The Prodigy

“With a tense melodic line and taut harmonies, the composition is considered by many to be the most popular of all 20th-century orchestral works,” NPR Music. Adagio for Strings, was written by Samuel Barber in 1936. Originally written as the second movement of Barbers String Quartet, Op. 11, Adagio for Strings has been used frequently in times of mourning. The beauty of this piece is the strong emotions that it invokes from those that hear it. Written during a time, when the world was in a…

Frederic Chopin was a Romantic period composer and pianist from Poland. A musical prodigy, he composed his first Polonaise when he was seven years old. In 1830, Chopin left Warsaw due to the Polish November Uprising which inspired him to compose music with nationalistic elements. The following year, he traveled to Paris, which became his home for the rest of his life and met fellow contemporaries such as Franz Liszt and Felix Mendelssohn. This meeting gave him a chance to showcase his talents…

an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Gallaudet in 1970. He also received the 1962 Man of the Year award from Alpha Sigma Pi and the Edward Miner Gallaudet Award from Gallaudet College Alumni Association in 1975. Foster had two underlying prodigies, Seth Tetteh-Ocloo and Gabriel Adepoju.Both became national deaf leaders in Ghana and Nigeria. Foster died in a plane crash while en route to Kenya in December 1987. The Christian Mission for the Deaf still continues his vision by creating…

important figures for the development of the industry. Here, we present our list of 15 things you probably didn't know about Metallica. Check out part one below, and stay tuned for part two, coming soon! Number Fifteen: Lars Ulrich Was a Tennis Prodigy. Hailing from Denmark, Ulrich was an extremely talented tennis player growing up. His father and grandfather both played tennis professionally. Thankfully for the world, Ulrich decided to channel his athletic prowess into playing the drums.…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg Austria. At a very young, Wolfgang Mozart could comprehend a piece of music within half an hour. Then he was writing symphonies and playing clavier. His parents name were Leopold and Maria Mozart. Also, his father was a composer as well. Wolfgang Mozart father Leopold Mozart educated him to become successful at playing different instruments and understanding music. Wolfgang father was known to be an outstanding composer and…

1. Who is Everett Ruess? How does he choose to live his life? Is he similar to Chris? Everett was born in Oakland, California, in 1914, the younger of two sons raised by Christopher and Stella Ruess. He had a dream about plodding through jungles and traversing cliffs and that's how he decided to live his life. Deliberately he punished his body, strained his endurance, tested his capacity for strenuousness. He is similar to Chris in some regards but I feel that Chris had more reasoning behind…

people will be designing their babies. In today’s society there seems to be an overwhelming obsession with perfection. Not only with ourselves but with our children or unborn children. Some parents want the star athlete, others strive for the musical prodigy, the A+ student who joins all the extraocular activities. In my opinion when parents don’t feel their child is living up to their standards of perfection they will force the perfection to happen making for an unhappy child and over bearing…

Australian composer who shaped classical music. He is known for composing operas, string quartets, piano concertos, symphonies and mastering them all. Mozart was born in 1756, and was able to perform multiple instruments at the age of 6. He was a child prodigy, he was able to write a symphony at the age of eight; at age eleven an oratorio, and at age of twelve he wrote an opera. He unfortunately died at the age of 35.4 The works Mozart were performed at the concert I attended were Le nozze di…

Summary In the book Artemis Fowl, It all starts out with Artemis Sr. The father of Artemis Jr. has gone missing. This sets up the whole story because the whole series is about finding Artemis Sr. In the very first book the one i read not much happens. Basically it sets the story line for the rest of the book but it still has some action and adventure making it fun to read. I will start from the beginning and summaries trying not to give too much away. So like I said in the benign of the book…

Beneficial Decision to Stop Investing Time into Basketball BASKETBALL! BASKETBALL! BASKETBALL! This rolled off the tongues around me from the time I was born, and at the age of five, it became all I knew. My older sister was a basketball prodigy, and everyone was expecting me to follow in her footsteps. Throughout elementary and middle school, I attended summer camps, endured lengthy practices, as well as participated in tough games. I worked during my off season as much as I could to…