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    Kate Chopin is one of the nineteenth century writers. Although she did not have so many writings, she was unique, and was special for her daring subjects and great technique, she was not very welcomed by the critics, not the public at that time. Her themes were too challenging to the social standards and customs of her day. Chopin’s writing was primarily about the psychology realism of women, feminism,  the concept of freedom of every individual, and strongly displayed sexual liberation and self-assertion which was found odd -- especially with her being a woman in the masculine supremacy of society.

Chopin uses many examples of imagery, point of view, and irony, throughout the story, to create an unexpecting

The main critical approaches that each author has touched on deal mostly with the themes of race and the patriarchy discussed in Chopin’s work and how they are portrayed within the story. Perhaps one of the greatest criticisms that each author has noted is that Désirée’s Baby, leaves too many questions unanswered.

Later in his life he had a distinct polish of character that he never had earlier in his life. No matter what he made himself show apart of the ball field(Schumach).

The reader can almost know her on a personal level just by reading her stories and this paper. Kate Chopin most certainly has her own pattern and style to writing her stories. Kate Chopin’s story Desiree’s baby shows some of society’s problems today such as racism for example. The world still experiences problems with race. One can make many connections to this story, her style, and today’s society. A reader will also notice lots of irony and today many people observe ironic situations such as our presidential situation. A president is supposed to be someone who the nation looks to got guidance, but a lot of the country hates our president instead of falling in behind him in world

The word choice used in Chopin’s novel showed the mirroring of the protagonist, and the author herself in

Register plays a very important role in the piece. Chopin begins the melody on F5 which functions as the third of the tonic triad. This pitch is important throughout the piece because the primary melodic register is between D flat 5 and F5. The primary melodic register is supported by a primary bass register of D flat 3 to D flat 4. He only varies from that register when he wishes to provide extra support for the tonic chord, as demonstrated in m. 1. To ensure that the tonalities in the bass voice project from within the other harmonies, he increases the

The first part of this response is to try and identify why John Cage received so much criticism from lovers of traditional music and post war modernists. Cage adopts chance techniques in his compositions and this makes things go awry for him in regard to being referred to as a composer, most critics consider him more of a music philosopher than a composer. Especially after the 19-hour performance of vexations which sadly did not amuse many. The randomness of his compositions makes it hard for him to establish his authority as a composer.

Interpreters of Kate Chopin’s scholars, like Gary H. Mayer in his article “A Matter of Behavior: A Semantic Analysis of Five Kate Chopin

The first literary device that Chopin had used that I want to discuss is the tool of point-of-view. Throughout the majority of the story, Chopin discusses the life of

IV. All though Kate Chopin’s writings were forgotten after her death, slowly her smaller works began appearing in literary collections and people began to reread her again. A. Gary H. Mayer studies Kate Chopin’s work in her use of general semantics; how action, thought, and language are linked (Mayer

Thesis Statement- Chopin was a legendary composer who lived during the 19th century. He is my favorite composer from the romantic era. Paragraph 1 - Introduction Paragraph 2 - The early years - Piano prodigy and young composer Paragraph 3 -

Chopin’s Piano Concerto Number 2 in F minor, Opus 21 pleased audiences enough to encourage a second piece within the same year, this is just one of the many facts Foglesong informs us about to familiarize us with the era of the composition. This is one of the numerous ways he relates to the audience and attempts to make a connection. He fails to stress to the audience just how magnificent the piece really is but he does well when it comes to describing the technical aspects of the composition. Overall Foglesong does a great job at preparing the audience for Chopin’s

Chopin soon began studying the theory of music, figured bass and composition at the Warsaw High School of Music, which was both part of the Conservatory and, at the same time, connected with Warsaw University. Its head was the composer Józef Elsner. Chopin, however, did not attend the piano class. Aware of the exceptional nature of Chopin's talent, Elsner allowed him, in accordance with his personality and temperament, to concentrate on piano music but was unbending as regards theoretical subjects, in particular counterpoint. Chopin, endowed by nature with magnificent melodic invention, ease of free improvisation and an inclination towards brilliant effects and perfect harmony, gained in Elsner's school a solid grounding, discipline, and precision of construction, as well as an understanding of the meaning and logic of each note. During this period of time, Frederic composed a series of extended works, and after the third year of his studies Elsner wrote in a report: "Chopin, Frederic, third year student, amazing talent, musical genius".

Already rising up to becoming a great icon, Chopin played a major role in the art of composing piano pieces. Chopin created his own original technique that made his music so ingenious. He composed the “Trois Nouvelles Etudes”, the three new studies. These studies showed his various new techniques that later influenced the keyboard, and music itself (Hueneker 140). Chopin also constructed his own original pieces by including different genres of music into one composition. For example, he would combine a polonaise and a mazurka, two different Polish dances, one being slow while the other is lively. Frederic Chopin also influenced composition with his genius use of the piano. He used the instrument to its fullest effect to create a beautiful and expressive piece (Politoske, Daniel T.). His creativity was prominently brought out this way as he was able to produce melody and harmony (Samson 4). As a matter of fact, Chopin reached fame for his various piano compositions rather than his orchestral pieces (Politoske, Daniel T.). His arrangements utilized the piano in the most unique way which is why other musicians and his audiences admired his music. Arthur Rubinstein stated that, “…all possible expressions are found in his compositions and are all sung by him upon his instrument,” (Hueneker 91). Even