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    Frederic Chopin was a well known Polish pianist born in 1810, and died in 1849 (Libbey). He wrote countless pieces, mazurkas, concertos, preludes, nocturnes, polonaises, and sonatas. Almost all the pieces he composed were just for the piano. He had his own unique style that can be described as poetic and lyrical (Hamilton). His songs could be light and almost dream like and yet dark and filled with emotion at the same time (Bellman). Known as "The Poet of the Piano", he is still considered one of

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    “The physician's highest calling, his only calling, is to make sick people healthy - to heal, as it is termed.” - Samuel Hahnemann For many years, since the time of the Triumviri Nocturne and the Vigils, many lives have been saved by some form of an emergency medical service, and since then it has evolved into what it is now a complex life-saving system that has saved many more lives. From the origin of medical responders to the creation of paramedics, people have risked their lives for others, and

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    Romanticism The Romantic Era was a movement in the fields of art, literature and intellect that began in Europe at the end of the 18th century. This cultural movement placed its emphasis on emotion, rooting itself in subjects such as the supernatural, the beauty of nature and the irrational. It was a period in which artists rejected the ideas of order and rationality, choosing instead to embrace individualism, imagination and emotional subjectivity; projecting their own personalities in their works

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    Project II: Frederic Chopin Polish French composer and pianist of the Romantic period, Frederic Francois Chopin, was born March 1, 1810 in Żelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw [now in Poland] and died October 17, 1849. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica On-line, Chopin ranks as one of music’s greatest tone poets by reason of his superfine imagination and fastidious craftsmanship. Frederic Chopin’s father became a French teacher at Warsaw lyceum, in which he attended from 1823 to 1826

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    happening all around us, and as students with roommates we need to be prepared and aware. D. Credibility Statement: 1. I have experienced night terrors myself. 2. I have done extensive research on the Internet about night terrors, also called Pavor Nocturnes. 3. Preview of Main Points: 1.

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    “A bad they in Paris in still better than a good day anywhere else.” Popular quote. It was the first time that I would assist to a Symphony Orchestra concert and I was excited for this new experience. Pictures at a French Exhibition sounded like an artistic exposition of French pictures, instead was a repertoire of various pieces interpreted by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. The event took place at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk city in a perfect Sunday afternoon. When my husband and I arrived were

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    Description: Van Gogh painted more than 10 paintings of olive trees, which was mostly in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France in 1889. The painting of Olive Trees in a Mountainous Landscape was complementary to The Starry Night. The landscapes are in a pattern of curves as painting from The Starry Night. Van Gogh’s unique painting technique, impasto was used. The characteristic style of divisionism is used by painting multiple strokes with varieties of colors. It is decided character of each horizontal

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    and one of the best selling albums ever (“Fleetwood Mac,” 2006). Fleetwood Mac had a lot of awards they had a total of eleven awards. They got to be in the tour of Hall of Fame. They also got awards for showco, mountain productions, trait towers, nocturne, ect (Mchugh, 1998). Fleetwood Macs album Rumors won the Grammy award in 1977. They were the best live preformed band in the 1970s. They are one of the major success stories in the 1970s (“Fleetwood Mac,” 1974). Bill Clinton's favorite band was Fleetwood

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    Frederic Chopin

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    The Life Story of Frederic Chopin, the Composer Fredric Chopin, a polish French composer of the Romantic period is best recognized for his solo pieces for piano and his piano concerti. Chopin was born March 1, 1810 in Żelazowa Wola, which is now Poland. Chopin ranks as one of music’s greatest tone composers by his accuracy and detailed imagination. Chopin’s father, Nicholas Chopin was sensitive about his polish nationality. He became a French descent. He identified himself fully with his new country

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    After an amazing performance of the concerto, Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton left the stage and the rest of the orchestra came back to play selections from Mendelssohn’s Midsummers Night Dream. The first movement they started with was Scherzo. The start was a very light, quiet and fast melody flute with smaller intervals. The tempo, as stated in the title is very fast paced and the melody contained many shorter duration notes. The clarinets then repeat the melody. After the flutes have melody again, but

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