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Spanning approximately forty minutes, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem was first performed on October 2, 1936. Following World War I and preceding World War II, this suite of choral pieces appears to be a call for peace and a warning against war, perhaps directly referencing R. Vaughan Williams' own personal beliefs. Divided into six sections or movements, the text is taken from poems by Walt Whitman, John Bright, and passages of the Bible. These pieces are: "Agnus Dei", "Beat, beat,…

home. First the white men’s old leader made an act that was to force all tribes leave their land and move west. Then Andrew Jackson went against a case made by his Supreme Court deeming Native Americans sovereign nations. Though it wasn’t until Martin Van Buren became president that we, the Cherokee, were removed. After the Treaty of New Echota had been signed by the renegade Cherokee and Chief John Ross’ petition against it denied, they came for the Cherokee who had yet to leave for the new…

Verdi's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 in A Major, and "The Mountain Whippoorwill" by Jess Turner are three very different pieces. The first is an opera with fantastic musical continuity accented by a broad spectrum of emotions. The second is an instrumental piece in the minor key, and it is very quick and lively. The latter is a longer piece than the first two, an instrumental like the second, but it is happen set to match a poem, which makes it somewhat similar to the first. Verdi’s…

When filming and writing literature began to be popular there has always been an issue with women sexuality. Throughout the years, it has been proven women use their sexuality as a manipulated power to control men and women. In the sense of an alien and monster elements the sexuality encounter of uncontrollable creatures that show an inspiration of its own kind. In Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, women sexuality reflects a behavior in Victorian England. Women are betrayed which led them to a…

Paul Hindemith was born on 16 November 1895 in Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main Germany. He began learning music since his childhood by entered Frankfurt's Hoch’sche Conservatorium during the winter semester of 1908 and 09 when he was only 12 years old. In the conservatorium, he studied violin with Adolf Rebner. In Frankfurt, Hindemith supported his family and himself by worked as a violinist in dance bands and musical-comedy groups. As well as, he often substituted his teacher, Adolf Rebner, to…

Edgar Degas was a French painter known for his paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings. The painting The Dance Class, painted in 1874, was one of his most famous works because it was one of the most ambitious ones. Degas had used perspective to create an illusion of a three dimensional world. Light and shadow also play a significant role in introducing the painting as three dimensional. While the painting is static, one may focus on how gentle the movements are painted. For example, it…

Harry was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884. Harry had a brother named Vivian and a sister named Mary Jane. His parents, John and Martha, moved the family to Independence, Missouri six years after Harry was born. As a child, Harry was very eager about making friends, though he was uneasy around girls. He mostly spent his time on reading and music which he had great interest in. He read every book in the Independence Public Library, and as a musician, he played the piano. Harry graduated…

became illegal in Cuba, but that didn’t stop some people from selling and buying slaves. Some names of the names that will be mentioned in this essay are Cinque, Roger Baldwin, Theodore Joadson, John Quincy Adams, Lewis Tappan, Holabird, President Van Buren, Secretary of state Forsyth, John C. Calhoun, Judge Juttson, Judge Coglin, and Justice Joseph Story.…

On December 5 of 1791, Mozart, one of the world’s greatest composers, died at the young age of 35. Since Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s passing, investigators have aimed to solve the mystery of his early and unexpected death. With over 150 theories acquired throughout the past 2 centuries regarding the young Mozart’s death. This paper will deal with certain theories of his death on accounts of poison, murder, and illness. To say Mozart was a busy man around the time of his death is to say the…

I chose to write about Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci. I chose Van Gogh because I think that his art although it does have a dark meaning behind it is truly beautiful. My favorite painting done by Van Gogh is his painting titled The Starry Night. I am not a huge art fan but since I can remember this is one piece that I thought was done so incredibly well. The way he expressed the way he felt about death in this was amazing he took something so dark and scary to some people and made it…