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    Richard Strauss

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    There are three main types of orchestral programme music, symphonic poem also, known as the tone poem, the concert overture, and the programme symphony. The symphonic poem is musical piece written for symphonic orchestra, usually as a single long movement. Richard Strauss is one of the well-known composers who wrote many descriptive symphonic poems. One of these is Til Eulenspiegel Op. 28 (1894 - 1895) which tells of a mischievous character of German legend. Strauss uses a musical theme to…

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    Anne Sexton Starry Night

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    beginning that she was a troubled housewife that later committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. IN which, If you know anything about Van Gogh (The artist of the painting Sexton writes about) her death is similar to how he also committed suicide. This poem is both simple and complex due to how it relates back to religion, death, and the kinship between Sexton and Van Gogh. To start off let’s talk about how this poem relates back to religion. You’ll see from the very first line “That does…

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    Already hearing holiday and Christmas songs everywhere? No doubt Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” is heard in a lot of malls, stores and establishments. It is considered to be one of the Christmas songs in the past two decades that has reached a height of popularity. According to Adam Ragusea, a journalism professor at Mercer University, Mariah Carey’s song is a classic because of the chords, as reported by Vox. Ragusea said there are 13 distinct chords that makes Mariah…

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    Bartolomeo Cristofion

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    The first piando was invented in approximated in 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristifion in Italy. Bartolome Cristofion Italian instrument inventor, he invented the piano and two other keyboard instruments, the spinettone and the oval spinet. The piano is fouded on the earlier technological innovation. The 14th and 15th centuries was the development of different kinds of keyboard stringed instrument. At the time that Bartolomeo Cristofion invented the piano, the most popular keyboard instruments were the…

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    Painting Analysis

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    Write a brief description of this painting. Give a summary of the imagery and composition in 2-3 clear sentences. (3 points). There are the flower, and grass that covered around the street, and at the background there are the houses and the wall with trees. Right side of the painting there are the wall, and there is the house being the wall. middle of the painting there is a street which…

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    recent history, surely the names Matisse and Vincent van Gogh would make the list. Both of these artists are well-known for their style, technique and use of color. However they couldn’t be more different when it comes to some of their paintings, such as Vincent van Gogh’s The Bedroom and Matisses The Red Studio. There is a vanishing points in order to portray a specific perspective on the audience, is done so for two very different means. For van Gogh for instance the vanishing points in his…

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    In Copland’s “Piano Variations” the piece is quite simple but darkly colored with 20 variations and a coda, giving a sense of dramatization in continuous variation form, which were originally played on a piano and are now placed into the orchestra which gives it a more lively and colorful perspective on the piece. It opens up in heavy, ominous manner but then more into the piece the chords are struck heavily to give this sensation of engrossment. You’re captivated by everything that is thrown at…

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    Lines are usually used in every art work and in Mostaert’s painting you can see the use of lines in various ways. The clouds in the background of the painting have many different lines fading away. The cross in which Jesus is hung on is also an example of how actual lines are being used vertically and horizontally. The author of gateways of art, states there are two types of lines ( DeWitte 54). There are the actual lines and the implied lines. The actual lines are lines we are able to see in…

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    When you're ready to hear beautiful notes fill the air, these musicians will give you a night to remember: Boston Pops Affectionately known as "America's Orchestra," the Boston Pops is the most recorded orchestra in the United States. Founded in 1885, they play at Symphony Hall where the acoustics are outstanding. Upcoming performances include a variety of styles such as classic, jazz, indie rock, big band, and Broadway. Boston Symphony Orchestra Founded in 1881 by Civil War veteran Henry…

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    One of my personal distraction is the music, especially the New age, Classical, crossover, thus I would like to have the opportunity to meet a famous Violinist from Germany, his name is David Garrett, he plays diverse music as Classical and crossover, besides when he performances his program is varied, to illustrate, he can play a music sheet of Beethoven as well as a song of Michael Jackson. David Garret is thirty seven years old, he is also a talent and a very handsome man, he started to…

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