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So today, I woke up around 2ish and I showered and began to play the sims. (Continuing from the night before). I have become active in my "The Sims 2" gaming once again.  I created a family using Justin's mother's maiden name because I think it's cool. Puzzitello. (Although her's is Puzzitiello). My family members included One Adult Dan, One ( Read more... )

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♥The loveless fascination♥
♥Under the Milkyway tonight♥
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It's so hot here.
I couldn't fall asleep until like, 7:00am. And then I woke up at 2:30.
I decided to go swimming. Of course, right when I got into the pool, my mom came home with some chicken to eat.
I ate a little chicken and then I went back into the pool for a small while. I kept looking at ( Read more... )

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こんばんは。
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Today was my third day of my new summer job.  I work at a chicken diner called Hopican Gardens. My city is very popular for it's fried chicken. I don't know how I feel about working there, though.  It can become very busy, especially when I am always working from 5pm and later: Dinner Hours. I am doing pretty well, in my opinion, on the ( Read more... )

Alas, we've come to the end of my musical capades. Let's talk about music used for
Nationalism in the Americas.

Billy the Kid, Scene 1, Street in a Frontier Town
Orchestral Suite from Ballet.
Melodic paraphrases of a number of classic cowboy songs.
Shifting meters, including a dance in 5/8, and much syncopation.
Accented dissonance and polytonal ( Read more... )

People in the 20th Century became tired of sap (romantic music.) They started to
experiment. Another form of music called Expressionism was created.

Arnold Schoenberg developed a new genre; Atonal or music with no home key. Also
created was 12 tone writing. A composer had to use all 12 notes before repeating a
single note again. This gave the music a ( Read more... )

Exoticism Pride on other cultures; curiosity; unexperienced. (Asian)
Verismo Realism

Madame Butterfly
Inspired in 1900 in london by a performance by John Luther Long.
Puccini wanted to perform it.
Employs his two librettists, first performance fails, rewritten, success.
Elements of lietmotiv present in Puccini's Pieces.
-Star spangled Banner (portay's ( Read more... )

Words to know:
Anti-Semitism Prejudice towards jewish people.
Gesamtkunstwork Entire Art Work. (German) Complete work of art comprises singing,
orchestra, sets, plot, etc. Equally prioritizes all parts of opera. Write own libretto,
music, & conducts own opera's.
Nichi wrote back that Wagner's opera's were unrecognizable, too big in form, not
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Key words:
Grand Opera opera that focused on serious historical themes (france).
Opera Comique Less pretentious. Smaller performances. Spoken Dialogue instead of
recitatives.
Singspiel light or comic drama with spoken dialogue (Germany)
Music Drama intergrated theater and music completely.
Bel Canto Style (Beautiful Singing)
Exoticism is the idea of ( Read more... )

Instead of mourning over the dead, Brahms had the idea of consoling those who
had lost something. The Requiem was to lead them into a serene acceptance of death
as an inevitable part of life, hence it'd gentle lyricism.
Written for a soloist, four-part chorus, and orchestra, A German Requiem is in 7
movements. It is designed like an arch.
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As described earlier, Nationalism is the idea of owing your primary eligance to the
state. Smetana from Bohemuim braught this out as a brilliant example.

The Moldau is a symphonic poem based on "My Country."
The Moldau is a river that runs through Czech. During the peice you get the ideas of
being on a river and seeing everything that happens on it ( Read more... )