...Orientalism in Films There have been many uses and abuses in Western view of the Eastern cultural and social concept of orientalism. This paper discusses how orientalism relates to the three films namely M. Butterfly, Madame Butterfly, and Lost in Translation. Like the title, "M. Butterfly" basically was playing about transformation. This is the first of the Giacomo Puccini opera metamorphosis that was famous, in which "Madame Butterfly" became the modern geopolitical argument to understand the culture. In this film, through love relations that really did not make sense between a French diplomat and the Chinese opera singer he believed the man became the woman, how could the failure for the wish to be separated from reality result in the deception and the tragedy. Gallimard changed Sole from "only humankind" in the "Perfect Woman". Due to his insecurity about his own masculinity, Gallimard needs to create Song in the image of the perfect Asian woman, which is exotic, sensual, and acquiescent, in order to feel wholly male. Although he seeks to confine Sole within the context of his fantasy, Gallimard poster vulnerability and need actually free Sole by providing her with an outlet to flee the Orientalist representation of Asian people. Gallimard transforms Sole into a butterfly, boots instead of transforming him into one of the butterfly. Whereas Gallimard, is actually the one who eventually ends up trapped by his own fantasy. Through an analysis of Gallimard practice cultural...
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...Course: HUMA2104 (L1) Instructor: Ilari Kaila Submission Date: 26th November, 2014 Concert Report An Evening Concert of Opera concert had been performed by Carol Lin, Sandy Leung, Chen Young and Felix Suen on 25 October 2014 7:30 pm at Lecture Theatre at Lo Ka Chung Building in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Several pieces of songs from opera has been performed, including Voi che sapete and Deh, vieni from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi, O Soave Fanciulla and Quando m’en vo’ from La Bohème, Un bel dì from Madama Butterfly and Nessun dorma from Turandot by Puccini, Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) and Près das remparts de Sèville (Seguidilla) from Carmen by Bizet, All I ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera and Con Te Partirò– Time to Say Goodbye by Sartori. In this essay, the general performance of the concert will be discussed. After that, the piece L’amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen by Bizet will be the main focus of this essay. The performance of the performers was good in general. A large range of opera and types of opera vocals has been introduced. However, the instrumentation is simple that only a piano accompaniment. Some effects like accord cannot be perfectly expressed. The song L’amour est un oiseau rebelle is from the opera Carmen. It is a French aria in a simple duple meter with minor key first. Tempo of this song is moderately...
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...Hildegard von Bingen Hildegard von Bingen was known for her many works in history. She is also known as Saint Hildegard. I am researching her as a composer but she was not just a composer, she was very multitalented. Hildegard von Bingen was a scientist, philosopher, and a theologian. She was a very smart woman that really wanted to experience many things to expand her mind. Hildegard von Bingen was a German woman born in 1098 in Bermersheim, Germany. As tradition in those parts of Germany when a family has their tenth child, that child will be given to God. So this meant that Hildegard was the tenth child and she will be brought up into the church. So Hildegard von Bingen manly experienced the working of the Christian lifestyle. Hildegard von Bingen was a woman whose musical work sparked minds of others. She was so remarkably different than any other female composer in the medieval era. She gained much experience while being part of the Divine office which she sang. She had many music forms that she used as a composer. Hildegard von Bingen used antiphons, responsories, sequences, and hymns. Hildegard von Bidgen was well known and will never be forgotten as a musical composer. She was laid to rest in 1179 but she still lives on in her musical work. Fierro, N. HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: SYMOHONY OF THE HARMONY OF HEAVEN. 1997. 05 Novmeber 2012 <http://www.hildegard.org/music/music.html>. "Hildegard of Bingen." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2012. Encyclopedia...
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...singing. All of the music is performed live, and there are no microphones for the singers. When and Where Did Opera Start? Opera started in the end of the 16th century in Italy. A group of musicians and scholars were fascinated by Ancient Greece, but against the excessive amount of polyphonic music left over from the Renaissance. The musicians and scholars wanted to revive what they saw as the beauty of the simplicity of the ancient tragedy. Famous Composers There are numerous amounts of composers who have made amazing works, some of the more important composers are Jacopo Peri, Claudio Monteverdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwing Van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Hector Berlioz, Mikhail Glinka, Leoš Janáček, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Giacomo Puccini, Michael Tippett, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Jacopo Peri, who lived between 1561 and 1633, was a Florentine who composed both the first opera ever, Dafne, which premiered in 1598. He also wrote the first surviving opera, Euridice, of which premiered in 1600. Claudio Monteverdi, who was born in 1567 and died in 1643, is generally regarded as the first major opera composer. In Orfeo, with a release date in 1607, he blended Peri's experiments in opera with the lavish spectacle of the intermedi. Later, in Venice in the 1640’s, he helped make opera a commercially viable form with II Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria and L'incoronazione di Poppea, one of the earliest operas in the present-day operatic reserve. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who lived...
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...of 19th century authors. The Art of Death: Consumption in the 19th Century Consumption in the 19th century was a widely misunderstood illness that by its very nature created some of the most dramatic writings. Poets, authors, and playwrights alike all used consumption as a form of expression in their writings. They found a certain dignity within the disease that probably affected everybody in one fashion or another. Poets like Edgar Allen Poe and Henry David Thoreau were influenced by the people in their lives that were close to them who contracted the disease. Others, like John Keats and RL Stevenson, had a direct connection as they themselves dealt with the deadly, predetermined path on which they must walk. Authors Victor Hugo, Puccini, and Verdi all used consumption as a catalyst to some greater, higher meaning in their stories. It was delicately embellished in some writings, while others it was shown with deep, dark metaphors. “Consumption was the leading cause of death in the 19th century, a scourge that affected men, women, and children of all ages, classes and geographic locations. A chronic malady characterized by a harrowing cough...
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...Kary Alba ENG 102 Professor Brackett Essay 2: M. Butterfly One of the most outstanding questions that arises throughout the plot of David Henry Hwang’s play, Butterfly M , is that of how Gallimard did not know that Song Liling was a man throughout the entirety of their affair. Gallimard falls in love with Song, whom he believes to be a woman, during his time as a diplomat in Beijing. Unlucky and awkward, Gallimard is an unlikely candidate for the attentions of a beautiful woman. Indeed, how is it that this affair, that spanned several years and was accomplished, enabled Song to disguise himself as a woman for so long, and so completely? The relationship between Gallimard and Song was allowed to continue without breaking the illusion simply, because people do see what they want to (or that people will refuse to see something that they do not, no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary). Gallimard is influenced by the stereotypes associated with oriental women. He is particularly attached to a vision of Asian women as being modest, submissive, and extremely loyal to their men. Throughout the play Gallimard associates oriental women with various stereotypes that aren’t necessarily true. “It’s true what they say about Oriental girls. They want to be treated bad!” (Act 1, Scene 3) Gallimard knows that he isn’t the best bachelor for women and cherishes every bit of Song’s love and the feeling of power and masculinity she gives him...
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...Lompat ke: pandu arah, cari Selamat datang ke Wikipedia, sebuah ensiklopedia bebas yang boleh disunting oleh sesiapa jua. Versi Bahasa Melayu telah dimulakan pada 26 Oktober 2002. Kini, kami mempunyai 165,270 buah rencana. Isnin 14 Januari 2013 Pengumuman · Soalan lazim · Kedai Kopi · Embassy · About Malay Tutorial · Meja bantuan · Meja rujukan · Hubungi kami · Indeks A–Z Senarai portalBiografiFalsafahGeografiSejarahMatematikMasyarakatSainsSasteraTeknologiUndang-undang Rencana Pilihan Rencana pilihan Gunung Fuji Jepun (Jawi: جڤون; Jepun: 日本 Nippon/Nihon, nama rasmi: 日本国 Nipponkoku/Nihonkoku) adalah sebuah negara kepulauan di Asia Timur yang terletak di sebelah barat Lautan Pasifik, di sebelah timur Laut Jepun, dan berjiran dengan Republik Rakyat China, Korea dan Rusia. Pulau paling utara terletak di Laut Okhotsk, dan wilayah paling selatan pula merupakan sekelompok pulau kecil di Laut China Timur iaitu kawasan selatan Okinawa yang berjiran dengan Taiwan. Jepun terdiri daripada 6,852 pulau yang membentuk segugusan kepulauan. Pulau-pulau utama dari utara ke selatan adalah Hokkaido, Honshu (pulau terbesar), Shikoku, dan Kyushu. Lebih kurang 97% wilayah daratan Jepun berada di keempat-empat pulau terbesarnya. Sebagian besar pulau di Jepun bergunung-gunung, dan sebahagian di antaranya merupakan gunung berapi. Gunung tertinggi di Jepun ialah Gunung Fuji yang merupakan sebuah gunung berapi yang pendam. Penduduk Jepun berjumlah 128 juta orang, menjadikannya negara...
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...GRADE 9 Learning Module MUSIC (Qtr 1 to 4) Compilation by Ben: r_borres@yahoo.com MUSIC LEARNER’S MATERIAL GRADE 9 Unit 1 To the illustrator: Using the blank map of Europe, place pictures of ALL the composers featured in EACH UNIT around the map and put arrows pointing to the country where they come from. Maybe you can use better looking arrows and format the composer’s pictures in an oval shape. The writers would like to show where the composers come from. I am attaching a file of the blank map and please edit it with the corresponding name and fill it the needed area with different colors. Please follow the example below. (Check the pictures of the composers and their hometowns in all the units.) Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Music Page 1 MUSIC LEARNER’S MATERIAL GRADE 9 Unit 1 Time allotment: 8 hours LEARNING AREA STANDARD The learner demonstrates an understanding of basic concepts and processes in music and art through appreciation, analysis and performance for his/her self-development, celebration of his/her Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and expansion of his/her world vision. key - stage STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of music and art of the Philippines and the world, through appreciation, analysis, and performance, for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision...
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...Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress | Table of Contents Music History from Primary Sources An Introductory Essay Alfred Mann A vellum leaf, 22 by 17 cm., from a prayer book. The letter forms of early Gothic script suggest the twelfth century, or a period even earlier. Neumes (marked in red) are placed above the first four lines of the Latin text. The entire page is richly illuminated in black, red, and blue, with a heavy gold layer decorating the initial A for the phrase beginning "Adoro te." The leaf was obtained for the Moldenhauer Archives from the music dealer and publishing firm Schneider, Tutzing. The Art of Musical Notation In its primary sources, music merges with the representational arts. Oral tradition has played a fundamental role in all ages, but in its formal sense, history--and the history of music--begins with the visual record. Musical notation, having emerged on a wide scale in all civilizations, produced in itself a highly individual record of artistic endeavor. The medieval monks who compiled the missals and other liturgical books for the service of worship rose from their function as scribes to artists in their own right; among the greatest documents of Baroque art are the holographs by Bach; and an entirely novel phase in artistic musical score design was initiated in the twentieth century. The primary sources of music reproduced in this volume rely on various aspects of the graphic arts, but foremost among them stands the representation...
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...10000 quiz questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro 10000 general knowledge questions and answers 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Carl and the Passions changed band name to what How many rings on the Olympic flag What colour is vermilion a shade of King Zog ruled which country What colour is Spock's blood Where in your body is your patella Where can you find London bridge today What spirit is mixed with ginger beer in a Moscow mule Who was the first man in space What would you do with a Yashmak Who betrayed Jesus to the Romans Which animal lays eggs On television what was Flipper Who's band was The Quarrymen Which was the most successful Grand National horse Who starred as the Six Million Dollar Man In the song Waltzing Matilda - What is a Jumbuck Who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy in the Eagle What is Dick Grayson better known as What was given on the fourth day of Christmas What was Skippy ( on TV ) What does a funambulist do What is the name of Dennis the Menace's dog What are bactrians and dromedaries Who played The Fugitive Who was the King of Swing Who was the first man to fly across the channel Who starred as Rocky Balboa In which war was the charge of the Light Brigade Who invented the television Who would use a mashie niblick In the song who killed Cock Robin What do deciduous...
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...ARTS TEACHERS’ GUIDE Grade 9 ARTS Teacher’s Guide Unit I WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS GRADE 9 Unit 1 ARTS TEACHERS’ GUIDE GRADE 9 Unit 1 WESTERN CLASSICAL ART TRADITIONS LEARNING AREA STANDARD The learner demonstrates an understanding of basic concepts and processes in music and art through appreciation, analysis and performance for his/her self-development, celebration of his/her Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and expansion of his/her world vision. key - stage STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of music and arts of the Philippines and the world, through appreciation, analysis, and performance, for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision. grade level STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of Western music and the arts from different historical periods, through appreciation, analysis, and performance for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision. CONTENT STANDARDs The Learner: demonstrates understanding of art elements and processes by synthesizing and applying prior knowledge and skills demonstrates understanding that the arts are integral to the development of organizations, spiritual belief, historical events, scientific discoveries, natural disasters/ occurrences and other external phenomenon ...
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