Charles Mingus Charles Mingus was born on 22 April 1922 in Los Angeles, California. His father joined the army in 1915 after a frustrating career in the post office. His mother died only five months after Mingus was born. The times were hard in Los Angeles, as more and more poor people migrated into the city, and the small suburb of Watts turned into a black ghetto inside of a single decade. But young Mingus was pretty much protected from all the social pressure. His family was basically
Charles Mingus in the 1950s Charles Mingus is one of the most original and influential jazz composers of the twentieth century. He created the second-largest volume of jazz work after Duke Ellington (McDonough 20), and is the first African-American composer to have his work acquired by the Library of Congress (Harrington B1). Mingus is known for his unusual style of composing and playing, which attempted to reconcile jazz improvisation with orchestration, in order for the final composition to
often easier to recognize. Also, the exciting and lively mood jazz music gives off instantly attracted me to choosing this genre to attend a concert for. The second piece played, “Sue’s Changes”, was one I particularly liked. It was composed by Charles Mingus for his wife, and was full of emotions. The drastic switching of the tempo between fast and slow was an excellent and accurate representation of a mood swing. It was almost comical how quickly the music changed, suggesting Sue must’ve had quite
On November 7th, 1943, Joni Mitchell was born as Roberta Joan Anderson in Fort Macleod, Canada. Her family eventually moved to North Battleford and then Saskatoon; both of which are cities in the Saskatchewan providence of Canada. She considers Saskatoon, Canada to be her hometown. At the young age of nine years old, Mitchell contracted polio, but she managed to recover and regain her ability to walk after a stay in the hospital. Joni Mitchell’s interest in folk music began in her adolescent years
Charles Mingus: Ideal Citizen Charles Mingus was born in Arizona in 1922 to a biracial father and white mother. His biracial father did not promote pride in their African American heritage, so Mingus grew up faced with many racist attitudes and often was unsure of where exactly, in society, he belonged because of his mixed race heritage (Dunkel 17). Throughout his life Mingus displayed many qualities that would make him the ideal citizen in the ideal democracy. These qualities included speaking
and extensive media coverage. Born into an aristocratic family, Lady Diana Spencer was predetermined to live a life of royalty. Diana was introduced to Prince Charles in 1977, when she was 16. Charles, at the time, was in a courtship with Diana’s sister, Sarah Spencer. After only seeing each other twelve times, Diana married Prince Charles at St. Paul's Cathedral in London in the mid-summer of 1981, joining the Royal Family with the title of Her Royal Highness, Princess of Wales. Diana was arguably
Princess Diana Royal Princess of Wales Relatable, loving, determined are three words that people think of in connection to Princess Diana. Many people know that Princess Diana was charitable, but there was so much more to her. As a royal leader in helping the less fortunate, Princess Diana showed the world that through love, determination, and being so understandable that even the powerful can create a positive change for the less fortunate. She left a legacy as Wales’ princess. The married life
When Princess Diana married Prince Charles Princess Diana became the first person of british descent since 1659 to marry into the British Royal family.Princess Diana also left a big legacy of admiration she was known to be “the most adored of the royal family.”However Diana was not just
Throughout his life, Prince Harry has completed his royal duties. The prince has completed a career of military service. Along with this, he supports and is a patron of charities that have life changing impacts. Like his mother, Harry has used his royal status to promote many needy causes. They have been involved in charities that support people and have life changing impacts The Prince continues to be influenced by mother long after her death. Prince Harry has contributed to many charities due to
decrease in characters in works of literature and also throughout one's real life. It's hard for the maturity level of the person to stay the same. Ron Jones' The Acorn People, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh clearly show the degree of maturity in characters in a work of literature. Ron Jones in The Acorn People shows a low maturity level when first arriving at the summer camp, but later his maturity level increased
As children, most of our life lessons are acquired through the simplicity of fairy tales. Subliminal messages taught us to always believe in true love and in the eternal victory of good over evil. This is the case in the Brothers Grimm’s “Cinderella”, a popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression followed by triumphant reward, where true love conquers all and eventually sets the world right. Cinderella is a fallen princess who finally meets with tough reality
The most charming beauty of romantic literature is the trait of its being intensely autobiographical and subjective. Similarly, "Essays of Elia" unfold the life history and idiosyncratic mind of Charles Lamb in a semi-factual way. The real delight for the Romantic comes from his infusion of fact and fiction as, otherwise, his essays would have become mere boring and passionless statements about his personal and private life. Our charm and fascination do not grow less, for we are never too close
When Charles Dickens was writing his commentary on a fast industrializing world, the thought that Hard Times would still be relevant over 150 years later is assumed to be far from the forefront of his mind. And yet at present, 158 years after its first publication, Charles Dickens’ tale of industrialization and its implications still holds a prominent place in today’s society. The following is one interpretation of Dickens’ story of an industrialized dystopia, and discussed are its ever-relevant
from an adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South. Episode 1, Clip 3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/northandsouth/episode1.shtml Works Cited Chapman, Raymond. Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction. New York: Longman, 1994. Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend. 1865. Introduction and notes Adrian Poole. New York: Penguin, 1997. Phillipps, K.C. Language and Class in Victorian England. Ed. David Crystal. New York: Basil Blackwell Inc, 1984.
THE VICTORIAN ERA Benjamin Disraeli Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild Sir David Salomons Works Cited Black, Gerry. Jewish London: An Illustrated History. Derby: The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, 2003. Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend. New York: Penguin Group, 1997. Naman, Anne Aresty. The Jew in the Victorian Novel . AMS Press, Inc.: New York, 1980.
Taxidermy in Victorian England: The “Bone Articulators” “Taxidermy” is Such a Funny Word! The word “taxidermy” has its roots in Greek, and it means “to arrange skin” (Historical Review of Taxidermy 1). The text from which I found most of my material (A Historical Review of Taxidermy) stated that taxidermy could have meant many things in ancient times, such as preserving mummies, or even leather working (arranging of animal skins) but by the time it reached England it was known quite solely as
Charles Dickens: Hard Times Hard Times is a powerful use of satire. The satire is aimed at the Victorian school system and some values of the Victorian period. The novel presents us a fictional town called ‘Coketown’. It introduces us to a man called Thomas Gradgrind, a satirical character with the basis of a Victorian school master. Dickens wrote this novel to attack the Victorian school system because he did not believe that it was right. He uses satire a great deal in the novel to emphasise
Charles Dickens: Hard Times Written in 1854, Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times” tells the story of many different characters and their growth through troubles and time. The book does not give an accurate historical background of Dickens’ time but rather, focuses on the utilitarian value system that was popular and attacks it with a satirical attitude. Even in book one alone, there are several different ‘evils’ represented through characters and events. One specific ‘evil’ Dickens attacks is
The Description of Characters in Charles Dickens's Books “A characters description clearly shows the kind of life they have led and the person they have become” This statement suggests that in a story the description of each character gives some hints towards there past and present self. I agree with this statement because most stories whiles describing a character for the first time may hint towards there past using word play or threw what they may be wearing or doing at that time. Although
jobs and the narrator calls the old Chancellor as being ?leaden-headed? or ?stupid? to emphasizing his views on that particular character. Both story openings, although composed differently, draw the reader in. Both author?s, Albert Camus and Charles Dickens, use a variety of techniques, which are all very effective when the author uses them to his will. Either way we get a clear and pointed view of the spot-lit aspects that the author wants us to focus on, and maybe sometime miss the subtle,