...Representative Music: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII; The World Ends With You; Final Fantasy: Dissidia Takeharu Ishimoto starts off our list of great composers. His talent for creating original and eclectic pieces is impressive to say the least. His score for The World Ends With You exposes his genius for variety, with songs like "Long Dream," "Calling," and "Fighting For Freedom," funky, urban pieces that mix rock, rap, and dance beats. In contrast to this his work for Crisis Core is darker and more pensive, showcasing pieces like the acoustic "Under an Apple Tree," and the jammin' "Wandering in a Sunny Afternoon." And let's not forget his theme for Final Fantasy: Dissidia, an orchestrated bonanza or winds, percussions and brass. To be that diverse is impressive indeed. 9. YOKO SHIMOMURA Representative Music: Kingdom Hearts series; Parasite Eve; Legend of Mana Yoko Shimomura is the lone woman on this list, beating out the likes of talented lady composers like Michiko Naruke (Wild Arms)and Chikayo Fukuda (.hack//G.U.) for a top spot. It's a testament to her talent that she can hang with the guys. Her style can range from melancholy to intense, from soft piano to rocking guitar. Songs like "Dearly Beloved" and "Night of Fate" from Kingdom Hearts have become fan favorites in the JRPG world, and many still remember the riveting "Arise Within You" and "Under the Progress" from Parasite Eve. Her music is definitely worth checking out. 8. MASAHI HAMAUZU Representative Music: Final...
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...Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi, also known as the Red Priest, was a Baroque music composer. Not only was he a composer, he was expert violinist. Being born on March 4th, 1678 in Venice, Italy, he grew up being a priest in mind. He was then ordained in 1703 obtaining the name “Red Priest” because he had red hair. After his priesting days, he became a violin teacher at an orphanage for girls named Pio Ospedale della Pieta. After writing a little while teaching, he began to see his true potential and so did the people around him. In 1713 he decided to take leave off of the orphanage and play at his first opera in Vicenza named Ottone in villa. Up-starting his career he traveled around composing operas, cantatas and concert music. After countless operas, cantatas and concerts, Vivaldi has reached a magnificent goal of becoming a famous composer. Before Vivaldi decided to become a composer, he was studying to become a priest. He began at the age of 15. In 1703 he was ordained as a priest, also obtaining the name “Red Priest”. It was said that Vivaldi had an asthma condition. Wearing the priest uniform squeezed his chest making it very hard for him to breathe. About a year into being a priest, he had to quit because of his asthma condition. Moving on, Vivaldi picked up a violin and practiced that. He played at the orphanage for girls named Pio Ospedale della Pieta. Constantly playing there, he was appointed to be a violin teacher. He taught the young girls there from 1703...
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...Franz Joseph Haydn Over the course of his 106 symphonies, Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn became the principal architect of the classical style of music. Haydn was called the father of the symphony and the father of the string Quartet. He was born March 31, 1732. When he was eight years old, he went to Vienna to sing in the choir at St. Stephen's Cathedral. His younger brother Michael joined him a short time later. Haydn spent a lot of his life as a musician somewhat secluded from the rest of the music world. On May 1, 1761, he went to work for the Esterhazy family where he remained for the next 30 years. Once he left the Esterhazy family, he was well known and worked with a number of composers. Joseph, he did not go by Franz, was also famous for his sense of humor. This affected his music in a few ways. He also knew other very famous composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a very busy man and took many trips throughout his life. By the end of his life he was ill and weak; luckily he was alive to enjoy some of his fame. Haydn died May 31, 1809 in Vienna, Austria as one of the greatest composers of his time. Joseph Haydn had a pretty good childhood. He was born in Rohrau, Austria which bordered Hungary. His two well-known siblings were Michael Haydn and Johann Evangelist Haydn. Michael Haydn was born on September 14th, 1737, and he also became a well-known composer. In 1745 he followed in brother Josephs footsteps and became a chorister...
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...years around 1600, music underwent rapid changes at the sophisticated courts and churches of northern Italy. The Baroque Period is a period of dramatic expression, of a vigorous, highly ornamented art. With new exciting resources, composers began to write motets, madrigals, and other pieces with new simplicity. This new style took over Italy and it spread out to most of Europe. The term Baroque means imperfect pearl which is used to describe its eccentric redundancy and noisy abundance of details, which sharply contrasted the rationality of the Renaissance. Back in the nineteenth century, the term was interpreted as overly ornamented or exaggerated. This emotional, and exaggerated fashion lead to a break down in the fluid of High Renaissance style. Many of the Baroque personalities from the first part of the period hail from Italy, including Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Corelli, and Vivaldi. Cantata, concerto, sonata, oratorio, and opera, were all forms identified with Baroque music originated from Italy. Although this period initialized in Italy, creating a national style, differences between nations are audible. There was a particular contrast of composition and performance between Italy and France. One of the major philosophical currents in baroque music comes from the Renaissance interest in ideas from ancient Greece and Rome. Both believed that music was a powerful tool of communication that could arouse emotion to its listeners. Their philosophy made composers aware of the music’s...
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...He withdrew it from rehearsal in December under official pressure from the regime, and under fear for his life, and it was not given its first performance until 1961. Shostakovich: Fearing for his Life During 1936 and 1937, in order to maintain as low a profile as possible, Shostakovich mainly composed film music, a genre favoured by Stalin and one in which the composer could avoid expressing any potentially dangerous tendencies. Nevertheless, tired of the repression, he then decided to compose a piece a new piece: his Fifth Symphony, finished july 1937. Only a few days before its premiere, due 21 November 1937, an article by the composer it self was published in the Moscow newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva, where he stated that the work: “is a Soviet artist’s creative response to justified criticism.” The Symphony became a huge success because many people in the Leningrad’s audience had lost his family or friends during the “Great Terror”. During the performance of the symphony, people were reported to have wept during the Largo movement. Later Shostakovich wrote in his memoirs: “I'll never believe that a man who understood nothing could feel the Fifth Symphony.”. But of course all those...
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...Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was a jazz musician that was a composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. Ellington was born April 29, 1899 in Washington D.C. Ellington started to get a profile at a cotton club in Harlem with his orchestra he led. By the 1930’s Ellington and his orchestra had a tour and Europe and was being known by many. At this point Ellington wasn’t even the category of jazz, he was in the category of American Music. In Ellington’s orchestra were some excellent jazz musicians, such as saxophonist named Johnny Hodges. His band was the best-known orchestra in history of jazz. The band members that were apart of Ellington’s orchestra stayed in it for several decades. Ellington has several songs written by his band...
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...[7] Anirudh was a part of a band in school called Zinx. At the age of 10, he started composing music and landed his first break – '3' at the age of 21. He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K.K. Nagar. He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai in 2011, which according to him was just a back up in case his music career did not take off. Anirudh learnt classical piano from Trinity College of Music, London. He also learnt Carnatic music, and was part of a Carnatic fusion band.[8] ------------------------------------------------- Career[edit] 2011-2012: Debut and early success[edit] Anirudh was selected to make his debut as music composer in his cousin Aishwarya R. Dhanush's directorial debut 3 starring Dhanush and Shruti Haasan. While pursuing his degree at Loyola College, he had done background scores for about short films by Aishwaryaa and was convinced by her to also work on her first commercial venture.[9]Furthermore at the launch of the film in August 2011, Anirudh revealed that he had played the keyboard for compositions by A. R. Rahman and was a part of a band called Zinx.[10] In early November 2011, a leaked version of a song from the film, "Why This Kolaveri Di" circulated online and the film's team decided to subsequently release it officially on 16 November 2011 with a music video shot featuring Dhanush singing the song at AM studios, accompanied by composer Anirudh on a keyboard. It instantly became viral on social networking sites for its quirky "Tanglish"...
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...ABSTRACT Title: PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF SCREAMO MUSIC TO THE SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT OF THE STIGMATINE YOUTH MOVEMENT MEMBERS Author: JOHN LERY MAAMBONG ANASTACIO Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication School Year: 2009 – 2010 Rationale This study aims to know the significant relationship of the profile of the respondents and the perceived effects of screamo music to the spiritual enrichment of the Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM) Statement of the problem This study Is to determine the perceived effects of screamo music on the spiritual enrichment of the Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM). This seeks to answer the following questions: 1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of 1.1. Age 1.2. Gender 1.3. Length of membership in Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM) 1.4. Length of exposure to Screamo Music 2. What are the effects of Screamo music as perceived by the Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM) in the apostolate? 3. Is there a significant relationship between the profile of the respondents and the perceived effects of screamo music to the spiritual enrichment of the Stigmatine Youth Movement (SYM)? Methodology A descriptive survey research was used in this study. Descriptive research involves collection of data in order to test hypothesis or to answer questions concerning the current status of the subject of the study. The descriptive research has no...
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...Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was a jazz musician that was a composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. Ellington was born April 29, 1899 in Washington D.C. Ellington started to get a profile at a cotton club in Harlem with his orchestra he led. By the 1930’s Ellington and his orchestra had a tour and Europe and was being known by many. At this point Ellington wasn’t even the category of jazz, he was in the category of American Music. In Ellington’s orchestra were some excellent jazz musicians, such as saxophonist named Johnny Hodges. His band was the best-known orchestra in history of jazz. The band members that were apart of Ellington’s orchestra stayed in it for several decades. Ellington has several songs written by his band members that have been popular. Ellington had a writing companion named Billy Strayhorn, who was his composer-arranger-pianist. When Ellington was 7 years of age he started to take piano lessons from a young lady. His mother decided to have him around a lot of women so he could live elegantly and to be respectful. As he grew older his friends noticed that he was well mannered and was dressed nice, so they gave him the nickname “Duke”. Duke did not want to always play the piano. His dream was...
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...Enlightenment in Prussia and German States The Enlightenment was an expansive intellectual, philosophical, cultural, and social movement that spread throughout much of Europe during the 1700s. The Enlightenment was largely made possible by the Scientific Revolution which began in the 1500s and represented the biggest departure from The Middle Ages. After millenniums of obedience to the Church people started to break away from a long spell of ignorance and began to question ideas relating to society and nature. A period also known as ‘The Age of Reason’ saw the emergence of intellectuals advancing knowledge unlike ever before. What resulted were pivotal discoveries in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, physics, politics, economics, philosophy, music, and medicine that shaped the Western world for decades and centuries to come. While The Enlightenment didn’t help produce a revolutionary outcome such as in France, Prussia and German states still experienced a fair share of intellectual development during this time. Since Germany was divided into a multitude of smaller states, with different languages and influences, The Enlightenment didn’t have a full blown effect. Moreover, the combination of popular discontent with the Church and a fury of dissatisfaction among the nobility and middle class such as in France wasn’t entirely present in Prussia. Nonetheless, Frederick II the Great, the King of Prussia, borrowed ideas from other parts of Europe in an attempt to modernize his country...
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...to take effective action or to construct or repair.Mechanic, Trainer, Contractor, Craftsperson, Tool and Dye Maker | InterpersonalThe ability to use the body to build rapport, to console or persuade, and to support others.Coach, Counselor, Salesperson, Trainer | Kinesthetic | UnderstandingThe ability to plan strategically or to critique the actions of the body.Physical Educator, Sports Analyst, Professional Athlete, Dance Critic | Self-ExpressiveThe ability to appreciate the aesthetics of the body and to use those values to create new forms of expression.Sculptor, Choreographer, Actor, Dancer, Mime, Puppeteer | Next, we listed samples of vocations that people are likely to choose, given particular intelligence and learning-style profiles. Working in this way, we devised a model that linked the process-centered approach of learning styles and the content and product-driven multiple intelligence theory. Figure 2 shows how you might construct a classroom display of information about intelligences, styles, and possible vocations. Consider kinesthetic intelligence and the difference...
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...Gootner Lives and Breathes Music Daniel Gootner is a renowned and talented musician-cum-businessman residing in the state of Florida. He was born in 1987 in Boca Raton. His passion and flair for music are exemplary. He has dedicated his complete life to music because music is in his blood. It seems as if he picked up guitar sounds while he was in his mother’s womb. He demonstrated his flair for music at an early age because of his supreme talent. Follow Daniel Gootner on Facebook to get an in-depth view of his profile and personality. Daniel Gootner entered Boca Music Mart at the tender age of 14 to buy an acoustic guitar costing $60. This was the commencement of his love story...
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...Is There Any Genetic Evidence to Explain Why Musical Prodigies Exist? Kristina Vianca Constantino Tabuena San Diego Miramar College Abstract By definition, one is considered a musical child prodigy if he or she possesses an exceptional ability, at a professional level, for music at a young age. Musical ability is defined as the capacity for music perception and production. This is really interesting because the children looks like they have been hand-picked by nature to have these gifts since they have parents who are just like any of us. This phenomenon has been known for a long time, however, there are only a few researches that have been done about this and that is why we hardly understand why musical geniuses exist and how come it is not common at all. Some theories suggest that prodigies are linked to autism. Some of these children have been treated as subjects for long-term researches to find any genetic factors that will link a trait that characterizes being a musical prodigy. The phenomenon of musical geniuses is a product of both genetic factors, as seen in their family background and link to autism, and environmental factors like family support and their devotion to practice. Methods I chose this topic because I find musical prodigies very interesting. I already started researching about them since I have been watching documentaries and following news about them. I watched a documentary about a polyglot, a master of multiple languages, named Tim Doner and I...
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...Journal of American Studies, 45 (2011), 1, 113–129 f Cambridge University Press 2010 doi:10.1017/S0021875810001271 First published online 19 July 2010 Jazz as a Black American Art Form : Definitions of the Jazz Preservation Act JEFF FARLEY Jazz music and culture have experienced a surge in popularity after the passage of the Jazz Preservation Act (JPA) in 1987. This resolution defined jazz as a black American art form, thus using race, national identity, and cultural value as key aspects in making jazz one of the nation’s most subsidized arts. Led by new cultural institutions and educational programs, millions of Americans have engaged with the history and canon of jazz that represent the values endorsed by the JPA. Record companies, book publishers, archivists, academia, and private foundations have also contributed to the effort to preserve jazz music and history. Such preservation has not always been a simple process, especially in identifying jazz with black culture and with America as a whole. This has required a careful balancing of social and musical aspects of jazz. For instance, many consider two of the most important aspects of jazz to be the blues aesthetic, which inevitably expresses racist oppression in America, and the democratic ethic, wherein each musician’s individual expression equally contributes to the whole. Balanced explanations of race and nationality are useful not only for musicologists, but also for musicians and teachers wishing to use jazz as an example...
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...DAVID (ZHENGDA) GUO 1000 Fulton Ave, Hempstead, NY 11549 Phone: 516-754-5202 Email: david.zhengda@gmail.com PROFILE M.S. Marketing candidate, strong communication, analytical and multi-tasking skills, adequate in social media marketing. To obtain an Internet marketing internship to gain experience in online analytics, social media marketing and SEO. EDUCATION Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University ! Master of Science in Marketing ! • Hofstra MBA/MS Marketing Association - Event Management Officer • Hofstra Business Consulting Group - Associate Consultant Sept 2011 - May 2013 Long Island, NY Asia Australia Business College, Liaoning University ! Sept 2007 - July 2011 Bachelor of Business in International Business; GPA: 3.5 ! Shenyang, China • Art Department at Student Union - Head of Department: Led college team to 1st place in the university Art Contests • Instrumental Club - President: Organized & promoted three rock concerts (sold tickets in one), each attracted up to 200 people in the audience (full capacity) • Scholarship: First-Class Scholarship for 6 consecutive times; National Scholarship; HSBC Scholarship • Student Representative • National First Prize Winner, Semi-Finalist in 15th “FLTRP Cup” National English Debating Competition EXPERIENCE Asian Business Association - America (National Organization)! Oct 2011 - Present Senior President of Marketing! Long Island, NY Design short-term and long-term marketing plan for organization...
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