Though not the next Mozart‚ Bernstein’s musicals Candide and West Side Story did broaden the genre‚ opening it up to serious and tragic tones. (Stemple 398) Lenard Bernstein was a conductor and composer and had previously worked with Jerome Robins on Fancy Free and On the Town. Eight years before‚ Robbins
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MUS 202 Study Guide # 1 - Chapters 1 and 2 7-2-13 Europe - the earliest history of popular song is elusive and poorly documented -until the 16th century‚ most of the literate people in the western world were clergy and students of universities run by the church. -9th century A.D. notation developed to accurately re-create composed music. -vast majority of music preserved was religious. -music of the common people was confined to oral tradition‚ dependent upon the memory of the performers for survival
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I. Identify the type of sonnet given below by determining the rhyme scheme then write your answer below the poem. 1. Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye ______ 2. That thou consumest thyself in single life? ______ 3. Ah! if thou issueless shalt hap to die. ______ 4. The world will wail thee‚ like a makeless wife; ______ 5. The world will be thy widow and still weep ______ 6. That thou no form of thee hast left behind‚ ______ 7. When every private widow well may keep ______ 8
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The Enlightenment “Dare to know! Have courage to use your own reason!” -Immanuel Kant‚ ‘What Is Enlightenment?’ (1784) The Age of Enlightenment is the period in the history of Western thought and culture that spanned from the mid-seventeenth century to the eighteenth century. It is commonly characterized by the dramatic revolutions in science‚ philosophy‚ society and politics that swept away the medieval world-view and ushered in our modern western world. The driving force behind the Enlightenment
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DOES GOD EXIST? There are many arguments about the existence of God since the beginning of time. According to some scientists God is an alleged entity that has no place in any scientific equations‚ plays no role in any scientific explanations‚ cannot be used to predict any events‚ does not describe anything or force that has yet been detected‚ and there are no models of the universe in which its presence is either required‚ productive‚ or useful. The religion of Buddhism and some modern sociologists
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A House for Mr. Biswas (Naipaul) Summary The early masterpiece of V. S. Naipaul’s brilliant career‚ A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul’s father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels. The book that first brought Naipaul worldwide acclaim‚ this richly comic novel tells the moving story of a man without a single asset who enters a life devoid of opportunity‚ and whose tumble-down house becomes a potent symbol of the search for identity
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Prior to the nineteenth century‚ individuals often linked the concept of evil with God. Thus‚ when an individual committed a devious act‚ it was believed that the creator possessed the ability to punish society how he pleased. This ideology lasted until the late 1700’s‚ when a catastrophic event permanently altered how individuals rationalize. The disastrous event was none other than the Lisbon earthquake. In essence‚ this incident was a culture shock for people in society‚ which overturned previous
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FAVIER-TOWNSEND INTRODUCTION THO THE ARTS IN FRANCE 2 SELF ORIENTATION PROGRAMME JANUARY 2013 FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILISATION Literature 17th century Cyrano de Bergerac Literature 17th Century Molière Literature 18th century Voltaire (Candide) Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social contract) Madame de Lafayette Literature 18th Century Olympe de Gouje 1st feminist! Payed a heavy price for fighting women’s cause Literature 19th century Victor Hugo (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
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Guaranteed Incomes Do Not Guarantee Prosperity The one moral lesson that trumped the others in grade school was definitely‚ “Sharing is caring.” The ability to share with others treasured toys and food indicated selflessness and a readiness to plunge into a society in which citizens must all play a part. However‚ when applied to the actual society and economy‚ this method of distributing wealth is simply overly idealistic. Society sees itself split into classes with crevices always
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The eighteenth century is often referred to as the century of Enlightenment. The ideas of main enlightenment thinkers‚ the philosophes‚ made mark on the century. In Diderot and D’Alembert’s Encyclopédie‚ the philosophe is described as a man who ‘trampling on prejudice‚ tradition‚ universal consent‚ authority‚ in a word‚ all that enslaves most minds‚ dares to think for himself’ . If the movement’s mother country was France‚ there were philosophes all across Europe. Some of the most famous were Diderot
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