Essays Tagged: "Quartet"

Darius Milhaud

practiqué trois heures chaque jour. Dans 1904, Bruguier a invitè-il a joué un quartet avec Bruguier, M. Pourcel, il a joué violoncelle, et Séglas, un carpentre loca ...

(2 pages) 36 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Discussion On The Unusual Form Of the Finale Of Haydn's Op.54, no.2.

Discussion On The Unusual Form Of the Finale Of Haydn's Op.54, no.2The three String Quartets that make up Haydn's Op.54 were probably written for the virtuoso violonist Johann Tost , a ... obably written for the virtuoso violonist Johann Tost , and are therefore widely known as the "Tost Quartets." A feature common to all three of the quartets is the difficult writing of the first violi ... the first violin part.A specific debate of concern arises when we look at the finale of the C Major Quartet, No. 2 of Op.54. It appears to be unusual in all senses: it closes and opens with an adagio ...

(9 pages) 46 1 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

"A Midsummer Night's Dream".

like Romeo and Juliet, because of a misunderstanding. Perhaps as they watch Pyramus and Thisbe, the quartet of lovers might feel particularly grateful that the misunderstandings they went through in t ...

(2 pages) 66 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

Beatlemania in the 1960s

nerally harmless form of madness which came fromBritain in 1963. The sole cause of Beatlemania is a quartet of youngEnglishmen known as the Beatles. In the less than one year that theyachieved popular ...

(6 pages) 43 1 4.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Slow Movement from Haydn's 'Emperor' Quartet OP. 76, NO. 3

Slow Movement from Haydn's 'Emperor' QuartetOP. 76, NO. 3The slow movement from Haydn's 'Emperor' Quartet is said to be one of Haydn's gr ... ic in the movement is played sweetly (dolce) and is in cut time.The Introduction to Haydn's Emperor Quartet is in GM and has the violin 1 playing the melody. The cello and the Viola have similar rhyth ... rder. This variation is always soft (sempre piano).In the next variation the bass instrument of the quartet has the melody (the cello). The violin 1 plays on the off beats for most of the variation wi ...

(2 pages) 22 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The so-called 'Road Map to Peace' looks in many ways more like a 'Road Map to War'. How far would you agree with this assessment of US efforts to settle the Palestinian Question?

e first time any US government had done so, and with the backing of the UN, the EU and Russia (the 'quartet') the 'Road Map to Peace' was shaped - a plan that would result in an independent Palestinia ... e. The move was nearly unanimously approved by the US congress, but the other three members of the 'quartet' were outraged, as were the Palestinians. The US had effectively destroyed the peace plan th ...

(11 pages) 94 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

True Coldplay - Describes the success of Coldplay and their 3 major albums - "Parachutes", "A Rush Of Blood To The Head", and "X & Y" (Includes Parenthetical Documentation and a Works Cited List)

True ColdplayOne Particular Quartet from the United Kingdom has transformed themselves into a musical power far too big for the ...

(6 pages) 19 0 1.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

The Six Broad Categories of Instruments

ir mark in the universal language.One basic composition structure that is very common is the string quartet. Although any combination of four string instruments can be called a "string quartet", most ... major composers were drawn into the style of writing from the late 18th century onwards. The string quartet was first opened with Joseph Haydn's works. In his works, he featured five sections, or move ...

(13 pages) 51 0 4.5 Nov/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Quartet behind teh scarlet let

The Quartet Behind The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne had many different characters in his novel The ...

(5 pages) 1074 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Percussion Ensemble

e. This was a very head-nodding performance; very interesting. Starry Nights, Doggy Days for Mallet Quartet by Larry London was the piece that came after. It consisted of all mallet instruments such a ...

(2 pages) 3283 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Island Paradise

ing from a distant, teeming village. Families whispered among themselves, giggling, pointing at the quartet. Perhaps I simply wished to hear it, but the voices now seemed flat, struggling for buoyancy ...

(4 pages) 1184 0 0.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories