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    American flute, a wooden instrument of the Native American indigenous tribes has been around for hundreds of years. No one knows the exact time reference to when they were first made or began. Certain native tribes believed the woodpecker was the first to make a flute, they would drill holes in a hollow tree branch looking for insects, and when a wind blew over the branch, sound was made. The Lakota people made what is known as the “Love Flute.” Young men would stand by the river with their…

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    Orfeo and the Magic Flute Compare-Contrast study of musical compositions of Monteverdi and Mozart Introduction: Composed in 1671, Monteverdi drew on the ancient poets of Virgil and Ovid to create the mythological narrative that is the opera Orfeo.1 His last musical work, Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) tests the limits of the high voice register in a ancient Egyptian plot about winning love with the help of magic.2 Signaling a major shift in accepted musical form, Monteverdi’s Orfeo…

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    true love is just that — a classic. Classic’s have been passed down generation to generation and hold a special place in the audiences heart. Through sonic, visual and textual means, Kenneth Branagh's The Magic Flute explores two contrasting themes of good and evil. In The Magic Flute also know in German as Die Zauberflote tells the tale of ‘two ‘lofty,' ‘noble’…

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    Through sonic, visual, and textual means, Kenneth Branagh’s The Magic Flute explores two contrasting themes: strength and weakness. Throughout the entire opera film, we witness both the afore mentioned themes from a variety of characters, and the fate to which these attributes lead each individual. Mozart’s beautifully written music backs up this intriguing storyline, with well-placed arias, leitmotifs and an excellent score. As the story follows the adventure of Tamino and Papegano, many…

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    belong to this family include the oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon and flute. While all of the other instruments mentioned are actually classified as reed instruments because that is the way that the air flows through them, the flute is an instrument that makes its sound from air being blown across an opening. The openings are closed or kept open depending on the notes that the flute player would like to produce. The flute is easily one of the most difficult instruments to master, but it is…

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    which easily could produce sound to create a musical note. A popular and well known artist is, R. Carlos Nakai, who distinguishes himself as a Native American flutist. Nakai has released multiple albums throughout the time he has been playing the flute professionally; one of many was, Awakening the Fire. This includes a collaboration with percussionist William Clipman and a blend of a well-developed music style, known as instrumental. Most of the Native American music uses aero phones,…

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    and Violence. Philosophy Amartya Sen said that Justice should not be in Binary terms – It is a matter of Degree. We can understand this with the help of an example, let us assume that there is a flute and there are 3 persons who want that flute A, B and C. A is the person who knows how to play the flute and is a professional flutist. B is a person who is…

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    Bach 1st Movement Analysis

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    At bar 80, there’s a ritornello in G minor, which is similar to the subject at bar 36. The elements from Ritornello 1 appear in a contrapuntal way. It continues from the solo, which the flute, violin, oboe and trumpet with a short statement for each. Most of them related to the Fortspinnung and Epilogue of the ritornello. Bar 80 is the part of the and long modulatory tutti section with various exchanges between instruments. Until bar 83…

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    Important To Me

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    years, I got many things from many people, but most of it didn’t have meaning to me. The three things that I found to have a significance to me is my soloist flute, track spikes, and lettermen jacket. All these things I asked my parents for in middle school. I got my track spikes in middle school but I got my lettermen jacket and soloist flute my freshmen year of high school. My parents decided to give me these gifts because they wanted to see me succeed and achieve my goals and dreams in high…

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    band players. I play the flute, yes I am a flutist. There are flutes, clarinets, trumpets, trombones, tubas, french horns, snare drums, oboes, a xylophone, and a big drum. I am a nine year old fifth grader. Some little kids might think a flute of a toy flute. But no, this is what a real deal flute would look like. It is a long silver tube with lots of little circles. Those circles would be like the holes in a toy flute. They cover and open the flute’s holes. The flute has three parts. The…

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