Sir Edward Elgar Essay

Edward IV's Reign and Success Edward’s reign was mainly stable and successful. He was the first king to die financially solvent in over 200 years due mainly to his careful avoidance of major foreign wars and by the end of his reign there was evident recovery of prosperity in the southern counties. However, Edward died too early to ensure that his heir would succeed him unchallenged. He had not created a collective commitment to the future of his dynasty that would make his heir strong enough to survive a minority reign. Although this was his main failure, he did not wholly succeed in all other actions through his reign.

Edward Said's States is an excerpt from his book After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives. It's a story about Palestine, once a country, but now spread out into a million pieces of the people that once called it home. The pieces being more of memories of a time when Palestinians could be who they are, not a scattered and forgotten people. They all face a new struggle, a struggle to find their identity. "Identity- who we are, where we come from, what we are- is difficult to maintain in exile. Most other people take their identity for granted. Not the Palestinian, who is required to show proofs of identity more or less constantly." (Page 546) Said, being Palestinian himself, tells us this story in what was called a

Abdomen: The lipases appeared unremarkable. The liver, spleen, gallbladder adrenals, kidneys, pancreas and abdominal aorta appeared unremarkable. The bowels seen on the study appeared thickened. Dilated appendix seemed consistent with acute appendicitis. All the structures of the abdomen appeared unremarkable. No free air was seen.

The life of an artist can be a difficult one. Many artists produce work for their own enjoyment or because it is their passion, but some are lucky enough to get paid for their work, enough to make it a legitimate source of income. Edward Elgar, a composer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was one of these artists. Although he composed music for enjoyment, he was popular enough in his day to make a living from his music, and his reputation continued to grow after his death, making his work a valued aspect of British culture today. Even though he was in the limelight during his lifetime, Elgar could put his heart and soul into his music, which ultimately reflected his mood and the mores of the Victorian and Edwardian eras he lived through.

Rise of the Elgen is about Michael and his friend’s trying to find Hatch, the person that kidnapped them and his mother. The book is 352 pages long, fantasy genre, and is written by Richard Paul Evans. After escaping from Hatches captivity Michael and the other special children regrouped and got to planning. The characters are Michael, Taylor, Zeus, Ian, Ostin, Jack, Wade, Abigail, Tanner, Grace, and McKenna.

Although it was in Nottingham where he finally laid his hat, he was born in Hull in 1813, the eldest of a remarkably large family. Perhaps his quick wit and penchant for performance was born out of necessity when faced with entertaining a horde of siblings, but it seems the family were drawn to the theatrical world, with all four sons who survived infancy going on to appear on stage or in the circus.

Like Mozart, Haydn's talent was also recognized at a young age. According to Schneider, Haydn's cousin who served as a schoolmaster quickly recognized his musical ability and offered to take him to school to further develop his musical skills. After years of hardship and challenges that were thrown at him in life, Haydn's persistence paid off when, according to Schneider, his musical talent became noticed and he was offered the position of Music Director for Count Morzin. This eventually led to being offered and accepting employment with Prince Paul Anton Esterhazy where he became the Vice-Kapellmeister and later Kapellmeister. The Esterhazys, were a family of extremely wealthy Hungarian princes that Haydn would serve for the next thirty-five years. While serving this noble family, Haydn composed eleven operas, sixty symphonies, five masses, thirty sonatas, one concerto, and hundreds of shorter pieces. He later enjoyed more success and praise for what is now known as his London symphonies.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was one of the great composers in the early romantic era. He influenced by Baroque and Classical composers. He became the pioneer for reviving the music of Bach or Handel as well as one of the leading composers. The “Elijah” was the significant contribution to religious music in the 19th century.

¨My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require.¨ Edward Elgar once said. Composers, like Elgar, are very talented people that use many techniques to make visuals including tempo, instrumentation and dynamics.

Edward Elgar’s a leading English composer during his time and is known for composing the music piece named Pomp and circumstance No.1 which if you don’t know is now in day commonly played at ceremonial events such as high school or college graduations. When I started listening and analyzing this song I would notice how the piece is very joyous and uplifting, although when I listen to it I immediately think, as I said about a college graduation of some sort but if I didn’t think like that I would think it at another point of view. I would visualize a celebration as how the song starts of with a tiny loud bang and then resumes to a soft tone portrayed in a joyous manner where when you listen to the piece it gives you a positive feeling as if

is, throughout his years, he composed some of the most lovely things people listen to

John Kenneth Galbraith, born on October 15, 1908, was one of American’s more influential economists, longtime Harvard professor, and a U.S. ambassador to India, an author, an economist, and “used caustic wit and an iconoclastic temperament to help set the foundation of modern economic thinking” (http://www.csmonitor.com). He, along with another famous economist, and longtime rival, Milton Friedman, believed that everyone has an idea, and that every idea matters, and were masters of the debates and are both very smart people, however, Dr. Galbraith was more to the progressive tradition, and his work was never really accepted, and criticized. Yet through the presidency of John F. Kennedy, he was a trusted adviser, and the author of more

Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway on June 15th, 1843. When Edvard was just six his mother taught him how to play the piano. He studied at many different schools including Tanks school and Norwegian private school when he got older. While he was at Norwegian private school he met a violinist, who said that with his amazing talents, he should go to Leipzig Conservatory which is a piano school. He decided that it wasn't for him. In 1860 Edvard survived a lung disease this caused him to have problems throughout his life. He then made his grand opening in 1861 playing the piano, his program included Between Pathetique sonata. In 1867 he married his first cousin Nina Hagerup, and had one daughter in 1868 named Alexandra. She

(2) Schubert was one of the most prominent composers in the Romantic era. He was the first composer to live off only the money he got from composing. He wrote many compositions during his short lifetime, especially art songs (“OnMusic”).

Edward Teller was born to Jewish parents Max and Ilona Teller January 15, 1908 in Budapest, Hungary. The Tellers were an upper middle class family due to Edward's father being a lawyer. The tellers also had a daughter Emmi who was twenty months older than Edward. Until Edward was four he showed few signs of being exceptionally intelligent in fact there was concern that he may lack even normal intelligence. At four however Edward began to speak in full sentences and show great promise. By age six he was laying in bed at night and work multiplication problems. He soon also showed great promise as a pianist, something he would enjoy throughout his lifetime.