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The Oboe HISTORY The oboe first appeared during the 17th century. Even though the oboe made its orchestral debut in France in 1657, its earliest ancestral oboe like instruments were first used around 2800 B. C. The closest predecessor of the modern oboe is an instrument also part of the double reed family called the…

On Friday, February 1st, I attended one of the many concerts performed at the Balch Auditorium in Scripps College. Theses series of concerts are presented by the Music Department at Pomona and Scripps College in Claremont, California. At first glance, I noticed the fancy Greek style buildings surrounding the area before entering the auditorium. The…

File Sharing             I remember the early days of file sharing. Back then, my friends and I were big on experimenting with the new technology. We first started file sharing using the now seemingly primitive method offered by ICQ. It was really slow. A single document file would take about an hour to download. A…

Ernst Krenek was born in Vienna, Austria on 23 August 1900 and died in Palm Springs, California on 22 December 1991. Throughout his life, he insisted that his name be written and pronounced as a German word. In 1918, near the end of World War I (1914-1918), Krenek was drafted into the Austrian Army, but…

From 1876 to 1924, more than 4.5 million Italian immigrants arrived in America, bringing their culture which encompassed traditions, food, literature, and music. The influx of immigrants had a significant impact on the growth of New York City during the nineteenth century due to the rising immigrant population. Italian music has since become a widely…

“Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera was recorded in 2002 for her fourth studio album, Stripped. It was written and produced by Linda Perry. To me, this song tells a story about the struggle of loving yourself in today’s society. It shows the persona’s want to love his or herself, and in some lines their ability to…

The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst. From its premiere to the present day, the suite has been enduringly…

The trombone is surely the most recognizable air current instrument. being the lone 1 with a true slide subdivision. The trombone has been in being for centuries under assorted signifiers and names. but has remained comparatively unchanged for a bulk of that clip. In the fifteenth century. when trombones developed from the Renaissance slide cornet….

Raves Essay, Research Paper Raves are a particular sorts of parties where people dance and socialise. At these parties there are a broad scope of people who have a distinguishable manner of vesture and life manner. Because there are normally drugs and intoxicant at raves, they remain illegal in most topographic points. Due to the…

Beethovens Egmont Overture was performed by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, with the conductor as Kurt Masur, and soloist as Renaud Capucon. This piece was performed at the Church of St. Nicolai, Leipzig, Germany on October 9, 2009 to commemorate the beginning of the German reunification 20 years later. 70,000 people staged a peaceful demonstration calling for…