Octave

In the book A Good and Happy Child, Justin Evans uses the idea of a demonic presence to suggest the idea that there are sources of evil in everyday life, for example, the significant theme of technology in Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. Both authors present pernicious issues that cause obsession, emotional turmoil, and strained relationships in the lives of the protagonists. Also, each book introduces the malevolent subjects as things that are supposed to be helpful to the…

This Is Your Brain On Music is a book written by Daniel J. Levitin. Levitin, born on December 27, 1957, is an accredited author that has not only written this book but also other famous novels such as, The World in Six Songs and the Organized Mind. Levitin has education from music cognition, cognitive neuroscience of music, and cognitive psychology. Based on this, Levitin is well researched and as a result, readers are persuaded to believe his information when he presents them in each novel,…

For example, in 1939, Hughes was awarded with a Congressional Gold Medal thanks to his contributions in advancing the field of science and aviation. The following year, he was awarded for his contributions as a pilot test personnel with the Octave Chanute Award. From 1952-2003, he was inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame, the International Aerospace Hall of Fame and the Nevada Business Hall of Fame. Howard and his film team also won and were nominated for a few Academy Awards. Today, Hughes’…

The Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major was composed by Maurice Ravel between 1929 and 1930, simultaneously with his Piano Concerto in G Major. This piece was commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, an Austrian pianist who had lost his right arm in World War I. Despite having been wounded during the war, Wittgenstein pursued a concert career and devoted himself to playing with the left hand. He gained great success in Europe with his great virtuosity that allowed him to overcome…

Introduction: Dmitri Mendeleev is accredited with the creation of the periodic table but in reality, many scientists have contributed in the years leading up to the production. Before people could even write they knew some of the elements that are on the periodic table. The elements include silver, gold, copper, tin, lead, and mercury (substances that could not be broken down chemically). Not until 1649 did a man by the name of Hennig Brand discover phosphorous (an element) through…

The Renaissance Period which occurred between roughly 1400-1600 has influenced the modern world’s music through Renaissance composers such as Giovanni Gabrieli whose use of dynamics has helped shape music theory taught today. The Renaissance was a time of dramatic development in literature, music, art and science which ties in with the name of the period (Renaissance), as the meaning of it is “rebirth”, thus showcasing the era to be a time of growth. Music became increasingly popular with the…

Art is a mechanism by which the artist turns the simple into the phenomenal, the static into the dynamic, the two dimensional into the three dimensional, and can be looked at through the lens of Gestalt psychology--the concept that the work as a whole is different from the sum of its individual parts. Based on the current, Western perception of progress, society can be broken into collections of nations and regions that form pseudo classes or castes--the most distinct being the Emerging…

Mozart’s “Turkish March” and its later adaptations This essay explores various functions of W.A. Mozart’s Piano Sonata No.11, third movement: Rondo Alla Turca. It is widely known as the “Turkish March” because it mimics the sound of Turkish Janissary bands. This song has remained its high popularity in the world by various adaptations. In the following discussion, I will explore its primary function as an education tool, and respective secondary functions in contemporary societies as a…

none or little intelligence. Hilly has always looked down on all African-American and degrading them for who they really are. Skeeter begins to see the racial discrimination in chapter twelve when noticing that, “Hilly raises her voice about three octaves when talking to black people. Elizabeth smiles likes she’s talking to a child, although certainly not her own” (200). Hilly raise her voice in order to sound like a queen, some of top class. She wants the maids to obey and know their place in…

As for Donne, ‘Batter my Heart’ is based on the Italian sonnet form with the rhyme scheme – abba abba for the octave (first eight lines). However, what is unique is Donne’s merging of the Shakespearean sonnet by replacing the last two lines of the sestet with a rhyming couplet. In line 5, Donne uses the simile "like an usurpt town" to describe his condition of slavery…