Britannia Macmillian Analysis

Spring is the season of growth, revival and beginnings. In the poems “Spring and All” by William Carlos Williams and “For Jane Meyers” by Louise Gluck, the poets talk about this very season. In fact, the two poems are contradictory, in that, Williams writes about the bleakness of winter and the awakening of spring. On the other hand, Gluck’s romantic poetry associates the natural renewal of spring with bereavement and death. Both poets use abundant imagery, symbolism, metaphors, different tones, and similes, to affirm their contending attitudes towards the season. Consequently, although the poems are about the same subject, the demeanor of the poets are varied.

The music was composed by Igor Stravinsky, who considered himself an inventor of music. He was also known for many controversial works reminiscent of Nijinsky. He created many works that blasted the whole realm of music into other possibilities, in which it would never return from. He started his career writing music for other ballets like Firebird and Petrouchka, which were grand and familiar like traditional ballet, but had a small hint of a more modern tone. It was not until The Rite of Spring that Stravinsky’s work was truly inspirational. This work tested the future of the 20th century classical music, and in many ways it paved the path to a modernized view. There are still many who do not understand how he

Although it was The Firebird ballet, first performed in Paris in 1910, that began his international career, and although the orchestral suite has remained his most popular work, he was still a little embarrassed by it years afterwards. The original "wastefully large" instrumentation he revised in 1919, when he wrote a second suite, and again in 1945, when he put together a third and longer orchestral suite. Such critical actions, he said, "are stronger than words."

MacNeice’s poem is set in the southwest of England, on a hill with a chalk horse carved into it. It is during the height of summer, when the grasshoppers are buzzing and the children are playing outside. The character is a boy or a group of boys, and they are riding bicycles down a hill near to the chalk horse. The structure of the poem is quite disjointed, with only five sentences throughout three stanzas.

Flannery O'Connor stated in relation to Nathaniel Hawthorn: "I feel more of a kinship with him than any other American Writer." This kinship is well deserved when considering all the similarities between these two authors. Both authors use central literary symbols to strengthen the story and the meaning behind it. Along with similarities in tone and theme these authors differ greatly when it comes to the style of their writings. Despite all the differences it is the central literary symbol of the black veil and the wooden leg that tie these stories together much like the kinship felt between them authors.

Ensemble Vagabond’s debut performance of The Rite of Spring changed the history of Igor Stravinsky’s outrageous ballet. Arranged for Winds and Piano, Peter Facer has taken this momentous piece to an entirely new level. With the Callaway Music Auditorium at maximum capacity, Vagabond strode confidently onstage to roaring applause to give the performance of a lifetime.

returning to America, in 1924, Mlle. Nadia Boulanger asked Mr. Copland to write her a piece to perform on an American tour. He accepted and wrote "Symphony for organ and orchestra, with Walter Camrosch as conductor and

When they started playing pieces, it was what I expected. I have heard Irish music before so it wasn’t a surprise to me. The first thing that came to my mind when they started playing was the scene from the movie Titanic when Jack takes Rose down

Copland composed Outdoor Overture in 1938, as a request from Alexander Richter, Director of Music at the High School of Music and Arts in New York City. Pease (2015), attributes the inspiration behind this composition from Richter’s campaign: American Music for American Youth. The score (APPENDIX A), shares program notes, along with an extended synopsis of the piece. The basis for Outdoor Overture, is a theme expressed initially by the upper woodwinds and strings (APPENDIX B). The idea is introduced

Copland’s Billy The Kid features several similarities to the excerpt we studied from Appalachian Spring. The simplicity of the piece represents the easiest to see of these comparable aspects. Appalachian Spring does not contain much complex polyphony, noticeably dissonant chords, or atonality. Instead, Copland creates a simple, pastoral kind of music. Examples of this can be found throughout the piece, but the section from 01:00-01:30 can be used as a representative sample. In fact, Copland wanted this piece of Appalachian Spring to have a folksy air about it, and he achieves it by the simplicity of his music.

America a lot would say the greatest country on the planet! Anyone can be anything they want in this country (it is said) if they work hard enough at it. Almost everybody in America wants to get rich and most would love to be in the Americas top one percent. These days to be in Americas one percent it seems like you have to a complete jerk like Donald Trump or Mark Cuban, but it might have always been like that. In the diary of the “Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover” by William Byrd, a very rich plantation owner, we get a day by day details of how Byrd lived his life from the years 1710-1712. Byrd would write down all the things he thought were important of each of his days. So as anyone can imagine a lot of Byrd’s diary is filled with repetitive and uninteresting things. However, through the telling of the “Secret Diary of

Macomb Township is located 45 minutes North from Detroit and is in the center of Macomb County. A population of almost 90,000, Macomb Township is a friendly suburban area with many neighborhoods. My community stands out for their big annual events and parks. The Fall Fun Fest is a popular event held at a park that is used for baseball games, soccer games, and to host events. The park consists of baseball diamonds, soccer fields, a walking trail, a couple sand volleyball courts, and even an inline skating rink. The Fall Fun Fest increases Macomb’s population with this popular, fun, family event.

The music and dancing in this film is incredible. Each song in this film came from a list of songs that MGM owned and were written between 1929 and 1939. Originally some of these songs did not have lyrics to go with the music. Arthur Freed is the man who helped put words to these songs along with the help of Nacio Herb Brown who wrote the music. Iconic songs such as the one the film is named after “Singin’ in the Rain”, “Make ‘em laugh”, and even “Good Morning” are used in commercials and other films and even used as a satire. Gene Kelly was the choreographer for the film, which meant making up routines to each musical number and dancing to them himself.

The first piece of the Shake, Rattle and Roll concert was Overture to West Side Story. It is a short piece heard before the musical. It is also a modern day adaption of a classic named Romeo and Juliet that was made by William Shakespeare. This piece was written by Leonard Bernstein, he is known worldwide as the greatest musical talent to ever go on stage. Leonard is mostly known for his presence on the conductor’s podium.

The piece was inspired by earlier works by George Balanchine and Merce Cunningham whom Morris claims are the choreographers that have most influenced him. Morris has become so well respected in his field that he was tasked with planning the ceremonies for the funeral of opera legend Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, with whom he had worked with many times and had a friendly relationship.