The word music comes from the Greek mousikê (tekhnê) by way of the Latin musica. It is ultimately derived from mousa‚ the Greek word for muse. In ancient Greece‚ the word mousike was used to mean any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses. Later‚ in Rome‚ ars musica embraced poetry as well as instrument-oriented music. In the European Middle Ages‚ musica was part of the mathematical quadrivium: arithmetics‚ geometry‚ astronomy and musica. The concept of musica was split into four major kinds
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Evaluation for Firebirds Wood Fired Grill Kesha Krider Devry University Eating out is a treat for me. I occasionally call up some family and/or friends and treat myself to a nice dinner. There are many restaurants in my hometown of Charlotte‚ North Carolina to choose from‚ but there is one in particular where I love to spend my hard earned money. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill located at Northlake Mall Dr. has become my new favorite place to dine for dinner on the weekends. Firebirds have the three
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Cyril Scott was an English composer born in 1879 and was renowned in his youth for being one of the most progressive British composers of his generation. He had composed about four hundred compositions during his lifetime‚ which included piano‚ violin‚ symphonies‚ cello concertos‚ and operas. Scott made an impact on music during the transition to the 20th century. He especially contributed to the ideas of mysticism and impressionism in music during this time as well. In addition to his compositions
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Pictures at an Exhibition (later orchestrated by Ravel in 1923). Nationalism is prevalent in works like Chopin’s polonaises and mazurkas. Other examples are Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies‚ Smetana’s The Bartered Bride and The Moldau‚ Borodin’s Prince Igor and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade. The music of the Romantic period mostly contained warm‚ personal melodies; expressive indications (espressivo‚ dolce‚ con amore‚ con fuoco‚) implied interpretive freedom (rubato) and harmonic colour (new chords
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Life of Martha Graham Martha Graham was born in a town of Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ on May 11‚ 1894‚ one of George and Jane Beers Graham ’s three daughters. Her father was a doctor who treated people with nervous disorders. When she was ten years old‚ and after one of her sisters developed asthma‚ the family moved to California. Graham became interested in studying dance after she saw Ruth St. Denis perform in Los Angeles‚ California‚ in 1914. Her parents did not approve of her becoming a dancer
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impressionist technique. He was among the few to be influenced by symbolist poets and impressionist painters‚ which resulted in true originality. He was the founder of Musical Impressionism‚ and impacted numerous composers such as Maurice Ravel‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ Bela Bartok‚ Alban Berg‚ Anton Webern‚ Pierre’ Boulez. On August 22nd 1862‚ Claude-Anchille Debussy was born. He was born in Saint-Germain-en Laye‚ France. His father owned a shop where he sold china and his mother was a seamstress. He began
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Fashion designer. Born on August 19‚ 1883‚ in Saumur‚ France. With her trademark suits and little black dresses‚ Coco Chanel created timeless designs that are still popular today. She herself became a much revered style icon known for her simple yet sophisticated outfits paired with great accessories‚ such as several strands of pearls. As Chanel once said‚“luxury must be comfortable‚ otherwise it is not luxury.” Her early years‚ however‚ were anything but glamorous. After her mother’s death‚ Chanel
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As a Compass manufacturing company the organizational chart is very simplified. The positions are depicted down to the manger level. The executive vice president reports directly to the chief executive officer of Firebird Compass Tech. The marketing department manages customer demands. They also generate future sales and manage partnership technology initiatives for future projects within the navigation industry. The operations department manages people‚ schedules‚ equipment‚ technology‚ materials
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Arnold Schoenberg and adopted and developed by his students in Second Viennese School such as Edward Steuermann‚ Erwin Stein‚ Ernst Krenek‚ René Leibowitz‚ and especially Alban Berg and Anton Webern‚ and other composers of 20th century including Igor Stravinsky‚ John Cage‚ Olivier Messiaen‚ Stockhausen‚ etc. According to Gerald Abraham‚ there are two rules of twelve-tone serialism introduced by Schoenberg in 1920s: the order of each tone row has to be maintained during the work; any tone in a series
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Research Paper Comparison of the Enterprise Functionalities of Open Source Database Management Systems April 26‚ 2005 Herausgeber und Urheber Fabalabs Software GmbH‚ Honauerst. 4 A-4020 Linz Bearbeiter: Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Fallmann Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Fallmann Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Pramböck Horst Reiterer Dipl.-Ing. Martin Schumacher Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Steinmaurer Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Wagner Research Paper Page 1 Copyright © Fabalabs Software GmbH‚ 2004-2005‚ Honauerstr. 4 A-4020 Linz Index
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