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Musicology 123 Paper 1 Starr and Waterman stated that cover songs/cover versions in the postwar era were used to “cash in on the potential popularity of a recording by creating their own (sometimes almost indistinguishable) versions of it.” However, the reason that a musician records a cover song has drastically changed since the late 1940s. Nowadays, musicians record a cover song to pay homage to their favorite musicians and to the musicians that have inspired them. This is exactly why Foo…

There are eleven recorded versions of the popular folk ballad “The Cruel Brother,” resulting in an extensive amount of possibilities for comparisons and contrasts between each of the different variations of the ballad. Since the origins of ballads are unknown, it makes the interpretation process of them quite complex, and requires audiences to analyze the content of ballads with extremely limited contextual clues. Considering, again, the fact that there are eleven versions of this single ballad,…

the Patrick Stewart version. The Patrick Stewart version of the story "A Christmas Carol" was clearly the most effective out of the Muppet, the Novella, the play, and the Patrick Stewart versions because in the Patrick Stewart version, Ebenezer Scrooge, a heartless man of business who thrives of the despair of others, was more convincing than in the Muppet version, that he really disliked Christmas. The Patrick Stewart version was also more dramatic than the rest of the versions. For example,…

Aphrodite and Like Water for Chocolate share similarities in the change of literature written in different versions. In the different versions of the literature, the change of words the authors use to narrate the literature changes the significance of the narration and the reader 's’ impressions of the narratives in which causes the reading to be misleading. The change of words in the different version of The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and Like Water for Chocolate, changes the significance of…

There are two versions of The Day the Earth Stood Still, the 1951 version, directed by Robert Wise, and the 2008 version, directed by Scott Derrickson. These two films compare and contrast with one another and create a more detailed story. In the 1951 version, the whole movie is in black and white. In the 2008 version, the movie is mostly in color, besides one part of the movie. The color in this version shows the worst effect of humanity. The difference between society and history between the…

Zeffirelli’s and Luhrmann's. Zeffirelli's version of the story more accurately portrays Shakespeare’s original intent with setting, dialogue, and costumes identical to those imagined when one reads it. The setting of Zeffirelli’s version more accurately portrays Shakespeare’s intent. Zeffirelli's version took place in a large courtyard of an enormous home, and looks to be representative of the time in which the story took place. Luhrmann’s version takes place in a modern courtyard with a…

William Zinsser is an American writer who wrote an informational guide to writing. He decided to revise a specific chapter called Simplicity. In the year 1980, he created the first version of Simplicity, then came 1998 followed up by 2006. In the first version, 1980, Zinsser created a long and wordy paper. He used specific examples also including details that were unnecessary. This is ironic because the paper is about how writers can write unnecessary words and phrases creating complicated…

Adaptation of Our Town Of the three versions of Our Town that we viewed in class, the PBS 2003 version best portrayed what the author Thornton Wilder wanted. Our Town is quite a unique play due to the fact that unlike most play’s the Stage Manager is on the stage rather than behind the scenes. The Stage Manager is also a character in the play itself and acts as a narrator in the play, so he talks directly to the audience the majority of the time. This unique characteristic allows a director to…

future version of Macbeth is the best interpretation of the play; the setting, character development, theme and production value are all more effective in this version when compared to the stage and modern versions. The setting supports the best visual representation, Lady Macbeth’s character development is portrayed better throughout the play, and the theme is easily explained from beginning to end. All of this is easily seen through the higher production value compared to the other two…

The two versions of Much Ado About Nothing that I chose were the 1993 version, directed by Kenneth Branagh, and the 2012 version directed by Joss Whedon. The two interpretations were drastically different from one another, but I think that the 2012 version was the funniest. In the 1993 version, the director also plays the character of Benedick, and the play is interpreted as the expected period piece. Unlike the 2012 version; the 1993 version displays a more jovial atmosphere all throughout, but…