Opera: Timeless or Timed out What is Opera’s appeal? what makes it timeless as an art form? However‚ is it now as timeless as it once was? According to Leon Boutstein a writer for The Musical Quarterly “ out of all traditions in classical music of the western world opera has been the longest lasting of these art forms. … Despite in popular culture it being viewed as a representation of lavish wealth (Musical Quarterly 2015)”. Another important factor that Leon Boutstein points out is that in the eighteenth
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This week I have started the book‚ A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi. For this book I have weekly meetings with my group to discuss what we have read. So far I have found this book very interesting and I have chosen this book because of the culture surrounding the book. Susanna English narrates the story in first person. The story takes place in Salem Village‚ the civilians in the village are poor and underprivileged. Susanna and her family are proper Puritans‚ they strictly follow the Bible’s
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No issue in twentieth-century American history has aroused more debate than the question of the origins of the Cold War. Some have claimed that Soviet duplicity and expansionism created the international tensions‚ while others have proposed that American provocations and imperial ambitions were at least equally to blame. Most historians agree both the United States and the Soviet Union contributed to the atmosphere of hostility and suspicions that quickly clouded the peace. At the heart of
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He loved baseball and wanted to carry out his dream by being the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. I have also faced a difficult obstacle in my life. When I was 9 years old‚ I was in 4th grade and I had a lot of free time after school because I wasn’t participating in any after school sports or activities. I decided to try out some sports to see what I would enjoy‚ and get a good exercise to stay fit and healthy. First‚ I tried out softball. I started practicing at home
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In Julius Caesar the rulers break and bend the rules one after another. I don’t think the rulers should be able to break there rules and then tell us not to even if it was for the good of the country. “As a rule‚ men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can” (Caesar). This quote really gets to the reader because all of the other rulers assumed that Julius Caesar was going to change their country into something that wasn’t good for the people. They were so worries about how they
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mall‚ and soon as I walked in the mall aroma of the mall smelled like Topsy. On new years it seem like it was like a ghost of fireworks walking up and down through the streets. In the house there was a smell of a vanilla candle that really smelled. Out of all of the incredible smells that I had taken in there was a bad smell awaiting for me and that was the smell of chitlins‚ wooo that smell is nothing nice. Thankful my mama knows has to keep that awful smell down. When the day seems long I would
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males served in the British forces during World War One. Since there was no compulsory enlistment for state service‚ approximately 140‚000 of these joined during the war as volunteers. Some 35‚000 Irish males passed away. Irish males enrolled in the armed services.For the war effort for a variety of reasons. Some‚ just like their fellows in other fighting states‚ joined up for the discern justice of the effect. But in Ireland‚ which in the year of 1914 was deeply separated between nationalist and
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The American Civil War In 1860‚ arguably the world’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate). The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were truly beaten. Out of this horrendous war though‚ where some 600‚000 men died grew a greater sense of nationalism than is today‚ unrivalled around the world. The American Civil War is interpreted differently by many historians but most see the catalyst as
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The Great Powers were unable to stop the war between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire. Even though this was included only the Balkan Powers‚ greater influences such as Russia were involved. Therefore the Great Powers feared that the result of the First Balkan war would bring about conflict between the European Powers. Therefore they decided that there was a need for a Conference to discuss the future of the Balkans. The Foreign mistier of France‚ Raymond Poincare had been circulating the
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To what extent did nationalism threaten peace in Europe from 1870 to 1914 ? From 1870‚ two big powers‚ Italy and Germany‚ were established after their unifications. At the same time‚ it aroused nationalism in Europe. So‚ it did a large extent of nationalism threatening peace in Europe until 1914‚ because they tried to gain national glory. Nationalism is the movement for national unity‚ independence and advancement. Nationalists tried to gain national glory and to unify with the people in
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