View one of the following approved online concerts listed below and write a
report based on the instructions below:
Please click on the following link to view the selection of concerts:

  1. Luciano Pavarotti 1986 Siver Jubilee Concert
  2. Hauser-Live in Zagreb
  3. Hollywood in Vienna 2018

1.
Section/Paragraph One: Note the virtual concert you chose to view for this assignment. Be sure to include the
following:
· Performer’s or ensemble’s name, date and location
· Performance Medium (such as piano recital, orchestral concert, opera, symphony concert, etc.)
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2.
Section/Paragraph Two: Make a table with three columns listing all pieces in the order they were played
(include any encores as well).
Column 1: Composition Title
Column 2: Composer’s full name followed by birth and death year in parenthesis. The composer is not always
the performer. The composer writes the music; the performer is who is executing it.
Column 3: Composition Style (musical era). This should correspond to the dates when the compositions were
written and musical era during which the composer lived.
For this class the style periods are as follows:
Medieval (450-1450)
Renaissance (1450-1600)
Baroque (1600-1750)
Classical (1750-1820)
Romantic (1820-1900)
Contemporary (1900-present day)
Example of Paragraph Two Column:
Composition Title
Composer (birth year – death year)
Composition Style (Musical Era)
The Erlking
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Romantic
Symphony No. 40
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Classical
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Contemporary
Continue until you have listed all compositions performed in the concert being viewed.
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3.
Section/Paragraph Three: Write a description of each individual song or instrumental piece performed.
If you view a concert with 20 songs being sung, list all 20 and give a description of each, including the
performer(s).
If you are viewing an orchestral concert with a symphony containing four movements as one of the works,
describe each movement of the symphony, etc.
A few descriptive qualities to analyze include:
the emotion or mood of the piece
the tempo and dynamic level (is it fast, slow, moderate in tempo; Is it a monumentally loud piece or several
dynamic changes from loud to soft? Elaborate!)
length of the piece (is it a solo piece, multi-movement, excerpt from an opera?)
For full credit, writing should be clear and eloquent, with no significant errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation
and sentence structure.
Be sure to organize this section with an efficient and appropriate listing of music performed (in other words, do
not group 20 song descriptions into one large paragraph).
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4.
Section/Paragraph Four: Describe the concert environment. Include the following:
A description of the physical layout of the performance hall or venue. Be sure to include the audience seating
or standing in relation to the performers.
The clothing of the performers. Describe what people are wearing. If the men and women have slightly different
clothing, note that information.
The clothing and behavior of the audience members (if visible in the video). Was this a casual outdoor concert
on lawn, a grand amphitheater, etc.? Be descriptive.
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  1. Section/Paragraph Five: Write a paragraph describing your general reaction to the concert. Be sure to
    include:
    Insight about your own experience going to concerts and whether you enjoyed your selected concert.
    Would you have liked to have been a member of the audience instead of being a “virtual” viewer?
    Was the concert what you expected?
    What was your reaction to the music performed?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5IrephAIco&list=PLlMvhdAz6a2jh-gVJ_6sR05xL15-36DQ8&index=5
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g91kQyy4G7E
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzQKc44ahbY

Sample Solution

Sample solution

Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.

God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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