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- 8571: Johann Sebastian Bach 2
- ... music director for the St. Thomas’s church in Leipzig. His compassion for music went on even further after he became blind. He was still creatively active until the very end. Even just before his death, he dictated his last musical composition to his son in law. His career was surely a massive indication of his talent and the heart and soul he put into his music. The effort of his ...
- 8572: Jazz Movement In The 1960s
- ... free and improvisational, a musician could get along quite well without being able to read music, as long as he or she had an "ear" for the music. Unfortunately, John Coltrane came to his untimely death during the avant-garde period. "Coltrane's final album was "Expression," on which he played flute while fellow tenor Pharoah Sanders played piccolo. This eerie album is similar to Coltrane's final years, in which ...
- 8573: Greek Mythology And Religion
- ... the courtyard was placed the altar of Zeus Herkeios (Zeus as the patron of family ties); at the hearth Hestia was worshiped; and bedchamber, kitchen, and storeroom each had its appropriate god. From birth to death the ancient Greek invoked the gods on every memorable occasion. Because the very existence of the government was believed to depend on divine favor, celebrations for the gods were held regularly under the supervision of ...
- 8574: GI JANE
- ... it but not from O’Neal. Master Chief is a intriguing character in an early scene he quotes a famous poem by D.H. Lawerence, both for its imagery and (of a bird’s unattended death) and in order to freak out the trainees by suggesting a streak of subtle madness.
- 8575: Funeral Blues
- ... riming third line. However, Auden does not include the “three-line stanzas” in his poem, and it is written in a freestyle form with the rhyming pattern: AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, FF, GG, HH. Death is the subject of this poem, and becomes clear when Auden says, “Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come, ”. This poem’s topic has to do with someone close to the narrator dyeing possibly ...
- 8576: Fire Of Desire, Of The Movie Rudy
- ... his dream, Pete said, "Having dreams is what makes life tolerable" (Pete). Had Rudy not had Pete’s support, he may not have been able to bear all the criticism he received. Also, Pete’s death was what made Rudy realize how you never know what the next day of your life may bring, and that you must seize the day and act now upon that which you want in life ...
- 8577: Dazed And Confused
- ... tragic car-crash during a pre-dawn drag race? Would there be a bloody-nosed fist-fight between a jock and a nerd over a girl? Would the skinny, beer-addled freshman plunge to his death as he climbed the last rung of the observation tower at the last-day-of-school party? No to all of the above. Dazed and Confused is a real slice of real life, to the ...
- 8578: Dave Matthews Band, The Most Compelling Band Around
- ... He has experienced some devastating life issues that have aided in his gift for capturing ones emotions through music. His father died when he was only ten. For the next few years after his fathers’ death, he experienced sleepwalking spells accompanied by nightmares. He would wake up insane, screaming things such as “I can’t find my Frisbee to save me from the Chinese Mothballs”(Spin Magazine: “Fanfare For The Common ...
- 8579: Dancing And Ballet
- ... Imperial Ballet School and then joined the Imperial Ballet Company. In 1906 she became prima ballerina of the company. She later formed her own company and took it on tours until the time of her death. Enrico Cecchetti (1850-1928) Cecchetti was one of the greatest ballet teachers of all time. He also helped train many great dancers of the 1900's. He was known for his technique and speed. Cecchetti ...
- 8580: Cinema Paradiso
- In the film "Cinema Paradiso", Toto, the main character, is a lost child without a father to provide a male role model. The story begins after Toto is informed of the death of his dearest friend, Alfredo. At this point, Toto is a mature man and a successful film director, having long ago left his home town, Giancaldo. Throughout the movie, however, Toto is a young boy ...
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