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    Born in rural New South Wales, Kate Young began playing violin at the age of four. Despite growing up in Streaky Bay, a small and remote South Australian town 800km west of Adelaide, at the age of 14, she received a scholarship to study at the Sydney Conservatorium High School. Upon completion, she continued her musical studies at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide where she studied under Keith Crellin OAM, graduating with honours in 2008. In the same year, she won first place in…

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    "It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." Madeleine Albright. A woman's voice is one that is often twisted and constrained by authority figures, the modern media, and individuals who hold beliefs rooted in sexism and misogyny, often this encopmasses a large amount of the general public. Reasoning for this silencing is rooted in traditional gender roles forced on women and the fear that the feminist and the empowered woman will…

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    Music Argumentative Essay

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    Shumann, had severe depression. He had so much sorrow that he had to be put in an asylum isolated from everyone including his beloved wife, Clara. Marin Alsop, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, said, “He [Shumann] tried to commit suicide, failed, and was institutionalized. Later died in an asylum at the age of 46…The Second Symphony was written after Schumann had a very rough depressive episode. And once he got married, he hoped that maybe there would be some kind of relief for him. And this…

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    Dvo Essay

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    They played various works of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Spohr, Schumann, Joachim Raff and Wagner. Dvo??k?s time in Prague also gave him a chance to explore and enrich his musical experience, through events such as hearing Liszt conduct his own works in 1858 and attending concerts conducted by Hans von B?low with Clara Schumann as soloist in 1859. In addition, Dvo??k broadened and deepened his knowledge of music through extensive study of scores…

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    Renaissance Music

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    Music is always in a constant cycle of change. Over 2000 years, the traditional customs of Western music was no different. Due to the social and religious developments that took place in Europe during these periods of time, concepts such as notes, scales, intervals, ideas all told stories about the character and lives of people through music. Music is a form that is defined as an expression of emotion through sound. To history, music is more than that. Utilizing what we know, recognizing…

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    Chapter 4 ? A Composer in the Making: Munich? And the maestro?who was a very great man?felt that she was the only one who understood. As it is always, it is to the one who understands to whom we turn, so after this the maestro found himself unconsciously teaching just that one person in class b. He would have scoffed at the notion had you been bold enough to accuse him of it, but nevertheless the truth remained. Mabel Daniels[footnoteRef:-1] [-1: Mabel Daniels, notebook…

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