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In Who Is Gustav Mahler - Young People's Concert - Bernstein & NY Philharmonic Youtube video, he shows an amazing symphony playing Gustav Mahler’s amazing pieces in the same concert hall Gustav conducted in. Mahler was an Austrian who stated conducting at a very young age. His main music was in the Romanticism era. He developed strongly and became popular of many, but how would his name still be known many years later? Gustav Mahler isn’t as known as Beethoven, but is a popular person among…

Duke Ellington is an originator of big-band jazz, Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist and band leader who composed thousands of scores over his 50 year career. Duke Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 In Washington, D.C. At the age of 7 he started learning piano and got the nickname duke. He wrote his first composition ‘soda fountain rag’ at the age of 15. He was awarded an art Scholarship in the Pratt institute in Brooklyn, New York, Ellington followed his passion for ragtime…

The Jacksonian Democracy is a political movement during the Second Party System trying to get a better democracy for the common man by the American politicians and Andrew Jackson’s supports (History.com Staff). The Jacksonian democracy went from the 1820’s which was the time Andrew Jackson was elected president, and till around the 1840’s (History.com Staff). The Jacksonian Democracy was also in the united states only (Schlesinger, Arthur M. The Age of Jackson). Jackson was a intelligent man…

was the Redlands Community Orchestra at Redlands High School Clock Auditorium. The orchestra consisted of three pieces which were Fanfare to the Common Man by Aaron Copland, Les Preludes by Franz Liszt, and Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven. These pieces are capturing pieces of art and history that surpass time and yet are still know in this modern era. The composers were well known artist that created a kind of movement in music history and became well known for their…

a. As I observed Country Band March, I recognized that the arrangement of the march is relatively a five-part sectional form that brings back the opening march theme in diverse appearances, rather than what you would customarily find in a true march structure. Two groundbreaking and useful methods used by Ives were the high intricate webbing of tunes, which would generate the impression of an amateur band’s performance abilities by having musicians play out of tune, prearranged bad entrances,…

Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 14 November 1900, the youngest of five children to Harris Morris Copland and Sarah Mittenthal Copland, both of whom were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Copland's earliest musical training came in the form of piano lessons which he received from his sister Laurine. When he was only nine, he started to invent tunes on the piano. At the age of fifteen he decided he wanted to become a composer. Then went to a boy only high school and learned more…

Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States, but is mostly known for being the general that won against the British in the Battle of New Orleans in a war that was already over. Today, Jackson is viewed by many as one of the worst presidents in United States history, but his actions were justifiable. Jackson is known for being hot headed, quick to make decisions, and wanting things done his way, but that does not make him a bad president. The decisions Andrew Jackson made at the…

James Knox Polk: Architect of Manifest Destiny James Knox Polk, a man often labeled by his weaknesses, emerged as the first “dark horse” candidate, but proved himself to be the complete opposite (Pinheiro par. 2). Polk was a rare president who not only stated his goals, but clearly achieved them for the interests of the bipeds. Although statements of “Who is Polk?” began to inundate the country, Polk successfully achieved his dreams of taking office, and in fact, became the nation's most…

The election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency changed the American government and politics in many ways. First, after the election of 1828, American politics was not dominated by the elites and the rich from the East anymore; instead, the common people believed they could actually rule America. Second, the federal power was restrained as opposed to the states’ rights. He opposed the American System that empowered the federal government an active role in participating in the economic…

Antonio Vivaldi, is my composer he was born in the year 1678 in Venice, Italy. He was recognized as one of the greatest bourke time perdid authors. He was a violinist, teacher, and cleric in his lifetime. He was influenced by the widespread across europe. He composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. His most popularest piece is a work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four…