Horn

The first part with the original definition of the tempo - Non allegro - begins with a clear rhythm in the pianissimo of the violins, against which there flashes a brief, of only three sounds, the motif of the English horn, repeated by the clarinet, and then descending all the way to the bassoon and bass clarinet. This is a kind of premonition of the basic images that will unfold further. In the meantime, another theme comes into Fortissimo: tough, angular, in the jerky sounds of the orchestra…

My greatest achievement so far has been gaining my grade 8 my primary instrument the french horn, regarded as one of the most difficult instruments to learn and play well. As well as the french horn I also play trumpet and drums to a reasonable standard. My ability has resulted in being invited to play with the Bucks Youth Wind Orchestra on their tour of Belgium and playing with the award winning…

Cool jazz is type of style of music that brought up from the United States after World War II. Cool jazz became popular during 1949-1959 and was considered the forefront of its time. What made Cool Jazz so diverse in its nature was its soft tempos and light tone. Cool Jazz was known for its large venue of players in a band, its mixed instruments and smooth rhythm. Jazz musicians at the time where moving away from the complexity of improvised solos and into a more arrangement and compression.…

horseback, making it a perfect fit for the Huns. The Re-curve bow was made up of wood, cattle horns, and other materials glued together with horse hoof glue. These bows were the best quality as well as highly effective, the only down side to these bows is that it took over a year to make on of these elite weapons. The Re-curve bow was made by keeping the horns in a circular fashion and once strung up the horns would face opposite of each other increasing the drawback weight to as much as 150…

Patrick Courtney is finally on the field. It had been many months since his last injury, so he can’t wait. He lines up behind the quarterback and waits for his call. Courtney gets the ball and runs through the lane the offensive line creates. He thought he was home free, but a linebacker absolutely crushed him from his blind side. He tries to get up, but his right leg would not support his weight as he collapses back to the ground. Courtney is devastated that he has another injury. Later, he…

Would The Sun Also Rises just be one repetitive book without meaning and purpose if it wasn’t for Pedro Romero? In the post-WWI world, Jake Barnes and his friends travelled around Europe trying to find themselves. Every year, Jake would go to Pamplona, Spain to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. Pedro, a young matador in Pamplona, is an important character in this text because he contrasts with Jake and his friends in that he is more masculine and heroic, has a sense of honesty…

The World Is Glass Neil Gaiman once wrote, “There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.” Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie is a prime example of just how fragile people can be. The play is set in the St. Louis apartment where Amanda and her two kids, Tom and Laura, live. Laura spends her time playing with her glass menagerie while Tom works. Laura barely goes out because she is crippled and socially awkward, so her mother…

In “The Pit and the Pendulum” imagery is used to further describe the punishments that the narrator is enduring. The narrator says “... that its nether extremity was formed of a crescent of glittering steel, about a foot in length from horn to horn; the horns upward., and the under edge as keen as that of a razor. Like a razor also, it seemed massy and heavy, tapering from the edge into a solid and broad structure above.” (68). Here the narrator uses imagery to thoroughly describe the pendulum…

god send messages. These were the traditional ways aristocrat training. “Horn grew strong and solid out of the middle of the creatures forehead, declaring that the mastery of the dominant parties” (Plutarch pg 170). This is how omens interoperated the one horn ram and connect such unusual event to the political race. “Had the skull dissected and processed to demonstrate that the brain had not filled its natural space which horn grew” (Plutarch pg 170). By opening the ram head Anaxagoras reveal…

I am teaching Gifted English at Horn Lake High School in Horn Lake, Mississippi. I observed the gifted and talented coordinator, Mrs. Joyner, who has taught gifted for the past three years and had been teaching elementary school for seven years prior to moving to the high school. I spent six hours of my observations coming into her classroom on Thursdays. I. Classroom Environment Mrs. Joyner’s classroom environment is neat, organized, and student-centered. Her number one goal is to prepare her…