Singer Biography Essay Examples

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A Biography of Johann Sebastian Bach (2680 words, 4 pages)

"Listening to Bach is like watching energy pass from gear to gear in a complicated - but perfectly aligned and synchronized individual parts" (Han-Leon, 1997). This description of Johann Sebastian Bach's music captures the essence of the Baroque period, a time when art, music, and architecture were stylistically complex, yet ... Read More

A Biography of Albert Einstein (1023 words, 3 pages)

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was a famous scientist, writer and professor. He was born in Ulm, Germany, on March 24,1879. As a child, Einstein wasn't like the other boys he hated school but loved math. He was shy, and talked very slowly. He didn't participate in sports but instead played ... Read More

A Biography of Machiavelli (813 words, 2 pages)

MACHIAVELLI The first great political philosopher of the Renaissance was Nicolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). His famous treatise, The Prince, stands apart from all other political writings of the period insofar as it focus on the practical problems a monarch faces in staying in power, rather than more speculative issues explaining the ... Read More

A Biography of Truman Capote (325 words, 1 pages)

Truman Capote, one of America's more colorful literary personalities, was born in New Orleans in 1924 and died in California in 1984. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction -- short stories, novels and novellas, travel writing, profiles, reportage, memoirs, plays and films. His work of fiction that is probably most ... Read More

A Biography of Elizabeth (1367 words, 3 pages)

BORN 7 SEPTEMBER 1533 BECAME QUEEN 17 NOVEMBER 1558 DIED 24 MARCH 1603 Elizabeth's life was troubled from the moment she was born. Henry VIII had changed the course of his country's history in order to marry Anne Boleyn, hoping that she would bear him the strong and healthy son ... Read More

The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, an American Singer-Songwriter (731 words, 1 pages)

One of the better known songwriters of the early twentieth century is Woody Gunthrie. Within this books covers is a bit of history that tells of a hobo and his stories traveling the country, trying to make enough money to scrape by another day. He always loved to play his ... Read More

A Biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat (455 words, 1 pages)

There are Black people in the world that have done accomplishments and had to struggle. Jean-Michel Basquiat was a great artist. He had to have a beginning to all of this. If not how did this all start. What did He do to start all of his art work in ... Read More

A Biography of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (419 words, 1 pages)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow on the 7th June 1868. He trained as an architect at a local firm and studied art and design at evening classes at Glasgow school of art. He was an architect and designer in Glasgow, where a majority of his ... Read More

A Biography of Claudio Monteverdi (1523 words, 3 pages)

Claudio Monteverdi His life and contributions. Claudio Zuan (Giovanni) Antonio Monteverdi was born in Cremona in 1567. He was baptized on May 15 of the same year. He was born to Baldassare Monteverdi, who was a barber-surgeon, and Maddalena Zignani, a goldsmith's daughter . After a Milanese decree stating that ... Read More

A Biography of John Marshall (778 words, 1 pages)

The contributions of John Marshall to the development of the U.S. political system Political Science 3110 John Marshall was born in Prince William County, Virginia in 1775. His parents were not formally educated, but could read and write. They held a significant social, religious, and political status in the newly ... Read More

An Analysis of Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1319 words, 2 pages)

An Analysis of Gimpel The Fool Gimpel the Fool is a story written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Saul Bellow translated the story I read because the story was written in Yiddish. Gimpel The Fool is a story about a simple man named Gimpel. He is considered by many to be ... Read More

A Biography of Sir John A. Macdonald (814 words, 2 pages)

Sir John A. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on January 10, 1815. His fathers name was Hugh Macdonald and his mothers name was Helen Shaw. His father had migrated to Glasgow from the town of Dornach. His father was a very pleasant and easy going guy and he alwasys ... Read More

A Biography of Napoleon (2567 words, 4 pages)

Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica, and was given the name Napoleone Buonaperte. He was the second of eight children of Carlo and Letizia Buonaperte, both of the Corsican-Italian gentry. Before Napoleone, no Buonaparte had ever been a professional soldier. His father Carlo, was a lawyer ... Read More

A Biography of Leonardo Da Vinci (814 words, 1 pages)

Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 on his father's estate in Vinci, Italy. He received his education on the estate until the age of fifteen. Which is when his father had noticed Leonardo's potential and had decided to send him to be an apprentice to the artist Andrea del ... Read More

A Biography of Frank Auerbach (374 words, 1 pages)

Frank Auerbach One of Britain's leading post-war painters, Frank Auerbach is among the most internationally acclaimed and collected of living artists from Britain. The painting style of Frank Auerbach is both compactly expressionistic and highly individual. Determined by his desire to capture the spirit and reality of people and places, ... Read More

A Biography and Life Work of Celine Dion, a Canadian Singer (2250 words, 3 pages)

Celine Dion, the youngest of 14 children, was born on March 30th, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada. Charlemagne is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, on the east end of the Montreal Island. She has Hazel eyes and is 5 feet 7.5 inches tall. Her qualities are ... Read More

A Biography of Betty Friedan, a Feminist (530 words, 1 pages)

Betty Friedan's Biography Betty Friedan was born on February 4, 1921 in Peoria, Illinois. Her original name was Betty Naomi Goldstein. She was born a year after women won the right to vote. Betty was the first of Harry and Miriam Goldstein's three children. Her father was a Russian Jewish ... Read More

A Biography of Ben Harper, an American Pop Reggae Singer and Songwriter (521 words, 1 pages)

Ben Harper Ben Harper was born on October 28 1969 in Pomona, CA. He is a succesfel pop reggae singersongwriter. His instruments he uses are his steel string guitar and his vocals. His Guitar tones are Reflective, Passionate, Bittersweet, Earthy, Intimate, He has earned himself 6 Charts Awards. Combining shuddering, ... Read More

An Analysis of Appalachian Musicians and Singers and the Songs they Write (625 words, 1 pages)

APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS AND SINGERS AND THE SONGS THEY WRITE Growing up in Appalachia and around its music has made a great impact on my life. I can remember, as if it were yesterday sitting on grandpa's front porch with my family singing along with Hillbilly songs on the radio. Along ... Read More

Biography of Homer (1144 words, 2 pages)

One of the most famous Greek poets of all time is Homer. He was the inventor of the Homeric simile. He is the writer of two well known epic poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey". His work has been preserved orally for many generations until it was finally written down. He was ... Read More

A Biography of Bill Gates (765 words, 1 pages)

This paper will focus on the life and career of Bill Gates for a english report. This biography will be divvied up into 5 sections Introduction, Early Life Accomplishments, Later Life, and Conclusion. Bill Gates is the richest man on the planet and is the chairman, CEO, and chief software ... Read More

A Biography of William Carey (1979 words, 3 pages)

William Carey was born on August 17, 1761 in the village of Northamptonshire in the midland region of England. Careys interest in education would form a major part of his lifes work, as the eldest son of a village school master and weaver, Edmund Carey. At the age of seven, ... Read More

A Biography of Wilfred Owen (566 words, 1 pages)

Wilfred Owen was born into a middle class English family in eighteen ninety-three. He was the eldest child in the family of four children, he was the son of a railway official named Tom Owen. He aspired to win two scholarships but was unsuccessful both times so he consequently moved ... Read More

A Biography of Bessie Smith, One of the Greatest Blues Singers (1305 words, 2 pages)

Bessie Smith, the greatest and most influential classic blues singer of the 1920s was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Her date of birth is uncertain and is variously given as April 15, 1894-6, 1898, and 1900. The first major blues and jazz singer on record and one of the most powerful ... Read More

A Biography of Monet (848 words, 1 pages)

Monet was born in Paris, the son of a grocer. In his infancy, financial problems forced the family to leave the capital for Le Havre, where Monets father set up a new business. The experience of living close to the sea, where the play of light on the ocean and ... Read More

A Biography of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (816 words, 2 pages)

The famous writer and artist Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was born on July 24, 1900, and is one of the six children of Anthony Dickinson and Minnie Machen Sayre. Zelda Fitzgerald married Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and had one child. Zelda was the youngest child, and recieved her name from a ... Read More

A Biography of Abraham Lincoln (1188 words, 2 pages)

Abraham Lincoln was born Sunday, February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was the son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and he was named for his paternal grandfather. Thomas Lincoln was a carpenter and farmer. Both of Abraham's parents were members of a Baptist congregation ... Read More

A Biography of Emily Dickinson (624 words, 1 pages)

One of America's most well respected poets is Emily Dickinson. Although she never personally received credit for her work, it continues to receive great recognition today. Through her successful poems we get a better idea of her life, views on religion, and feelings about love. Emily Dickinson was born on ... Read More

A Biography of Raoul Wallenberg a Diplomat (1795 words, 3 pages)

In this paper I examined the personal attributes brought forth by Raoul Wallenberg. His heroic efforts during the time of the Holocaust were truly astonishing. The purpose of my paper is to tell the story of his life and his accomplishments. Raoul Wallenberg is credited with saving the thousands of ... Read More

Diana Princess of Wales Biography (209 words, 1 pages)

THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE MOVIE STARS, ATHLEATS, PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE OTHERS, AND PEOPLE WHO HELP OTHERS. ONE PERSON WHO I BELIEVE EXCELLED IN OUR WORLD WAS PRINCESS DIANA. PRINCESS DIANA WAS A LOVING, CARING, AND HELPING WOMEN WHOM A LOT OF ... Read More