The Magic Flute

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is a brilliant play that shows elements of romance, comedy, and magic. The play takes place in Athens, Greece in ancient times, when men and women had specific roles, jobs, and rules applying to their gender. For example, women were not allowed to perform in plays, when men were. There were also stereotypes of men and women, such as men being stronger, and women being prettier. These rules and stereotypes affect A Midsummer Night’s Dream in many ways

Per instance, as the narrator describes Omelas’ festival, he mentions a kid as, “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 the sweet, thin magic of the tune.” This is one of the paragraphs in which the unhappiness of a kid on the outside world seems to be obvious, and it is somehow related to the kid who is

Programmatic music amongst all other genres is one of the most intriguing as it creates imagery in one’s mind and positions the listener to imagine the unknown. The purpose behind a piece of programmatic music is to tell a story, whether it be a tale of love and loss or one of childhood fantasy. These musical stories are told through a variety of compositional devices along with the manipulation of the musical elements. The classic Shakespearean story of Romeo and Juliet has been effectively retold

The Classical era took place during the latter half of the eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century, specifically 1750 to 1825. Its roots were based off the revival of ancient Greek and Romans values. It was a period of control, form, order, and objectivity as Europe was still under the rule of strong aristocratic sovereigns. Economically, power was growing through the Industrial Revolution. James Watt’s steam engine, Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, and Benjamin Franklin’s invention of electricity

Mozart, Wofgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Austrian born, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was regarded to be the greatest child prodigy the world has ever known. At age four, he heard his older sister playing a harpsichord minuet. Mozart begged his father to let him try the piece, and by ear, he played the piece perfectly. Throughout his life, tragedy struck. He was one of the most talented composers ever to walk the face of the earth, yet he led a life filled with much unhappiness. Upon traveling to Italy, Mozart

Interesting enough, he also produced his first operas: the German Singspiel. His famous work include The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Farago. He knew how to merge the traditionals and contemporary components to make his own particular style, which is characterized by a high level of formal train. His composition live from their melodic, musical

Plato once said, “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” Like his words elucidate, music, for many centuries, was a way of expressing things that could not be put into words. It displayed raw emotion in some cases and gave life to ideas and notions in other cases. Throughout history, various figures and composers contributed to music worldwide. However, there is one that stands out the most

from both movies in the Symphony concert. Unfortunately there wasn’t any vocal throughout the concert but there were many instruments. These instruments include the entire string family (violin, viola, cello, and contrabass), the woodwind family (flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and contrabassoon), the brass family (English horn, horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, and tuba), and the percussion family (timpani, harp, and keyboard) A few pieces gave me emotional responses .The theme

How does Shakespeare use the theme of love in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’? Shakespeare uses the theme of love to show how complicated love can be; Hermia falling in love with Lysander and Egeus not allowing her to get married to Lysander. Lysander and Hermia try to figure things out between themselves and their forbidden love, “The course of true love never did run smooth”. On the other hand Shakespeare uses comical love with Helena’s unrequited love for Demetrius. Helena is so sad she calls herself

the construction of the world's first ship and the Trojan horse. Athena was additionally credited with the engendering of the flute, but she gainsays it, calling the instrument neither puissant nor comely enough. Albeit she was kenned for many of these arts, the one she excelled in the most was mainly weaving. The most famous story in which Athena shows her weaving and magic skills is Arachnid's Challenge. A mortal human lady challenged Athena to a weaving contest, verbalizing that her skills were