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    Ludwig Van Beethoven and W.A. Mozart Ludwig Van Beethoven and W.A. Mozart are the two most important musicians of their time. Their pieces are everlasting and will live on forever. Their styles are so unique and uplifting that they could never be matched. These masterminds played in the same time period but their lives differed tremendously. There are some similarities and many differences between these two but one fact will remain: They are the central and most vital part of all music. Wolfgang

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    settings and characters coincided with people and places from his past. Authors of stories, similar to screenwriters, often write about what they know; therefore, we find their stories similar in many aspects. In the “The Devil and Tom Walker” and “Rip Van Winkle” we see that the author Washington Irving uses similarities in setting, male protagonist, female protagonist, and mystic characters. Similarity between stories is shown through setting. One proof of similarity is that both stories depict

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    Beethoven Biography Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827). He is known for some of the most influential pieces of music ever written, Ludwig van Beethoven created a bridge between the 18th-century classical period and the new beginnings of Romanticism. His greatest breakthroughs in composition came in his instrumental work, including his symphonies. Beethoven had a very hard childhood. He was 1 of 7 children, many of which never lived to adulthood. His family was very poor. His father was an alcoholic

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    Irving Washington’s Rip Van Winkle is one of the most famous and acclaimed works as well as one of Irving’s biggest successes. Irving wrote it after the American Revolution and during that time is when America’s society was still developing and becoming it’s a government of its own. This short story shows how a new, thriving America had gained freedom, but then that freedom came with a price as it meant that the newly freed country would eventually have had to struggle to establish its own identity

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    Liana Frauenberger Dr. Campbell MUS 251 14 November 2017 Beethoven Take-Home Essay Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer who lived from 1770 to 1827. He was born in a family of musicians, which allowed him to demonstrate his musical talent from a very young age. However, he struggled immensely in a variety of ways throughout his entire life. Beethoven’s father was an alcoholic who would force him to practice piano constantly, as an attempt to make him a world-renowned prodigy. This made him

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    Ludwig van Beethoven was born December 17, 1770 in Germany. He died March 26, 1827. Beethoven was know as a great pianist and composer. Because of the placement of his life span he was able to be make music in the classical and romantic periods. He was an important transitional composer between the two eras. Throughout his career he made several types of compositions including symphonies, piano concertos, a violin concerto, piano sonatas, and string quartets. Beethoven’s music changed over his career

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    Rogier Van der Weyden was a Flemish painter of the mid-15th century. Rogier was chiefly influenced by his first teacher, Robert Campin. Although details of his early training are sketchy, it is generally accepted that he entered the workshop of Robert Campin, the foremost painter in Tournai and dean of the painters' guild, in 1427 at the age of 27 (http://www.belgium.be). Rogier remained in Campin's studio for five years, becoming an independent master of the guild on August 1, 1432. Van der Weyden

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    Do you know who Albrecht Durer and Vincent Van Gogh is? These two men are historical figures and remembered for their artwork. A similar artwork the two men made were self-portraits. However, these to artworks have many similarities and differences. First and foremost, Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait had a swirling technique. The colors were flowing around the page. There were many colors used throughout the face showing many ringtones. Also, the face wasn’t detailed however the different variety

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    In this edition of Fox Files, Greta Van Susteren leads us to an informative experience as she is on scene first hand witnessing thousands of refugees fleeing Syria and goes inside the effort to help the civilians fleeing the civil war. Claudia Caldwen talks to us about ‘The Bystander Syndrome’ case, and Griff Jenkins takes us to Alaska at a rare defense system in place in case of a nuclear threat. These stories show riveting details of things that as average Americans, we tend not to hear about and

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    Introduction Ludwig Van Beethoven was a classical and romantic era composer and pianist. Ludwig van Beethoven was the transition from the classical to western music. Beethoven was much taken by the ideals of the Enlightenment and by the growing Romanticism in Europe.His early work resemble Haydn and Mozart in great amount. However, his later works set stage for the choral symphonies of Romantic period. He is famous for composing 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas

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