Harpists

Happiness is intangible. It cannot be measured, touched, nor can it be profitable. Yet, it is the soul thing people seek in life. This prompts the question: how can one truly be happy? The Greek philosopher, Aristotle, argues in the Nicomachean Ethics that in order to be virtuous, we must act moderately. However, Bataille, a 20th century French philosopher, argues in The Accursed Share that human life is inevitably excessive, and that we need to waste gloriously. These adverse theories cause a paradoxical

1. Give the geographical location of ancient Egypt from the general to the specifics of north, south, east and west. Ans: The geography of Ancient Egyptian was an interesting concept from the perspective of the ancient Egyptians themselves. They believed their country was divided into two distinct geographical sections, the black land known as the fertile banks of the river Nile and the red land which is known as the barren desert that covered the rest of the country. Ancient Egypt was in North-Eastern

his third recording, an all- Mozart album with Christoph Eschenbach and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, was released in January 2014. Adriana Horne is an active soloist with awards in several national competitions and was the Principal HArpist of the New World Symphony in

Stacy Everett MUS 167 November 7, 2017 JACK GIST Your Radio Buddy and Blues Harp Player If you listen to any one of the six Visionary Related Entertainment’s radio stations, you have probably heard your radio buddy, Jack Gist. If you’ve been around the Maui music scene long enough, you know he’s also a musician who plays the blues harp. Jack has performed with the House Shakers, Jack Gist & Friends and, Mick Fleetwood. Like most musicians, Jack’s passion for music began early in life. While

The first song was a paraphrase on Greensleeves. I was amazed by how perfectly insync they were. The song ended softly and quick. The next song was Carol of the Bells by Dudley. There was one harpist who played the melody. It was very smooth, soft and fit in perfectly with the season and theme. The last and final song of the night was the Waltz of the Flowers. From The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. There was a soloist who played on her own for the

1. In which era of Western art music were most of the works on the program composed? If there was an even balance between two or more eras, list them all. Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture was the first piece of music performed by the McGill Symphony Orchestra. The work premiered on the16th of March 1870, but was only finalized 10 years late on the 10th of September 1880 (Elliott). Tchaikovsky was a romantic composer and wrote his Fantasy Overture as a symphonic poem in sonata form

The Beggars Opera by John Gay was written in 1728 as a response to the political state in London. Gay moved to London with no expectation of writing a satirical musical. Coming from no money, no title, and no useful contacts he tried to find his own destiny. He took a job as an apprentice to a silk merchant in an attempt to build his status. After realizing that he did not want to pursue a career in silk, he moved on to working in a theater. He was then offered a jobs working for different nobilities

Picture this: a hero of great legends who travels to the underworld and back to get directions to his home from a blind prophet. It sounds like quite an impossible journey, but that is exactly what makes Odysseus all the more fascinating. The Odyssey, an epic poem orally transmitted by Homer, a Greek poet who wrote The Iliad, had to contain some variety of attributes that Greeks valued in a person. That one embodiment of what the Greeks found intriguing in a character is Odysseus. Odysseus is known

had stumbled upon it. Obviously old and yet seemingly untouched by time, the letter was a song, beautiful, yet plain with a message to convey (Metaphor). Glendon carefully opened it and began to read. Through the scrawled handwriting he read of a harpist, skilled but poor, and of her valuable harp, passed down from musician to musician. He read of a cart-wreck and the destruction of the harp; of a marriage, thirty years of happiness, and then of death and pain. And then, for nearly a whole page there

Henry, a character experiences a sudden and personal loss. Despite the tragedy that occurs, each character learns a valuable life lesson that greatly impacts his or her life. In "Gwilan's Harp," LeGuin masterfully uses the example of Gwilan, a harpist, to show how loss can lead a person to find his or her identity. As a young woman, Gwilan loses her precious harp in a wagon accident. Eventually she finds a new harp, but arthritis infects her hands and she loses the ability