Percy Aldridge Grainger was a passionate artist. He was an expressive musician who pioneered the use of folksongs in modern music along with his peers Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughn Williams. However‚ it is his compositions and arrangements for wind band that championed and set the foundation for the wind ensemble concept that is employed today. In order to gain a better appreciation for the composer‚ one must understand his background as a budding composer and musician‚ his compositional style and
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My ear rings. My eyes‚ I can’t see anything. A thick dust fog blocks my vision. “Cough! Cough!” The dust fog settles. A huge hole in the ceiling becomes visible. Through it‚ I stare at the clouds‚ flat on back. My arms and legs are numb. They won’t listen. They won’t move. I’m afraid rather. Rust‚ this familiar scent in my nose‚ my lips‚ everywhere. It reeks. It can’t be! “blood…” softly‚ I mutter. I can’t even look‚ down there. No‚ I don’t wanna look. Thump‚ thump! This can’t be? Calm down
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Christina Kiaer has described the main aim of the constructivist movement as ‘to mass produce transparent utilitarian things for use in everyday life’. How adequate is this description? Constructivism is primarily an art movement that was based in Russia in the early 20th century. It had a considerable link to the Russian Communist Revolution. They merged the arts with modern technological rationalism for political and ideological uses‚ being essentially a form of Soviet propaganda. The theory
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Cited: Joanouch‚ Gustav. "Conversations with Kafka." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ and Drama. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Pearson Longman‚ 2005. 371-373. Kafka‚ Franz. "The Metamorphosis." Trans. John Siscoe. Literature: An Introduction
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public in 1881 as Philip Morris & Company. Four years later‚ Philip Morris & Company became Philip Morris & Co.‚ Ltd. PM & Co.‚ Ltd. left the Morris family’s control in 1894‚ when it was taken over by William Curtis Thomson and his family. In 1902‚ Gustav Eckmeyer incorporated Philip Morris & Co. Ltd. in New York. 1919 was an important year for PM & Co.‚ Ltd.: the Philip Morris coronet logo was introduced‚ the company was acquired in the United States by an American‚ shareholder held company‚ and it
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How important was the role of the leader in the rise to power of the Nazis in Germany On the 30th January 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Hitler came to power as the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ more commonly known as the Nazi Party. In the July election of 1932 the Nazis received the highest vote ever achieved by any party in Weimar History with 13.7 million votes. This is a crucial point in history as it was Hitler who led the world into World War II which
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process/organizational changes; and adapting new computer-aided technologies. This strategic move is responsible for BMW historically strategic product positioning in automotive industry in 1990’s. Most important facts 1>History of BMW – In 1916‚ Gustav Otto founded Bayerische Motoren Werke which is better known worldwide by BMW. In 1923 it set a world speed record of 134 mph. The legendary BMW 328 sports car‚ debuted in 1936‚ won numerous international race events. In 1951‚ when the firm started
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simplest example of this is: where J is the current density at a given location in a resistive material‚ E is the electric field at that location‚ and σ is a material dependent parameter called the conductivity. This reformulation of Ohm’s law is due to Gustav Kirchhoff. MICROSCOPIC ORIGINS OF OHM’S LAW The dependence of the current density on the applied electric field is essentially quantum mechanical in nature;A qualitative description leading to Ohm’s law can be based upon classical mechanics using
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until the disastrous Wall Street Crash of 1929. The years 1924-29 are often described as the ‘Golden Age of Weimar’ because of their stability‚ economic security and improved living standards compared to previous years. It all started in 1923‚ when Gustav Stresemann was elevated to the chancellorship. Stresemann and his ministers formulated plans to arrest the hyperinflation crisis by introducing a new currency‚ the Rentenmark‚ and fixed its value to gold prices‚ it replaced the worthless mark. This
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