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The Chinese zodiac signs occupy twelve animal signs, and every year relates to an animal. The signs have diverse meanings, personality traits, and fortune. Waverly Jong is a Chinese American character that made an appearance in the novel, “The Joy Luck Club”, written by Amy Tan. She knows how to disguise her strategies and thoughts. Waverly is single-handed, has “invisible strength", and sharp-witted. Though in the novel, she was born on March 17, 1951, in the year of the rabbit. Her Chinese…

Saxe-Eisenach on March 21, 1685. His mother had eight other children and taught him music theory and how to play the violin at a very young age. Many of his family members were professional musicians including Johann Christoph Bach, his uncle, and Johann Ludwig Bach, his cousin. At the age of ten his parents died so he lived with his oldest brother who played the organ. He studies and performed music with his brother while living with him and even copied some of his music. His brother also…

It is no surprise that Beethoven liked to write, whether music or notes to himself. He even wrote letters to his friends, lover, and business associates. Though, the way he talked to these people is very confusing. In his letters, his personality is varied and unpredictable. There is also a shift as the years go on and he treated every letter differently, depending on the person. Hopefully, through these letters, we can get somewhat of an understanding of the type of person he was and how is…

a musician. He learned to play both harpsichord and violin and received basic training. Hadyn would soon sing soprano parts in the Hainburg church choir. His talent was noticed by a musical director of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Georg von Reutter, in Vienna. Georg von Reutter invited Hadyn to be a chorister. Haydn moved to Vienna…

Gregor Mendel By:Naomi Allman Early life Gregor Mendel, born in Heinzendorf, Austria on July 22,1822 to Anton and Rosine Mendel on his family’s farm.At age 11 a local schoolmaster recommend sending him to a secondary school in Troppau to continue his education.It was a financial strain on his family, he graduated in 1840 with honors. Then enrolled in a two year program at the Philosophical Institute of the University of Olmutz he graduated the program in 1843. A Monk He began to study as a…

Johannes Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B minor, opus 115, was composed in Bad Ischl during the summer of 1891. It should be noted that in 1890, Brahms concluded that he would no longer compose. In the same summer of completing the Quintet, Brahms composes his Clarinet Trio, opus 114. These two works for clarinet would be his last contributions to chamber music. Prior to the Brahms Quintet, other works written for chamber clarinet included the opus 34 of Weber, opus 107 by Anton Reicha and the A…

Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a 19th and early 20th century French composer of classical music. Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875, in Ciboure, France. His mother, Marie Delouart was Basque and father, Joseph Ravel was from Switzerland. At his third month, his family moved to Paris. His brother, Édouard Ravel was born in Paris after three years of their moving. There was no evidence of Ravel’s entering a school for his formal Education. However, acknowledging his passion in the early age,…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Prior to Becoming Famous To begin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child who has the talent of being a musician and had several experiences with instruments in addition, he had the blood of a musician as well as his father and siblings .Furthermore, Wolfgang had one sister named Maria Anna also called Nannel she was born on July 30, 1751. In addition to, Wolfgang he was the seventh born child that means…

The musicale had a lot of variety in the performance of the songs. The pieces ranged from being purely instrumental to art songs. There was also a mixture of music from the Baroque through the Modern era. The assorted musical periods and instruments contributed to a more varied Musicale. The group pieces at the beginning and end of the Musicale sounded the most contemporary. “On stranger Tides” was a good choice to start with because it was from a popular movie with which most of the audience…

Music has evolved drastically throughout time. There are countless styles of music in the world that I appreciate and admire. However, I prefer music that has a message or story in it that touches my heart. The combination of moving lyrics, beautiful voices, and outstanding music composers creates magic. One of my favorite songs is a song called As Real as You and Me by Rihanna. I first heard the song while watching the move Home. It started playing while a characters sacrifices himself for the…