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Kylee Kerhulas Mr. Ousley Music Appreciation 2 February 2017 Franz Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn was an eighteenth century Austrian composer of the Classical period. Haydn was born March 31, 1732; in Rohrau, Austria to Mathias and Maria Haydn. Haydn displayed musical talent at an early age and his parent sent him to be an apprentice to Johann Matthias Franck, the schoolmaster and choirmaster in Hainburg, to train as a musician. He learned to play both harpsichord and violin and received…

Mac Pollard Instructor Will Dawkins Writing 121 19 October 2014 Joseph Conrad was born on December 3, 1857, in Berdichev, Ukraine. His parents, Apollo and Evelina were Polish patriots apart of the noble class who conspired against the oppressive Russian rule of the time. As a consequence, they were arrested and forced to live in the Russian province of Vologda with their 4-year-old son, Joseph Conrad. They Conrad's education was erratic. First, he started being tutored by his literary father.…

In the spring of 1732 in the quaint village of Rohrau, Austria, Franz Joseph Haydn was born. His father Mathias was a wheelwright like his father before him, and had a strong sense of ambition and pride which he also instilled in his children. Neither Haydn’s mother nor Mathias could read music. Even so, the large Haydn family was known to spend the time following their evening meal singing songs around the accompaniment of a harp. This musical family laid the framework for a boy that was…

Joseph Haydn was one of the composers from the eighteenth century whom worked mainly for courts, churches, teaching, performing and composing on commission or publication for a living. Haydn was known as the “Father of Symphony” for wide publication of his symphonies. Symphonies, instrumental sonatas and string quartets are the most well known works, which made him a prolific composer in the classical period. Haydn was born in Rohrau and started to learn music in singing, playing the harpsichord…

Therefore, the first head of the Soviet Union, the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, who gave the workers what Marx had in his mind with changes of some crucial aspects of Marx 's in order to fit it into the Russian situation. After the Lenin Dead in 1924, Joseph Stalin took the power of the USSR. Some might argue that Stalin applied to the theory of Marx, but in fact he was in the opposite direction in several point include in the work condition. , social equality, and property rights. At first…

accusers. “ A victim in the end of his own recklessness” (Joseph Mccarthy). This quote about the red scare shows that even though some people even though they may not have known any communist would accuse these people to get the attention off of them. In some cases many people got killed for being accused of communism even if they had no clue what communism was or is, and not only did this rumor affect these people on the list but it affected Joseph Mccarthy because in the end he was reckless,…

story. The storyteller, Marlow, recounts his time on his trip and the brutality that he saw conducted by the Europeans on the natives. Modern day readers are able to look at the past; however, recently people have begun to discuss if the author, Joseph Conrad, is a racist leading to many conversations. Upper classmen in high school should be required to read Heart of Darkness because it increases their awareness of global social issues and will add to a better understanding of complex…

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is considered part of the literary canon. Its status as a part of the canon has been subject to much debate. On one hand, the novel is considered a social critique of European imperialism. On the other, it is deemed a product of racism and dehumanization of the African people. While both of these arguments are perfectly valid, a contemporary view that acknowledges Conrad’s limited view of Africa would recognize that the unsatisfactory depiction of the African…

In Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, the motif of antiquity runs consistently and purposefully throughout the story. Conrad explores antiquity in order to address the recurring themes of civilization, savagery, and what exactly separates the two. The references of ancient civilization are made through the use of allusion, comparing central figures of the story to central figures of the stories in Greek mythology. These allusions prove significant as they parallel themes running throughout the…

In 1924 Vladimir Lenin died and Joseph Stalin took over as the leader of the Soviet Union. Many thought Leon Trotsky was the front runner in being the next leader, but it did not work out. Stalin was one of the Soviet Union’s most important figures. When Stalin took on the power of Russia he wanted to industrialize the Soviet Union, Something they have lagged behind in compared to the Western countries for decades. Stalin new if they did not catch up with the other world powers then Russia would…