Essays on The Four Seasons

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

- History The Four Seasons or Le Quattro Stagioni is composed of four violin concertos that were composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1723. This piece is known to be his most popular classical work and one of the most well-known in the said repertoire. The Four Seasons is also considered as one of the boldest program music in the baroque period. The concertos were first published in 1725. It was intended to be part of a set of 12 concerti, Vivaldi’s 8th Opus with the title “Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione”, which he dedicated to a Bohemian patron named ...

The Four Seasons Hotels is a chain of hotels with an international presence in major cities of the world. The hotels target various hoteliers through a comprehensive provision of services that range from hotel meals, accommodations, conferences, meetings and seminars, catering services, parties, among other hotelier products. In this paper we shall look at six specific examples of the branches which include Dublin, Sydney, Singapore, Istanbul, Jakarta and Milano. It is illustrative to note that all the mentioned hotels are located in the Middle East or Europe. These continents form the list of continents believed to have a robust economy that may ...

Question 1

Bach Johann Sebastian was a music composer and a musician from Germany within the periods of the Baroque. Through his skills in motivic organization, harmony, and counterpoint, Bach facilitated the formation and establishment of the German style. He also enriched the adaptation of textures, forms and rhythms from the outside Germany countries mostly France and Italy. His work in the field of music has made his music to be reserved for their artistic beauty, intellectual depth, and technical command. Some of his compositions include the golden variation and Brandenburg Concertos. George Frederick Handel was a British Baroque composer born in Germany. ...

Management

Introduction The article by Hallowell et al. (2002) encompasses and analysis of the important managerial factors attributed to the Four Seasons Hotel’s business. One of the significant factors identified in the article is linkage between service culture and organizational culture. However the Four Seasons Hotel and Resort is still facing challenges in terms of the overlapping cultures despite enjoying its success as a premier European hotel. The discussion focuses on analyzing the context of the article under the lenses of organizational culture. In addition, the discussion will also highlight the prominent issues about the Four Seasons Hotel as ...

Strolling through the corridors of The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art was an amazing experience that offers an unexpected enjoyment to its visitors. The Morse Museum houses the world’s most complete collection of art works by the American designer, Louis Comfort Tiffany. The museum has the most important compilation of American paintings during the nineteenth and twentieth century and excellent collections of American art pottery, decorative and graphics arts. The museum also features several installations such as the iconic Tiffany lamps, restored Daffodil Terrace, the award-winning glass windows made with lead and traditional fixtures. The ...

Introduction

This paper presents an analysis of the similarities and differences between the Fairmont and the Four Seasons groups of hotels. Accordingly, the paper compares the historical development of the two hotel chains presenting challenges and triumphs that the groups were faced with. Further, the comparison also delves into the differences and commonalities in the management of the operations of the two hotel chains. Later, the paper also discussed the ownership of the hotel chains drawing similarities and differences in each case. Primarily, the paper provides a detailed comparison and contrast of the Fairmont and Four Seasons chains of hotels.

History

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Introduction

There are many different musical eras, which have influenced music to be composed the way it is now. The eras are the baroque era, the classical era, the romantic era and the modern era. There have been a number of notable famous musicians and composers of music from various countries across from Europe and the United States of America. These composers came from different periods and have influenced one another in their music. In looking at the composition from all the eras, it is very clear that there is a difference and some similarities of the music.

Baroque era

The baroque period is ...

Why The Earth Axis Is 23.5°?

As everybody knows, there are four seasons on Earth: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Many people believe that the seasons change because the earth's orbit is elliptical and the distance between the earth and the sun keeps varying. It is not absolutely wrong, but the season changes over time are mostly caused by the rotation axis of the Earth to its orbit. The earth's rotation axis is not vertical to its orbit; it is tilted at 23.5 degrees to its orbit. Knowing the difference of each area’s biome and seasonal differences have been irrelevant to most people in ...

Executive summary

For any competitive industry, many players always try to outshine the other parties to become the top at their game. For the case a good marketing plan is good to distinguish between the good and the best, a good marketing plan focuses on selling out the products to the consumers. In addition, influencing them positively to buy the products is achieved by a good marketing plan (Robert 24). This marketing plan is for a five star hotel company that is located across Europe. In all the major cities in Europe, is where The Four Seas Hotel is located.

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Introduction

The Four Seasons Hotel management and staff have one golden rule, which is ‘do unto others, as you would have them do unto you’. This means that everyone is treated with dignity, respect and compassion; be it a client or an employee. In order to cultivate such a philosophy and culture in an organization, it is cardinal to have the right people to implement it. To achieve this objective, the Four Seasons Hotels human resource department has a comprehensive program for recruiting, selecting and hiring new employees. Opportunities are provided openly and fairly to all qualified candidates interested in working for the ...

The Four Seasons Hotels is a chain of hotels with an international presence in major cities of the world. The hotels target various hoteliers through a comprehensive provision of services that range from hotel meals, accommodations, conferences, meetings and seminars, catering services, parties, among other hotelier products. This Literature Review focuses on six branches, which include Dublin, Sydney, Singapore, Istanbul, Jakarta and Milano. All the mentioned hotels are either located in the Middle East or Europe. These listed continents have a robust economy that might not wallow to changes in the world economic climate. I am going to analyse how the ...

The Canadian opera company has been the heart of the opera culture in Canada for over half a century. The greater viewership has been the older generation. However, the company intends to change this notion in order to receive more donations and improve its viewership. Its goal is to attract a younger oriented audience then they have in the past. This will pose as a challenge since they intend to market the same values in order to retain the older and more cultured older generation. It would also invite new donations that would be attracted by the young generation.

Notably, challenges are ...

Part I

Monody – This style is particularly associated with Italian songs in 17th century, specifically from 1600 to 1640. The main composers of Monody were Vincenzo Galilei, Emilio de Cavalieri, and Claudio Monteverdi. Sacrae cantiunculae tribus vocibus of 1582 is the major work in Monody by Claudio Monteverdi. The style grew in Italy as the response to the 16th century contrapuntal style vocal genres like motet and madrigal. The Messiah – Messiah is the work of George Frideric Handel and reached the peak of its popularity in 19th century. It uses text painting and is segregated in three acts. The most ...

“The Four Seasons” by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi is one the most remarkable masterpieces of the world music history. It is available for listening on almost every musical website, for ex. you can find it at http://magnatune.com/all/abaroque-seasons_128.mp3 A unique representative of Italian art, Vivaldi composed them in 1723.

“The Four Seasons” are considered to be one of the best artworks in Baroque music epoch which lasted from 1600 to 1750. First published in Amsterdam in 1725, they were a part of Opus 8, entitled “The Contest between Harmony and Invention”.

Today we can hear many different versions with solo instruments, but ...