Copland’s national work: Appalachian Spring In the early 20th century‚ American artists sought the utility between music and society. Composers faced the dilemma of being a musician in a culture with little serious music tradition. Aaron Copland once wrote: “ (I) lived in an environment (New York City) that had little or no connection with serious music. Artists had deep desires to contribute meaningfully to the life of the nation and to see music filling a real need in American society. As a leading
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Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22‚ 1970. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States‚ an organization launched by Denis Hayes‚ who was the original national coordinator in 1970‚ took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.[1][2] Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth
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heart beating‚ beads of sweat on your head‚ hands shaking. That was me on my first day at Mt. Lebanon Elementary. I had moved schools many times before‚ but this one in particular was extremely nerve-racking because I knew that I would be with the majority of these people for the rest of my school career. As I walked into the classroom I‚ almost immediately‚ thought I could tell who the mean and nice people were. The first popular (or what I had considered popular at the time) person I noticed was
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bright summer day at the amusement park (Six Flags for instance) and the roller coasters are infamous. fear these roller coasters and the movies give plenty of fear of people flying off and the ride breaks‚ yet people go anyway. This same concept can be said for many things‚ especially when it comes to Stephen King and his stories of horror. People know of the fear he can induce with his stories and their broad detail and interesting plot. Such as the short story‚ “Strawberry Springs” people who
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My Spring Break The feel of 80 degree temperature‚ the sound of splashing water‚ and a super long car ride? Everything but the car ride was awesome! On my spring break this year we took a very long and boring car trip down to Arizona. It was a 18+ hour car trip just going there! I mostly slept and read the way there. First‚ we visited Arizona state and Arizona University. Then‚ we stayed at my Grandma and Grandpa’s house. But‚ what I mostly liked about my spring break was in Arizona there was 80-90
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Starting at victor harbor primary school. I can remember the day when I first went to school at victor harbor primary school. It was scary because I didn’t know anyone at all. The first couple to of days I was nervous and scared because I didn’t have much friends and I was still trying to settle into the new school. As I got to know a few people I got a bit more confident and started to do more things with the people that helped me around the school and became good friends with them. Their names
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The reasons that morocco had a peaceful Arab Spring‚ in accordance with the Social contract‚ rousseau The Arab Spring raises numerous issues in political philosophy such as the justification of the state‚ the nature of the state‚ and the role of the state‚ liberty‚ and property. All of these concepts are evident in these monumental series of events. Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean Jacques-Rousseau are believed to be the foremost political philosophers of Western Civilization. Like Hobbes and Locke
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January of 2002‚ my senior year of high school to be a medic. My official first day in the Army was August 22nd 2002. I arrived in Columbia‚ South Carolina at 1145pm‚ after two hours of riding in a cramped bus I arrived at Ft. Jackson and the in processing station. On August 28th ‚ after getting stuck with needles‚ countless interviews‚ pushups for calling people the wrong rank and the first twinges of homesickness‚ the first day of real basic training loomed like immense purple wall clouds in the very
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First Voyage April 20‚ 1534 - September 5‚ 1534 Cartier went to Canada in 1534 with two ships and 61 men to look for a way to Asia. In the course of this search‚ he explored what later became known as Newfoundland‚ the Magdalen Islands‚ Prince Edward Island and the Gaspé Peninsula. While at Prince Edward Island‚ he traded with the Mi’kmaq. This was the first act of trade between the French and First Nations people. The King Commands You In 1534‚ the King of France‚ François I sent Cartier to
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The use of poetry is made to capture some aspects of human experiences. In Les Murray’s poetry he portrays aspects of human experiences in the poem “Spring Hail” as he reminisces of his childhood experiences and also the human experiences that involve sorrow in “The Widower in The Country”. Firstly‚ the poem ‘The Widower in the Country’ conveys the grief and emotions accompanying the loss of a loved one. He captures depressing emotions by using connotations of ‘Widower’ and ‘Country’ in the title
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