The Trio

Schumann: Schubert’s Opus 142 There are few things more subjective than music: a subjective opinion on a subjective writing about a subjective composition. This particular set of impromptus appear rather disrupted by the publisher. Discrepancies regarding performance order, genre grouping and key signature have been disputed by theorists. In his review of Schubert’s Four Impromptus for the Pianoforte, Robert Schumann recognizes both strengths and weaknesses of the works in their current state…

This piece was composed in the Romantic stylistic period. The tone color of this piece was warm and ringing. The tempo seemed to be random through out this march, but the style was very fast paced. A clarinet was used in the trio, which was the most contrasting part of the piece. In my opinion this piece was very nice to listen to considering I am not a huge fan of marches. The third piece performed was “Wind Quintet Op. 43” composed by Carl Nielson. This piece consists of…

Billy Strayhorn was an incredibly gifted musician, as well as a talented arranger and composer, who was best known for his work while in the band Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. His love for music stemmed from his mother, a classically trained pianist, and from playing hymns on his grandmother’s piano at a young age. Strayhorn preferred to work in the shadows, content to arrange and compose music for the band as his employer wanted. Through working with Ellington, Strayhorn blossomed as an…

Goals and aspirations are a part of everyone’s life. Without them we wouldn’t know what to work for, to strive for or to try and make a mark on this world. Some of my goals in the past were to graduate high school with above a 3.5 GPA and to get straight A’s, both I achieved. To me my education and career are important to me because I will be the first in my family to graduate college with my BS and possibly go on to graduate school. I would also love to get more involved in my new community.…

1.0 Introduction As robots get smarter and more widespread, independent cars are bound to end up making life-or-death decisions in unpredictable places, thus taking over or at least seeming to assume moral authority. Weapons systems currently have human operators “in the loop”, simply as they get more advanced, it will be possible to shift to “on the loop” operation, with machines carrying out orders autonomously. As that occurs, they will be faced with ethical dilemmas. Should a drone fire on a…

The book first opens up to Mary Hunter diving into Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. In Hunter’s words this opera participates in what she calls a theatrical conversation which involves the composers, librettists, performers, and the audience. Ms. Hunter attempts to eavesdrop on said conversation to show the reader how the opera buffa was able to behave as entertainment in Vienna. She also states that studying opera buffas as entertainment does not mean that these works have any less artistic value…

The life of Jesus Christ is one that is both fascinating and a mystery. This one man’s life is very well documented, both in words and in art. There are many questions raised if this truly happened or was a myth created to give the public hope in times of need. I am not a religious person however, I do tend to gravitate towards religious art. Many of the religious paintings I have viewed have true emotion. Both paintings focus on iconic times within Jesus’ life, but Zampieri’s painting deals…

Dante Alighieri's first book in the divine comedy the Inferno is a religious epic that condemns those who are blasphemous towards the church but is also a careful condemnation of the power of the catholic church.Through the Pilgrim's journey through hell he sees and learns many things from his environment, the people he meets in hell, as well as his guide Virgil. However as he is traveling through the hellscape Dante is commentating about the state of affairs as he sees it in 12th century Europe…

The Depth of Darkness From the beginning of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the imagery of darkness becomes increasingly prevalent. In the play, the Scottish nobleman Macbeth is deceived by a deathly trio of witches. He is slowly consumed by the evil and darkness they implant. The force that begins to control him is rooted in selfishness, greed, and hatred. His actions of evil cause others, specifically his wife, to commit even more atrocities. Macbeth is overcome with self-righteousness and truly…

The war began in the Balkans in late July 1914 and ended in November 1918. The war would consist of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (Central Powers) on one side and Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan (Allied Powers) on the other. When Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914, Austria would use this event to help push them into war with Serbia. This is the event that most feel was the start of World War I. Even though there had been trouble in the…