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    Introduction Within the baroque era‚ concerning the genre of vocal music‚ religious music cannot be overlooked as well as the opera. In this age‚ not only liturgical music which is from the Middle Ages such as the Mass music and Magnificat‚ but peculiar music of baroques such oratorio and the church cantata were also invented‚ while there was antagonism between Catholic and Protestant. Even in the music for liturgical of the church‚ it tended to opera or a dramatic style. It was the feature of

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    Critical Review Part I A whopping 86% of the Philippines’ population is Catholic‚ making it the only Christian nation in all of Asia; however‚ concurrent with this apparent devotion‚ syncretism is also widely practiced within the Filipino culture; that is‚ there seems to be an active fusion of various belief systems‚ of pre-Hispanic (animistic/pagan) practices and of the traditions within the organized religion itself (Miller‚ n.d.; Merriam-Webster‚ 2014; Gingrich‚ 2005). As a result‚ different

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    Leticia Portillo Sheperd AP English & Composition September 21‚ 2014 A Rhetorical Analysis of "Birthday Party" In the "Birthday Party‚" Katherine Brush shows what- at a glance- seems to be a non-suspicious dinner between a happily‚ "unmistakably‚" married couple; yet‚ when examined closer is obviously a dinner gone wrong. Her use of syntax‚ along with other literary devices‚ help show how a book shouldn’t be judged by its cover. This story starts off in a light-hearted manner

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    The rapid growth of colonies in the 18th century was mainly due to plantations that brought the benefit of buying more imported goods from their mother country‚ but it also led to barbarous slavery. It is mentioned‚ "To pay for these goods the colonists produced more and more tobacco‚ rice‚ indigo‚ wheat fish‚ tar - indeed‚ anything that would supply the income necessary to purchase additional imports‚" (Cobbs 90). The market started to grow as the colonists gained interest in British imported goods

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    During the 18th century in Britain‚ rural areas became more efficient in agriculture‚ leaving many people living in these areas without work. They moved into the cities in search of work as there there were may new and growing industries. Between 1760 and 1870 the population of Britain doubled‚ causing many problems throughout these industrial cities. Disease accounted for many deaths in industrial cities during the industrial revoloution. Diseases such as typhus‚ cholera and tuberculosis spread

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    APPOGGIATURA IN EIGHTEEN CENTURY MUSIC Appoggiatura‚ from the Italian word appoggiare which means "to lean upon" is one of the most complicated ornaments especially in eighteen century music. It is usually called a grace note and it is a note of embellishment usually one step above the main note. As Michel Debost says on his book "The Simple Flute"‚ the appoggiatura got his name because the note is outside the harmony‚ is part of a dissonant chord‚ creating tension‚ or because it is leading to

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    VI. The Eighteenth - Century Mathematics of France : The Development of Analysis ¢º Caracteristic of the Eighteenth - Century Mathematics | ¢º The Early Eighteenth Century | ¢º Euler’s Ages | ¢º Mathematicians of Revolution Ages | ¢º The Metric System | ¡ß Caracteristic of the Eighteenth - Century Mathematics     1700’s was the times to develop the calculus and to expand the analysis made in 1600’s.     In this century‚ there were so many enlargements of the design trigonometry‚

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    the bill of rights the bill of rights was a document stating the rights of the people and the freedoms that they had from the the government it was made in 1689 and was later passed later that year on december 16/1689 and it originated from england because they had a bill of rights to limit the king’s powers over the people and it influenced our bill of rights so the people will have some rights and freedoms and yes it is important because if we didn’t have it we wouldn’t have rights and freedoms

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    The eighteenth amendment was passed in January of 1920 by the Congress and it was a starting point of new era known as Prohibition era. The eighteenth amendment was about regulation of sale‚ transport‚ import and manufacture of liquor. Almost any type of intoxicating alcohols become illegal product in America after the eighteenth amendment. Although‚ President Wilson who was a president of United States during 1920s vetoed but the Congress was dominated by Republican Party. Then eventually the eighteenth

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    A plethora of acts throughout the time period also showed a development in the attitudes of society and the government. The Capital Punishment Amendment Act (CPAA) of 1868 focused on the ending of public hangings and aimed for a more humane approach to hangings with professional hangmen and the process of moving hangings inside the prison walls to make them less of a fun event‚ and more to actually represent why they were being hanged because society had lost what the fundamental meaning of the hangings

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