1. Charlie Chaplin
The only child of Charles and Addie Parker, Charlie Parker was one of the most important and influential saxophonists and jazz players of the 1940's. Charlie Parker, also named "Bird", was born on August 29, 1920 in Kansas City, Kansas. He was one of the major forces in the creation of modern jazz known as Be-bop. Bop, known as Be-bop or Re-bop, is a form of jazz that was created as a revolt against the restrictions on creative freedom that were typical of the big bands of the swing era. Charlie's tone and approach on the alto saxophone, as well as his musical ideas have been followed, understood, adopted, and imitated by performers of all jazz instruments. During this time, two other individuals, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, began following a similar approach to the new form of music as Parker did. Basically, they were following the form of A-A-B-A, or the 12-bar blues pattern in their music.
The piece of music that I chose to analyze is the Confirmation by Charlie Parker, composed in 1953. In addition to Charlie's alto saxophone there are three other instruments which are being played in this piece of music, that of piano, bass, and drums. All these accompaniments play important roles in this piece, since they provide a harmonic foundation which allow the alto saxophone a much more rich, distinguished and tangible sound. .
This piece begins in a G major with a 5 second introduction by the piano, while right after the first measure, it leaves the G major and goes to relative minors such as E minor, D minor and C minor. Finally, at the end of the piece, it returns to G major again. In general, the signature of the piece keeps changing which makes it hard for the audience to predict how the music will go. As a result of this the audience is made to focus their attention all the way to the end.
For the first 5 seconds, it sounds like the texture of the piece is homophony, but it changes when Parker starts to play to polyphony.
I hope to shed light on Charlie Chaplin with the following questions. What were films like before Charlie Chaplin started his acting career? ... Between 1914-1916 Charlie Chaplin made 61 films in Hollywood. ... Charlie had long wanted creative and financial freedom. ... The backlash against Charlie Chaplin began gaining momentum in 1942. ...
Charlie Chaplin was born into a show business family. ... Charlie's father, Charles Chaplin Sr., was also an entertainer. ... It would be several years before Charlie Jr. would see his father again. ... When Charlie was 17, Vaudeville was a major aspect of show biz. ... While making his second movie, " Kid Auto Races at Venice", which was released in 1914, Charlie Chaplin put together his famous costume for the tramp. ...
When Charlie and Algernon met they became friends, even though Algernon was a mouse. ... Both Charlie and Leonard had experiments done on them. ... Charlie has not yet gone back to his old ways or had his intelligence decrease. ... Charlie's mother didn't even care about him because he had a disability. ... Leonard tried to stick up for his friends; Charlie tried to stick up for himself. ...
Charlie Chaplin was many things to many people. ... Later, his brother, Sydney, managed to get Charlie involved with the Fred Karno Company, which was basically a comedians college. In the early 1910's, Charlie toured the United States with the Karno group. While on his tours, Charlie became associated with the Keystone Film Company, in which Charlie took his first glimpse into the emerging movie industry. ... In 1962 Charlie received an honorary degree from Oxford University. ...
Charlie ended up shooting his supervisor at work. ... The confrontation started between Charlie and Beau. ... Through Beau's past experience with Charlie, Beau grinned at Charlie knowing that Charlie was not going to hit Beau with the stalka cane. ... Charlie stood outside of Mathu's house with a shotgun. ... Mapes seemed that he changed little on his view about Charlie. ...
Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, was suppose to be his first film that really incorporated sound and voice, but instead he found a way to cleverly use sound, while still having the same effect as a silent film. ... But, Charlie Chaplin, in this new stage of technology and people coming out with films with sound, really wanted to make a point. ... In another skit, Charlie's slave driven boss decides to test out a machine that is used to feed all of his workers while leaving their hands free. ... Lastly, while Charlie is working as a factory worker he takes a break to use the bathroom ...
Over the years Charlie hebdo has been sued nearly 50 times. ... " In 2011 Charlie Hebdo then produced a cartoon stating "one hundred lashings if you don't die of laughter" with another depiction of Muhamad and due to this the Charlie Hebdo offices were firebombed. Later in 2011 they published another depiction of Muhammad as a homosexual kissing one of the cartoonists of the Charlie Hebdo magazine with a quote "love is stronger than hatred.... In the case of the Charlie Hebdos depictions of the prophet Muhammad I fully accept is very offensive to many Muslims and to in...
There were two women who were very helpful in Charlie's development as a person. Alice Kinnian was Charlie's teacher, and Fay Lillman was Charlie's neighbor after Charlie becomes a genius. They both taught Charlie very much but in different ways. ... Whenever Charlie had a problem or needed advice he would go to Alice right away because the professors working at the lab that Charlie had to attend after the operation were more scientists than friends to Charlie, so he felt that the only person he could confide in was Alice. ... During the time they spent together Fay took Cha...