The Magic Flute

wooden pan flute. The source of the enchanting sound. When he noticed me standing there, slightly out of place, his smile grew. He hopped down from his place on the rock and made his way towards me. Now that he was closer I could make out details of his face. Like the *light shade of brown that was his hair and how bright his green eyes were. All in all he was attractive, alarmingly so to be honest. Only when he was standing directly in front of me did he remove the pan flute from his

On April 10th, 11th, and 12th, Anchorage Opera performed a modernized rendition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s last opera; The Magic Flute (1791). The cast consisted of quite a few local performers as well as guest appearances from acclaimed artists such as Branch Fields and Michael Scarcelle. On the 11th, I attended the evening production accompanied by my music “hating” (her words, not mine) mother. She was such a good sport until we found ourselves in the balcony seating of the Discovery Theatre

opening to the work. The base drum roll and the murky off beat and horn entry at bar 5 makes it clear that it is evil magic. One of Stravinsky’s traits that often appears is how he uses tritones to represent evil magic, e.g. f# to C, shown in bars 11 and 12, and more simple harmony and chord progressions, e.g. dominant 7ths and 9ths to show good magic which can bee

People react to experiences based on what they have been previously exposed to. This is why patience, good listening skills, understanding and respect are what I aspire to teach by example; along with the magic of music. My plan is to do this while being a great, multi-culturally competent, elementary school music teacher. What a mouth full, but that’s the goal! Western would be a great school for me. I have turned tragedy into something positive and feel like I would be coming to your school prepared

story of Princess Aurora, King Florestan's daughter. The fairies have been invited to Aurora's christening, and each one in turn dances and gives a magic present. However, the wicked fairy, Carabosse, interrupts the ceremony and is furious that she wasn't invited. She announces

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart This paper discusses Mozart's life, his compositions and his importance to the world and the world of music. It explains how Mozart's music is still some of the most popular classical music played today and his life is still studied because his music is so well known and liked. An Austrian composer and performer who showed astonishing precocity as a child and was an adult virtuoso, musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold Mozart and Anna Maria Pertl

the younger sister of Aloysia, who had rejected his love. Neither Mozart nor Constanze knew how to manage money. In late November 1791, when his financial situation seemed to be improving with the Vienna success of his opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Mozart became seriously ill. He died on December 5, just before 1 a.m. As was the custom for paupers in Vienna, he was buried in a mass grave with no mourners in attendance. Obituary notices were unanimous in praising his genius. Mozart was

Electra had climbed the mound and was watching the little wonders that danced to Medea’s gentle flute. “So it was true,” she said, kneeling down on the swaying grass. “The book wasn’t lying.” “The books never lie.” Cassandra clambered up the mound after her sister, as mesmerized as Electra. “They will give us what we need.” She looked at Medea. “They will cure you.” Medea put the flute down, and the aos si broke their dance, fluttering aimlessly around the three girls. “Have you ever seen

of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. Over the course of his life he made some of the most memorable music that are still popular today as when they were first recorded. Another contribution that he made to jazz music was his hit song, “Mister Magic”. This song is noted as being influential on Go-go music starting in the mid-1970s and the album that this song goes along with it topped both the soul and jazz albums chart and peaked at number ten on the pop chart. In the 1980s through the 1990s

the festivities continue a child playing a flute is admired by a crowd. “A child of nine or ten sits at the edge of the crowd, alone, playing on a wooden flute. People pause to listen, and they smile, but they do not speak to him, for he never ceases playing and never sees them, his dark eyes wholly rapt in sweet, thin magic of the tune” (255). The child playing the flute is the climax of Guin’s short story as soon as the child stops playing his flute there is a moment of silence then the air is