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- 6121: The Life of Beethoven
- ... history. He wrote many sympho-nies and compositions. He was most famous for the Third (Eroica), Fifth, Sixth (Pas-torale), Ninth Symphonies, an opera, Fidelio, and his religious composition Missa solem-nis. Beethoven had a great influence on music. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, on December 16,1770. His mother was a singer in the service of the elector of Koln. His father was a weak-spirited and drank too ... to see the tremendous applause. Many people regard Beethoven as the finest composer who ever lived. His music was unique and emotional. Never before had instrumental music been brought to such heights. He also made great improvements with chamber music for piano, as well as for string quartets, trios, and sonatas. His accomplishments included nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, five piano concerti, 17 string quartets, ten sonatas for violin and piano ...
- 6122: Robert Schumann
- ... Stanley 147). He had “auditory hallucinations which caused insomnia” and he also “suffered” from acrophobia and melancholy. He even talked of suicide (Slonimsky 903). In 1852, Schumann had a “rheumatic attack” accompanied by sleeplessness and depression (Sadie 847-848). This affected his speech and ability to move. He soon became apathetic (Sadie 848). He became sick with depression and was affected by this most of his life (Stanley 147). In 1833 he became “deeply melancholic” as a result of the death of Rosalie, his sister-in-law. He even attempted suicide by trying ...
- 6123: Leonardo Da Vinci
- ... 1466 he occupied himself to the leading Florentine painter and sculptor, Andrea del Verrocchio, as a studio boy. As a boy Leonardo had a fundamental understanding on how machines worked which introduced him to a great skill of reasoning. In the exploration to find the simple function of a machine he applied rules to improve or invent other machines (later in life) for other tasks that might be carried out. His ... of the dead as sacred and forbidden dissection. Leonardo spent most nights secretly dissecting humans in his home, but he couldn't continue and had to give up his pioneering work (8). Leonardo also had great interest in guns, artillery, and lethal weapons. The powers and strengths was another subject worth studying, which he was more than just advanced at (Costantino 20). "He mastered the science of the past, improved both ...
- 6124: Michelangelo
- ... he was happy. Michelangelo had many talents in art. His best were with the brush, and the hammer and chisel. After painting on fresh plaster, Michelangelo painted from life. He also sculpted from life. A great man in Italy named Lorenzo lived in a palace and was wealthy. Michelangelo liked him, so he sculpted a wonderful mystical fawn head for him. Lorenzo was speechless. He asked Michelangelo to live with him ... returned to the Sistine Chapel to paint behind the alter. Seven years later, it was complete. Then, Michelangelo died on February 18, 1564. Men dedicated their lives to work for him. He was a truly great artist with the brush and with the hammer and chisel. By Michael D’Amico
- 6125: John Fitzgerald Kennedy and His Accomplishments in Office
- ... so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” In the beginning of his presidency, John F. Kennedy and his staff brought many great changes to the White House and to Washington. Instead of letting his secretaries contact people for him, he would often dial calls himself, which surprised many who would pick up the phone to discover that ... the Soviet Union agreed to establish a line between Moscow and Washington D.C. in which they could communicate in a time of crisis. In July an agreement was reached with the Soviet’s and Great Britain on a nuclear test-ban treaty, and the Alliance for Progress (a program to help out Latin America) ended being quite popular. With domestic affairs President Kennedy’s charm may have made him popular ...
- 6126: Gregory Efimovich Rasputin
- ... send the monk away, Nicholas was so in love with Alexandra , that he could not send the monk away for fear of his son bleeding to death and his family falling to pieces. Rasputin had great influence over the imperial family, and his actions causing outrage , gave a scandalous image to the imperial family. Without delay , from rumors about the monk, and his drunken parties, of wild sexual behavior, Nicholas punished ... not die until his body was submerged into the icy waters, and his lungs filled with water, drowning him. Furthermore, Nicholas and Alexandra exiled the conspirators and said that no punishment could ever be too great for the crimes they committed. Alexandra read a letter from Rasputin written just before he died. In the letter, he said that he knew his life would end in a few days, and if anyone ...
- 6127: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... and loving. Hawthorne said that when he would meet Emerson on one of his walks, "...it was impossible to dwell in the vicinity without inhaling the mountain atmosphere of his lofty thoughts." [Thomas- 256] Quotes "Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. Their cousins can tell you nothing about them." [Hodgins-184] "I am glad to the brink of fear."... "In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel ... of nourishing corn can come to him but though his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."... "Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string."... "To be great is to be misunderstood..." [Hodgins- 190] Taken from, "Self-Reliance" "Rhodora! if the sages ask thee whyThis charm is wasted on the earth and sky,Tell them, dear, that if eyes wee made for seeing ...
- 6128: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Frank Lloyd Wright “ The greatest artist this country has ever produced seems to at last be coming into his own. America’s other great artists—our painters, sculptors, composers—don’t really rank with the tops of all time. They’re not Rembrandt or Michelangelo or Beethoven. Wright alone has that standing.” (Robert Campbell) One of America’s most ... lives that had marked the earlier destruction in 1914). Wright’s financial problems were so severe that his creditors foreclosed on Taliesin in 1926 and evicted him from his home in 1927. “Architecture is that great living creative spirit which from generation, to generation, from age, to age, proceeds, persists, creates, according to the nature of man, and his circumstances they change. That is architecture.” (Frank Lloyd Wright pg. 106) Despite ...
- 6129: Anaximander
- ... place in that cycle. Of all the people who have pondered these questions, Anaximander's answers are surely among the most boundless, and therefore the most thought provoking themselves. His is a theory of everything great from something vast but simple, of a great unlimited infinite and the tremendous flux of this said infinite, which he called the Apeiron. To better understand this theory, we must analyse the fragment, both literally and figuratively, and try and see if we ...
- 6130: Muhammad Allah
- ... killed and the women and children sold into slavery. Then for some reason there was a change and Mecca, a city that had banned him eight years ago opened back up to him. Muhammad showed great generosity to Mecca. Muhammad’s generosity to Mecca is often quoted as remarkable magnanimity. Throughout the remainder of Muhammad’s life he continued his political and military involvements. In March 632 a few months after ... whole lot of pain and courage to do what Muhammad done, and there aren’t a whole lot of people who would be able to do the same. Muhammads faith and courage earned him a great mark in the history books and his mark was very welled earned.
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