Bheetoven's Moonlight Sonata

From the creation of harmonies to singing to instruments, music has been an abstract form of human expression. Although an auditory collection of pitches and volumes, musicians can manipulate the same notes and bring them alive for their audiences. The true emotion and energy that’s felt in music really comes from the player as feelings are transferred to and through the listener. This interaction between performer and the house is catharsis, the complete release of strong repressed emotions. Thanks to the musician, music has the ability to grasp people and cause them to sense emotions and feelings without lyrics or images even being necessary. Although it’s believed we can only hear with our ears, something about music makes it emotionally if not physically tangible. In James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues,” a narrator certainly unaware of the impact of music invites himself to experience jazz for the first time. Baldwin uses the final scene of his story to argue that music has an effect on those who are able to experience it. Baldwin does this in one single moment by letting the fixed, practical minded, “well-intentioned” narrator experience catharsis from jazz as his growing, free-spirited brother communicates with him through jazz.

inspiration for the composition of the piece, as it was written in French to make use of the language’s sound and enhance its decadence.

The significance of music is an everlasting power and an art form of true beauty. In some cases, people underestimate the virtue of music, for it is one the of many prominent factors of why mankind is inevitability intertwined. Connecting people of from all walks of life, music is poetry with it beat making it a language. Personally, I self-medicate through music which contributes to my temporary escapes from this chaotic world, standing as a coping mechanism and a voice for the silent. Although each genre and song tells a story, making some relatable then others, Love Yourz by J. Cole speaks for me when I am unable to speak for myself and to me regardless of what mood I am in.

I’m a music lover. You will never catch me without my headphones, I’ve always been someone who listens to music not just for the lack of boredom but for the motivation music conveys. Music is important to me because it triggers sensory feedback from strong vibrations that express poetry of emotions from the words an artist provides. In the novel Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older the author captures how artists can convey power through art. The amount of appreciation I share with music would be as equivalent to what the Shadowshaper share with a piece of canvas.

Many times I have struggled to express myself. A plethora of ideas would be trapped inside my head. Sometimes I would be at a loss of words and couldn’t explain my thoughts verbally or on paper. No matter how much effort I put in, my words wandered off and I could find no method of portraying my emotions. After many failed attempts, I finally found something that could express what I feel and what I want others to feel. It’s music. Performance poet, Sekou Sundiata, is able to clearly express himself in a way where others can understand him by incorporating poetry with music. Both Sundiata and I were searching for a way to share our life experiences in a creative yet understandable format; we accomplished that through music.

Kiana Perry Mrs. Seifert English 10 April 18, 2024. In the play Shakespeare, the main characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth work their way from being common people to being King and Queen, doing whatever it takes to get there. Throughout the whole play, Macbeth goes through a lot of emotions, from being a coward to being cocky to being fearful. He was very cowardly in the beginning of the book in the sense of him not wanting to murder the Duncan the King and take the throne like Lady Macbeth wanted him to.

A Look into Different Interpretations of the First Movement of Moonlight Sonata: The Piece that Portrays an Assortment of Emotions

Music is one of the greatest human creations (DeNora, 2000). It plays an integral role in human society worldwide irrelevant of race, gender, age, wealth or well-being (Kemper & Danhauer, 2005). Indeed according to Batt-Rawden (2010), playing different music in diverse situations can introduce listeners to the desired and relevant atmosphere. In most circumstances, music is played to entertain people, but it can also form part of an accompaniment in sad situations. Music is often the fulcrum that influences the listener by creating a unique ambience and atmosphere (Bernatzky, Presh, Anderson, & Panksepp, 2011). Chamorro-Premuzic and Furnham, (2007) adds that music can be a medium to enhance communication,

I have observed various leadership styles in my experiences, which range from military life to corporate life. Over and over again I see the same pattern among those who are being lead. The leaders who tend to get more cooperation and motivation out of those they lead, are themselves hard workers who without hesitation will get into the trenches with their people.

It is when the artist begins to add nuances and harmonies to the melody that the work becomes inaccessible to the unlearned ear, thus isolating a portion of the audience. When works of art are created to express the universality of humankind they are more beneficial to it. As an example, this view is dissimilar to the view if Dante, who believed that the language of a work should be elevated. Tolstoy argues the more details that are given in the work the more opportunities for disconnection from its message the audience has (391).

Thesis: Music is a unique form of sound powerful enough to manipulate mood, feelings, and cognition.

In the early seventeenth century, the word sonata was a vague label that referred to any piece of music that was meant to be played rather than sung. This type of musical composition is, in ways, reminiscent of the canzona though definitely influenced by that genre. Prominent composers not only aided in the growth of the sonata, but also continued to develop the style that would help evolve music of upcoming generations.

Music is a very powerful tool. It has the power to bring happiness or sorrow. It can stir up old memories that someone has forgotten. In Berlioz’s case he uses one of his most famous pieces, Symphonie Fantastique to tell a story. Berlioz combines the use of instrumentation, rhythm and dynamics in a stunningly effective way that conveys to the listener a tragic tale of an artist, whose true love didn’t reciprocate his feelings leading him down a path of self destruction.

Arthur C. Danto in “The Artworld” provides us with the argument that, “To see something as art requires something that the eye cannot descry-an atmosphere of artistic theory, a knowledge of the history of art: an artworld.” Danto shows us the importance of the artworld in order to know that a work of art is more than just what we can plainly see. Danto provides two theories he calls the “IT” (Imitation theory) and the “RT” (Reality theory). With these two theories, Danto explains how we can define art and why “The Artworld” is needed to help understand art, because after all, “these days one might not be aware he was on artistic terrain without an artistic theory to tell him so.”

Throughout time, issues with equality have denied groups some of the most basic human rights. A common example of this is the right to one’s own body. The statement that people have the rights his/her own body is very broad and rightfully so. It encompasses things ranging from what clothing they want to wear to whom they have sex with and even what gender they want to be. Within the film Difret, the ideas of gender equality, rape culture, and the right to one’s own body are highly prevalent. They are addressed through the use of a real story about a child who was abducted, raped, and fought to regain her freedom twice - once from her captors and then from the legal systems.