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    Cunningham early in the novel‚  Scout is angry at her.  However‚ when she returns from school Cal is nice to her and cooks her some crackling bread.  In this way she is mothering Scout and disciplining her at the same time. Second‚ she acts as a counterpoint to Aunt Alexandra.  In the previous example‚ Cal scolds Scout for embarrassing Walter at lunch.  Cal emphasizes to Scout that while she might be of a higher social class than Walter‚ she still must respect his wishes.  It is no coincidence that

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    Offering no easy answers‚ the film forces the audience to grapple with weighty moral questions. By placing in tense counterpoint a genre which tends to favor one side with positive portrayals of characters on both sides‚ and by deliberately manipulating the film’s imagery in order evoke sympathy for both the French and Arab Algerians‚ Pontecorvo provides a powerful and objective

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    Bach‚ Well Tempered Clavier Historical Background of the Fugue and how it fits into the greater context of Bach’s careers. Introduction The fugue can be defined by Schulenberg as ‘A contrapuntal composition (or section or movement of a larger work) in which a theme‚ called a subject‚ is introduced in one voice and then imitated repeatedly at different pitch levels or in different keys by all of the parts’. The fugue originates from the Renaissance motet‚ an instrumental piece from the 16th and

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    Should Government Attempt to Control Human Population Growth? Human population grows‚ and it has been calculated that by the year 2050 there will be over 9 billion people in the world. As a result of that the amount of land per person will have dropped to less than one square inch. It is clear that population growth must stop in some close future due to various factors (Issitt‚ 1). Shortage in food and water‚ limited energy‚ pollution‚ death of plants and animals‚ and many more other shortages

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    Openers Periphery had just walked off and their logo-bearing banner was rolled up‚ revealing Mike Mangini’s awe-inspiring‚ massive Pearl Reference Pure kit. The crowd roared at the sight‚ erasing all doubts that the imminent presence of "the new guy" would be met by jeers and boos. (Quite the contrary would be true‚ in fact.) After a delightful and extremely well-done animation intro‚ the much-pedigreed and chops-a-plenty-packing quintet powered into their opening number‚ Bridges In The Sky‚ bringing

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    William Byrd was an English composer and organist of the Shakespearean era who is best known for his collection of masses‚ motets‚ anthems‚ services‚ fantasias‚ and secular works and is considered a master of all genres during his time. He was the son of Thomas and Margery Byrd. Records do not indicate the real date of his birth‚ but researchers believe he was born between the years of 1539 and 1540 in London‚ England. He was mostly known for sacred music written in Latin and secular music specifically

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    they rap or sing; although‚ I do hear imitations of instruments. The music texture in this song is amazing. They made the beat prominent while also having a somber type of music instruments to downplay the beat into blending it. This is called a counterpoint‚ because the melodic lines are set against one another blending them in. It really fits his song because since it is a different piece‚ thanking his mom‚ I guess he was trying for something sweet; because he never does somber in his song‚ well

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    Brittan’s “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” Kamien gives the reader his observations on The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra‚ by introducing the reader to Brittan’s guide as an introduction to the instruments of an orchestra. Kamien explains in his writing how the theme composed by Henry Purcell is used as the base melody for Britten’s composition. Kamien also explains how the theme is presented by the entire orchestra and then highlighted by woodwinds‚ brasses‚ strings‚ and percussion

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    tradition cohabit‚ and “Song of the Wind”‚ a ballad that tells the importance of our ancestors. While the former piece featured a widely applauded sax solo by the Harlem-born Lakecia Benjamin‚ the latter thrived with the cascading arpeggios and counterpoint created by pianist Oscar Perez. The rhythm section

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    theoretical device. The set progresses to double‚ triple and mirror fugues‚ culminating in a quadruple fugue that was incomplete because of Bach’s death‚ and his son arranged for him. Bach is the Baroque composer. Contrapunctus XIX was incorporating counterpoint‚ and explicitly and systematically explored the full range of contrapuntal. The volume of this piece is soft. Its tempo is Adagio or Lento (slow). Its contour repeated pitch melody‚ direction is static‚ and had a narrow range. Its rhythm is alternation

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