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reputation saver cover up story behind Fletcher pushing a student so far it is implied the boy commits suicide. His justification for his actions is that hard work pays off, laughingly citing the story of how Jo Jones, a musical instructor, threw a cymbal at Charlie Parkers’ head motivating him to practice harder and become the great jazz musician he was. Close up shots of Terence Fletcher show every line contour on his face including his scowl, wrinkles and each drop of sweat. Other shots show…

The piece that I have chosen is “Country Gardens”, written by Percy Grainger. This piece was his first piano arrangement of the English Morris dance tune “Country Gardens.” It became extremely popular and his greatest commercial success, later this piece became one of his least favorite pieces as he was asked to play it so often. A remark that was included in the early publication was: “Rough sketched for 2 whistlers and a few instruments about 1908.” In another edition he writes: “In some…

Music and dance were common activities for those who were able to afford them. They used early instruments like, flutes and harps. In the New Kingdom, the Egyptians played on bells, cymbals, tambourines, drums, and imported lutes and lyres from Asia. The cestrum was a musical instrument sounding of a rattle that was particularly important in religious ceremonies. Egyptians held a strong belief in the afterlife. The Egyptian pantheon…

The words “jingle” and “cymbals” are musical, showing the melodic-like pull that money gives Daisy. Furthermore, it appears that not everyone who Gatsby associates with is appearing wealthy for a goal; they simply enjoy the desirability of it. Daisy and Tom for example, “had spent…

Senior night. One of the most important traditions my marching band has. I never quite understood the purpose of this tradition, was it to show progress? A last ‘hurrah’ for the upperclassmen to watch? It took me four years to understand completely what senior night really means. When you watch something you love go and take on this challenge without you, to perform, its amazing. Performing that halftime show to the best of their ability, showing to us that they don’t really need us to be…

relatively pure, vocal sound during the verses, to a heavily overdriven, almost screaming sound during the chorus. This section also compares Nirvana’s two drummers Channing and Grohl, and how Grohl’s style is “brighter and higher because of the cymbal work, and yet harder because of the explosive snare sound. “ It just lacks an overall discussion regarding the grunge sound and only focuses on Nirvana’s specific…

Throughout the chorus, the bass drum pounds out a militaristic “left, left, left, right, left” beat. The ornamented piping of the piccolo, the clashing cymbals, and the ringing triangle contribute to an overall noisy, oriental sound. Using these musical characteristics, Mozart suggests that Turks are strange and belligerent. Similarly, Mozart creates a rather unflattering caricature of Turks through Osmin…

1. The first piece of music I listened to for this assignment was Lohengrin, prelude to Act III composed by Wagner. The song was written for a scene for a wedding between a hero and heroine. The instruments in this song include a full orchestra and it is an orchestral piece. In my opinion, the song had a variety of feelings and sounds. For example, there is one part where it is mainly or entirely woodwinds. During this section, the music sounds very peaceful and light. After a while this…

Richard Wagner’s The Ride of the Valkyries illustrates an overwhelming military force that triumphantly defeats its opponents in warfare. This image is brought about by the polyphonic texture from the wavering pitch of the string instruments, the booming intensity of brass and percussion instruments, and the stable rhythm of low and high pitches. The opening of the song presents a sense of urgency as a stack of three high pitches of a string instrument. A brass instrument sets the prideful tone…

an Arab uses a knife to shine the sunlight in Meursault's face. Knowing he could just turn around and walk away, Meursault’s emotions-not shown externally and reserved-takes over and makes him do the opposite. All Meursault could feel were the “cymbals of sunlight” crashing on his forehead.(58) Meursault again only shows emotion towards the sun’s annoyance on him, and not the Arab trying to kill him. The strong imagery of the sun forces Meursault to kill the Arab with a revolver. To dissipate…