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Guillaume Costely, 2002.
Examines the life and accomplishments of this Renaissance musician.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This paper provides a biography of the Renaissance musician and composer Guillaume Costely. Reference to the role he has played in classical music traditions is also discussed.
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Guillaume Dufay Music from Medieval and Renaissance Music, 2006.
An examination of Guillaume Dufay's music and its origins.
34 words (approx. 0.1 pages), 6942 sources, MLA, AU$ 25.95
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In this paper the author looks at what Guillaume Dufay's music meant in terms of music history. The author starts with a look at the Gregorian chant from Medieval times which was the main form of sacred music, how it developed and what it gave to modern music. The paper continues with a look at the other forms of music that have developed over the years and contributed to the work of Guillaume Dufay. In particular the author highlights the development of church music in the Renaissance period which, as he points out was the basis for Dufay's music compositions. The author discusses the life and works of Dufay's music as a move towards a clearly defined tonal and functional harmonic structure. The author believes that this helped prepare one of the most important stylistic developments in music of the following century. In conclusion the author reminds us that we are lucky to have the musical pieces that have been curated and restored. A number of Dufay's as well as other composers from that era had masterpieces destroyed because of the political climate.
Outline:
Table of Contents
Introduction
Gregorian Chant
Motet
Troubadour Influence
The Development of Musical Notation
Polyphony
Machaut
Guillaume Dufay a Biography
Dufay's Music
Dufay and Faux-bourdon
Dufay's Motets
Conclusion
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"Dufay began composing at a time when musical style was in a period of relative stability and changing that style was not readily accepted. Dufay cannot be thought of as one of the great revolutionaries in Western music; the term 'originality' in the classic sense of the word was not familiar to him. This is not to say, however, that Dufay was in any way lacking of originality or he was in any way reactionary. Quite to the contrary, he played an integral role in the development of faux-bourdon and the cyclic mass. He was one of the first composers to handle four-voice texture with any kind of convincing skill before the end of the 15th century. Furthermore, his attempt to move towards a clearly defined tonal and functional harmonic structure helped prepare one of the most important stylistic developments of the following century. Dufay's works and compositions have come to be known as the supremely polished works of a long period of slow and serene stylistic change."
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Guillaume Francois Antoine de L?Hopital, 2005.
This paper discusses mathematician Guillaume Francois Antoine de L'Hopital, born in Paris, France in 1661.
1,445 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 69.95
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This paper explains that L'Hopital, who lived during the conception of modern calculus, was taught by Bernoulli; the result of this tuition was L'Hopital's "Analyse des Infiniments Petits", which became the French reference book in the calculus for a century. The author points out that L'Hopital's name is guaranteed to survive in the memories of thousands of mathematicians because of the L'Hopital rule, which is useful when dealing with indeterminate forms. The paper relates that L'Hopital created the template by which all calculus texts would be modeled and measured against for the next three hundred years. Formulas included.
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"A natural progression from his two first works on the topic of calculus would have been a serious examination of the integral calculus. Indeed, this was a project that L'Hopital was capable of and actually began to write before his death. However, one of his contemporaries-Leibniz-made it known to L'Hopital that he also endeavored to publish a work covering the same hole in written calculus of the time. Apparently, out of respect to the mathematician who made much of his fame possible, L'Hopital abandoned the project."
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"The Romance of the Rose" by Guillaume De Lorris and Jean De Meun, 1993.
A look at the duality of men's attitudes toward women (worship vs. contempt) in the novel about the Middle Ages.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, AU$ 57.95
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"This study will analyze the duality of men's attitudes toward women as portrayed by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun in The Romance of the Rose. The study will consider the reasons that men worshipped women while at the same time having contempt for them, and will explore how this duality of attitude and practice helped shape the code of chivalry which men lived by during the Middle Ages.
In the Introduction to the book, we read that the story is told rather straightforwardly: "A Lover wishes to win his Lady (the Rose); her responsiveness (Fair Welcome) encourages him; her sense of modesty (Shame) fends him off; the dominance she exercises upon him (Danger --- a French form of the Latin word dominarium meaning 'domination') blocks his advance. Modern readers, accustomed to similar Freudian abstractions, can hardly..."
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Isorhythmic Motet, 1999.
Examines the rise of this form of vocal music in the 14th Century, in works of Guillaume de Machaut and John Dunstable and related to Ars Antiqua and Ars Nova eras.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 69.95
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This paper discusses the rise of the isorhythmic motet in the fourteenth century, as exemplified in the works of Guillaume de Machaut and John Dunstable. It will also consider the relationship of this motet form to the shift from the Ars Antiqua to the Ars Nova in the fourteenth century.
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"This paper discusses the rise of the isorhythmic motet in the fourteenth century, as exemplified in the works of Guillaume de Machaut and John Dunstable. It will also consider the relationship of this motet form to the shift from the Ars Antiqua to the Ars Nova in the fourteenth century.
The motet was the most important form of vocal music during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. It was polyphonic and usually for three voices, although many examples of two- and four-part motets are known (Hughes, 353). Used in both court and church, it also penetrated into the sphere of popular music.
The thirteenth-century motet still bore, to modern ears, a great resemblance to Gregorian chant. Even though the motets are polyphonic and the Gregorian chant monophonic, most motets of the Ars Antiqua move with such solemnity and present such a bland ...."
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What Is An American? - Crevecoeur's Letters, 2007.
A review of Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur's 'Letters From An American Farmer'.
2,841 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 123.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the life and history of Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur. The paper focuses primarily on his essays 'Letters From An American Farmer'. According to the paper, this masterpiece provided useful information and perception of the "New World", and indeed, it helped to create an American identity in the minds of Europeans, by portraying an entire country rather than any local colony.
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"Obviously, the transformation is complete, and the American character is now shaped in all its facets. Maybe Crevecoeur was influence by John Locke's ideas, that is to say, the praise for freedom and democracy. This distinct identity, however, must be put into its historical context, since at that time, they were lots of Royalists, faithful to England, in New York. In this respect, we may wonder if Crevecoeur's views are not a bit generalizing. Indeed, everything seems to be portrayed in an extreme way: a utopian America is opposed to a tyrannical Europe. We will see in our last part that Crevecoeur's text has some limitations, and that maybe, the author does not take into account certain historical truths that would be interesting to mention."
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Jean De Crevecoeur's "What is an American", 2005.
This paper discusses Michel-Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur's book "What is an American" about the American Dream.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, AU$ 38.95
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This paper explains that Jean De Crevecoeur's "What is an American" presents an important historical precedent in defining the American Dream. The author points out that early America offered a wide variety of different farming lands, which gave hope to Europeans that were destitute in their native countries. The paper relates the importance of Crevecoeur's investigative historical approach helps define the experiences of these Europeans in how America had become, in his time, a safe haven for farming and a more opportunistic way of life.
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"This historical perspective relates am important theme of the way that Americans are defined in "What is an America" by Michel-Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur. By using European cultural integration within the theme of being "American", Crevecoeur essentially reveals how opportunity has made America a nation of many cultures and ethnicities. In being a new nation that could welcome the destitute of Europe to begin new lives, early America becomes the 'dream' of wealth and prosperity for those that have the courage and industriousness to be pioneers. This historical perspective is worth reading due to the information gathering techniques used by Crevecoeur in relation to the American Dream."
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The Use of Allegory in ?The Romance of the Rose? and "Inferno", 2002.
An examination of the use of allegory in these stories that demonstrate Guillaume de Lorris's and Jean de Meun?s views on love and reason, as well as Dante Alighieri?s views on the fall of Man.
1,595 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 76.95
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The paper begins with a discussion of allegory as a literary tool. The writer then continues with an in-depth analysis of each story and evaluates how they fit in to this definition, finding each in their own way to be particularly effective uses of allegory.
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"Allegories in literature aim to assert and emphasize societal values (O?Siodhachain, 2). This stands true for the poems ?Romance of the Rose? by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, and ?The Inferno? by Dante Alighieri. Although the subject and societal issues the poems allude to differ from each other, the method employed to convey a lesson or promote a social truth through an entertaining format is identical. Through the use of allegory, the reader is aware of Lorris and Jean?s views on love and reason, as well as Dante?s views on the fall of Man."
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