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technically fell under the heading of classical composer but in reality he was the first composer

On 17 December 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven was born. He was an amazing and great classical musical composer. He is known for being the most famous composer of the classical and romantic periods of music. According to the “Enjoyment of Music” manual, Beethoven was born in Bohn, Germany. His father, with his grandfather, was the two singers at the court of a local prince, Friedrich Max. (Forney and Machlis 197).

Leonard Bernstein is seen as one of the greatest composers in America. Bernstein composed great music, conducted great music, and also preformed great music as a pianist. Bernstein is probably most known for his film score in the production West Side Story. According to The New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history.” Being born and educated in the United States, Bernstein was the first American to obtain worldwide acclaim. He is also cited in the Encyclopedia of World Biography, that “his special gift of bridging the gap between the concert hall and the world of Broadway made him one of the most glamorous musical figures of his day.”

George Gershwin, born in Brooklyn, New York on 26 September 1898, was born the second of four children of Morris and Rose Gershovitz, Russians who immigrated to New York in 1891. George and his family lived on Manhattan's lower east side in a poor Jewish community. After settling down in New York, his father changed the family name to Gershvin. It was George who later altered his last name to Gershwin when he entered the professional world of music. Most of his family was not musically talented, but his brother Ira became a wonderful well-known musician.

In this chapter we learn about Waverly 's life and how her mother has taught her "the art of invisible strength" which has allowed Waverly to do well in life especially in the world of Chess where she became National Chess Champion at a very young age. Waverly however hates her mother for even though she adopted her mother 's quality of "invisible strength" she dislikes everything about her mother from their culture to the way her mother acts. Waverly unlike her mother doesn 't like to brag about herself and is very upset

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770- 28 March 1827) was one of the greatest art musicians, and probably had more influence over musical events than any composer, of his time (Charlton, 2016). He was born in Bonn, Germany to Father Johann van Beethoven, and named after his grandfather, Ludwig van Beethoven. There is no official record of his birthday, but the church had on file his baptism on 17 December 1770. Because one of his teacher celebrated his birthday on 16 December, his birthday is generally accepted to be on this date. He had seven brothers and sister, being one of three to survive early childhood.

Chapters 7 is mainly about how in order to be a good learner one must put the “content” that they learn into ways that only they understand. The book states that, “all content is organized by concepts… there is no way to learn a body of content without learning the concepts that define and structure it.” Chapter 8 gives one ideas on how to become a better learner and also gives insight about college classes and how to get the most out of lectures. Chapter 9 addresses the five levels of thinking or “grades” that students can use to assess their learning. They are the exemplary students (grade of A), high-performing students (grade of B), mixed-quality students (grade of C), and low-performing students (grade of D or F).

Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 26, 1898 to Morris and Rose Gershwin, Russian born Jewish immigrants who had come to America only a few years earlier. (Pollack) Gershwin had 3 siblings; an older brother names

Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. His father, a music enthusiast, dreamed of molding his son into the next Mozart. Beethoven never showed the impressive characteristics of Mozart, but he was unusually talented, learning the piano, organ and violin at a very early age. At 14, he was already skilled enough on the organ to receive a professional appointment (Beethoven). He held positions as an assistant organist in the electoral chapel where he obtained his first

In Marion Winik’s essay “The Things They Googled”, Winik associates certain Google searches with different kinds of people, such as those that are young, old, lonely, and forgetful. Young people would google what they didn’t know or what they were supposed to know, older people would google what they’d forgotten, and lonely people would make searches based on their past relationships. Winik makes the assumption that these groups of people all would be googling similar content. Winik might be criticizing Google searches, or she could just be criticizing people based off the searches they’ve made. Although she may not have meant to come off as critical, her language and tone can easily lead someone to believing so.

1. Chapter 1, is about introducing the Tres Camarones, the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Also, since the people in that town didn’t like change much there are already danger roaming around like the bandidos who will be evading the town.

In 2012, a tragic mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. For weeks, after the shooting, articles and new reports surrounded the tragic incident. Articles specifically about the shooter, Adam Lanza, began surfacing when it was discovered that he had been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (now referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder) as a child. These reports not only perpetuated stigmatic ideas surrounding mental illness, but also bolstered a fear of people with mental health conditions throughout the public.

Around 250,000 years ago humans were introduced, Homo sapiens originated in the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa.

Mr. Bernstein thesis is that "stories are not what the music mean at all". He uses Rossini - Overture to William Tell, as an example to show that although its beeen portrayed on tv shows as the "wild west" that is not the meaning of the music. Also, when breaking down the different sounds in this peice of music we may think that certain parts sound like "horses and cowboys" as explained by Leonard. Rossini wrote the piece relating to the people of Switzerland, but it isn't about that either. Though, none of those reasons makeup what the music is about it doesn't deny the fact that it still makes it exciting. He continues to explain that by listening to music " tries to paint a picture, in a general sort of way, or to describe an atmosphere." Connecting those elements with emotion will narrow down the true meaning of music, which makes Leonard's thesis strong. "We don't have to know a lot of stuff about sharps and flats and chords and all that business in order to understand music; if it tell us something - not a story or a picture - but a feeling - if it makes us change inside, and have all those different good feelings music can make us have, then we are understanding it. And that's all there is to it. Because those feelings aren't like the stories and pictures we talked about before; they're not extra;

The Goal was an interesting book to read about the production plant. Alex Rogo is the production manager, who is trying to save his plant, at least need to show some improvements within 90 days to keep it open. Alex's primary problem is that his plant cannot consistently get a quality product out of the plant on time at the cost that can beat the competition. His plant is losing money and if he cannot make it profitable, the management eventually will decide to close the plant. In his fight to save his plant, a physician, Jonah, helps him in achieving his objectives. Giving three month to turn the plant around, the plant manager turn to a manufacturing leader who has unique