Louis Armstrong at Berlin 1965 Shteinberg Andrei MUS A124 12/03/2015 Louis Armstrong’s legendary concert in Berlin. Armstrong’s career was in full bloom and from 1955 on‚ Armstrong traveled the world‚ performing with his All Stars in support of U.S. interests abroad. He did not comment on the political situation‚ saying that he is interested in his audience and not in the Wall. Armstrong and his All Stars began their first tours to Eastern Europe behind the ’’Iron Curtain‚’’ where
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Louis X1V was not pleased with his home the Louvre. So the king set out to find land that is more suitable for him one that would blow all of the other mansions or palaces out of the water. He decided to move into Versailles‚ a beautiful country home away from the away from the city of Paris on a remote land. Louis started hand picking the best workers to start working on his new home‚ Le Notre was chosen for gardens‚ Le Vau for architecture‚ Le Brun for painting and decorating. They started working
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Richard Rodriguez describes the difficulties between balancing life in the academic world and life of a working class family. In this article‚ Rodriguez found himself through education. As a child‚ Rodriguez was the stereotypical student that comes from a working class family with little education but worked hard to make a living. He was smart and always top of his class‚ and rather than spending his time on other things he was always caught reading a book by himself. Originally‚ Rodriguez smarts
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In Richard Wright’s Black Boy‚ Richard’s life was a lot of struggling right from a young age. He was a boy who likes to ask and know about things but‚ after his father is gone‚ there is not enough for his mother to afford to buy things such as food which was Richard’s greatest needs in chapter 1. Then in chapter 5‚ another problem came his way as his Mother gets very ill. Now he is going to have to take care of himself with his physical wellbeing. In chapter 1of Richard Wright’s
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Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five’s “Caldonia” is a signature track of the jump blues genre. The song is reminiscent of the Swing Era’s big band jazz style‚ with its fast paced‚ swinging tempo. Overall‚ I enjoyed Louis Jordan’s “Caldonia” because of the style of music and use of vocals and instruments. Jordan’s “Caldonia” falls under the jump blues genre‚ which is an offshoot of the earlier Swing Era’s jazz big bands‚ and is categorized under the large R&B umbrella. The influence of the Swing Era
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Introduction I have chosen to write the profile of a Business leader who I admire on Richard Branson. Branson is a English business magnate‚ best known as the founder and chairman of Virgin Group of more than 400 companies. According to Wagner and Hollenback (2009)‚ leadership is ‘the use of non-coercive and symbolic influence to direct and coordinate the activities of the members of an organised group toward the accomplishment of group objectives. According to Clark (2010)‚ there are three main
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“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits‚” said Richard M. Nixon during an interview with Nick Thimmesch for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Nixon is the one who is instantly recognized as the president that betrayed his nation and lived a life of deception; however‚ Nixon left the office with astounding accomplishments. Throughout his time in office‚ Nixon displayed courage by increasing relations with China‚ which lead to a change with Soviet Union relations. Furthermore
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Analysis of Richard Cory In the ironic poem‚ “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ the author conveys a simple profound message that someone else’s life may not be an ideal existence. Richard Cory’s wealth‚ distinction and admiration from the ‘people on the pavement’ demonstrated that in their eyes he was the American dream. He was respected‚ well admired‚ envied and they wished they could trade lives with him. “Richard Cory” is a dramatic poem‚ written in four stanzas of regular alternating
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Lewis is a young adult who has just graduated from university. In order to earn some extra money he gets a job directing a play at a mental asylum. He starts off shy and lacking confidence meeting all the patients at the mental asylum‚ especially Roy who is seen as controlling and passive. At first the relationship between Lewis and the patients is rocky‚ until the event of the toilet fire‚ where we see the shift within the relationship Lewis shares with the patients. After the fire Justin comes
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Joe Louis "The Brown Bomber" Joe Louis was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. Although throughout his life he lived in many places including Las Vegas and Chicago‚ he still always considered Detroit home. Officially Joe Louis Barrow‚ Joe was born in the foothills of Alabama to his mother Lillie and father Muroe Barrow on May 13‚ 1914. Munroe was a sharecropper‚ but was committed to an asylum when Joe was only two‚ and died when he was four. Following this his mother got a job doing washing to
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