Composer Biography Pick a composer who has not been discussed in the course‚ and research the answers to the following questions. Composer: _Maurice Ravel________________ Born (year and city): _1875‚ Ciboure‚ France__ Died (year and city): __1937‚ Paris__________ 1. With which period or movement is he most commonly associated? While some scholars argue that Ravel’s musical aesthetic was closest to the Impressionism of Claude Debussy‚ many others say that he developed a musical
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Enrico Cecchetti: the Man that Revolutionized the World of Ballet “Aim at softness and ease in your performance of a dance. Endeavor that all shall be harmonious. However hard you work at your lessons or at rehearsals‚ let none of this effort be visible in your performance. There must be no sign of concentration‚ exertion‚ or tension. All must be free and natural. For the true art is that which conceals the labor that produced it (Enrico Cecchetti)”. Born in a dressing room of a Roman theatre Enrico
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Everyone in the world has grown up on Disney. Whether a person is a toddler or an elderly person‚ they have‚ at least heard of Disney. One thing that Disney is known for is having family friendly movies with phenomenal musical scores. A movie that will possibly stick out to older people would be Fantasia. This movie is famous for adding a motion picture storyline to classical music. Disney spared no expense in utilizing music from the best composers of all time. Some compositions were written by
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equipment because of war torn Europe (Mast and Kawin 120). This is where montage truly began because each shot had to have meaning and impact. The film makers could not waste what little film they did have. One Russian director during this time period was Sergei M. Eisenstein. One of his most famous films is Battleship Potemkin filmed in 1925. This film is about the uprising of the working class in the 1905 revolution‚ mainly the revolt on the Potemkin and the attack on the citizens of Odessa. One of the
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Soviet cinema established itself as a unique entity in the mass of national cinemas. Its innovation was stepping away from common narrative structure and adapting what has come to be called "Soviet Montage". This new theory of editing was invented by Sergei Eisenstein and then adopted by a slew of other Russian filmmakers. Eisenstein‚ however‚ was the one who realized its potential and first put it to work to make the people in the audience think whatever he wanted them to think. Educated as an engineer
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The Soviet Regime’s Effect On the Musical Career of Mstislav Rostropovich Subject: History Word Count: 3‚860 May 2009 Abstract Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the most famous cellists in world history and a very famous conductor. He popularized the cello to a level it had never reached before‚ expanding the cello repertoire more than any other cellist has ever done. This investigation will be focusing on the effect that the Soviet Union’s regime had on the musical career of Rostropovich
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Soviet Montage The Soviet filmmakers who emerged in the aftermath of the 1917 October revolution in Russia were part of an artistic avantgarde committed to innovation and experimentation and the creation of new artistic practices. Directors Sergei Eisenstein and V. I. Podovkin were part of the formalist tradition in film history. These Russian directors believed that editing was the foundation of film art and they set out to shatter the illusionistic storytelling and seamless continuity cultivated by Classical Hollywood
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Balanchine’s Prodigal Son I was not familiar with this ballet at all although I have enjoyed Prokofiev’s music when watching Romeo and Juliet. It is not a long piece to watch and the dancing although slow in parts (when the Siren is doing her solo and the Pas de Deux) it is always interesting to watch. The principle male has to really be able to act and portray lots of different emotions – it’s not all about the dancing for this character. I thought for the time it was created quite a contemporary
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First performed in Saint Petersburg‚ Russia‚ the classic Christmas ballet‚ The Nutcracker has been shown for over 100 years. The composer‚ Peter Tchaikovsky‚ and choreographer Marius Petipa teamed up to create a timeless production as an adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." This pair had previously worked together on another classical ballet‚ Sleeping Beauty. Despite the great fame of the ballet today‚ The Nutcracker was not a success right away. It’s first production
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Reflective Response: Eisenstein’s Montage and Goodfellas Eisenstein defines montage as a conflict between the meanings of two subsequent images that creates an entirely new meaning when viewed consecutively. For example‚ in his The Battleship Potemkin‚ Eisenstein most famously meshes the shots of Russian soldiers gunning down revolutionary rioters‚ and a baby in a carriage falling down the steps of a building. These two images have their own entities‚ but viewed one after the other‚ their meaning
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