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Faure's "Requiem", 2004.
A general analysis of the historical perspectives of Gabriel Faure's "Requiem".
1,722 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper provides a biography of Gabriel Faure, born on May 12th, 1845, in Pamiers, France, and looks at his musical career and his life as a composer. In particular, it examines his "Requiem", which was written shortly after the death of his father in 1885. It provides a movement by movement analysis and looks at how Faure?s "Requiem" is a piece of extraordinarily beautiful musical sentiment. It analyzes how the delicate melodies and warm, dark orchestration create a rich and distinctly pious effect and how, with the greatest use of simplicity, Faure wrote a work that is of the most humanistic and tender nature.
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"Faure?s Requiem embodies a very different feeling than many requiems by other composers. Most profoundly, the tone is more one of exaltation than fear. There is a sense of celebration of life as opposed to a fear of death. A good contrast would be to compare Faure?s Requiem with Mozart?s Requiem. With the use of thick orchestration and driving melodies Mozart created an urgent and, at times, a painful and agonizing feeling. Faure?s Requiem is lighter and more understated. We can infer a lot about his ideas on religion from this piece. At this period the notorious Pope Pius X released an edict stating that church musicians and clergy needed to remove from their repertoire all music of secular and theatrical origins."
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Faure's Requiem, 2005.
Presents information on 19th Century composer, Gabriel Faure's requiem in a bid to show how music matches textual meaning.
2,061 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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Gabriel Faure's requiem in D minor, Op. 48, is one of the most popular requiems (funeral masses in the Christian tradition) and is a tour de force of 19th Century music. Usually performed by choir and orchestra, it is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful requiems written. This paper gives background information, including dates, edits and Faure's own intent in the work, and then gives a complete movement by movement music-to-text evaluation of the requiem itself.
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"What is important to note is that the composers of the day tended to write for progressively bigger and bigger orchestras, with thicker, more complicated textures, and phrases which stuck slavishly to the divisions of the bar line. Faure, on the other hand, opted for smaller ensembles and spare orchestrations, omitting violins and winds in the Requiem when he felt they were unnecessary. Faure also thought on a smaller, more intimate "musical" scale than many of his contemporaries. There are none of the larger-than-life statements of Berlioz or Wagner; the entire Requiem has roughly 30 bars of fortissimo singing, and most of it does not rise above mezzoforte."
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Requiem Masses of Giuseppe Verdi & Gabriel Faure, 1996.
Compares late 19th Cent. composers' interpretations of "Mass for the Dead."
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 9 sources, $ 95.95
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"The requiem mass is a curious case of a text that has been given hundreds of different musical settings in many different forms -- from plainsong to polyphonic to orchestral -- and styles. The words of the traditional Latin form of the mass are, in themselves, very moving. But the choices composers have made over the centuries have contributed enormously to the emotional and spiritual impact of the text. Each composer who addressed the problem of setting this text had his own motivations and produced a work that bore his individual stamp. A comparison of two requiems, those by Giuseppe Verdi and Gabriel Faur?, demonstrates how the same subject and the same words can be given radically different interpretations by two fine composers. Curiously, in a religious form, neither man was a believer. Yet their Requiems possess the same or even greater spiritual..."
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Anna Akhmatova's "Requiem", 2003.
This paper discusses the way that Anna Akhmatova captured her experiences, feelings, and emotions in her poem, ?Requiem?.
2,280 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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This paper explains that poet Anna Akhmatova, born in Odessa, Russia, in 1889, began writing poetry at the age of eleven and experienced lifelong grief and heartache, which is clearly illustrated in her poetry. The author believes that the "Requiem", a set of fifteen thematically linked verses written in 1935, is one of Akhmatova's best pieces. The paper relates that anyone reading "Requiem" could identify with Verse Four because it describes the time Akhmatova looks back on her life wishing someone would have warned her of the troubles that lay ahead.
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"Akhmatova?s use of describing emotions felt collectively by the masses of women makes the reader associate with them. One can almost imagine how it would feel to know that your loved one is innocent but locked away, to wait only to hear that the sentence is death, to be strong yet look so weak and desperate. Once these feelings have captured the reader, they become more and more vivid as one finds out Akhmatova?s feelings as an individual:
?At dawn they came and took you away.
You were my dead: I walked behind.
In the dark room children cried,
The holy candle gasped for air.?"
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"Requiem" by Anna Akhmatova, 2004.
This paper discusses the themes of death and suffering through a woman's perspective in the poem, "Requiem," by Russian Anna Akhmatova.
1,145 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that Anna Akhmatova, a famous Russian poet during Josef Stalin's regime, provides her own interpretation of life in her country during this period in the poem, "Requiem," first published in 1963. The author points out that Akhmatova, using clear and direct feminist language, considers a woman's suffering a far greater atrocity under Stalin's tyrannical rule than the combined death and suffering of Russia's sons and husbands because women must witness more deaths and sufferings than the males they are trying to protect. The paper relates that death, in "Requiem," is depicted as a welcome 'escape' from the reality; synonymous with the idea of death is succumbing to insanity or madness, another option in which the voice can also 'escape' the hard realities she can no longer accept and witness as she lives.
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"Suffering and death are made possible through gassing, being gunned down, poisoning, or inflicting a deadly disease. These are enumerated to elicit feelings of fear, terror, and hopelessness, emotions that the voice also feels. But Akhmatova goes beyond this kind of interpretation: as expressed in the poem, the woman states that she will be able to withstand all these forms of suffering, for this is not equal with the kind of suffering that cannot be depicted accurately by the poem's language and words. This part of the poem brings into lucidity the poet's interpretation and understanding of what suffering means for women, which is more emotional rather than physical."
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"Requiem for a Dream", 2004.
This paper discusses many sociological themes in Darren Aronofsky's movie, "Requiem for a Dream".
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that there are many specific sociological principles that apply to things that happen within deviant subcultures in this movie. The author points out that "Requiem for a Dream" takes sociological deviation to the extreme with its use of drugs and how drugs destroy the four main characters? lives. The paper relates that the situation where, concurrent with Harry and Tyrone selling drugs, Sara switches from her grapefruit diet to speed pills in order to lose weight, is an example of a technique of neutralization, which is the process of hardening one's attitudes, perspective, and involvement in society and social norms.
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The movie starts out with primary deviation, which is the deviant act itself. Within the first one fifth of the movie Harry, Tyrone, and Marian are all portrayed doing uppers, an illegal drug that gives users a boost of energy. Also, vocabulary of motives is shown in the first portion of the movie. Tyrone?s language is different from the rest of the characters, and he uses it in his subculture of friends to discuss their motives to sell heroin and beliefs that money is the key to happiness. However, the deviant subculture starts to develop when Harry and Tyrone start selling heroin. They form a group that believes that heroin is the only way to make a living. Harry comments about how great it is out there, referring to when he?s selling drugs, and exclaims that everyone?s thirsty out there.
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Mozart: Requiem Mass, 2002.
A biography of Mozart and an analysis of his work, 'Requiem Mass'.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 53.95
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A paper on the life history of Mozart and his composition of 'Requiem Mass'.
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Addiction and Depression in "Requiem for a Dream", 2003.
This paper looks at emotional issues found in the movie.
1,559 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses addiction, poor self-image, and loneliness as central themes in the movie, "Requiem for a Dream".
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"Every major character in ?Requiem for a Dream? is battling a demon. For the group of youths (Harry, Marian and Tyrone), drug addiction is a struggle that has grave consequences. Loneliness, addiction and poor self image are also present in the character of Sarah Goldfarb, Harry?s mom."
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Two Characters, 2002.
This paper discusses and analyzes the book, "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe and the film "Shaka Zulu," directed by William C. Faure. Specifically, it compares and contrasts the characters of Okonkwo and Shaka Zulu.
2,202 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper shows how Okonkwo and Shaka Zulu are two African male characters that share many similarities, but ultimately are two very different men. Both share qualities that could lead them to greatness, but ultimately, one man will fail, while the other will triumph ? for a time. The writer examines differences in how the two characters react to white intervention and how this leads to the loss of both their cultures.
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""Things Fall Apart" is one of the greatest African novels. As one critic notes, "The book is at once a cultural resource, a historical novel, a morality tale, and above all a great literary work that celebrates its own cultural milieu and renders it familiar to others" (Aji and Ellsworth 170). It tells the story of the Ibo culture in a small village, Umuofia, in Nigeria, just as the white colonials began to arrive. The underlying theme of the novel is the struggle of the Ibo to hold on to their culture and language as Nigeria changes and shifts into a new century. The main character of the story is Okonkwo, a man in as much transition as his people. Okonkwo is a man who is wrapped up in the old world, and when it comes right down to it, he cannot change with the times, just as his culture could not change with the advent of the white man."
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Four Great American Authors, 2004.
This paper discusses the work of four great American authors: Carl Sandburg, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, and Arthur Miller.
2,210 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper explains the content and style of Carl Sandburg's poem, "Prairie Waters at Night"; Ambrose Bierce's short story, "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"; Steven Crane's novel, "The Red Badge of Courage;" and Arthur Miller's play, "Death of a Salesman". The author points out that Carl Sandburg's poem, "Prairie Waters at Night," emphasizes the theme of the tranquility of waters at night by using repetition, alliteration, and sentence length to convey the sensations of a calming night by the water through sound. The paper relates that the works by Ambrose Bierce and Stephen Crane demonstrate the use of strong narrative; whereas, in Arthur Miller's play, "Death of a Salesman", the Requiem offers incredible ironies.
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Carl Sandburg's Poem, "Prairie Waters at Night"
Ambrose Bierce's Short Story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek"
Steven Crane's Novel, "The Red Badge of Courage"
Arthur Miller's Play, "Death of a Salesman"
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"Alliteration is also a technique that Sandburg utilizes successfully in this poem. The sound of the letter "l" is particularly effective in that it has a hypnotic quality about it. In the words willows, and laughter, we get a feeling of relaxation and ease associated with this scene. The vowel sound in the words long and drowse are also a form alliteration that forces to read the poem slowly. Another technique of sound that the poet uses is long sentences and line lengths. In this way, he forces us to read the sentences slowly, which reinforces the slow, tranquil mood he is trying to convey."
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Darren Aronofsky, 2006.
A biography of the life and work of the director Darren Aronofsky.
753 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper explores the rise of cutting-edge director Darren Aronofsky, whose masterpieces 'Pi' and 'Requiem for a Dream' have stunned audiences all over the world.
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"The technical elements of Darren Aronofsky's work include the use of both dark, epic music and stellar visuals in order to create an effect that is greater than the sum of its components, creating a "symbosis" of media. With respect to only visual elements, Aronofsky likes to use what he calls "hip-hop montages"-consecutive scenes linked together by a vibrant beat that gives the segment unity. The frenetic pace of his movies serves to augment the psychodrama of the characters whose lives hang in the balance, and the absence of much stillness or aesthetic beauty only highlights this."
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 2002.
An overview of the extraordinary life and achievements of the musical genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an undeniable genius. Mozart's rejection of court musical life was transparent. Mozart's finances during the Vienna years must be counted a mystery. By the time of Mozart's final illness, he had completed only some of what has become known as "Mozart's Requiem". Considerable evidence suggests that Mozart dabbled in mathematics. In studying Mozart, we can see that his life was anything but ordinary.
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"The Dream Palace of the Arabs", 2002.
Discusses the book "The Dream Palace of the Arabs" by Fouad Ajami.
2,367 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This essay discusses the main theme of the above-entitled book--the conflict between the intellectual content of Arab nationalism and the realities of the Middle East in modern times and the resulting disillusionment and alienation of many Arab intellectuals. The main focus of the essay is Chapter One, The Suicide of Khalil Hawi: Requiem for a Generation, with reference to excerpts from other chapters and other sources with respect to the period leading up to Hawi's death on June 6, 1982.
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"Hawi was a Christian Arab of Greek Orthodox origins who was born in December 1919 and grew up in mountainous areas east of Beirut, Lebanon. He was exposed at an early age to the ravages of the Turks and the hardships of post-World War I Lebanon. He became well-known as an Arab poet and as a professor at the American University in Beirut (AUB) and at Cambridge University in England. Ajami uses his life and the development of his thought to trace the disenchantment and despair his generation of Arab intellectuals felt toward the directions Arab nationalism had taken since the days of his youth."
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Embracing the Past, 2006.
This paper discusses how elements of the past, rather than being forgotten, shape society.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer looks at William Faulkner's quote from Act I Scene III of 'Requiem for a Nun', "the past is never dead. It's not even the past". The writer points out that the play was intended to discuss the world of the characters in a small southern town. The writer further shows that the lines from the play relayed how events of the past continuously affected people in the present and suggests that this is a continuing cycle throughout society.
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"Although individuals may attempt to forget elements of the past, it is the past that allows society to be strengthened over time. Furthermore, due to the fact that what occurs in the past cannot be forgotten, the past continues to influence life, and therefore, remains part of the present. The concept of history demonstrates that "the past is never dead". Countries, such as the United States, are rich with historical evidence of their past. This occurs through the construction of museums, monuments, and buildings that house historical documentation."
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