From the reading “How We Listen”‚ I found the ideas that Aaron Copland presented are interesting. I was entreated by his explanation of listening to music. There are three layers in listening to music‚ they are the sensuous plane‚ expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane. I found myself mostly in the expressive plane‚ but lack of the awareness of listening music through a more technical mean. Music is a form an expression‚ it cannot be defined by an exact word or description. Certainly‚ there
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Burr? What has thou done? Thou hast shouted dead great Hamilton! You hid behind a bunch of thistle‚ And shouted him dead with a great hoos pistol” Qtd by Roxburgh‚ 40. On July 11‚ 1804‚ Alexander Hamilton was shot dead in a duel with his arch enemy‚ Aaron Burr. Hamilton had a tremendous affect on the birth of our country and would have had a greater effect if he lived longer. Burr´s reputation was ruined forever and no one was very pleased with what he had done. Hamilton had great plans for the future
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Aaron Copland’s essay of How we Listen divides the listening of music into 3 different planes‚ (1) the sensuous plane‚ (2) the expressive plane‚ (3) and the sheerly musical plane. In each of the sections‚ Aaron defines illustrate and compares the planes against each other. Copland says most people listen to music in the primitive “sensuous plane”‚ listening simply for sheer pleasure. The “expressive plane” is when listeners try to find the meaning behind the notes‚ what the piece is saying‚ and what
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Brianna Hatter September 11‚ 2013 The musical example‚ Prelude in E Minor by Chopin was one of his most famous works from his entire catalogue. The Prelude is also known as "suffocation." In Fact‚ Chopin’s last dynamic marking in the piece is smorzando‚ which means "dying away." The piece was played at Chopin’s funeral upon request by himself. There have been many musical pieces that were based on the prelude. Some of these pieces include Antonio Jobim’s "Insensatez‚" and Serge Gainsbourg’s
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Book Analysis East of Eden By Jon Steinbeck This unforgettable novel‚ East of Eden‚ was incredible for its time and without a doubt is Steinbeck’s most memorable and philosophically poetic classic. Reading a book like this really made me come to the realization that even though this book was set in the late 19th-20th century that the meaning behind the message is more relevant than ever before. I suppose there is more than one message but not one is more or less important than the other. The
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Journal Critique #1 Over the summer Aaron Hernandez‚ a tight-end for the New England Patriots‚ pleaded guilty to a first-degree murder charge that involved a close friend. Although he pleaded not guilty to six other charges‚ Hernandez had evidence stacked up against him that was hard to deny. He is currently incarcerated with one court date remaining. Athletes in the media today are typically portrayed in a positive light but with Aaron Hernandez it seems to be a little different. He had a history
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Aaron T. Beck is considered the father of cognitive therapy was born on July 18‚ 1921 in Providence Rhode Island. His mother‚ Elizabeth Temkin‚ married his father‚ Harry Beck‚ in 1909. He is the youngest of five children. Aaron Beck notes that his mother was quite depressed prior to his birth due to the loss of two of her children. Beck was born two years after his only sister died of influenza. He believed himself to be a replacement child for his sister. Beck says he takes joy in the idea that
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Aaron Hotchner is the star of the CBS television program‚ Criminal Minds. Hotchner plays the role of the unit chief of the Behavior Analysis Unit (BAU)‚ a department of the FBI. In the show‚ Hotchner turns out to be a very successful and respectable leader. His style of leadership evolves as the show progresses and he shows many different traits that contributed to his success. In this paper‚ I will analyze Hotchner’s styles of leadership and how they contributed to his success as a leader. Aaron
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CASE 2 Aaron Beam and the HealthSouth Fraud 1. Which of the “obstacles” to moral behavior do you see at work in Aaron Beam’s behavior and thinking? In Scrushy’s? An obstacle to Aaron Beam’s moral behavior is when he moved some of the business start up costs as expenses and lists them as capital investment‚ which inflates the company profit margins. Beam initially did this because of the pressure from Scrushy to make the company appear more profitable. Then‚ the cycle continues. 2. Explain how
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Liberal english professor‚ Aaron Hanlon‚ writes for The New York Times‚ about being an english professor on a campus that is simply conservative. Including his colleagues and majority of his students. In his piece he speaks about how he deals with the different viewpoints that he experiences at his workplace. Hanlon’s purpose for writing this particular piece is to show his readers that people could have a mature and intellectual conversation even though both parties have opposing attitudes. Hanlon
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