The Day the Music Died

was diagnosed as mentally ill. By using the character of Bolden, descriptive passages of music and style, Ondaatje shows how transience pervades the work of an artist and how the artist is quickly forgotten. The character of Buddy Bolden is based on the real Charles Bolden. Charles Bolden is considered to be the originator of jazz music. However, few people know his name. There are no recordings of his music and his reputation is staked only on the word of mouth. Little is known of the real…

move to Bussetto and Verdi was brought up and educated there. Verdi had a younger sister, Giuseppa, who died at 17 years of age in 1833. Verdi went to Milan when he was twenty years old, where he continued his studies. Personal Life After spending a few years in Milan, Verdi returned to Busseto as town music master. Antonio Barezzi, a local merchant, who had supported Verdi’s ambitions in music while at Milan, continued to help Verdi in Busseto as well. Verdi’s first public performance took…

countless masterpieces which many people still listen to today. This paper will cover his life and upbringing as well as some his famous works and how they contribute to music. Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 as the youngest child to a family of musicians. He missed many days of school but still performed well. His parents died early in his life in 1695 when he was ten years old. Fortunately Johann Christoph Bach, the oldest child of the Bach family, took his brother…

But little did they know, the music industry was changing as they spoke. A legend breathed his last breath the evening before. This man was Norma’s role model. The one celebrity she absolutely adored, and would have never imagined this to happen, especially at this point in his life. His name was Elvis Presley, or some may know him as “The King of Rock and Roll.” While…

studied the bands, what kind of music they played and what they sounded like. Very few of them became favorites, as I am very picky the kind of music I listen to. I was scared because I was still fairly new to this, but by the end of the night I wasn’t scared…

One the beloved myths in music is the one about how Rock 'n' roll allegedly died when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in an Iowa plane crash. Elvis was in the Army, Little Richard had given up rock for Jesus Christ, and Jerry Lee had married his teenage cousin. During these years, “real” rock 'n' rollers were replaced by poppy artists which watered down Rock 'n' roll. Many first-generation rockers produced some of their best work in the early '60s -- the Everly Brothers,…

born until you died. Because of this belief they had to always please the gods. In order to please the gods they would conquer lands and use the people they captured as human sacrifices to earn the gods good graces. They believed that if they fed the sun blood that it would rise again the next day thus resulting in good crops and good weather. The Aztecs also believed in the afterlife. It was the way the Aztec died not lived that determined the fate of their afterlife. If an Aztec died a…

wrote classical pieces of music. Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Vyatka, Russia on May 7, 1840, to Alexandra and Ilya. Pyotr’s father, Ilya, was a mine inspector and metal works manager while Alexandra, Tchaikovsky’s mother, played music which is probably what influenced Pyotr to have such a passion for music. He was the second child out of six living children. When he was five, Tchaikovsky took piano lessons and he was generally extremely fascinated with music. He also, later on in his…

everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. The next day at 3:00 PM on Tuesday when I arrive to the supermarket, the manager introduces Maria to me to train me for that day. “Be prepare to learn from one of our best cashiers” the manager comments. “I wouldn’t waist my time with a bipolar…

Jamaica, as a result he was exposed to poverty and violence taking place in Jamaica at the time. which later influenced his music career, as the main focus of Bob Marley's music was to express Peace and Love. Bob Marley had dreams of becoming a solo artist. Before becoming a solo artist, He part of a couple of bands.Those experiences helped him move…