|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 7251 - 7260 of 22819 matching essays
- 7251: A Brief History Of The Blues
- ... the first place, and thus made possible the absorption of blues into both jazz as well as the mainstream of pop music." (Priestly 10) American troops brought the blues home with them following the First World War. They did not, of course, learn them from Europeans, but from Southern whites who had been exposed to the blues. At this time, the U.S. Army was still segregated. During the twenties, the ... tradition. (RSR&RE 53) The latest generation of blues players like Robert Cray and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others, as well as gracing the blues tradition with their incredible technicality, have drawn a new generation listeners to the blues. There are a number of different ideas as to what the blues really are: a scale structure, a note out of tune or out of key, a chord structure; a ... thus turned into dance music and confined to a three-verse rhymed stanza of twelve to sixteen bars. (Lomax 275) The singer can either repeat the same basic melody for each stanza or improvise a new melody to reflect the changing mood of the lyrics. (Kamien 519) Blues rhythm is also very flexible. Performers often sing "around" the beat, accenting notes either a little before or behind the beat. (Kamien) ...
- 7252: Artists Works
- ... young man in the middle of it, proudly surveying the battlefield as though it were his kingdom. To his left are people on a road that leads off into the horizon. All these things symbolize new beginnings out of old life and hope from death. The message that Salvador Dali was trying to get across is that hope and despair, failure and victory, and life and death are all equal forces ... no way of having one without the other. Guemica - Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" Pablo Picasso's painting entitled "Guernica" has been a masterpiece of modern art since it's first appearance at the World Fair's Fair of 1937. The huge mural has become an icon of Picasso's work and has been interpreted in several unique ways, many of which contradict Picasso's actual intentions. Artistically, the composition is balanced and is a characteristic of Picasso's work; perfectly planned and flowing. The symbols of this piece despite the misconceptions of it's many critics, including those present at the World's Fair in the year that the painting was introduced, were clearly defined by Picasso himself. The preliminary sketches of the work began in May of 1937, and was commissioned by the official Republican ...
- 7253: 1984
- ... mostly autobiographical, and achieved successes as a brilliant writer. 2. Synopsis The novel takes place in a theoretical and fictional dystopian totalitarian society. The story begins in London on April 4, 1984 after an atomic world war divides the world into three states. London is the capital of Oceania which is run by INGSOC(English Socialism). The controllers are called "The Party." The Party is divided into two sections, The Inner Party, and The Outer ... this government is Big Brother. The novel is told in third person and partly first person, and is also divided into three parts. In the first part the main character and his conflicts with the world he lives in are revealed. Winston Smith is a bureaucrat who works for the government by altering history at the Ministry of Truth. He begins to ponder the reason things are so bad and ...
- 7254: Architecture 2
- ... in building these great structures. Yes, you too can be an architect! But how, you ask? Just read on, and you will find out! Architects have designed the greatest buildings in history, from the stoic World Trade Center in New York, to the graceful and natural Falling Waters house in Pennsylvania, building styles differ as much as the architects who build them. One of the most famous architects is Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed the ... too high for the current amount of architects in the area to fill. And so more architects are brought in fresh out of college, and the demand is met. As long as somewhere in the world there is a demand for buildings, there will always be a demand for architects. This gives architects extremely good job security and makes them very happy. Architects usually make between forty and one hundred ...
- 7255: Biography of Ernest Rutherford
- Biography of Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford was born at Bridgewater, close to Nelson, New Zealand. His parents had emigrated to New Zealand from Britain approximately 30 years earlier. Rutherford was a successful all-round student at school, though did not show any real interest in science. He entered Canterbury College at Christchurch, where his interest and ... Rutherford has been reported as saying It is like firing shells at a piece of paper hankerchief and having them bounce back at you. This was revolutionary in 1911 and was the basis of the new nuclear science. In 1912 Niels Bohr joined with Rutherford and published his theories on the nature of the atom. These theories eventually gained general acceptance of this model of the atom. In 1914 World ...
- 7256: William Lloyd Garrison
- ... great animosity. A slave trader sued him for libel; he was fined, and, lacking funds to pay the fine, was jailed. After his release from prison Garrison dissolved his partnership with Lundy and returned to New England. in partnership with another American abolitionist, Isaac Knapp, Garrison launched The Liberator in Boston in 1831; the newspaper became one of the most influential journals in the United States . Garrison was also a pacifist ... Georgia offered (1831) a reward of $5000 for his arrest and conviction under Georgia law, and he received hundreds of abusive letters, many of which threatened him with assassination. Undaunted, he helped to organize the New England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832; the next year, after a trip to England, where he enlisted the aid of abolitionist sympathizers, he played a leading role in establishing the national American Anti-Slavery Society ... after the de facto abolition of slavery, Garrison discontinued The Liberator and advocated dissolution of the antislavery societies. He then became prominent in campaigns by reformers to promote free trade and abolish customhouses on a world scale; to achieve suffrage for American women and justice for Native Americans; and to establish Prohibition and eliminate the consumption of tobacco in the U.S. He died in New York City on May ...
- 7257: Conquests Napoleon Made Domestically As Well As Militarily
- Conquests Napoleon Made Domestically As Well As Militarily Name: Lisa Grade: A Description About the conquests Napoleon made domestically as well as militarily The Paper: Napoleon's Greatest Conquests "To absorb, to emit, to form new combinations---that is life." -Napoleon Bonaparte- On August 15, 1769 Napoleone Buonaparte, future emperor of France was born in Ajaccio, Corsica. An avid disciple of Rousseau, Napoleon joined the French Military, and slowly began to work his way to esteemed positions. Later, as General Bonaparte, Napoleon defeated much of Europe in an effort to take over the world. He was eventually defeated and imprisoned by Britain on the island of St. Helena, where he died in 1821. Napoleon is well known for both his military and domestic accomplishments, but which of the two ... VII created the Concordant of 1801. This brought a reconciliation with Rome and France's Catholics. To increase government efficiency, Bonaparte introduced a system of administrators within each department responsible to the central government. The new administrators, called prefects and sub-prefects were really the superintendents of the ancien regime, but they now had far greater powers. "It was a ponderously efficient machine which still weighs heavily on the national ...
- 7258: Thomas Jefferson
- ... out. In the congress Jefferson wrote his most famous document, the Declaration of Independence. As an expression of the philosophy of the rights of the people in an age when absolute monarchs ruled throughout the world, it had an immense impact in both America and Europe. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted, and within a few days the declaration was read throughout the colonies. In September Jefferson returned to Virginia to take part in a convention of the new Virginia legislature. His guiding principle was to place as few restrictions as possible upon the people. His most noteworthy achievement at the convention was a bill establishing religious freedom and ensuring the separation of church ... to mob rule and anarchy. His program was moderate enough to win the support of both parties. During his last days in office Adams tried to ensure Federalist control of the judiciary by filling 16 new circuit courts and about 200 offices with Federalists. Jefferson had the judgeships abolished and withheld commissions that had not yet been delivered. Jefferson's chief accomplishment as president was the Louisiana Purchase (1803). The ...
- 7259: Modern Music
- ... until I started to hang out with him, and I am now starting to enjoy it because of its diversity that is involved in making the music. Each rapper has their own version of the world, and they express it through their music. -2- Not all rap music is good according to a Texas widow, who filed a lawsuit against Tupac Shakur. Her husband, a Texas state trooper, was allegedly shot ... I hear it, but my mom was the same way, and she now listens to country. I guess in time my view will change because as I get older I will look everywhere for a new kind of sound that will catch my ear. Most people go through their stages of music as their get older, and I am in between rap and alternative. While my mother is in between country ... other. The fourth person that I interviewed was my sister. I asked the same question as the above three. She said, It depends because one week is different from the next. I will buy a new CD, and listen to it until I am sick of it then I move on to the next artist. When I am feeling depressed I listen to the Verve or Dave Matthews because the ...
- 7260: History Of Punk Rock
- ... commercially successful punk band was the Sex Pistols? Then came groups like Black Flag, Husker Du, and Bad Brains. Punk was invented in Britain in the mid Seventies. The first American punk started in a New York club called CBGB's. CBGB's would attract a crowd of about 500 with its Sunday-afternoon hard-core matinees. The concerts would be over by a reasonable time so kids could get home ... have understood her. Her mother thinks it's just a phase she's going through. As Becca Quotes, "Parents around here treat me like I'm kind of weird."3 She has met someone from New York City that understands her. She meets with him at concerts at clubs like the Ritz or CBGB's. She met someone else also. Someone about 20 minutes away from her hometown who wrote an ... that would understand him. He got a lot of responses, but when he saw the letter from Becca he called her right up. They met for the first time at a Hard-Core show in New York City. But still no one in her hometown understands her. Fitting in with the New York hard-core scene is one of her goals. Clothing Punk has its very own unique style. Although ...
Search results 7251 - 7260 of 22819 matching essays
|
