Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in Western musical history. More than 1‚000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the Art of Fugue‚ Brandenburg Concerti‚ the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord‚ the Mass in B-Minor‚ the motets‚ the Easter and Christmas oratorios‚ Toccata in F Major‚ French Suite No 5‚ Fugue in G Major‚ Fugue in G Minor ("The Great")‚ St. Matthew Passion‚ and Jesu Der Du Meine Seele. He came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians
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professor at the university and Johann asked him to teach him mathematics. Their rivalry was born soon after and it is hard to tell whether or not it contributed to their success or not. They established an early correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz but weren’t just his disciples. They plowed their own way in the mathematical world‚ contributing to probability and infinitesimal calculus on their own. After Jacob died from tuberculosis in 1705 at the age of 51 in Basel‚ Johann took his position at the university
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The Hunting of Billie Holiday‚ Johann Hari‚ Politico Magazine In the early days of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics‚ a racist‚ hateful man called Harry Anslinger led the agency. He faced the daunting task of proving the agency’s importance and relevance in the post-Prohibition age. And what better way to do that than by targeting high profile individuals who partake in the use of drugs? And even better if you can demonstrate to the extremely racist men leading government at the time that the agency
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Canon in D Major I’m listening to Canon in D major by Johann Pachelbel; played by the London Symphony Orchestra who are from London‚ England. They’re all professional adult musicians; they’re very good‚ in tune and together. The piece is unique and very famous. It’s Johann Pachelbel’s most famous piece‚ most often played at weddings. The piece is in 4/4 time and in D major. It has a slow tempo‚ smooth rhythm‚ and long‚ full bowing. They’re bowing sounds like it’s always together in each section;
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Topic Sentence #2: As the plague swept through the nation‚ many Europeans exploited the plague realizing wealth was more important than anything else. Supporting document #3: Document #4 Analysis sentence #3: In the work The Deceptions of Demons by Johann Weyer‚ he discusses how the heirs of the dead smeared an infected cream on gate towns so that anyone who would touch it would catch the disease and die. They did this so they could acquire their inheritances faster. Supporting document #4: Document
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The plague infected Europe with outbreaks beginning in the mid-fourteenth century and was met with many different reactions. These reactions included fear‚ curiosity‚ and even spite. Through these responses and general insecurity from the plague‚ superstitions and other theories formed so people could try to make sense of what was going on. Fear of the plague would be an understandable reaction‚ considering that they had no idea what was going on or how to cure it. Eventually believing that the
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The world would be a better place if everyone spoke the same language. Do you agree? Language have existed as a tool of communication since time immemorial‚ from earliest grunts and snorts of cavemen to the diverse and complicated language system we have today. We have evolved drastically to better make use of this tool. The average human possesses the ability and capacity to acquire and use such complex systems of communications‚ something our early ancestors would be unable to. Through such
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Johann Gottfried Galle Johann Gottfried Galle was born on June 9‚ 1812‚ in Papsthaus‚ Germany. He was a German astronomer and the very first to sight the planet Neptune and was conscious of at what he saw in the night sky. The detection of Neptune is one of the most extraordinary events of the century. Growing up‚ Galle attended a Gymnasium located in Wittenberg and from 1830-1833 he continued his studies at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat‚ Berlin. Galle then became a teacher and taught physics
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there was additionally a paucity of individuals from divergent parts of the world. One of the earliest known documentations of travel to the Americas within the author’s family was 7th generation Johann Henrich Weidmann from Westiffeom‚ Germany. Born in 1738 in Westuffein‚ Kassel‚ Hesse‚ Germany‚ Johann Henrich Weidmann was one of the first of the Hart family lineage to travel overseas to the Americas; setting sail in 1761. When he embarked on this excursion on the ship the “Sandwich” in the company
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fugue have earned him a place among the most important composers of the middle Baroque era Pachelbel is best known for the Canon in D‚ the only canon he wrote. Pachelbel’s music was influenced by southern German composers‚ such as Johann Jakob Froberger and Johann Kaspar Kerll‚ Italians such as Girolamo Frescobaldi and Alessandro Poglietti‚ French composers‚ and the composers of the Nuremberg tradition. Pachelbel explored many variation forms and associated techniques‚ which manifest themselves
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