1. Write two pages on the life and type of music of Philip Glass. Why do you think his music became popular?
Philip Glass, A popular musician and music composer, he is also an innovative instrumentalist. Philip Glass was born January 31st, 1937 in Baltimore, US (Strickland, pp.4). During the 20th century, he is one of the most famous musicians. When he was a teenager, Philip Glass learned the flute. Philip Glass is a genius of music. When he was 15 years old, he went to the University of Chicago. During his college life, he majors in philosophy and mathematics and he graduated from college in 1956. Philip Glass was into Anatol music and made him attended to the Juilliard School of music as a composition student. After that, he moved to Paris
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His music style as similar as another minimalist writer, For example, Terry Riley. Philips Glass was not admitting himself as writer of music. Philip Glass’s father was the one of people that influenced Glass’s music career. His love for music that motivated Glass got into music field. Since at the night time, their family was stay with each other and listen to many songs. When Glass started performing his music, his father showed his support to Glass. His father introduced his recordings to the customers and let them try to listen to his songs. His fathers’ store rapidly grew to be the largest music distributor in Baltimore. In a period of one year, 1967-1968, Glass managed to compose nine songs that earned a lot of positive feedback. The fact that he was able to write all the songs in such a short time showed his passion and commitment towards music. Having learned the musical instruments such as the flute and the keyboard at a very tender age, he maximized the expertise in his songs. Through his company that specialized in cab services, Glass developed connections with other artists such as Michael Snow and Nancy Graves. This allowed him to develop his music by collaborations with other music artists. His musical experience also changed as he could learn from others who had succeeded in the music business. His experience and the way he connected to other musician and learn from that had made his music popular. In late 20th century, Eno Brian, a popular musician, described Glass’s work as the most extraordinary music with a bath of thick and pure energy (Novak, pp.100). even though some people criticized Glass’s music was traditional, but many of his fans were think he was very successful in music
On November 6th, 1854, John Philip Sousa was born in Washington D.C. His Father, John Antonio Sousa was Portuguese, while His Mother Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus Was Bavarian. The first instrument John ever played was the violin. He also sang, and played instruments such as the piano, flute, trombone, and baritone. When John was 13, his father enlisted him in the Marine Corps Band so he wouldn’t join the circus, however he did play drums for Pt Barnum, the Circus King. John remained with the Marines until he was twenty years old.
Technology is evolving and growing as fast as Moore’s Law has predicted. Every year a new device or process is introduced and legacy devices becomes obsolete. Twenty years ago, no one ever thought that foldable and paper screens would be even feasible. Today, although it isn’t a consumer product yet, foldable and paper screens are a reality. Home automation, a more prominent example of new technologies that were science fiction years ago are now becoming an integral part of life. As technology and its foothold in today’s world grows, its effects on humanity begin to show and much more prominently than ever. In his essay, O.k. Glass, Gary Shteyngart shows the effects of technology in general and on a personal note. Through the use of literary
John Philip Sousa was born in 1854, the third child of ten. He was born in Washington, D.C. His parents were immigrants. John
Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle is split into 4 sections A Woman In the Street, The Desert, Welch Section, and New York City. Each section has its own individual sections and each of these sections the first few words is bolded. The book also contains pages for praise from critics, a picture of Jeannette Walls parents on their wedding day, a dedication, and an acknowledgements page.
Following careful thought on which director to study, I chose Francis Ford Coppola. Although he has directed more films than I have had the opportunity to experience, I have viewed enough to understand his progression and style of his work. Over almost forty years of work, Coppola has directed about twenty-five films, produced near forty-five, composed two, and acted in eight. He is known predominantly for Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Godfather I (1972), II (1974), and III (1990). However, he has worked in other genres, such as Horror/Romance, Musical, and even Comedy.
successful lyricist. Also, it was Ira’s interest in music that made their parents purchase the
English classes in today's society have started to get away from its roots. Great American Authors are being overlooked for mediocre foreign authors more and more each day. This is a huge problem in classes today, and is truly a major reason for lack-luster efforts in reading and the decline in interest in today's students. One of these said overlooked authors is Thornton Niven Wilder. Wilder is an amazing author who should be taught in schools because of his wonderful teaching skills, his award-winning works, and his thoughtful insights in which he presents throughout all his works.
Wrote novels, short stories, plays, but best known for his poetry and his engagement with the world of Jazz. One of the first to innovate and write Jazz poetry.
For my paper I chose rock musician Lenny Kravitz. I will discuss in detail his rise to critical acclaim as well as show the individual influences towards his works. He is definitely one of my favorite musicians who's work I fondly enjoy.
Dale Chihuly was born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington. He currently lives in Seattle with his wife and son. He was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. He graduated in 1965, and enrolled in the first glass program in the country at University of Wisconsin. After graduating, he had continued his education at Rhode Island School of Design graduating with an M.F.A where he established a glass program and taught over a decade (“Learn More”). He works with a team to produce his phenomenal glass sculptures. He has work in over 200 museums worldwide.
Generally when some one writes a play they try to elude some deeper meaning or insight in it. Meaning about one's self or about life as a whole. Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" is no exception the insight Williams portrays is about himself. Being that this play establishes itself as a memory play Williams is giving the audience a look at his own life, but being that the play is memory some things are exaggerated and these exaggerations describe the extremity of how Williams felt during these moments (Kirszner and Mandell 1807). The play centers itself on three characters. These three characters are: Amanda Wingfield, the mother and a women of a great confusing nature; Laura Wingfield, one who is slightly crippled and lets that make her extremely self conscious; and Tom Wingfield, one who feels trapped and is looking for a way out (Kirszner and Mandell 1805-06). Williams' characters are all lost in a dreamy state of illusion or escape wishing for something that they don't have. As the play goes from start to finish, as the events take place and the play progresses each of the characters undergoes a process, a change, or better yet a transition. At the beginning of each characters role they are all in a state of mind which causes them to slightly confuse what is real with what is not, by failing to realize or refusing to see what is illusioned truth and what is whole truth. By the end of the play each character moves out of this state of dreamy not quite factual reality, and is better able to see and face facts as to the way things are, however not all the characters have completely emerged from illusion, but all have moved from the world of dreams to truth by a whole or lesser degree.
Families are supposed to be there for each other and what have you. The families of today are more or less normal, but in the book The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams the Wingfield family is very dysfunctional. What makes this family dysfunctional are the members of it, such as Amanda, Tom, and Laura. Amanda was a very talkative mother.
Shattered Glass starring Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, and Steve Zahn, is a movie based on a true story inspired by Stephen Glass. Stephen Glass was a fraudulent journalist based at The New Republic. In 1998 the editor, Chuck Lane, played by Peter Sarsgaard questioned if Glass’ stories were true facts or more for the reader’s entertainment.
The Glass Menagerie is a play written by Tennessee Williams in 1945. The play takes place in the Wingfield’s apartment in St. Louis. Tom is the protagonist in the play and he stays at home with his mother Amanda and his sister Laura. Tom’s Father left the family when he was younger leaving him as the man of the house. His mother Amanda expects him to do everything a man would do. This included working, paying bills, and taking care of herself and Laura. Laura is disabled and she doesn’t work therefore Tom is left providing for his whole family. Being abandoned by Mr. Wingfield left the family distraught. No one seemed to be able to cope with the fact that he was gone even though he left many years ago. Amanda is constantly treating Tom like a child. She tells him how to eat, when to eat, and what he should and should not wear. Tom eventually gets fed up with everything. He can’t stand his factory job, the responsibility of being the man or being treated like a child by his mother. Tom decides to follow in his father’s footsteps and leave the family. It seems as if Tom thinks that running away from his problems will make them go away but things didn’t turn out that way. Although the play was written many years ago, young adults in this day and age can relate to Tom and his actions. The main theme in the play is escape. All of the character use escape in some way. Laura runs to her glass menagerie or phonographs when she can’t handle a situation, Amanda seems to live in the past, and Tom constantly runs away when things aren’t going his way. Escape is a short term fix for a bigger problem. Running away may seem like the easiest thing to do, but in the end the problem is still there and it may be unforgettable. As time goes on esc...
Philip Larkin is a well-known English writer born in August 9, 1922 (Magill 1462). Larkin grew up around the 1930s and 1040s in the middle of economic depression and during the post-World War II era (Magill 1462). His diction are often profane, vulgar, or coarse and “his work projecting a stable and easily identifiable version of reality” (Perry 432). Perry wrote that “The power of Larkin's work as a whole remains undeniable (432). It takes readers into a world that is distinctively his own, yet one that resembles our everyday world” (Perry 432). His work is implies in a particular way which includes rationality, and a clear sense of truth (Perry 432). Although, some people may see his work as “self pity or despair”, “still he was entirely and sincerely of his view” (Perry 436). The world can see some of Larkin's most flawless work in “Church going” and “Aubade” where everything clicks into place and the finished work ends with satisfaction for his audience (Perry 436). Larkin's views on life and death are particularly strong. Most of his works are very depressing and pessimistic when talking about life and death however, this is Larkin's aspect of truth and reality. Philip Larkin convey messages about illness and death, tension between religion and spirituality, and the effect war has on society through his poetry.