Fugue

Such flexibility was showcased in the treatment Kisi (Binnie, 2012). Kisi sought out psychotherapy, meeting clinical criteria for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), neurasthenia, schizophrenia, dissociative fugue disorder, recurrent depression, and emotionally unstable personality disorder. Treatment for Kisi was first approached through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), an EVT for PTSD, OCD, and depression (Chambless et al., n.d). During treatment,…

My character name is Norman Bates from one of the most famous horror films of all time Psycho. I chose to do my research on the 1998 version (Van Sant, 1998) because I knew that it would be in color and for me color helps bring out small details better than black and white. This is a little overview of Norman. Norman Bates lives next to his family owned motel named Bates Motel with his deceased mother Norma Bates. When guests check into the hotel, he prepares dinner for them, then murders them…

On 27th January 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria in Salzburg. Mozart began his career as one of the most celebrated child prodigies in eighteen-century Europe. With his father Leopold being a highly respected composer and violinist Mozart discovered his interest in music. At the age of 4, his father, Leopold taught him minuets which Mozart played effortlessly. By the time he was 5, Mozart was able to compose small pieces. In his very early career, Mozart…

George Frederick Handel was born on February 23rd, 1685. His parents were George and Dorothy Handel of Halle Saxony Germany. His father was 73 when he was born and he was an eminent barber-surgeon who served in the court of Saxony Weissenfels and Margraviate of Brandenburg. Handel was inspired by music. Unfortunately, his father was very surprised and urged him to study law instead. His father restricted his use of any musical instruments. Luckily his mother, on the other hand, was very…

“Goldberg Variations” which is the longest Bach keyboard work. The complete “Goldberg Variations” can be played between an hour to an hour and a half. His playing shows his amazing control and imagination like no one before him, especially in Bach’s Fugues. Even with a successful career, he has faced lots of criticism. One is his crazy, out of this world interpretations. Another is his posture; he sat at the piano incorrectly and hummed along with his playing. He sat on a bench that was…

On the first day and class of my college career, I was asked to define music in my own words. I continued to write in my notebook on the fresh, clean page what I had thought was a creative way of explaining the topic. I had written, “Music is defined as a combination of sounds, voices and beats to make a new stream of varying qualities that are pleasing to the ear based on opinion.” After sitting through several classes I began to realize I had in fact over-complicated the word “music”.…

letter to Gershom Shorelim, “it is indeed my opinion now that evil is never radical, that it is only extreme, and that it possesses neither depth nor any demonic dimension. It can overgrow and lay waste the whole world precisely because it spreads like fugues on the surface. It is thought-defying, as I said, because thought tries to reach some depth, to go to the roots, and the moment it concerns itself with evil, it is frustrated because there is nothing. That is its banality. Only the good has…

In the 16th century, composer Johann Sebastian Bach, created The Brandenburg Concertos, a six-part series. The concertos are a unique composition of music, utilizing instruments like the harpsichord, flute and violin to create a melodic conversation. Bach’s Bradenberg Concerto No. 5 in D Major is a particularly unique piece as it is the first to feature a keyboard solo. In this composition, the harpsichord stepped into the spotlight and ditched its normally supportive role. The three movements…

All these characteristics of romanticism that were shaped by the evolutionary changes made by the composers were also appeared in the requiems of the time. Requiem was now an independent musical form; the form of the concert requiem, which replaced the traditional liturgical one. The romantic requiems were performing in the concert halls and opera stages, and that was mainly because of their extended length. Although some composers such as Gounod, Liszt, Faure and Bruckner followed the…

Full of laughter and joy, always wanting to make people smile. That was Heaven. She’s becoming more of a fugue memory now, but I remember that day so clearly, I seem to relive it too often. It was a tragic time for her family and mine. I struggled so deeply with growing close to anyone else after this, everyone around me assumed I was just shy, but I was afraid of losing another friend. I continued blaming God for the…