Nocturne

As I walk down the street I feel numb, numb to the world around me and to myself. Passing people with their faces in their screens, unaware. Slowly, I walk towards the park, even though it is nothing like it was once before. As I approach the park, I reminisce of picnics on clear, blue days with an abundance of trees lining the area, but now you are lucky to find a decent patch of grass. Boring, white buildings, and streets holding lines of impatient cars and people, surround the park; it wasn’t

In October 1958, Aaron Copland made his television debut on the BBC program Monitor, marking the start of a successful new sideline for a composer whose career was already well established. Alongside ever more frequent conducting appointments, Copland's appearances in television documentaries and interviews provided a new outlet for his talents, particularly as his compositional inspiration began to wane.' With his distinctive facial profile, affable and straightforwardly articulate manner, and high

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Sylvia Plath was American short-story writer, poet and novelist that was born on October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts and died on February 11, 1963. Sylvia Plath is best known for, her books of poems, “The Colossus and Other Poems Collection” and the “Ariel Collection” of Poems.Plath’s poetry was known for its rhyme, alliteration and disturbing and violent imagery. Plath’s poetry is considered part of the Confessional movement, which became very popular in the United States during the 1950s

Compare and Contrast: “Number 1” and “The Starry Night” By looking at the two paintings “Number 1” by Pollock and “The Starry Night” by van Gogh, it is easy to see there are some similarities in the two works of art. While this may be true, they both have very different backgrounds and history behind them. They were created in two different centuries and have very different elements within them. However, with this being said they have more in common than one would think at first glance. Jackson Pollock’s

Causes of Cuban Revolution (pre-1959) Essay Draft 1 Sakina Ali [Incomplete introduction] Thesis: The Cuban Revolution pre-1959 was caused by a many political, economic and social factors such as: Cuba’s separation from Spanish rule in 1898, the American interest and influence on Cuba and, the social unrest that Batista’s policies and relationship with the Mob caused, which ultimately led to Castro’s fight and overall succession in 1959. Cuba, after it was already inhabited by native tribes, was

This term is used to describe the emotional and ornate art and architecture of the 1600s. [pic] a. Romanesque [pic] b. Gothic [pic] c. Classical [pic] d. Baroque status: correct (1.0) correct: d your answer: d feedback: Correct. [pic] 2 The colonnaded piazza added to St. Peter's is the achievement of this architect. [pic] a. Borromini [pic] b. Michelangelo [pic] c. Bramante [pic] d. Bernini status: correct (1.0) correct: d your answer: d feedback:

Johnson 1 Kayla Johnson Prof. Hirchfelder, K-213 ENG2102, Sec. 06 26 March 2013 Scene Analysis Paper Musical Dependency The 2002 film, The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski focuses on the hardships of a well-known, local concert pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman. Wladyslaw Szpilman is played by actor Adrien Brody, who does an excellent job portraying both the warmhearted side of Szpliman and the desperate struggling side we see later on in the film. The film is based on Szpilman’s book, The Pianist

solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Gershwin’s original title for it was American Rhapsody. But, by chance, Ira had been to an exhibition of Whistler’s paintings and saw the painter's Nocturne In

Silence is a sounding thing. To one who listens hungrily Gwendolyn B. Bennett. Through her poetry and her teachings, Gwendolyn paved the way for writing and literature during the Harlem Renaissance. Young African American poets were affected and urged by her lessons to step outside of their bubbles, push their creativity further, and explore different writing styles. Through her influence on others, she altered her writing to reject the traditional American style and created her style to demonstrate