When most people think of the blues they usually don’t think of Africa or Africans but what might surprise you is that Blues music was developed by African Americans in the early 19th century and the early 20th century. Blues evolved from a genre of unaccompanied vocal music sung by destitute African-American workers. In America Blues music originated from “African spirituals‚ African chants‚ work songs‚ field hollers‚ rural fife and drum music‚ revivalist hymns‚ and country dance music.” Blues in
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SunChengCheng Timothy OʼDwyer Head‚ SoCM. Music History (Jazz). October 20‚ 2012 Development and Maturity of the saxophone Style of Lester Young Introduction This essay is about the development and maturity of the saxophone style of Lester Young including his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. It will be discussing specifically Lester Young’s early period from 1925 – 1959 to describe and illustrate the main aspects of his influences
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Garai Merino Bilbao Leaving Belfast by Andrew Motion Focused on a conflictive time for Belfast‚ Andrew Motion tries to express the devastation that Belfast suffered during the economy’s decline years and the influence that the political issues had in the society. The narrator’s sadness for having to leave his beloved city can be felt all over the poem. The poem was published at a very difficult time for Belfast. Conflicts and violence were present in all the streets. On the one hand
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Federalist Argument By James Beasley I have chosen the federalist point of view to portray in this argument. I have chosen this side of the argument because‚ the federalist stood for the voice of the people. They wanted equally spoken opinions of all people from any social class. Another reason why I have chosen the federalist point of view is due to the fact that they wanted a stronger central government. They also disagreed with factions which went against American values. In the following I
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Justify vs. Vindicate The quotes “And justify the ways of God to man” and “But vindicate the ways of God to man” by John Milton and Alexander Pope respectively are at first glance interchangeable. Pope was influenced by Milton to some degree‚ both men were poets‚ both men were prone to satire and both were interested in the relationship between man‚ God and the universe. Both sought to explore the latter within the framework of their own ethical beliefs. The similarity in both person and intent
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Leaving Home Life is short and we need to make our decisions faster without wasting our time. For this we need support and help which we get from our family and friends all our life so we never want them apart. We always want them in our every moments of our life weather at our dejection or exhilaration but it is not the same as we desire. Life is a journey and you never know what happens next so you could end up anywhere at any time. It was August 9th 2008 when I first came to the United States
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In December of 1922 the creation of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ better known as the Soviet Union‚ is created. First lead by Vladimir Lenin‚ the Soviet Union was found to be the first country to be considered socialist with plans to become a communist party in the future. The Soviet Union was made up of 15 republics and at the time was the largest country in the world. After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ Joseph Stalin came to power that had control throughout World War II until his death in 1953
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By examining dualism‚ idealism‚ and physicalism‚ it becomes clear that idealism has the best arguments in its favor and has the fewest philosophical problems. George Berkley‚ Rene Descartes‚ and J.J. C. Smart were philosophers who were trying to understand the relationship between the mind and the body. George Berkeley believed there are no mind independent objects‚ and that everything that exist only exist through one’s perceptions. Rene Descartes thought that the mind and body had a causal relationship
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Everyone has a place they connected with‚ a place they never want to leave. Somewhere they feel safe. Making connections with places and things is a part of being human. Leaving those places is sometime the hardest thing we ever do. Leaving Florida was one of those times. Before I was forced back on a plane to my hometown of Nederland CO there were three places I had to say goodbye to: my tree‚ the bamboo forest‚ and the ocean. The first place I had to go before my departure was my
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There are a lot of biases when it comes down to who’s fault it was and what really sealed the deal and ultimately caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the same time when it is asked ‘Why did the soviet union collapse?’ the answer is always ‘there were many factors’. Well what does that mean? That is not very specific at all. Some say it had to do with the numbers of different cultures combined into one union and others may argue that the economy was too stagnant and that no one could have
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