Dr. Ramachandra Guha‚ a leading Indian historian‚ is internationally acclaimed for having pioneered the new horizons of environmental history‚ viewed from the varied perspectives of the public. His most celebrated work in the field of environmental history is The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya (1989). In The Unquiet Woods‚ he studies the (then still current) Chipko movement where villagers from a region in Uttarakhand opposed the profitable exploitation of
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Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter and printmaker in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in Norway on December 12‚ 1863 and died on January 23‚ 1944. From 1892-1895 Munch resided in Berlin‚ and from 1896-1897 he resided in Paris. Over the next few years Munch continued to move around eventually settling in Norway in 1910. In the 1880’s‚ Munch created several pieces of art and continued to actively paint until the early 1920s‚ shortly before he passed away.(why stop) The artwork
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The Cherokee Removal Essay In the early nineteenth century‚ an infant America was increasing in population and expanding in the South until settlers were faced with the dilemma of the Native Americans. Anglo-Americans had two very distinct stances on how to deal with southern Indian tribes‚ particularly the Cherokee. One side was eager for land and developed the idea that Indians were both racially and culturally inferior and a hindrance to American progress‚ while on the other hand‚ some Americans
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Theme W.H.Auden’s "The Shield of Achilles" is thematically quite similar to Eliot’s "Wasteland" in its depiction of a world devoid of principles and ethics that in its march for success has lost the true meaning of life as echoed in phrases like "an unintelligible multitude"‚ "column by column in a cloud of dust". etc. An analysis exemplifies how the Homeric myth is rendered into an allegory of the contemporary times. A conceptual construct drives us from myth to reality‚ where reality is supposed
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all‚ we’re not savages. We’re English‚ and the English are best at everything." (Golding‚ 192) However things got out of control‚ children start to show their power desire. Jack is arguing with Ralph who should be leader and later their primitivism shows. "I ought to be chief‚" said Jack with simple arrogance‚ "because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp." (Golding‚ 228-30) Jack makes the kids rebel and demonstrate their inner savagery by hunting and forgetting their moral
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George Frederick Handel George Frederick Handel was born on February 24‚ 1685 in Halle‚ Germany. One of the greatest composers of the late baroque period (1700-50) and‚ during his lifetime‚ perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians. Handel was born February 24‚ 1685‚ in Halle‚ Germany‚ to a family of no musical distinction. His own musical talent‚ however‚ expressed itself so clearly that before his tenth birthday he began to receive‚ from a local organist‚ the only formal musical
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Sonata‚ Concerto 4. Composers and their works/pieces: Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Vivaldi – The four seasons J. S Bach – Mass in B Minor Monteverdi – L’Orfeo Handel – Messiah Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard Sonatas J. S Bach – The well – tempered clavier Romantic (1810 – 1900) 2. Instruments: Full Orchestra‚ Concert Grand Piano‚ Violin‚ Cor Anglais 3. Typical forms/structures: Opera‚ Music Drama‚ Programme Music‚ Song Cycles‚ Short Piano Pieces 4. Composers and their works/pieces:
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computers (techno) are even more popularized there will no longer be any need for musicians. During the 20th century‚ many composers made use of new technology to experiment with musical sounds. Recording on tape allowed composers to record sounds‚ then change and rearrange them to create a new musical work. The piece was then played back through loudspeakers. This meant that the composer did not need performers to interpret the
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statements about Jazz‚ such as Boris Gibalin commit‚ "The "Jazz Mania" has taken on the character of a lingering illness and must be cured by means of forceful intervention."1 This conflict can be traced through out the history of Jazz‚ as Classical composers have relatively disregarded this new type of music. Before Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club performances‚ Jazz play on the radio was delegated for late night audience only. This sub-culture treatment has led many critics to disregard the Jazz movement
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the composer suggested. Many times‚ clarinetists chose to circle-breath during the beginning of the third movement in order to follow composer’s guidelines. In addition to the comma at the end of the fourth bar‚ Messiaen indicates breath marks throughout the entire third movement. Abyss of the birds was written in the ABA1 form‚ similarly to the previous movement Vocalise. The other significant technical challenge of Abîme des oiseaux is found in the variety of dynamics used by the composer throughout
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