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What makes the Opera Ghost so evil? In the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, the antagonist is Erik, commonly known as the Opera Ghost or the monster. The reason he is the villain is due to the fact that he looks and works similarly to a stereotypical ghost or a monster and nobody knows who exactly he is nor do they know anything about him. These factors make him untrustful and mysterious which leads both characters in the novel and the reader to a conclusion that he is an evil

Ludwig Van Beethoven remains as one of the most influential and famous of any composer. Beethoven was a German pianist and conductor. His music takes a step forward. Where did he live? Where did he die? These are some questions that can be answered. First, what made Beethoven a great composer? Haydn and Beethoven both traveled to Vienna to study music together. While Beethoven was there, his mother fell ill. Beethoven traveled back to Bonn (his hometown) to see her. He continued to study

Since of the goals of the Brass Roots was to reach out to a younger audience, there needs to be communication strategies implemented which would draw these individuals to acknowledging the group. It is known that there is a struggle for orchestras and other symphony groups to reach a younger generation, and it is a general concern for groups which fall into the genre. A study conducted by Dartmouth College showed that at least 68% of surveyed college students “would not feel comfortable attending

Lonely islands songbird became the world’s biggest star Rihanna’s father was abusive, he was addicted to crack, and alcohol, which often left the family broke. He would beat her and her mother daily. She was also afflicted by excruciating headaches. They were so bad that she underwent CT Scans because doctors thought it was a brain tumour, but it was just the intense stress of living at home. Born and raised in Barbados, Rihanna grew up listening to reggae. She turned to singing as an escape from

What's It All About When your band leader is a famous actor, you are going to draw a lot of eyes. People will want to check out your band either to see what you're all about or to see if you're terrible and just living on your band leader's fame. Thirty Seconds to Mars is a band that has not only survived this overly critical process but thrived. They've sold tons of albums, toured relentlessly and evolved into a band that has long left behind the label of an actor's “vanity” project. And it all

Symphony No.8 in B minor, D.759 is written in late Classical/early romantic period by an Austrian composer, Franz Schubert. He started composing the piece in 1822, but ceased after he completed the second movement. Although the first and second movements were orchestrated by him, he has also left a piano score of the third movement, Scherzo, which is nearly completed (up to bar 120) and the first 20 bars of its orchestrated score. Schubert has left brief notes on the manuscript for the first three

Dum, dum, dum, the sweet sound of music as it calms frustrations. Carlo Gesualdo was an amazing composer who was born March 30, 1566 in Venosa. Sadly, he died September 8, 1613; that means he only lived to be forty-seven. The great thing is, throughout his years, he composed some of the most lovely things people listen to today; some of his great works were labeled: Moro Lasso Al Mio Duolo, Se La Mia Morte Brami, and Miserere. Not only was Carlo a great composer, he had a bizarre

other strong emotions. Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chenier is a beautiful opera because of the fact that many who watch and listen to it can relate to its story in some way. In on scene of the 1993 film directed by Jonathan Demme, Philadelphia, Andy Beckett, the protagonist listens to the opera’s aria, “La mamma mortal,” with his lawyer, Joe Miller. Andy identifies greatly with Maddalena, the character who this aria in the opera. His passion for the piece is obvious as he talks throughout the piece

Beethoven was a composer and pianist. He was born in Bonn, Germany. He was born in a family of musicians at the royal court of Cologne. His parents named him after his grandfather. His father Johann, was incapable of having a positive influence on Beethoven's education. His mother was always described as a gentle, retired woman. In 1982, before he turned the age of 12, he published his first work. He got inspired to start playing because both of his father and grandfather were both singers and they

Anson Wong Bsn, [03.11.16 17:21] The Weber Bassoon Concerto Op. 75 in F major, along with the Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191/186e, are always considered by bassoonists, as the most important and significant solo repertoires ever written in the history of bassoon, the instrument always disregard by composers due to its limited register and dynamic range. The work, written from November 14 to 27, 1811, manifestly marked Weber as the first vital composer of the Romantic school. Bassoonist