oppose say that marked its birth. There is both a broad diversity and a curious similarity in the audiences‚ complexity‚ and meaning in classical and modern music. Music wouldn’t truly have a purpose with out its audiences. In the 16th‚ 17th‚ 18th‚ and 19th century’s music inspired writers‚ philosophers‚ aristocrats and other thinkers of the time. Music of a classical variation was not available to the public. One had to attend a performance to experience the work of composers such as Bach‚ Beethoven
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citizens had a share in the polis..." (Morris) Originally‚ the polis referred to a defensible area to which farmers of a particular area could retreat in the event of an attack. This defensible hill became known as an acropolis. The Acropolis in Athens is one example. Over time‚ towns grew around these defensible areas‚ and developed into the polis. The poleis were situated well inland to avoid raids by sea. With time‚ the agora‚ or marketplace‚ began to appear within the polis. The agora was not
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The Lysistrata of Aristophanes Aristophanes was a satirist who produced Lysistrata around 413 BC when the news of Athen ’s warships had been destroyed near Sicily. For twenty-one years‚ while Athens was engaged in war‚ he relentlessly and wittliy attacked the war‚ the ideals of the war‚ the war party and the war spirit. This risked his acceptance and his Athenian citizenship. Lysistrata is probably the oldest comedy which has retained a place in modern theatre. It primarily deals with two themes
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century can be seen in the debasing of the Jazz genre as a unworthy equal to it’s predecessor‚ European Classical music. This can be seen in various statements about Jazz‚ such as Boris Gibalin commit‚ "The "Jazz Mania" has taken on the character of a lingering illness and must be cured by means of forceful intervention."1 This conflict can be traced through out the history of Jazz‚ as Classical composers have relatively disregarded this new type of music. Before Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club performances
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The daily life in ancient Athens was kind of unfair especially for women and slaves. In Athens Women had their own separate lives from men and couldn’t leave the house without permission of the men in charge. Men had their responsibilities‚ like their jobs and duties‚ and laws which had to be followed by everyone. Children lived an okay & simple life until the age of six. But in Sparta it was different from Athens because it was fair for both genders. And in both city-states Slavery was the same
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Athens‚ one of the most famous and well known city-states of ancient Greece. This city-state‚ named after the goddess Athena‚ was famous for its innovations in architecture‚ arts‚ and government. The city-state of Athens is very famous for its unique system of government that was the first of its kind‚ direct democracy. This system allowed for the citizens of the city of Athens to decide what was to be done in their city‚ without the necessity of representatives to do what they thought the people
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Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning vs. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Jonathan Grunden Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Jonathan Grunden Diane Owsley Psychology 110 September 23‚ 2015 Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning vs. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Throughout psychology there have been many methods to explain the development of how people act and respond to different things. The two methods that I find most interesting are the Learning Principles of Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning
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The Parthenon in Athens Greece was built from 447 BCE- 438 BCE‚ the sculptures continuing to be worked on for an additional six years after. The building of the Parthenon was possible because of the embezzlement of Delos‚ a small city that allied with Athens during the war. After the war was ended‚ Athens had control of Delo’s treasury‚ and choose to use it to rebuild the temple that the Persians had burnt down. They had vowed to not rebuild the temple until after the Persians had been defeated
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Evaluation “To what extend did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart influence the Classical era?” Summary The question I had chosen for my research project is “To what extend did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart influence the Classical era?” This type of question allowed me to thoroughly explore the classical era and helped me obtain a better understanding. The question also seemed appropriate within my interest in music‚ specifically the orchestral music which was a topic that fascinated me. My final outcome was
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all if it weren’t for their ancestors‚ Athens would not be. He then goes into describing their democracy and why it is the best for all to follow. In their democracy‚ as in any democracy‚ the laws cover all not just certain groups of people. There is equality for all‚ even a person with a deformity or poor can serve in a public position. This normally does not happen in a non-democracy government. Pericles goes into depth regarding how the Athens culture has always been like an open door
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