Ferdinand Ries

Europe but the assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 the heir to the Austria-Hungarian would be the leading cause of World War One. Austria-Hungary would declare war on Serbia after this you would see other countries that were allies and friends of these countries and see them support their allies. After Austria-Hungarian would declare war on Serbia you would see Russia defend Serbia. Germany seeing Russia helping…

Kurt Vonnegut is a man who was never afraid to express his opinions, political or otherwise. In his essay, titled “A Truly Modern Hero”, Vonnegut argues that an obstetrician named Ignaz Semmelweis should be viewed and modeled as a hero. He begins his essay by stating his intentions in his paper--at least purportedly. Vonnegut goes on to expand in detail on each of his three major subjects: honor, “guessers”, and Semmelweis as a hero. Each of his points leads into the others, and the entire…

After the death of Ina and Isak, Lola goes back to Sarajevo believing she was not going to make it alone, but finds herself in the place where her dad used to work and starts to remember good old memories she had with him. She finds Sava, “a kindly old man who had worked beside her father” (Brooks 77). After he recognizes her, they hugged and began to shed tears; he double checked the streets to make sure that no German soldier would see them. He gave her his coat and she told him the story with…

could. Even when Haydn got lessons of counterpoint from Schenk and was corrected by him, Beethoven would steal his (Haydn) compositions and use them for his later works. Downs even uses a story from one of Beethoven’s students, Ferdinand Ries, to deliver the arrogance; Ries talks about how Haydn was talking about perfect 5ths and Beethoven insisting that he was wrong, even though Beethoven had no idea what Haydn was talking about. Then, Downs goes on to describe other victims of Beethoven’s…

Ries taught Beethoven music as a violin teacher in Bonn when Beethoven was younger. Christian Gottlob Neefe was born in 1748 and died in 1798, this composer was one of Beethoven's very first teachers. It is hard to tell and know exactly when Neefe taught…

Beethoven began his early training with his abusive father Johann van, although his offensive tactics towards Beethoven hurt him physically and emotionally, Beethoven develop a keenness for playing instruments. His creativity surpassed all of the pain and suffering caused by such a traumatic childhood. Once Beethoven sharpened his talent he was able to achieve a position as an appointed organist for the courts, his salary was about 150 florins. This achievement made his father very proud of his…