between world wars (WWI 1914-1918‚ WWII 1939-1945) music was heavily regulated- some wanted to reconnect with audience while other had little concern and began experimenting. France - Les Six- neoclassicism‚ drawing on French baroque "fully French‚ anti-Romantic in clarity‚ accessibility‚ emotional restraint" to establish French patriotism after the war. French music as intrinsically classical while German was romantic. Messiaen: lack of traditional harmony resolutions; chords are repeated
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The interrogator would also ask the tortured witch to declare other people witches‚ often reading a list of names and possibly forcing them to say that suspected people were witches (Gibbons‚ Stage #7). After the confession the court would sentence the witch. The witches were not always executed; sometimes the inquisition’s courts would only punish a witch with banishment or imprisonment. However‚ the secular courts were much more likely to execute witches that they found guilty. The level of punishment
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Keval Patel Hum 125 The Romantic Period It was the period come after Classical period and from 1825 to year 1900. It was also known as Romanticism. In the 19th century‚ the French revolution fostered the rise of a middle-class or society. The slogan of the French revolution was “liberty‚ equality‚ fraternity” and that inspired hopes and visions to which artists responded with zeal. Romantic period started to abandon the conservative ideas and turned to passion. During this period‚ romantic
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Art can be expressed in many ways. Some people express it with the stroke of a brush or note of a song. Martha Graham‚ however‚ was one of those people who expressed art through dance. Martha was born on May 11‚ 1894. She was born into a wealthy family in Pittsburgh‚ or at the time‚ Allegheny‚ Pennsylvania. Her father’s name was George Graham and her mother’s name was Jane Beers Graham. Her father specialized with nervous disorders‚ which always made her curious on how the human body moves and how
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Christine Copland 12166346 137.710 The Theory and Management of Banking Assignment 1 The first recorded history of banking type arrangements came from Mediterranean Europe approx 300 BC. Temples kept the valuables and gold (main medium of exchange) of people as temples were less likely to be invaded and plundered by thieves. This then evolved into lending this wealth out to people who were needed money for consumption of business purposes. This evolved in the 17/18 centuries to transaction
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Of all the composers in recent American history‚ Elliott Carter stands as a unique and influential individual who created his own harmonic and rhythmic language. Born in New York to a wealthy family in 1908‚ Carter showed an interest in music at a young age‚ and by his teens‚ had discovered the idea of modernism through the music of Stravinsky among others. It was during his teenage years that Carter came in contact with the prolific composer Charles Ives‚ who became an influential mentor to the
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Battle of the Bytes: Macintosh vs. Windows 95 It used to be that the choice between a Mac and a PC was pretty clear. If you wanted to go for the more expensive‚ easier to use‚ and better graphics and sound‚ you went to buy a Macintosh‚ for the cheaper price‚ it was the PC. Now it is a much different show. With the release of Windows 95 and the dynamics of the hardware market have changed the equation. On the other hand‚ Apple has made great price reductions on many of their computers last October
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Comparison Between Piano Concert by Barbara Wieman and Sacramento Chamber Orchestra February 20‚ 1997 William Strang On Feb 20‚1997‚ I attended a piano concert that was performed by Barbara Wieman. The performance was held at the American River College Music Department choir room. The choir room holds about 100 people and every seat was taken and students were seated on the floor. The audience was dressed casual as everyone was students trying to do their concert papers. Barbara Weiman
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Describe the environment in which artists lived under Communism in the Soviet Union. Three examples of Soviet composers and musicians who made a lasting impact in the world of music included Sergei Prokofiev‚ Dmitri Shostakovich‚ and Mstislav \"Slava\" Rostropovich. These artists helped introduce the music of high culture to the Soviet masses and sometimes became internationally recognized. Musicians were called on to compose music that could be understood by the masses and uplift the Soviet people
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Early life Graham was born in Allegheny City‚ which today is part of Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ in 1894. Her father George Graham was what in the Victorian era was known as an "alienist"‚ a practitioner of an early form of psychiatry. The Grahams were strict Presbyterians. Dr. Graham was a third generation American of Irish descent. Her mother Jane Beers was a second generation American of Irish and Scotch-Irish descent and was also a sixth generation descendant of Puritan Miles Standish. In the
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