Classical Opera THE question of what sort of music should be employed in opera is a fundamental one‚ and has given rise to more controversies‚ heart-burnings‚ and recriminations than any other matter‚ since it lies at the root of all differences between schools or individuals. In the earliest times‚ we find a declamatory style; in the works of the Venetians‚ melody asserts itself; with Scarlatti‚ musical learning is pressed into service; in the epoch of Handel‚ a conventional form dominates the
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Search for a Spiritual Life In Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods Henry David Thoreau presents his transcendental beliefs. His experiment of living in the woods and away from society was a way to test out his beliefs. Thoreau believed that by freeing himself from social restrictions‚ he could eventually gain spiritual relief. Similar to transcendentalism is the hippie’s view of life. They too also believed in a simpler way of living and wished to gain spiritual knowledge of nature and the world as a
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Greek and Roman Influence in Psychology Virtually every branch of knowledge‚ as we know it today‚ came from particularly two powerful empires of the ancient past‚ which are the Greek and Roman Empire. Although there were other civilizations‚ such as the Arabs and the Mayans‚ that made progress in knowledge‚ especially mathematics‚ the Greeks and Romans have been more recognized for the development of other branches of knowledge. The Greeks and Romans have been known to be the promoters of the natural
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YAMBAO‚ Monn Juleuse F. mjfyambao@gmail.com E304: Kundt’s Tube: Velocity of Sound in Solid METHODOLOGY Two experiments were done last time due to some circumstances that made the class to lack time and to be late compared to the official class syllabus. The students were able to accomplished the job by equally dividing the time into two. The first experiment was about Kundt’s tube. In this experiment‚ longitudinal sound waves will be produced in a metal rod and an air column. Using the properties
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The Persons Case: A Milestone for Women’s Rights in Canada On October 18th‚ 1929‚ Emily Murphy‚ Nellie McClung‚ Louise McKinney‚ Henrietta Edwards‚ and Irene Parlby‚ known as the Famous Five‚ celebrated the ruling of the Privy Council in Britain declaring women as legal persons. Prior to this decision‚ Emily Murphy fought for the rights of all women for twelve years‚ never allowing her losses to bring her down. Emily became the first woman police magistrate in the entire British Empire and
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Music Speculation The study of music theory dates back to ancient Sumeria‚ where tunings and intervals were studied. The ancient Greeks developed knowledge of rhythm‚ notation and scales. Music theory is a topic within musicology‚ the study of music. Music theory pertains to the observation and measurement of sound. Some topics that are studied are rhythm‚ notes‚ chord‚ and pitch. These topics are initially taught in music classes. They are the basis of learning music theory and can be applied to
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Session musicians What do they do? Go on tour with bands. Session musicians sometimes go on tour with bands; this involves getting paid a certain amount to play various gigs and concerts around a certain part of the world (or indeed all of it!). A session musician will either ask the company‚ or the company will ask the session musician to go and play either a whole tour‚ or just a few numbers in the tour. There is a large amount of gambling involved when it comes to being a session musician
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Background/origin/history Land van de Dood is located between Japan and Indonesia near the equator‚ at Latitude 14.604847‚ Longitude 155.039063. Starting in the late 1800’s‚ the still existing dutch speaking viking descendant clans sent criminals to this abandoned island to die. They called this island ‘Land van de Dood’ meaning ‘Land of the Dead’ in Dutch. However‚ due to their ancestry‚ the exiles were somewhat abnormally tall and muscular. This strength allowed their survival on the island. They
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(4th ed). Philadelphia: Lippincott. pp.314-323. Guyton‚ A‚C.‚ Hall‚ J‚E.‚ (2000) Cerebral blood flow‚ the cerebral spinal fluid and brain metabolism. Textbook of medical physiology‚ Elsevier‚ Philadelphia. pp. 663 ’ ’ 677. Kishner‚ S.‚ Augustin‚ J.‚ Strum‚ S.‚ Post head injury autonomic complications. Available at: http://www..emedicine.com/pmr/topic108.htm. Accessed on March ‚ 2008. Natale‚ J‚ E.‚ Joseph‚ J‚G.‚ Helfaer‚ M‚ A.‚ Shaffner‚ D‚ H.‚ (2000).Early hyperthermia after traumatic brain injury
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portfolio of equities over bonds.5 Fisher theorized that the trend towards investment in diversified portfolios of common stock had actually changed the equity premium in the 1920’s. Studies of various writers‚ especially Edgar Smith and Kenneth Van Strum have shown that in the long run stocks yield more than bonds. Economists have pointed out that the safety of bonds is largely illusory since every bondholder runs the risk of a fall in the purchasing power of money and this risk does not attach to
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