Fanny Mendelssohn Research Paper

Nina Simone was one of the most unique, influential, and gifted singers of her generation. She was born on February 21, 1933 as Eunice Waymon, in Tryon, North Carolina. Her mother was a preacher and she started playing piano at an early age, around 3 or 4 at her mother’s church, as she was playing piano at a local recital she caught the eye of an older white woman willing to give her lessons. Nina went on to studying classical piano for 5 years with the woman, learning the stylings of the classical greats such as Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms. As a child she felt so isolated, spending up to 7 hours a day practicing the piano, and growing up in the south in the segregation era, she felt as she could not fit in neither with the white or black community, even when surrounded by other children all they wanted to

Annie Leibovitz, also known as Anna-Lou Leibovitz, was born on October 2, 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut. Annie was born as one of six children to her father, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S Air Force, and her mother, a dance instructor. Beginning at a young age, Annie was forced to travel around the world with her family while her father was stationed in different places. At one particular time when her father was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War, Annie started to take pictures. During this time is when Annie truly began her journey in the photography world.

Annie Leibovitz is a famous portrait photographer best known for her portraits of musicians, athletes, and other well-known celebrities. Annie’s photographs have appeared in a numerous magazines and publications. She had such a successful career as a portrait photographer as she made many accomplishments and achieved big time awards. On October 2, 1949, Annie-Lou Leibovitz was born. She was born and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut of the United States of America. She was born into a Jewish family where she was one six children of Samuel Leibovitz and Marilyn Edith. Unfortunately, her parents never got married. Her father, Samuel Leibovitz, was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and her mother, Marilyn Edith, was a dance instructors. The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War.

The style of Felix and Fanny was very similar, mainly because they studied with the same teacher, and grew up in the same environment. Moreover, they often exchanged musical opinions, and critiqued each other’s music when they grew up. Many historians say that Fanny was inspired by Felix, but some of their works show that they were inspired by each others. Between November 1839 to May 1840 Fanny was traveling in Italy. A year later she composed Il Saltarello romano, a piano piece which was inspired by her traveling experience. However, it contains a rhythmic pattern, and a motif which is reminiscent of the last movement of Felix’s Italian Symphony, composed in 1833. Therefore, it is possible that Fanny was also inspired by her brother’s symphony (Cooper & Prandi, 2002). On the other hand, Felix’s Andante in G major Op.62 No.1 from Songs Without Words Book 5 composed in 1844 is very similar to Fanny’s Andante in G major Op.2 No.1 composed in 1836. These two Andante have very similar openings which consisted of an anacrusis followed by a dominant seventh, then resolved down. Moreover, it is obvious that Felix’s Andante has a similar melodic structure to Fanny’s. Even through the Mendelssohn sibling’s composition style were very similar, there are some characteristic in Fanny’s composition which are different from her brother’s.

The real name of Fanny Brice was Fannie Borach. She was born on October 29, 1891, a daughter of Charles Borach and Rose Stern. According to the Television Networks, Fanny Brice won the venue’s amateur night competition and the price of $5 at the age of 13 after singing “When You Know You're Not Forgotten by the Girl You Can't Forget." The victory lit her passion for the stage, and she soon left school to follow her dreams (Fanny Brice Biography.) Fanny had become successful by singing the song “Sadie Salom, Go Home” using her Jewish accent. From then, she created her characters based on her Jewish background (Fanny Brice Facts.)

From Hamburg, Germany, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was best know as a composer. She was of Jewish descent and her father was a philosopher. Her mother however, was not born into Judaism. From her early years as a child and on, she has composed over four hundred and sixty pieces of music according to Wikipedia. The majority of her songs are considered a style called Lied ohne Worte, or Songs without Words. Hensel lived during the years 1805 - 1847.

19.  Franz Schubert. Born in 1797, died in 1828 from Vienna. Wrote well over 600 works. Was the Master of the Art Song. He wasn’t financially successful and his symphonies were performed after he died. 
20.  Robert Schumann. Born in 1810, died in 1856 from Germany. Wrote piano pieces and symphonies. Known for his gift of melody. Eventually was committed and later died. 
21.  Clara Schumann. Born in 1819, died in 1896 from Germany. First well known female composer. Married to Robert Schumann. Stop composing at age 36. Mainly wrote piano pieces. After husbands death she dedicated the rest of her career to promoting her husbands work. 
22.  Frederic Chopin. Born in 1811, died in 1849 from Poland. Came to Paris at age 21, wrote exclusively for piano. Wrote free form preludes, nocturnes etudes and impromptus. Composed mainly chamber music. Had and affair

Ana Mendieta (November 18, 1948 – September 8, 1985) was a Cuban American execution craftsman, stone worker, painter and video craftsman who is best known for her "earth-body" fine art. She was conceived in Havana, Mendieta touched base in the United States as an outcast in 1961, through operation Peter Pan. Her work was by and large personal and concentrated on topics including women's liberation, brutality, life, demise, and put, having a place, relocation and issues of character. Amid her lifetime, Mendieta created more than 200 masterpieces utilizing earth as a sculptural medium. She utilized her body and normal materials to indicate physical and profound association with earth. Her works are by and large connected with the four essential components of nature. Mendieta regularly centered around a profound and physical association with the Earth. Mendieta communicates effective all inclusive truths by utilizing subjects of birth, development, demise, and resurrection, which

Sarah Bernhardt was born on October 22, 1844 in Paris, France. She never knew her father, but she did know that he was a Parisian who never married her mother. Sarah was the illegitimate daughter of Julie Bernard. She is a Dutch courtesan who had established herself in Paris. When Sarah was young she wanted to become a nun, but one of her mother’s lovers who is Napoleon III’s half brother, decided that she should be an actress. When she was 16, arranged for her to enter the Paris Conservatoire, the government-sponsored school of acting. She was not considered a promising student, and, although she revered some of her teachers, she regarded the Conservatoire’s methods as antiquated. Sarah Bernhardt left the Conservatoire in 1862 but was accepted

Change is something that can only occur when an individual or an idea can break the mold of what the norm is and burst through to a new light. Rosa Luxemburg was one of the first, and arguably the best political theorists of the twentieth century. Some may ask what her life and experiences have to offer to the reader for an insight and perspective on the time and struggles that she had to go through. Her life is a great example of a woman overcoming odds and fighting to maintain the political and social beliefs that were always being challenged by the government figures of the time. Luxemburg fought many battles within her jurisdiction.

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He remained a clerk for three years. He hated his job but he worked feverishly at it for he worked hard at every task he was given. He continued to be drawn into the music world and he took piano and theory lessons. Finally, in 1862, he quit his job and devoted the rest of his life to music which he began by entering the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He graduated with a silver medal in 1865. After graduation he was unsure of what to do until 1866 when Nicholas Rubenstein offered him the job of professor of harmony at the newly formed Moscow Conservatory. It was here that he wrote his first serious works which included AA Festival Overture on the Danish National Hymn,@ his First Symphony in G AWinter Daydreams,@ and his first opera AThe Voyevode.@ Showing his desire for perfection he tore up the opera because he was dissatisfied with it and it wasn=t until 1949 that it was revived.5

Christina Rossetti was a Victorian poet that is seen as, “one of the most important of English women poets both in range and quality” (Britannica.org). Her religion was especially important to her, a High Church Anglican. She devoted her life to her religion, and she even broke off an engagement because the man she had planned to marry became a Roman Catholic. However, in 1871 Rossetti [contracted] Graves’ disease. The illness was life threatening, but she still continued to write poetry through her faith. After she had lived with the disease for a while, her works started to shift towards devotional prose writings. The two ideas that she wrote the most about were, “the transience of material things” and, “the resigned but passionate sadness

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Starting out, you have to compare the negatives of the Polis from Medea to the negatives of the “romanitas” from Ovid. There were many negatives that we saw and read about in the book of Medea. The main negative was the state power. Of the state power there was the Bureaucrats, Politicians and the Lawyers. These three groups of people had the entire control over what would happen in their society. Even though Medea was a very loyal woman to her husband Jason, she resented the state power and in turn Jason gave her up. Jason was very loyal to the state power of the elites. Both of them were very loyal, but loyal for two different causes. Here is a quote from Jason explaining why he came to