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"On Experiencing Verdi's Aida"
<view this essay>.... much better if
I saw it live, it was a great first impression.
I thought that all of the characters were very well casted. I did think
that even though they were all very talented singers, they could have used more
facial expressions and gestures to play out their emotions to match the scenes
and the music.
Out of all the characters, I liked Aida the most. I thought that she
carried herself very well and gave a fantastic performance. She also had great
chemistry with Radames. Radames too, showed little or no change in his voice or
actions to display the full range of emotions that he experienced. One of the
characters that had no effect on me w .....
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The Beatles And The Sex Pistols: A Study
<view this essay>.... indeed true.
The music of the Beatles is considered by many to be the best in the history of rock 'n' roll. They began as a group who would play in pubs and try their best to entertain the crowd. They made it to America in 1964 and swept the world off its feet with Beatlemania. Their musical style changed throughout the years as much as their physical appearance did. A whole generation looked up to them and their cultural impact can still be felt today.
The Sex Pistols are the most notorious band of all time. They lightning bolted onto the scene and then were gone equally as fast. However, they were to have an impact on popular music that hadn't been .....
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Monteverdi’s Eighth Book Of Madrigals
<view this essay>.... 1638. It was printed in Venice by a man named Alexandro Vincenti. It was published when Monteverdi was seventy-one years old. The publishing of this book came almost twenty years after his seventh book of madrigals was published. The eighth book is the largest of Monteverdi’s secular works.
The eighth book contains twenty-two seperate works. These works are divided into two sections. The first of these sections is called ‘Canti guerrieri,’ or ‘Songs of war.’ This section contains nine works. Of these nine works, four of them have more than one section. The second is made up of two sections, the third: three sections, the sixth: four sections, and t .....
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Music And The Global Perspective
<view this essay>.... Western European “classical” music (art music) and a number of “
popular” music styles derived largely from Western European ways of making
music. These styles include pop, folk, country, and rock. Other styles,
including jazz, blues, and various ethnic music, are the result of a
blending of cultures and traditions. All these styles constitute an
important part of music in American society, styles that constitute “
American music.”
The ethnic diversity: part of the cultural richness of our nation
is derived from its ethnic diversity and its large number of ethnic groups.
Immigrant groups may have partially assimilated into the mainstream of our
society wh .....
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Behind The Doors
<view this essay>.... ranking Navy officer, therefore he was not home often. This left Jim’s mother, Clara, to raise him. When Jim was three his mother gave birth to his sister Anne. In 1946 they moved to Washington DC for six months and then to Albuquerque, New Mexico for a year, according to Irwin Stambler, author of The Encyclopedia of Pop Rock and Soul. In 1947, when Jim was four, the Morrison family was driving through a desert in New Mexico when they came upon a car wreck.
“The first time I discovered death,” said Morrison, “me, my mother and father, and grandmother and grandfather, were driving through the desert at dawn. A truckload of Indians had either hit another car .....
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The Beatles
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backing vocals.
When they first began playing, the main influence inside the band was John
Lennon, who had an uncanny ability to compose songs at a moments notice with an
inspiration that others missed. He pushed the members of the band during their
touring years and was able to achieve the best possible results from the group.
The band began playing in a Music Hall style that is very effective for
the audiences but was lacking on their albums. Together with Paul, John began
to evolve the band. As the years began to pass, the band was obviously
beginning to grow musically. They had moved from simple lyrics like "Love me Do"
to harshly a .....
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Tupac Shakur: Stealing From A Dead Star
<view this essay>.... Although Knight and the company’s accountant, Steve Cantrock, both owned
Porsches; Tupac did not. These repairs were charged to Tupac’s account in
1995. In 1996 Tupac was charged with more than $28,000 for the purchase of
a Chevrolet Suburban. It was first titled to Tupac, then transferred by
Knight to his brother-in-law Norris Anderson (Saltonstall). How many cars
can a guy own and get charged with repairs with out finding out.
To start of with some other bills that were found on his account in
1995 were rental fees for condos and homes. Charged with more than
$120,000 in rental cost for a Malibu home that was actually occupied by
Kenner. Complaints b .....
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Bela Fleck And The Flecktones Concert
<view this essay>.... four members of the band, a bass player, a banjo player, a saxophonist and a percussionist. It was nothing like I had ever seen before; the combination of instruments was to say the least, a very unique mixture. The most amazing part of the instruments was that the percussionist played the drums on a guitar looking instrument that ran through speakers. Then they started to play and I was completely blown away. The talent the band displayed was amazing, I was blown away. The music is a unique mixture of many different genres; jazz, rock, R&B and funk, to name a few. Much of the music had no singing and the songs were very long and complicated, involving d .....
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