HENRY PURCELL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-WyxbwU82A – The Fairy Queen Another great hit was Dido and Aeneaus The Fairy Queen: * Secular * The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. * First performed in 1692‚ The Fairy-Queen was composed three years before Purcell’s death * Consists of two recorders‚ two oboes‚ two trumpets‚ kettledrums‚ string instruments and harpsichord continuo. Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November
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Digging deeper into the meaning of Henry Moore’s sculptures Moore’s sculptures are exhibited all around the world. In Moore’s homeland‚ the sculptures are exhibited in Kew Botanical Gardens‚ the natural suuroundings of the gardens compliment the sculptures. It feels as if the sculptures are different during the different times of the day. In the morning‚ when the sculptures are wrapped in mist‚ or during middag when the blue sky and sunshine makes them shine‚ or in the evening‚ when the sculptures
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Henry Hudson (1565-1611) was an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River‚ Hudson Strait‚ and Hudson Bay are all named after Hudson. Little is known about Hudson’s early life. Hudson was hired by the Muscovy Company in 1607‚ to find a waterway from Europe to Asia. Hudson made two trips (in 1607 and 1608)‚ but failed to find a route to China. In 1607‚ he sailed to Spitzbergen (an island north of Scandinavia in the Arctic
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Phillip Henry Sheridan’s youth and early childhood‚ followed by his rise to Calvary Commander‚ leading to the Shenandoah Valley Campaign‚ brought along by the Battle of Five Forks‚ transcending into his post-civil war life and death. Philip Henry Sheridan was born to Irish immigrants in March of 1831. Some historians contemplate that he was born in New York‚ where his family lived concisely before settling in Ohio. Sheridan worked as an accountant in a goods store during his teen years‚
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Henry Kissinger - Diplomacy Chapter 7 Urvashi Deshmukh and Louise Forbes Brief Summary of the Chapter: According to Kissinger‚ Germany may not be solely responsible for the outbreak of World War I. There were other reasons for the start of the war‚ for example‚ the change in the balance of power‚ which led to an arms race amongst the European powers. Bismarck was an astute and revered leader in the European community. His departure signaled a change in Germany’s foreign policy. Germany’s pursuit
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Walden‚ written by Henry David Thoreau is highly cyclical text in nature. This cyclical structure contributes to prominent themes in the book such as nature‚ simplicity‚ and independence‚ and enhances the motif of the individual versus society. The aim of this paper is to examine the ways in which the text is cyclical‚ and analyze how this structure supports greater themes present in Walden. Ultimately‚ the cyclicality of the text manifests itself in concepts of time and seasons‚ the rhetoric
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have heard of people trying out or competing for something and not make it or get it. But their failure does not discourage them and they keep on practicing and getting better. Eventually‚ their work does pay off and they accomplished what they want. Henry Ford car business suffered around the 1900’s‚ but he this failure did not set him back‚ he pushed forward. His cars were low quality and high in price for the average consumers. He kept on developing new engines and cars and gained the nation acclaim
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Technique Table Henry Lawson Short Stories The Drover’s Wife Technique | Example | Effect | Setting | ‘’The bush consists of stunted‚ rotten … trees’’ | Introduces the area that the character/author is experiencing first hand. | Repetition | ‘’Snake! Mother‚ here’s a snake!’’ | Responder would feel the urgency and the traumatising experience that the character is going through. | Colloquial Language | ‘’Mummy! Tommy’s skinnin’ me alive wif his club’’ | Presents to the responder that
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It was the summer of July 30th‚ 1875. Henry Ford’s 12th birthday. Ford was a smart boy for his age. He excelled in advanced mathematics‚ understood many scientific concepts‚ and could convince anyone if he tried. On the behalf of this‚ he was a hardcore advocate of science. On this particular day‚ he discovered something phenomenal‚ something beyond this world‚ something he could not believe himself‚ like it was a dream. After his 12th birthday party ended‚ Ford headed off to the junkyard. This
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Torture “To torture or not to torture” – the main topic in debate between Charles Krauthammer and Andrew Sullivan is whether torture should be permissible under certain circumstances or never at all. The debate of torture between Krauthammer and Sullivan began three years after the Bush administration defined “torture” in the narrowest terms – the permitted coercive‚ physical abuse of enemy combatants if the military necessity demands it. (317) Krauthammer discusses extreme situations that
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