend this event alone. For me to get a pair of seats together the…

Intro: ‘Black is the New White’ was the recent Sydney Theatre company Production written by Nikkiah Lui, Directed by Paige Rattray and performed as part of the Queensland Theatre company 2018 season. The performance skilfully demonstrated contemporary Australian drama through fusing an eclectic mix of styles including Heightened Realism, Farce and Comedy and the inclusion of a narrator. Inspired by her own experiences as an Indigenous Australian, Nikkiah Lui has crafted a funny and warm story…