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Great Music in Modern Times In 1719, Johann Sebastian Bach began writing the fourth composition of his six Brandenburg Concertos, which took him nine years to fully complete. They were written for a chamber orchestra and were based off the Italian Concerto Grosso style. This collection of concertos is considered to be on the lighter side of Bach’s ingenious. The Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 was composed in a G major scale, is about sixteen minutes long, and consists of three movements. The…

Song Analysis Essay: Sleep by Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre 's famous composition “Sleep” exemplifies a wonderful spin on Robert Frost 's poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” Eric whitacre had originally wrote Robert Frost 's poem to music but couldn 't publish due to copyright claims so in a panic he changed the words in his iconic piece to create “Sleep”. Before "Sleep” was even a concept a Texas woman came to Eric asking him to write a piece in remembrance of her parents…

Lombard (90) notes that biotechnology is the use of organisms and their products for commercials purposes. It is the basic fundamental principle of genetic engineering as it entails the genes transfer of various methods in production of recombinant proteins, transgenic plants and animals for commercial applications. In nutshell, genetic engineering is the driving force of biotechnology industry in the world .In this filed, there are two areas of interest, that is production of beneficial enzymes…

This is my first time to go to a classical music concert; the concert excited me a lot. Usually I’m not listening to the classical music and I’m not good at what classical music is. Even thought I’m not good at classical music, but I really want to learn it. The first time I really get into classic music is in last semester when I took music 107. We listen to classical music in to class everyday. When I first listen to jazz music, I had fall in love with it. I had always listening jazz online…

10 points), but it does not happen without the impact of Brandon Bass’ 11 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots performance off the bench. Clarkson leads the Lakers in field goal percentage at 46.2-percent. As a matter of fact, Clarkson the 46th pick in the 2014 draft with a 15.1 points per game scoring average…

Maria Anna Mozart was the family’s first prodigy and at one point was considered the finest pianists in Europe, until her younger brother, Wolfgang Mozart, came along. Maria’s father, Leopold Mozart, boasted about how well she played the piano, but it wasn’t long before she was overshadowed by her brother. Maria Anna Mozart, also known as Marianne and nicknamed Nannerl, was born on July 30th 1751 in Salzburg, Austria. Maria is the oldest of 7 children, however only she and her brother Wolfgang…

This poem was chosen due to the power of the message that it possesses. To begin, the author Joshua Bennett, is from Yonkers, New York and attended the university of Pennsylvania to obtain a double major in English and Africana Studies. He is currently attending the University of Princeton in his third year of doctoral candidacy in the English department, he is studying Black Culture, Disability, and Ecocriticism. Joshua performs at events such as the NAACP Image awards, where he was nominated…

of “jazz", so that by the 1930’s a new form of music emerged called “swing”. Swing is characterized by very large bands, fixed, usually written arrangements, and solos by individual musicians in turn. Swing bands typically used an upright or double bass instead of a tuba and played repeated riffs to give the music a propulsive rhythmic force. Swing combined harmonic sophistication with danceable rhythms and compelling individual improvisations. Swing bands ranged from groups like Count Basie…

decide that you sympathize with the bird and not the speaker, why doesn’t he leave the poor bird alone? Stay up all night and write whatever comes to mind in that brain that has been attacked by caffeine and ears that have been serenaded by loud double bass drums of death metal. You are all alone and with everything and everyone you have ever known all at once when you write. You are the judge, jury and executioner. For better or worse, you are the only person that can write your stories. Start…

Between 1820 and 1900 is known as the Romantic Period. It was during this time, that the orchestra was expanded to include the tuba, piccolo, bass clarinet, double bassoon, and a larger string section (Romantic, n.d.). With theses new instruments being added, the larger orchestra (from 26 members to close to 100) was able to accommodate new and exciting sounds. Woodwinds started to take on a more prevalent role in the orchestra and composers started experimenting with new sounds from the…