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Christianity altered the direction of human events. At the point when Christianity initially began, the entire Roman Empire attempted to kill it off and Nero accused the fall of Rome on Christians. When Constantine made the Edict of Milan, legalized Christianity in Rome, it changed everything, and Christian impact spread quickly all throughout the realm, and the Christian philosophy of peace made individuals withdraw from fighting, which was huge income in the Empire. The stopping of wars…

The year of the 1721 dates the submission of Christoph Gottlieb Schroter hammer-keyboard designs to the Saxon Court in Dresden. He was born on August 10, 1699, in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany, and died on May 20, 1782, Nordhausen, Germany. The year of 1725 dates the translation of Maffei's article into German stimulates widespread interest, and the pianos advertised in Vienna. The time of 1730 dates the Gottfried Silbermann explores in Dresden, Germany with pianos gotten from Cristofori, and…

The Nutcracker and The Rite of Spring are some of the most influential ballets ever produced. In this paper, I will be describing the composers, what influenced the writers, what the ballets are about, and I will contrast the two works of art. Since these greats works of art are so influential, it is important to talk about them their importance when they were created and what impact they still have today. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky or better known as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovosky, was the man who…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer whose mastery of the whole range of contemporary instrumental and vocal forms—including the symphony, concerto, chamber music, and especially the opera—was unchallenged in his own time and perhaps in any other. Although he did not even live to be forty (January 27, 1756 to December 5, 1791), Mozart still managed to not only be one of the greatest composers of the Classical period, but perhaps of all time. His musical pieces still remain quite…

a German composer and the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He was widely considered the greatest composer of all time. He was an innovator, widening the scope of the sonata, symphony, concerto and quartet, and combining vocals and instruments in a new way. His personal life, was marked by the struggle against deafness. During his last 10 years of his life, he composed his most important pieces when he was quite unable to hear. He died…

Have you ever experienced such a traumatic and drastic change in your life that you felt like a completely different person? During the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel and the other inmates in Auschwitz went through this kind of change. Through his exploration of dehumanization in Night, Wiesel reminds us that we have a personal responsibility to understand how people’s lives can change by very small things in an instant, that people have no right to treat others as anything less than human and that…

Sarah Nilsen Ms. Daley Music History II February 28, 2016 Performance Review #2 The following performance paper critiques the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestras 8:00 p.m. performance of “The Best of Mozart” on February 26. Mira Glodeanu directed this performance at Trinity St-Paul’s Centre in Jeanne Lamon Hall. The performance featured three of Amadeus Mozart’s compositions, including Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola in E-flat major and Symphony no. 40 in G minor.…

Ludwig van Beethoven Every era in History has its challenges for society. It is easy to observe what people of their time throughout centuries went through. Whatever an individual faces in life usually gets depicted in a composers work. Whether it is a personal life, tragedy, war, or diseases, each of these factors play a major role in how and using what genre music was composed. Other than such facts, a persons’ surrounding, companions, to be exact, have an immense impact on an individual. One…

Heitor Villa-Lobos was a primarily self-trained Brazilian nationalist musician. From his teaching, composing, and performing, he gained much popularity during the twentieth century in Brazil and eventually the United States, but Many musicians in Europe did not like the music of Villa-Lobos. Many of these European critics believed Villa-Lobos’ music was futuristic, and did not represent the music of Brazil well. Until about the 1940s, Brazilian music was heavily influenced by European elements.…

The Jumanji movie in its remixed form is a prime example of successful remixing in modern Hollywood culture. Far too often, viewers are let down with unworthy remakes of classic films. In this particular case, the film improved upon an original design incorporating modern concepts and appeals to offer a more advanced viewing experience. The original movie was premised on a supernatural board game that lured players into playing the game, while introducing elements into their reality based on…