Composer, Pianist (1756–1791)
A prolific artist, Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned the piano at the age of three, and soon developed his skills in all musical forms. Widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of all time, he produced over 600 works.
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Reflect on the significance of this number when you run across it in your readings…
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“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
Continue reading Post ID 39154“Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.”
“The goal of socialism is communism.”
“Democracy is indispensable to socialism.”
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1914 Russian propaganda poster. The upper inscription reads “agreement”. The uncertain Britannia (right) and Marianne (left) look to the determined Mother Russia (center) to lead them in the coming war. Continue reading Post ID 39154
Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and German politician.
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Before reading Animal Farm – What is an allegory?
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We need your help for funding for the 5:30pm tournament on Thursday, November 7th.
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Elements of Latin American Music
TheBlack AfricanElement of Dance
Five(ish) Minute Dance Lessons
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Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence
The White European Element of Dance
Flamenco is an art form native to the Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura ,and Murcia. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).
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Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence
The White European Element of Dance
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Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence
The White European Element of Dance
Andalusia Music
Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence
The White European Element of Dance
Baroque music is a style of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750. This era followed after the Renaissance music era, and was followed in turn by the Classical era.
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“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
“Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.”
“Führer”“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.”
“The truth is that men are tired of liberty.”
After years of political violence and strife, a military coup in 1936 finally brings Spain into all-out civil war. Mass executions and revolutionary upheaval, as the eyes of the world focus on the Iberian Peninsula.
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fas·cism – noun
a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
to·tal·i·tar·i·an·ism – noun
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
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Com·mu·nism (noun)
– a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
– doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.
– a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
– a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
– communist systems collectively eliminating of private property
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Socialism (noun)
– a political and economic theory (policy or practice) of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
– (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.
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