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19 Th Century Symphony Orchestra
1,690 wordsfounded in 1895, gave its first concert the following year under the direction of Frederic Archer. Victor Herbert was the chief conductor from 1898 to 1904; he was succeeded by Emil Page (190410). The orchestra was then disbanded. It was revived in 1926, and over the next decade it was led by Elias Bree skin (192730) and Antonio Modarelli (193037). The orchestra was reorganized by Otto Klemperer in 1937. Fritz Reiner was chief conductor from 1938 to 1948, followed by William Steinberg (195276), ...
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19 Th Century Sir Henry
1,382 wordsScience becomes increasingly a metaphor for the explanation of why things are as they are: people look to science to explain the origin of human character and institutions; science becomes an important part of ideological argumentation and a means of social control. European scientists from late 18 th to 19 th century developed scientific theories to explain the racial differences. The attempt to cast a theory of race in biological terms was the product, in part, of the growing of science in Eur...
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20 Th Century 19 Th Century
1,653 wordsExistentialism, philosophical movement or tendency, emphasizing individual existence, freedom, and choice, that influenced many diverse writers in the 19 th and 20 th centuries. Because of the diversity of positions associated with existentialism, the term is impossible to define precisely. Certain themes common to virtually all existentialist writers can, however, be identified. The term itself suggests one major theme: the stress on concrete individual existence and, consequently, on subjectiv...
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19 Th Century 18 Th Century
1,105 wordsMore sophisticated proponents of the mercantilist doctrine understood that the real wealth of a nation was not its hoard of precious metals, but its ability to produce. They correctly saw that the influx of gold and silver from a favorable trade balance would serve as a stimulus to economic activity generally, thus enabling the state to levy more taxes and gain more revenue. Only a few states that practiced mercantilism, however, understood this principle. Two developments paved the way for the ...
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19 Th Century 18 Th Century
1,548 wordsthe hierophant's of an un apprehended inspiration, the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present... In "Ode to the West Wind, " Shelley implores the West Wind, a powerful force of nature that Shelley identifies with his rapidly-changing reality, to "lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!" He also expresses his almost-melancholy wish that he could be as The comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven (Ode 815) "Ode to the West Wind" invokes the attendant spirit from which Geniu...
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19 Th Century Robinson Crusoe
2,946 words... : religion. But, in a way, religion is also work and possession, working and possessing the minds. The island is transformed or civilised by Robinson. This does not even change when Robinson sees the first human beings, the cannibals. The cannibals or the savages play the same role as the island; they represent both savagery and a point zero of civilization. From this point zero they can be tamed (in Robinson's own words) and turned into a copy of European civilization. This process is repre...
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19 Th Century Passage To India
1,031 wordsPassage to India The end of the 19 th century was the time when scientific and cultural progress was being strongly associated with European geopolitical expansionism. The pace of this progress, at that time, was truly amazing. Therefore, it was only natural for the poets and writers of the era to view contemporary realities as the basis of their creativeness. Walt Whitman's poem Passage to India, written in 1871, proves the validity of this statement to the full extent, because it is essentiall...
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19 Th Century Form Of Art
481 wordsUniversity: Lecturer: Course: Date: Reformation on modern life During the industrial revolution, many social-cultural changes occurred. The society was in a constant state of change. The artists living then strived to keep up with those changes, and by doing so, several new forms of art evolved. In the second half of the 18 th century, the most popular art form was Neo-classicism, which basically was an imitation of the ancient Greek and Roman styles of art. This art form gave way in the early 1...
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1,626 wordsLiberty, the Iraqi War, and the Global Economy The depth and breadth of Brian Tierney's understanding of European and American history is awe-inspiring. Tierney's double volume history of western civilization features literary classics, letters, biographies, chronicles, diaries, philosophic and scientific writings, and government records. Historian, philosopher, lawyer, Brian Tierney discusses the derivation of modern society or schools of thought in The idea of natural rights, Gerson, Concilila...
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20 Th Century 19 Th Century
2,458 wordsChanging Role of Teacher Education developed from the human struggle for survival and enlightenment. It may be formal or informal. Informal education refers to the general social process by which human beings acquire the knowledge and skills needed to function in their culture. Formal education refers to the process by which teachers instruct students in courses of study within institutions. Before the invention of reading and writing, people lived in an environment in which they struggled to su...
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19 Th Century Solomon
1,440 wordsScience becomes increasingly a metaphor for the explanation of why things are as they are: people look to science to explain the origin of human character and institutions; science becomes an important part of ideological argumentation and a means of social control. European scientists from late 18 th to 19 th century developed scientific theories to explain the racial differences. The attempt to cast a theory of race in biological terms was the product, in part, of the growing of science in Eur...
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Interstate Commerce Clause United States V
1,965 wordsThe powers delegated... to the federal government are few and defined... The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties and properties of the people and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State. James Madison, The Federalist Papers # 45 Since the establishment of judicial review in Marbury vs. Madison, the Supreme Court has been charged with the role of mediator. The Court arbitra...
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19 Th Century Romantic Poetry
1,089 wordsThe literacy world of the 19 th century saw an emergence of female writers into the male dominated profession of poetry. Many men felt as though their profession was being invaded. They resented women entering the public sphere. This mentality in part helped influence which women were able to write and what they wrote about. Felicia Hemans and Jane Taylor are both women poets that emerged during the 19 th century. Both women have used their poetry to help expand on traditional notions of romanti...
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Declared War On Serbia 19 Th Century
3,080 words: The Former Yugoslavia 79 this is 72. 72 A has just exploded... They just disappeared. They must have hit a mine. I think theyre all dead On the 15 th of the September 1992 Sgt. James Davis armoured personel carrier struck a TMA- 3 anti-tank mine, although his comrades had thought them dead, they both survived the ordeal with little or no injury. The next day a Combat Engineer by the name of Sgt. Mike Ralph was killed on the same road while clearing the road for mines by another anti-tank mine,...
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17 Th Century 19 Th Century
2,992 wordsHistory of Math Mathematics, study of relationships among quantities, magnitudes, and properties and of logical operations by which unknown quantities, magnitudes, and properties may be deduced. In the past, mathematics was regarded as the science of quantity, whether of magnitudes, as in geometry, or of numbers, as in arithmetic, or of the generalization of these two fields, as in algebra. Toward the middle of the 19 th century, however, mathematics came to be regarded increasingly as the scien...
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19 Th Century Types Of Music
2,786 wordsJazz When it comes to music, most people dont say they like it. People say they like heavy metal, pop, rhythm and blues, or any other type of music, since they have their own preference to what type of music they like, not just enjoying the broad area of music. One of those types of music which many enjoy is jazz. Actually right now jazz is really big and popular in Europe, andis rising in its popularity in the USA through its many forms. Jazz does have many forms, so many that some people would...
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19 Th Century Period Of Time
817 wordsMass Media Contributes To Societies Obsession With Thinness Over a period of time societies view of the ideal woman and their weight has dramatically changed. According to Joan Jacobs Brumberg (an author of a popular book, Fasting Girls) in the 19 th century, bigger was considered better. Back then the larger a mans wife was, the more she was seen as a good provider. Today, however, fat is seen as unhealthy and being thin is in. Now when we see an overweight woman we tend to stereotype them as l...
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19 Th Century Charles Darwin
1,043 wordsRomanticism and Rationalism Romanticism began in the mid- 18 th century and reached its height in the 19 th century. The Romantic literature of the nineteenth century holds in its topics the ideals of the time period, concentrating on emotion, nature, and the expression of nothing. The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and, while using emotion and nature; the poets and their works shed light on peoples universal natures. Romanticism as a movement declined in the l...
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19 Th Century Poem Quot
1,058 wordsRomanticism began in the mid- 18 th century and reached its height in the 19 th century. The Romantic literature of the nineteenth century holds in its topics the ideals of the time period, concentrating on emotion, nature, and the expression of " nothing. " The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and, while using emotion and nature; the poets and their works shed light on peoples universal natures. Romanticism as a movement declined in the late 19 th cent...
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19 Th Century 20 Th Century
1,904 wordsWhat is Sociology? This article is designed primarily for those who are completely new to sociology and would like some help and guidance as to the exact nature of the subject-matter of sociology. However new you are to sociology it is probable that you have an idea, however vague and general, regarding what sociology is supposed to be about. It may be that you have an idea that sociology is about people. And you would be right to think so. We might start then by noting that sociology is one of ...
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