1. Abraham Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves. 2. Martin Luther King- Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. 3. Confucius- Confucius was a Chinese teacher‚ editor
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Development of Western Music Western music may be referred to as classical music and its traditions and styles originate from the beginning of the Middle ages (10th century) onward. Due to the Catholic Church being the dominant religion of the time‚ a large portion of the music was religious/sacred. Beginning with Gregorian Chant‚ sacred music slowly developed into a polyphonic. Early Christians based their music off of already existing Jewish chants [1]. These chants (like most of the religious
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Case: City Symphony Orchestra The City Symphony Orchestra is a branch of the Center for Performing Arts. It performs regular concerts throughout the year and has been reasonably profitable in the past. However‚ in recent years‚ concert attendance has been declining and the Orchestra is looking for ways to boost attendance. The traditional customers of the Orchestra have been the older and more affluent segment of the population that live in the suburbs. The recent boom in the high-tech sector
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instrument of choice and the composers featured in this Concerto Aria included Mozart‚ Puccini‚ Tchaikovsky and others and two special works which were composed by ARC students themselves. A lot goes on in a live performance but the most important
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throughout the world. The events of the world in 1844 were massive in the religious stage of the globe. Changes in leadership throughout a number of denominations dominated the view of the world. Joseph Smith Jr.‚ founder of the Latter Day Saint‚ dies and causes expansion for the religion; a false prediction of the second coming leads to The Great Disappointment; and Báb publicly proclaims to be the simultaneous return of Elijah‚ John the Baptist‚ Jesus‚ and the messiah of Mazdiasm yet still seems
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examples of imagery exist in the book‚ often contrasting music to boxing. The quote ‘like a Mozart concerto’ shows that Doc is trying to elevate boxing from a sport‚ to an art. When sports‚ like Boxing‚ are elevated to a status of an art form‚ it gives it respectability. This is a refelction of how society can use sport as a uniting force. In the novel‚ Doc mentions mostly‚ European composers such as Chopin‚ Mozart‚ Brahms and Beethoven suggesting a cultural gulf between Europe and South Africa. Bryce
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ECON 0402 Industrial organization Intellectual Property Rights Few hundred years ago‚ in the British Statue of Anne and the Statue of Monopolies‚ a new concept‚ called Intellectual property‚ was born. Intellectual property (IP) is a legal concept‚ recognizing the exclusive rights to the creations of the mind. Under intellectual property law‚ owners of intangible assets‚ such as musical‚ literary‚ artistic works‚ discoveries‚ inventions‚ and even words‚ phrases‚ symbols and designs‚
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Youth sports programs have become the focal point of many family-oriented communities nationwide. Little League‚ sponsored sports programs and T-ball‚ are just three programs among thousands available for families and their children. The increased national interest in sports over the past two decades has promoted the increased endorsement of these programs‚ as well as developed interest on the part of families to encourage partaking by their children. Many of the programs developed to encourage healthy
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musical career and how he was responsible for and assisted in the sudden and drastic transition from the Classical style of music in the 18th Century to the Romantic style of music in the 19th Century. As Giorgio Pestelli states in his book The Age of Mozart and Beethoven‚ “In few other periods has the social world of music suddenly undergone such vast and radical changes as it did in the years 1770 -1820” The way in which he achieved his status as a transitional composer is the main focus of this essay
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Within sixty years of the opera’s appearance‚ new concepts developed such as the aria‚ which similarly to a theatrical soliloquy‚ real time stops. “In an aria‚ the librettist provides words that pause and reflect and the composer creates music that interprets and deepens the emotions behind those words” (L12‚ 8:12). About “the year 1660‚ the aria had joined recitative as one of the two essential aspects of operatic dramaturgy” (L12‚ 30:21). “Unlike recitative in which the words carry the expressive
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