Historically informed performance Essays

  • In Recreating History: Challenges in Balancing Accuracy and Emotiveness

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    When working with early music, modern performers face challenges regarding stylistic and historical accuracy, given limited information on past performances, as well as notable differences in instruments available, technique, and performance practice. Furthermore, they must decide between different approaches that may better reflect the historical sound or intention of past performers, or choose to blend such extremes, creating varied interpretations. Such challenges manifest explicitly when modern

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3

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    Music, similar to all other forms of art, is everchanging, finding new ways to convey its message through each time period. From adaptions in performance technique and execution to the equipment used, every musical era has a specific way of demonstrating the simplistic or virtuosic performances to its audiences. Performing early music in an accurate manner today can be a difficult task if one does not properly research the original significance and execution of the piece one is attempting to recreate

  • Evaluation Essay

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    individual’s performance on these responsibilities. What does this mean to the employee; it means that if they understand the responsibilities of their job they are better able to perform it to the satisfaction of the evaluator. However employees who are not informed of their responsibilities can invalidate your evaluation process very quickly and wreck havoc in any organization. During this time frame every year, as an E-9 Senior Enlisted Hospital Corpsman I am responsible for writing performance evaluations

  • Importance Of Gender Tokenism In The Workplace

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    Gender Tokenism in the Work Place To many, it may come as no surprise that men have historically, and to this date, held the majority of positions in the United States government. As of July, 2014 women comprise 18.8% of the 113th congress (Congressional Research Service, 2014), an all-time record high. Although we have come a great distance since the first congressional session, women should by no means be content with this statistic. However, it appears that the presence of a few successful women

  • The Ugly World of Competitive Figure Skating

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    competition was between the Russian and Canadian figure skating pairs. The Russians showed a performance full of technical difficulty without pulling it off completely. Their performance was marred by simple mistakes. On the other hand, the Canadian pair performed a piece full of emotion, and while not as technically difficult as the Russians, more thorough and precise in their landings and jumps. After their performance the audience and the television commentators all believed they were the gold medallists

  • Atlantic Computer Case Study Solution

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    This is why the pricing strategy that newcomer, Jason Jowers is working on is so important for the promotion of this new package that is being offered. Atlantic Computer is looking to compete against one of its competitors; Ontario Computer, Inc., who has claimed about 50% of the low-end basic server market. The business consumers will be attracted to the Tronn and PESA because they will need a server that will allow them to keep their employees on the network, while improving operating costs at

  • Inflation In Bhutan Essay

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    encouraged voluntary participation from the public and hence, no coercion was practiced. c. Confidentiality of their information was ensured and this was made clear to them before their involvement in the study. d. The participants are also well informed about the nature and purpose of the research. 1.6: Limitation of the study:- This study is not without any problem however. Our study is constrained by the following problems.  Time and cost constraint.  The findings of this research are based

  • Australian Art And Identity Essay

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    KVB113 Australian Art and Identity Semester 1, 2018 Assessment 2: Essay Hyunjoo Jun N10171088 Week 7: Conceptual Art, Performance and Neo-Expressionism Conceptual art, namely post-object art or art-as-idea, chiefly refers to the mid-latter 20th century art movement whose artworks are characterised by their medium of concept that is manipulated by language (Lisa S. Wainwright 2018, para. 1). This idea of art as an idea originated from Marcel Duchamp’s conceptual approach to art in early 20th century

  • Healthcare Strategic Planning

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    It identifies an organization’s philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and measures with which they will assess performance (Kelly & Tazbir, 2014). Furthermore, it explains the organization’s plan for attaining goals and details how an organization will shift direction to meet new goals as well as allows the organization anticipate what their future needs will be (Fry

  • Post Graduation Essay

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    my dedication to ethics, legality and my values. I accepted a position to create and run a college intern program and also to serve as an instructional aid in the classroom. Prepared to take on my first post graduation job I was shocked when I was informed my position would entail more than I had first agreed to. Not only would I be responsible for creating a new intern program and serving as an instructional aid but I would be expected to teach an English language development (ELD) course to seventh

  • The Fall Of Berlin

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    all that goes on, he is a master strategist, as “everywhere are manifestations of Stalin’s genius, Stalin’s wisdom, Stalin’s goodness and solicitude” (Babitsky, 194). The ending of the film is perhaps the most historically inaccurate part of the film, as Stalin did not go to Berlin historically, and even if he did, “it was common knowledge that Stalin was mortally afraid of showing himself among the people and was always carefully guarded from crowds” (Babitsky, 195). Stalin in this film is depicted

  • Exploring the Relationship Between Fashion and Dance

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    compares side by side, looking at the differences and similarites. Why, from my point of view, is there not more of an overlap. I want to explore both, relative to each other utilising my own knowledge of hip hop culture. I expect to touch upon performance and costume, and my research will look into the history and backgrounds of such. To begin with, I will look at each of the two subjects. Fashion is an extremely large subject with many sub-categories and can mean many different things, however

  • Low Income Student Success Essay

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    Title: Clearing the Path for Low-Income Students to Achieve College Success In 2004, I embarked on a journey to graduate from college. My family and teachers encouraged me to aim high, to test my abilities, and to reach for the proverbial stars. In their eyes, I could accomplish anything despite the reality that a low-income child in our country has an 8% chance of finishing a college degree. By 2011, I had obtained three credentials: a Bachelor’s degree from American University, a Masters from Columbia

  • a post-modern analysis of "women in the new east"

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    A Post-Modern Analysis of Women in the New East Good intentions do not beget positive results. Indeed what may seem to be good from one perspective may be seen as the complete opposite from another. Case in point: Western Feminism. To prove my point I will analyze the work of Ruth Frances Woodsmall, Women and the New East, written in 1960 as a feminist work, from a post-modern feminist perspective, and using works from Coco Fusco (English Broken Here) and Trinh Minh-ha (Women Native Other). One

  • Petroleum Engineering

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    Petroleum Engineering As a petroleum engineer, one would have to apply their "technical skills and knowledge" to solve different challenges. They connect an area that lies just below the surface and top to bring oil and gas from a reservoir to the to where they need it to be. Their aim is always to work economically as well as safely. The diverse topics covered by petroleum engineering are closely related to the earth sciences. Petroleum engineering topics include economics, geology, geochemistry

  • Seventeenth Century Natural Acting

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    Return from Parnassus, Part II, both Burbage and Will Kemp are shown teaching by imitation: BURBAGE: I think your voice would serve for Hieronimo; observe how I act it, and then imitate me. Here we run up against the bugbear of historically informed performance. So many of the treatises (in music and dance as well as in acting) depend on the student's imitation of an admired master, and a gradual perfection of "good taste" as his society constructed that elusive quality. We cannot recreate those

  • Musical Analysis Of Honey And Rue

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    André Previn. One of the most prevalent and moving pieces performed was the song cycle, “Honey and Rue.” The instruments, musical style and characteristics, historical and cultural context, musical elements and components, and the beautiful live performance of “Honey and Rue” made it unique to the other compositions. “Honey and Rue” is a classical song

  • Relationship between Unions & the Event Management Industry

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    At the recent Dreamforce conference field trip we were able to see the grand, towering exhibit displays and booths. The craftmanship put into these temporary displays can only be described as perfection. Majority of the exhibits on display represented multimillion dollar companies with the expectation they hired private companies to create these temporary displays. Suprisingly, all this work was completed by union workers. Setting these up requires contracts, following union rules and regulations

  • Forensic Psychology And The Criminal Justice System

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    Forensic psychology has been formally recognized by the American Psychological Association, APA. Psychology is defined as the science of mental behavior and mental process. Forensic is defined by the performance of different scientific procedures and measurements that develop into the discovery of a criminal offense. Forensic psychology can be ultimately defined as the implementation of psychology in accessing mental processes and behavior processes with

  • The Shakespearean Canon

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    idea of progress by revolutionary derailment of main characters inspiring monarchical overturn and progress. Third, I will examine the symbolism in their deaths and how it reflects the historic trend of the maligned lower class, post overthrow. Historically, the transition from the Elizabethan reign to James’ was a time of subtle social-realignment. The idea of the monarchy was beginning to show signs of weakness following the James’ ascension and the intellectual, producing artists like Shakespeare