J. S. Bach and the Second Brandenburg Concerto In December 1917‚ Johann Sebastian Bach began working as Prince Leopold of Cothen’s Kappelmeister (German: “chapel master‚” director of music)‚ tasked with composing for celebrations and holidays. A lover of music‚ the prince held Bach in high esteem; paying Bach more than twice the salary of his predecessor. Restricted by the chapel’s low-quality organ‚ Bach negotiated for new instruments in Carlsbad and Berlin‚ traveling with the prince throughout
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in the world. This was another marvelous success of the spreading of western influence. There was also a flood of other‚ minor‚ western influences that have traversed the planet. People all over the world dress like Westerners‚ do business like Westerners‚ do science like Westerners‚ and many other things. This is significant because it unified the world to a degree. Why? Because of imperialism. These few Europeans spread their way of life to the many around the world. Secondly‚ it is astonishing
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preserve their culture and expel Chinese influence on their faiths for almost two centuries; as well as being able to thrive even while being aware of the West. But it wouldn’t be long until the arrival of shipwrecked Portuguese sailors in 1543 that Westerners begin to play a huge role in opening Japan to establishing trade and diplomacy relations and also military conflict. Because of the conflict with China‚ Japan closed off foreign trade with them until the Portuguese brought
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int/Treaty/EN/WhatYouWant.asp?NT_148 and CM_1 and DF_10/02/03 B. F. Grimes‚ 2000‚ Ethnologue: Languages of the World‚ Dallas: SIL International European Convention on Human Rights‚ http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/index.html Hogan-Brun‚ Gabrielle and Wolff‚ Steffan. Minority Languages in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan‚ (2010) C.Jones‚ Mary. Language Obsolescence and Revitalization. Oxford University Press‚ (1998) 7
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study. The basis of the misunderstanding centered around the idea that after a year of using his supplies to gain leverage Lee would show his generousity by providing a large robust ox for the Christmas feast. Generousity he expected‚ as a westerner‚ to be greated by praise gratitude and general appreciation. What he didn’t realize was that praise was not the way of the !Kung people. For if you take an action in your own culture the reaction is generally predictable‚ but if you take
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The media over exaggerates their representation of the Muslim population portraying them as violent terrorists and a threat to most nations/countries. Stereotypes abound in any and every form of media we can listen to‚ read‚ or watch today. Stereotypes create recognition in people and stir emotions - from anger to fear‚ or even empathy. News reports on religion generally use outrageous stereotypes of the population of the particular religion. This is evident in the representation of Muslims whenever
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not well known‚ in part because many synesthetes fear ridicule for their unusual ability‚ or they see it as normal and do not realize they have such an uncommon gift. The first documented case of Synesthesia was recorded by Georg Tobias Ludwig Sachs in 1812 (Jewanski‚ J. 5)‚ but was widely misunderstood for much of its history from many experts thinking the condition was a form of insanity. Over the past 30 years‚ however‚ there has been growing evidence showing that the brains of
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Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics Ethics is one part of philosophy that will always be studied‚ and like most subjects in philosophy‚ will never be viewed the same by everyone. There are so many cultures that have so many different beliefs about the way a person’s life should be lived out. Things like religion‚ poverty‚ and mental health all contribute to our beliefs in ethics. Some people believe that the mental state of a person or the motive for that person committing a crime should be
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Steven Tobias American Sign Language Prof. Chris 4/31/2013 Social Activity My social activity was also from home. I went to a graduation party that was for my friend who has deaf family members. So I sat there and was able to interact and ask about deaf culture for a good portion of the party. We played some of their games‚ which I have never played before. They were all fun and it was a great time. Now since there wasn’t much to that‚ I decided to go to another event. I went to a car wash
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The greatest unexpected answer upon the conspiracy of the western modernized civilization and the spiritually enhanced eastern civilization proceeded from the analyst of the west‚ Hu Shi. The harmful satire of ridicule upon the Western civilization while recognized as materialistic created on the infrastructure of the hunt for the satisfaction of humanity‚ not just the pleasure of a small scale‚ but indeed to the intangible requests of mankind. As the Eastern civilizations so called Orientals recognized
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