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- 4631: History of Rock and Roll
- ... days in August of 1969 on a farm in Woodstock, New York, bands and thousands of kids got together for three days of peace, love and music. The reason for this was to protest the death of innocent teens being sent off to Vietnam to fight in the war. Bands that headlined this event were Jefferson Airplane, The Who and Jimi Hendrix. In the early seventies another type of rock and ... for life time achievement. Another rap artist who has received this award is LL Cool J. The world of rap though was built around the urban population and community which included crime, drugs and unfortunately death. Great rap artists Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. were recently killed. Most music today, in the late nineties is all revival of old music. We have swing bands (Brian Setzer Orchestra, Cherry ...
- 4632: Bluegrass Music
- ... medium for the music. There are probably over 500 bluegrass festivals in the U.S., according to International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) executive director Dan Hays, and others are springing up abroad (Flippo). Recently, the death of Bill Monroe in September of 1996 has sparked an interest in bluegrass music. Ricky Skaggs has produced a new album entitled "Bluegrass Rules" in response to Monroe's death. He feels that bluegrass is poised for a resurgence. "I truly believe in the timing of everything," he says. "There is a season for everything. I felt that after [Bill] Monroe passed away, on chapter ...
- 4633: Pablo Picasso
- ... Until this goal is accomplished, the Cubist painter has not fully realized his purpose. After his initial Cubist period, Picasso moved through various other stages. He experimented with sculpture and still lifes, and by his death at the age of ninety-two, could be considered "the most famous and talked about painter in recent history." (Barnes). After progressing past Cubism, Picasso frequently came back to this style of painting because, as ... feelings towards Franco's regime and used his paintings, especially his great mural Guernica to "clearly express [his] abhorrence of the military caste which", he believed, had "sunk Spain [into] an ocean of pain and death." (Barnes) The way Picasso set about painting has been well documented by many people. Roland Penrose, in writing about a photographic study of the artist at work, eloquently describes the conflicting influences seen in Picasso ...
- 4634: Mozart and His Music
- ... new musical style was not understood by many. He sank into debt and was assisted by a brother Freemason, Michael Puchberg. Mozart had joined the Masons in 1784 and remained an ardent member until his death. In July of 1791, Mozart was working in his summer-house when a man called to see him. He would not say who he was, only that he came with a message. A nobleman had ... true intention. In November of 1791, Mozart was already ill and having imagined that the work was for himself, did not finish. He died on December 5, 1791, at the age of thirty-five. His death was accompanied by rumors of poisoning, but is now thought to have been the result of kidney failure. He was given a cheap funeral at Saint Stephen's Cathedral and buried, with only the gravedigger ...
- 4635: Porgy and Bess
- ... a black cast and created by black talent was a rarity, it was not unprecedented. Bob Cole had spoken about an opera based on Uncle Tom's Cabi, but the work remained uncompleted at his death. Scott Joplin had written an opera, "A guest of Honor", while living in St. Louis in 1903. The opera had several performances in Missouri, but did go beyond the state's borders. Joplin's second ... money back, and more. Porgy and Bess was George Gershwin's longest and most ambitious creation, but it was not truly successful during his lifetime. Some of the songs had achieved popularity before Gershwin's death in 1937, but the work earned real approval and favor only after the 1940 Theater Guild presentation of a slightly revised version. For years it was performed more frequently in Europe, where it was considered ...
- 4636: Shakespearean Tragic Heros
- ... heart, while Macbeth is courageously killed in man-to- man combat. For each tragic hero the suffering has gone on too long and the only way to receive redemption, and to end the suffering, is death. It is in this death scene that the tragic figure is transformed into the tragic hero (Desjardens). Although it was Aristotle who characterized the tragic hero, it was Shakespeare that made the tragic hero famous ( English Lit. ). Through his great ...
- 4637: Humans Hold The Idea Of Heroes With Great Significance
- ... the story of Wanjiru, African mythology; she sacrificed her body for the good of her people. They were in need of rain, and the only way they would receive this and survive was through her death. In her death she became one with the earth and provided life for her people. The sacrifice of her body provided the realization of the cycle that unites all life. A second example is in the story of ...
- 4638: Shakespearean Comedy 2
- ... not in the way, Hermia could marry Lysander. Since he is causing problems in his daughters life by trying to make her marry Demetrius, this begins the journey into the woods. Egeus threatened Hermia with death if she were to marry Lysander so she thinks the only way they can be together is to run away. One strange element is why Egeus was so set on Hermia marrying Demetrius. Lysander came ... two plays are different but they both deal with the same issue of sexuality. After the Duke has left the city in Angelo's hands, he wants to show his power by condemning Claudio to death because he got Juliet pregnant. Angelo is not being reasonable because he has let the power go to his head. Angelo has also had sex out of wedlock, he just did not get Mariana pregnant ...
- 4639: Muhammad's 23 Years Of Prophetic Ministry
- ... his hand, or wink with his eye??? Why didn't Muhammad kill him himself? If this man had committed such a crime as to cost him his life, why didn't Muhammad see that his death sentence be carried out? What kind of law is that? "You committed a major crime, punishable by death, but I'm going to let you live because I am too proud to signal with my hand."??? Note here that the Qur'an itself, revealed in regard to Sarh in 6:93, calls Sarh ...
- 4640: The Swayzak People
- ... Native Americans the Swayzak people have a deep respect for nature and a belief that the earth is their "mother" spirit. The Swayzak people also practice a number of rituals such as rituals of healing, death, and prophecy. They are a nomadic society, yet they may maintain a village for a number of years before moving to a different location. The men hunt for bear and cariboo, while the women gather ... lives of the Swayzaks. For them a ritual connects them to thier mother earth. When a child is born a ritual is performed to welcome and let him become part of the mother earth. At death rituals are performed to send a persons back to the earth. Thier "rites of passage" ritual takes place over a period of years in which young men and women are taken to be taught by ...
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