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Generation Ecstacy

It’s been ten years since the English seized on Detroit techno, Chicago house, and New York garage as the seeds of what’s generally agreed—over there, at least—to be the most significant music since punk, and they’re celebrating with a slew of historical studies. Simon Reynolds attempts to bridge ...

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George Frideric Handel

Table of Contents - Handel Chapter Name/Title Page ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1. Handel 1 2. Life 1 3. Later Years ...

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Ludwig Van Beethoven

was born in Bonn, Germany. He studied in Vienna under Mozart and Hayden. In Vienna he first made his reputation as a pianist and teacher, and he became famous quickly. At this time he composed many of his most popular works such as the Fifth symphony, the Emperor Concerto, the Eroica and Pastoral ...

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The Beat Generation

was a generation of beat, down wanderers, who traveled the continent trying to find the answer to why we are here and what here is. Some of the founders, of this movement were Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, who then was under the name of William Lee, and Allen Ginsberg. The Beats rejected ...

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Amadeus Anaylisis

The film Amadeus, directed by Milos Forman, written by Peter Schaffer, and under the musical direction of Neville Marriner, stars F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri, Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze Mozart. Amadeus begins as two servants find Salieri ...

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Movie: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The movie takes place in Vienna, Austria in the 1700's. The film begins with the attempted suicide of Antonio Salieri, a court composer of the Austrian Emperor. He is placed in a mental asylum where a priest visits and asks for his confession. Salieri claims to have caused the death of Mozart. ...

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Africa 2

AFRICA. There are more than 50 independent countries in Africa and on the islands off its coasts. Together, they make up more than one third of the membership of the United Nations. In 1991 Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the first African and the first Arab to serve ...

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Led Zeppelin

Hollywood, 1973. It was only the second day of 's stay in Los Angeles. Already, the word was out. Hordes of fans prowled the hallways of their hotel, the infamous Continental Hyatt House. The lobby was filled with photographers, groupies teetering on platform heels, even an impatient car salesman ...

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Beethoven 3

Events of the day matter less in a study of Beethoven (1770-1827) than they do in most other composers. However, certain factors need to be taken into consideration when one is looking at his composition method. He never moved from Vienna and only ever left the city for any lengthy period either ...

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Valentine Party

I walked from the parking lot into a quiet room the size of a the reception hall. sized room of the building. It was very quiet in the large room as I entered. My footsteps echoed as I walked. There were decorated brown paper lunch bags were all lined up on the counter. Each bagEach bag wwasas ...

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Hank Williams Jr.

Hank Williams, Jr. was meant to be a superstar from the day he was born. His father, the legendary Hank Williams, and mother, Audrey Sheppard, both played an intricate part in his early stardom. Hank had to overcome many obstacles in his life including escaping from his father's shadow and a ...

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Comparison Between Piano Concert By Barbara Wieman And Sacramento Chamber Orchestra

Comparison Between Piano Concert by Barbara Wieman and Sacramento Chamber On Feb 20,1997, I attended a piano concert that was performed by Barbara Wieman. The performance was held at the American River College Music Department choir room. The choir room holds about 100 people and every seat was ...

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The 1960s

Through out history the world has seen some generations that have made an impact more than all of its predecessors. The decade from 1960 to 1970 was definitely one of those eras. The people didn't follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture which was their ...

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Creative Writing: Under The Spell - A Travel Tale By Danny O'brien

"The great advantage of having an ancestry like that of a mongrel dog is I have so many ancestral homes to go home to." We caught the ferry from Le Havre, France to Ireland, land of my ancestors. Every since I was a wee lad, my mind has been used as a canvas by every Irishman who has been ...

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Dave Matthews' "Dancing Nancies"

Many critics hailed Dave Mathews Band as, “the impressive alternative to alternative rock.” I was definitely impressed and hooked with one song. I was mesmerized by the sounds that poured from my radio speakers. This band was different. Dave Mathews Band combined instruments rarely ever heard ...

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Is It An Open Road?

The point of an advertisement, whether it be on television, radio, the side of a bus, or in a magazine, is to sell. How do you sell a product? Do you lie to make the product better? Is the power of a bathroom cleaner really glorified by a cartoon duck flying a plane? Do burping frogs really ...

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The Prodigy

story starts with a 12'' EP called What Evil Lurks the four tracks of which were taken from the youthful Liam Howlett's first demo tape. The EP wasn't received on the then-massive rave scene, and it remains hardcore club anthem to this day, as well as being one of the most sought-afterpieces of ...

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Analysis -- Buffy The Vampire

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a difficult media to classify into one genre. An obvious classification of the programme¡¦s genre would be horror; but this isn¡¦t entirely true, because the show has more concepts and themes that a horror movie would, and deals with more issues as well. The show uses ...

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Louis Armstrong

Heroes are needed in the world to give people something to look up to, someone to be like. over came such adversities as poverty, a lack of good education, and racism to become one of the greatest jazz player not just of the 1920s but of the 20th century. Armstrong was one of the creators of ...

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Stand By Me: Review

Stand By Me, is a film written in 1986, that focuses on the two day journey of four best friends. The music in the film is one that is mostly song scoring. The music in this film was chosen very well. It was even pop song scoring. This movie has two main examples of music that I would like to ...

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