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Good Example First Verse
1,230 words
It is almost impossible to identify the author of
a spiritual or to pinpoint its original form.
Typically, spirituals are created by
nonprofessional musicians, changed by other
singers and passed along from one generation to
the next. As the song is passed along it starts to
change. The changes that take place become a part
of the original song and eventually the music
takes on a different form. Over the span of years
the authors' names are forgotten. The composer who
wishes to create a new spir...
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Black Music In America
1,065 words
Black Music in America: A History Through Its
People Tahirah Carter by James Haskins Intro to
Music I have definitely learned allot about the
Evolution of American Music in this class. I found
it to be very intriguing. So when I was faced with
the chore of deciding which book I would do my
report on, I chose Black Music in America by James
Haskins. This book gave a detailed account of not
only the music genres but its performers. We
already know that American music is made up of
music from many ...
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An American Tragedy And The Futility Of Dream
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An American Tragedy is an intriguing,
frighteningly realistic journey into the mind of a
murderer. It is a biography of its era. And, it is
also historical fiction. But what makes this novel
a classic? While society has changed dramatically
since 1925, Dreiser's novel, which shows the
futility of "The American Dream" and the tragedies
that trying to live it can cause, accurately
summarizes social mores of this and any time
period. Before Theodore Dreiser was born, his
father, a devout German imm...
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Cultural Of The Ojibway Native Americans
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I sat in awe when a Native American, dressed in
traditional regalia, walked forward and began
speaking to us about his life and culture. Never
in my nineteen years of life had I actually seen a
Native American aside from television. Prior to
that point I never had any first hand experiences
with their culture, so therefore all of my
opinions and thoughts were based on stereotypes I
had come to absorb over the years. Therefore, he
looked how I had imagined he would, but I had no
clue what to expe...
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Responsible For Mufasa Death Responsible For Mufasa Simba
709 words
Scar has the plan set. He lures Simba to the gorge
and gets him to wait there, while the hyenas cause
a stampede of the wilder beast. Scar knows that
Simba has no chance of surviving the stampede.
Simba is on his way to doom when Mufasa comes to
his aid again. Mufasa gets Simba out of harms way
but in the process finds himself hanging off a
cliff. Scar sees this and rushes to the cliff but
not to save Mufasa but to make sure he dies. Scar
then tells Simba that he should leave because
Mufasa's de...
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Moulin Rouge Baz Luhrmann
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Moulin Rouge! (2001) Moulin Rouge (2001) is
produced by Baz Luhrmann. This film won 2 Oscars
and another sixty five wins and eighty three
nominations. Stars: Nicole Kidman (Satine) and
Ewan McGregor (Christian). Although it is very
difficult to speak about musical, Moulin Rouge was
one of the few films that have made great
impression on me. Musical is, probably, one of the
most interesting genres of theatrical performance.
It is the most conditional genre. Musical demands
from the actors not onl...
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The Souls Of Black Folk
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The Souls of Black Folk Having written The Souls
of Black Folk, William Edward Burghardt DuBois
could not even imagine that it would become one of
the greatest pieces of southern literature written
during his time. This book had a profound impact
on how black culture was viewed. The Souls of
Black Folk even revolutionized perceptions and
attitudes of white society toward black people.
Through the usage of brilliant descriptions in the
areas of food, symbols, dialect, locations and
landmarks, arc...
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Rock And Roll Chord Progression
2,559 words
Joseph Machlis says that the blues is a native
American musical and verse form, with no direct
European and African antecedents of which we know.
(p. 578) In other words, it is a blending of both
traditions. Something special and entirely
different from either of its parent traditions.
(Although Alan Lomax cites some examples of very
similar songs having been found in Northwest
Africa, particularly among the Wolof and Watusi.
p. 233) The word blue has been associated with the
idea of melancholia...
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Nursery Rhyme Grateful Dead
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Who can say where the prose comes from that flow
from the pens of the author s of the Grateful Dead
s lyrics? Careful listening reveals a strong
tendency toward the ancient form of the nursery
rhyme. From Robert Hunter s first lyric for the
band Alligator (Hunter 6), in which he echoes Old
King Cole (Gould 143), to John Perry Barlow s
Throwing Stones (Dodd), nursery rhymes have
provided both text and rhythm, and seem to fit
well into the playful sound of the Dead. The
rhythm of nursery rhyme pre...
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Western Concert Choir Elements Of The Choir Voices
804 words
After parking out in the wilds of the Western
parking-lot system I managed to hike a few miles
through the wind and rain to the PAC on a stormy
November 9 th in Bellingham. Having shaken myself
off I found a comfortable seat in the upper deck
and settled in to enjoy the warmth and music of
the evening. Minutes after I sat down the choir
filed in to form a semi-circle around the
conductor. Everyone was dressed up in black and
looked striking for the evenings performance. The
evenings performance ...
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Bar Mitzvah Doesnt Understand
563 words
Marvin Matthew Falsettos Cast Marvin Matthew Scott
Whizzer- Robert McCaffrey Jason Kid Trina -
Heather Wood Cordelia- Renee Klapmeyer Dr.
Charlotte - Jessica Dennis Dr. Mendel Jon Hack
Falsettos Music 038; Lyrics by: William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Line 1 st act
starts in 1979 2 nd act starts in 1981 The story
starts off in 1979 with Marvin and Trina. They are
married and have a child Jason, appearing to be a
normal family. Marvin discovers that he is gay and
starts seeing a psych...
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Santa Claus Christmas Eve
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Christmas in Spain is a very joyous and religious
time of year. You will see that a Spanish
Christmas has a lot of American influence but also
has much of their own heritage in it. In small
towns and villages it is more traditional and
distinctly Spanish. It is in the bigger cities
that you will find more American and European
customs. For an example, will only see a Santa
Claus walking around in Madrid and other big
cities. The idea of Santa has spread through out
Spain more today. The climate ...
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God Is Dead Belief In God
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Friedrich Nietzsche died on August 25, 1900, at
the age of fifty-five, leaving a legacy of
brilliant writings whose impact and influence were
delayed until the twentieth century. His life was
full of sharp contrasts. The son and grandson of
Lutheran ministers, he was nevertheless the herald
of the judgement that God is dead and undertook a
campaign against morality. He was nurtured in an
environment thoroughly dominated by females yet
advocated the most masculine philosophy of the
superman. He c...
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Ii Destinys Child R 038 B Group
781 words
Specific Destinys Child SPEECH OUTLINE Specific
Goal: I want my audience to receive a better
understanding on the scandals and mishaps that the
hottest girl group has been through. Introduction
I. Destinys Child has made a popular name for
themselves, but they have had many battles and
struggles to get to the place they are now. II.
Destinys Child has been recently compared to the
Supremes, for the likeliness they posses. Thesis
Statement: Destinys Child has been through many
ups and downs, from...
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J Alfred Prufrock Middle Aged Man
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Eliot's Views Of Sexuality As Revealed In Eliots
Views Of Sexuality As Revealed In The Behavior Of
Prufrock And Sweeney Eliot's Views of Sexuality as
Revealed in the Behavior of Prufrock and Sweeney
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock tells the
story of a single character, a timid, middle-aged
man. Prufrock is talking or thinking to himself.
The epigraph, a dramatic speech taken from Dantes
Inferno, provides a key to Prufrock's nature. Like
Dantes character Prufrock is in hell, in this case
a he...
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God Is Dead Belief In God
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Friedrich Nietzsche Born: 1844. Rock, Germany
Died: 1900. Weimar, Germany Major Works: The Gay
Science (1882), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883 -
1885), Beyond Good 038; Evil (1886), On the
Genealogy of Morals (1887), MAJOR IDEAS Self
deception is a particularly destructive
characteristic of West Culture. Life is The Will
To Power; our natural desire is to dominate and
reshape the world fit our own preferences and
assert our personal strength to the fullest degree
possible. Struggle, through whic...
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Belief In God Spoke Zarathustra
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Sometimes
philosophy is called timeless, implying that its
lessons are of value to any generation. This may
be hard to see in Nietzsche's work; but, we are
assured that it was appropriate thought for his
time. However, even Nietzsche's critics admit that
his words hold an undeniable truth, as hard as it
is to accept. Perhaps this is why his work is
timeless, and has survived 150 years in print.
Christianity God is Dead! announced Zarathustra
(better known as...
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B Du Bois W E B Du
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Harlem Renaissance The Harlem renaissance was a
time of creative ingenuity among blacks confined
to the ghetto s of America by racism and an
implied social class. In the Early 20 s black s
had progressed far enough along where some didn t
need to work 16 hour days to make a living. This,
coupled with the coming together of lots of blacks
in ghetto s, the exposure of some blacks to
European whites who weren t racist like American
whites, combined to raise the hopes, dreams, and
aspirations of bla...
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Sing Sing Ive Heard
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b. March 15, 1916, Albany, Georgia, USA. d. July
5, 1983, Las Vegas. Harry James father Everette
James, was a trumpeter and led a circus band with
the Mighty Haag Circus. His mother Maybelle, was a
trapeze artist with the circus. Harry began
playing the drums when he was four and began
playing trumpet when he was eight. He joined the
circus band the next year and was leading it by
the time he was twelve. Then their family moved to
Beaumont Texas, and at 15 Harry James began
playing in local danc...
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Early Church Important Role
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The Importance of Hymns in the Congregational
Church Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
as you teach and admonish one another with all
wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and
spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to
God. Colossians 3: 16 (NIV) The Congregational
Church is not a new religion in the United States
today. This early denomination dates back to the
16 th and 17 th centuries, a time in which England
was involved in a revolt against the Established
Church. This congreg...
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