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    Comparative analysis of twentieth and nineteenth century orchestral work Musicology – Subtopic 1 I have decided to comparatively analyse the pieces; Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor by Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Symphony no. 1 in G major by Felix Draeseke. Fridrich Kalkbrenner’s composition‚ ‘Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor’ is a nineteenth century work‚ and Felix Draeseke’s composition‚ ‘Symphony no. 1 in G major’ is a twentieth century work. As the aim of the task is to compare the two works

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    mean? American leaders in the nineteenth century believed that it was America’s destiny to expand the nation’s civilization and spread the idea of democracy across the continent. The United States was growing in numbers and economically as a nation. As the colonies are growing‚ land expansion was much needed. More land meant more income opportunities. So America wanted to expand their nation more western towards the pacific coast. The white‚ Protestant American in the mid-nineteenth century defined

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    The United States changed from a largely rural‚ agrarian civilization to an industrial economy focused on big cities in the course of a few decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period‚ the number of native-born people migrating from rural to urban areas increased‚ but the influx of immigrants into cities far outstripped the speed of domestic migration. The population of foreign-born people rose from about 7 million to just under 14 million between 1880 and 1920. However

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    Because many American women of the nineteenth century had very different ideals‚ feminism became a global movement‚ and "early feminists found allies abroad." Many feminists believed that married or not‚ all women deserved the same rights as men. An extreme feminist of her time‚ Margaret Fuller‚ wanted to spread her ideas about women’s rights‚ and she became editor of the New York Tribune in 1844. She later published Woman in the Nineteenth Century in which she. Every path to self-fulfillment‚ she

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    infrastructure etc. The United Kingdom is probably the best example of a liberal country. In the 19th century‚ its politics were dominated by the Whigs; the Liberal Party. The U.S. also started off as a liberal country (the Revolution was a liberal revolution)‚ but ultimately‚ the issues of slavery and manifest destiny turned the U.S. into an altogether different beast. Towards the end of the 19th century‚ Liberals began to support state-run social programs in

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    same way. The dead offer power and motivation to the living that will never subdue. Additionally‚ in the play Cathleen Ni- Houlihan‚ by William Butler Yeats‚ the character‚ The Old Woman‚ “goes through the country whenever time there’s trouble or war” and at the end‚ manages to gain another soldier to fight for the country (Yeats‚ 4). The Old Woman then transforms‚

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    reasons for the formation of systematic oppression‚ racism‚ and prejudice towards African Americans in America. It has always been about economic‚ social‚ and political power. The English first kidnapped Africans and brought them to Britain to work as slaves in order to gain economic power. Jim Crow laws used to enforce segregation was used in order for white europeans to keep social power over African Americans in the United States. Similar laws were enacted and black people were denied rights in Britain

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    Difference of Ideals between 19th and 20th Centuries There are many ideals that occurred over the 19th and 20th centuries. These ideals covered many genres of music from piano music‚ orchestral pieces‚ to operas. The composers of these times tried many different techniques and styles making a lasting impression on the Romantic era of music. Some of the most influential composers during the 19th century that we discussed were Franz Schubert‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Felix Mendelssohn

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    Prior the 20th century‚ women’s and men’s roles were completely separate. During the 19th century women were not allowed to work‚ vote‚ or use birth control and they were not seen equal to men in society‚ even at home women were expected to cook‚ clean and look after the children while their husbands were out working to support the family. All that began to slowly change throughout the 20th century. When the college ‘Vassar’ opened in 1865‚ it aimed at educating women‚ and that is where the idea

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    INTRODUCTION: The Latin American states embarked upon the journey of nationalism by the 20th Century due to internal as well as external factors. The ideological base has been precisely the accommodation of nationalism in terms of socialistic ideas. The underlying causes included one of the most renowned forces of ‘liberation from the colonizers’ in any form. The nationalistic movement fostered the revolutionary sentiments initiated by the Mexican Revolution and Cuban Revolution taking a tool of

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