Fado‚ although there is no specific composer of Mariza’s music there are many musicians that perform with her on stage‚ like background singers‚ violins and in most of her musical pieces a pianist. The location of this recording is taken place in Lisbon‚ Portugal in 2011. What musical aspects stood out for me the most in the song were the melody‚ rhythm‚ harmony‚ and tempo of the song‚ her vocals‚ and the background instrumentals found a unique way to create a similar tempo and harmony in the way
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race and freedom came to be very closely related. In 1444‚ the first ship of enslaved Africans returned to Lisbon. When the ship returned‚ the crown was delighted‚ this caused more shipments to be made. This is the start of where race and freedom became more closely related. Between 1490 and 1530‚ the slave trade increased‚ with the Portuguese bringing between 300 and 2‚000 slaves to Lisbon each year. After this‚ slavery became intertwined with sugar and the demand for slaves increased. In 1518‚
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Comedy Critique Goethe’s Faust and Voltaire’s Candide were two of the most interesting books that I have ever read! Both comedies were very different from each other in many ways. The structure of both books varied significantly. I enjoyed Candide more than Faust partially due to the structure. I found that because Faust almost entirely rhymed that it was harder to follow. It was very distracting to me and I felt as if the rhyming took away from the story. Candide was told more like a story and
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Portugal has a rich musical culture‚ with roots that go back to Provencal troubadours‚ followed by ballads and the fado‚ and as of late‚ incorporating the rhythms of Portugal’s former West African colonies. Each of these elements are stll alive in current Portuguese music like the French Provencal influence in the folk music played at festivals in the northern part of the country‚ as well as the rock and jazz most prevalent in the larger cities. An additional element is added by a wealth of singer-songwriters
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determination characterized Columbus’ life. Money‚ fame and fortune were his motivating forces through each phase‚ hurdle‚ and voyage. Columbus was living in Lisbon. Full of passion and a quest for knowledge and exploration‚ Columbus immersed himself in all the city had to offer. Many of the sharpest minds of the time gathered in Lisbon; scientists‚
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about seven hundred miles from South America. Rounding the Cape of Good Hope‚ he traveled up the east coast. He found guides who knew the route to India‚ and cut across the Indian Ocean to Calicut‚ India. He lost a ship on the way. The journey from Lisbon to Cape of Good Hope was nearly 6000 miles‚ the longest sea journey by Europeans to that date. Like other European explorers‚ da Gama was sometimes deceptive and violent. He spent nearly the whole month of March 1498 anchored near Mozambique Island
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his philosophy using irony. For example‚ early in the novel Candide and Pangloss’s travels led them to James the Anabaptist‚ who later falls into the dangerous sea while the three were traveling to Lisbon. Candide wants to help the drowning Anabaptist‚ but is stopped by Pangloss. He says‚ “The Lisbon Harbor was created expressly for the Anabaptist to drown in” (26). Voltaire uses this situation to highlight the errors in the logical reasoning of Pangloss philosophy. The sea was‚ obviously‚ not made
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KELLIE’S CASTLE Malaysia is multi-ethnic country which has passed through a long history of colonisation by Europeans. Apart from its majestic beauty seen in the sprawling landscape‚ historical sightseeing also forms a main part of Malaysian tourism. One of the important historical sites in Malaysia was Kellie’s Castle. (Fairul Halim) Kellie’s Castle is the most important attraction in Batu Gajah‚ Perak. Located approximately 30 kilometers from Ipoh is the historical
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older brother David‚ by herself. His family was forced to move to many places like‚ Wisconsin‚ Indiana and Connecticut. At the age of eleven King moved back to Maine (Werlock‚ Stephen King). King attended Durham Elementary School and graduated from Lisbon Falls High School. He later earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Maine in 1970. King married a woman by the name of Tabitha Jane Spruce on January 2‚ 1971. After two years of teaching‚ King decided to write a story called “Carrie”(Safra
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Using a satirical approach‚ Voltaire seeks to expose much of the misguided notions of the renaissance period in his book‚ Candide‚ or Optimism. Despite humanism thriving‚ Candide’s experiences show that life in the 1700’s was not easy‚ nor fair. The world was becoming more complicated as religiosity‚ politics‚ economics‚ and social life underwent massive changes‚ yet for everyday folks such as Candide‚ Pangloss‚ and Cunegonde‚ these changes did not have an immediate impact on the commoners wellbeing
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