Aaron Copland Icon Of American Culture 1900-1990 Biography from The Timid Soul's Guide to Classical Music showing his importance in moving America away from overpowering european influences. http://www.azstarnet.com/public/packages/reelbook/153-4002.htm
Extractions: American composers wrote with a German accent in the 19th century, and adopted a more fashionable French accent early in the 20th century. Only with the 1930s work of Aaron Copland did American music find its own loping voice. Copland's music just before, during and after World War II defined the American style. Great Americana film scores from Elmer Bernstein's ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' and ``The Magnificent Seven'' to Randy Newman's ``The Natural'' are homages to the Copland sound and attitude. Copland himself wrote eight film scores, including ``Of Mice and Men,'' ``The Red Pony'' and ``The Heiress.'' But he really launched the Americana movement not on the silver screen but in the concert hall and on the ballet stage. His greatest strength as a composer was his simplicity of expression, his ability to make a musical point memorably but without fuss. That's why three of his six ballet scores - ``Rodeo,'' ``Billy the Kid'' and ``Appalachian Spring'' - are loved even by people who hate modern music. Copland's first works, in the 1920s and '30s, were self-consciously avant-garde for their time, with brashly dissonant harmonies. Copland was committed to tonality, but primitivism had been in vogue since Stravinsky's ``The Rite of Spring'' premiered just before World War I.
Extractions: Home About us Study options Student info ... Contact us Length: 4 years full-time or 5 years part-time Applications: Full-time: UCAS. Part-time: Admissions Office. See How do I apply? UCAS code: Qualifications: See qualifications table Typical GCE A-level offer: At least one full A-level at Grade B, together with either two full A-levels at Grade C or an equivalent combination of AS- and A-levels. Degree entrance requirements: Grade C at GCE A-level in one or both languages of a joint (50:50) combination; Grade C at GCE A-level, or equivalent, in the language of the major component of a major/minor (75:25) programme; or, where you are taking the major component from absolute beginner's level, Grade C at GCE A-level or equivalent in another language. If English is not your first language, you need to satisfy the College's English Language requirements Alternative qualifications: The typical offer is an indication of the standard of GCE A-level results we usually expect. We also offer places to those who have equivalent qualifications including GCE AS-levels, access courses, GNVQs, BTEC, and qualifications from other countries. We accept a pass in the appropriate language in all examined elements of Grade I of the College's Certificate of Foreign Language Proficiency as roughly the equivalent of A- or AS-level; contact PACE at the College, tel 020 7919 7200, for more information about the Certificate. Applications from mature students (over 21) are welcomed and considered on their individual merits.
Paper A journal article by Lynne Guitar that includes detailed discussion of the Taino history of the island of Hispaniola. http://www.kacike.org/LynneGuitar.html
Extractions: THE TRIPARTITE CRIOLLOS OF HISPANIOLA The tripartite natureIndo-Afro-Europeanof both Hispaniola's people and its culture has been little recognized or explored. In large part, this is because studies, particularly studies of the islands conquest and colonization, have focused on Spaniards and Santo Domingo, which was their capital and administrative center. In Santo Domingo, as best they could, Spaniards reproduced their European infrastructures and European cultural patterns. Nonetheless, Santo Domingo was a frontier city. The culture that evolved there was not a perfect European replica because of: The Spanish colonists were even less successful at replicating their European infrastructures and European culture in the countryside than they were in the capital. In Hispaniola's countrysidein the gold mining regions, in the rural villages and pueblos, on the sugar ingenios, and in the uncontrolled regions of the islandSpaniards were outnumbered by a minimum of six-and-a-half or eight-and-a-half to one by Indians, Africans and "others" in the 1530s, long after the Indians were supposed to have disappeared and long before most of the African slaves arrived.(2)
John Milton And Sventeenth Century Culture culture and history during the 1640s, and background on Milton in Italy. http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/milton/miltonitaly.html
File Not Found The language, culture, medieval history, newspapers, maps of Europe http://www.usg.edu/galileo/internet/area/europe.html
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European Druze Society Information about their structure and activities, with a collection of articles on Druze faith and culture. Based in Munich, Germany. http://www.europeandruzesociety.com/
Vucedol Culture Homepage Vucedol culture flourished between 3000 and 2200 BC in what is now modern Croatia. Their copper metallurgy was based on a new process of mass casting. This culture had a great influence on other contemporary cultures in the european heritage. This web site claims they invented the first european calendar and presented it in their ceramics. http://www.geocities.com/vucedol_culture
CULTURE OF FOOD> Historical essay on the effects of european foods and eating had on Nagasaki from the 16th Century onwards. http://www.uwosh.edu/home_pages/faculty_staff/earns/etchu.html
Extractions: Eating may be viewed simply as a biological function based upon physical and physiological needs, but when it comes to eating habits and the content of meals, a variety of factors must be considered. For this reason, I coined the phrase "shoku no bunka shi" (the cultural history of food) and began to publish on this topic in 1960, arguing that diet changes according to regional climate, politics, history and customs, and that it displays distinctive characteristics from one region to another. In particular, I paid special attention to the culture of food in the Nagasaki region as it is quite unique in Japan and provides a keen insight into the city's colorful history of international exchange. The Opening of Nagasaki Harbor and the Culture of Food The person who opened the door for the introduction of Western culture and Christianity in the Nagasaki region was the feudal lord Nagasaki Sumikage, a vassal of the daimyo Omura Sumitada. In May 1563, Omura and twenty-five of his vassals (including Sumikage) were baptized in the port town of Yokoseura, which the previous year had been visited by the annual Portuguese ship. After the baptism, Sumikage returned to Nagasaki. Omura Sumitada's baptism meant that everyone who resided in his domain had to convert to Christianity. At this time, a Catholic church was built in Yokoseura, and bread (pan, from the Portuguese word pao) and wine were provided for use in the Mass. The word pan was already well known among the Christian population in Japan.
Ji Magazine Ji , the independent cultural magazine is a nongovernmental public organization that studies the issues of political science, philosophy and culture. Inter-ethnic relationships, civilization break-down and administrative borders, european identity and european integration, contemporary political thinking have become principal areas for its studies. The magazine has initiated and cooperates with an ongoing seminar called âDialog over frontiersâ that examines cultural and political issues of frontier zones, as well as with annual international conferences on the problems of cross-border cultural, political and economic cooperation. http://www.ji-magazine.lviv.ua/engl-vers/index-eng.htm
Sparsabhumi - Buddhist And Indological Studies Selected Resources for the Study of Buddhism, Indian Philosophy and culture and the Encounter between India and the Western World (Buddhist Texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Central Asian Languages, Chinese and in Modern european Languages, Sanskrit Literature in General, Other Indian Languages Texts, Buddhist and Indian Art and Western Classical Texts of Interest to the Indologist and the Buddhist Scholar) http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/ahcen/coseru/index.html
Extractions: Buddhist and Indological Studies Selected Resources for the Study of Buddhism, Indian Philosophy and Culture and the Encounter between India and the Western World: Buddhist Texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Central Asian Languages, Chinese and in Modern European Languages, Sanskrit Literature in General, Other Indian Languages Texts, Buddhist and Indian Art and Western Philosophical and Literary Texts of Interest to the Indologist and the Buddhist Scholar. MAIN INDEX
Frontier Culture Museum Web Page Offers 17th, 18th and 19th century european and American history, featuring appropriate furnishings, crops, animals, foods, and a staff of costumed interpreters that help create a living illustration of life in Europe before immigration to America. Includes hours, admission, membership, calendar of events, educational programs, newsletter and directions. Located in Staunton. http://www.frontiermuseum.org/
Extractions: Welcome to the Frontier Culture Museum! Visit Europe and America's past at four different historic farms, moved from their country of origin, and reconstructed at the museum site, in Staunton, Virginia. See the rare and minor breed animals, walk through the authentic gardens, help harvest period crops, watch a blacksmith at work, and visit with the farm interpreters to share a lesson of courage, heritage, and determination. Bowman House Dedication Friday , September 23, 2005 2:00 p.m. Bowman House Site Frontier Culture Museum Weather Museum of American Frontier Culture (museum), Staunton, Virginia, United States Map provided by: Local Weather View our new online photo album. Board Of Trustees Meeting will be held on Friday September 9 at 9 a.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Dairy Barn. About Us Calendar Contact Us Exhibits ... Teachers FCM Trustees Executive Committee will meet Tuesday August 9 at 9 a.m. in the administration building This site was last updated
2020 Sites Dot Net - Web Design Solutions Flair AuPair Agency UK specialise in placing european AuPairs with families in Great Britain. Online applications can be made at the site. AuPairs visit England to learn English and experience the culture in exchange for assisting with light housework and child minding. http://www.flairaupairs.com
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Gabriola Museum Home Page Exhibits the history and culture of the island. Displays include petroglyphs carved by the island's first inhabitants, european settlement, and data on native plants. http://www.island.net/~gm_chin/
Extractions: This volunteer-run community museum tells the story of a small island in the Strait of Georgia, the Northwest Coast of North America its climate, plants and animals; the petroglyphs carved by its aboriginal inhabitants; its discovery by Spanish explorers and later occupation by European immigrants. SUMMER HOURS 2005 (to Labour Day)
'Gesher Berlin Promotes european diaspora culture. http://www.gesher-berlin.org
Extractions: To create a positive image of the cultural sector in Poland and emphasize its great economic potential. The mission of the programme is to enforce the role of the cultural sector and national heritage as important factors of the state's sustainable development. The objectives of the programme are: Activities realised in frames of the programme are addressed to persons and institutions applying for EU funding for their cultural projects. By these means the National Centre for Culture aims to change the perception of culture as a deficit sector of economy, requiring constant support from the state budget.
European Vampire Bibliography A bibliography of nonEnglish european resources on vampires in literature, folklore, and popular culture. Includes lists of Stoker short stories, novels, and criticism. http://www-lib.usc.edu/~melindah/eurovamp/vampeuro.html
Extractions: Melinda K. Hayes First compiled July 9, 1998 Introduction Chronological List of Pre-20th Century Resources Reference Works Historical Antecedents Belles Lettres Anthologies ... Popular Culture Comics ... Other Titles Music, Scores, and Sound Recordings Miscellanea My interest in vampires stems from a strong interest in gothic horror developed in my pre-teen years. I loved the works of Poe, the ghosts of Dickens, and of all the monsters on the silver screen, my favorite was Dracula. Like many of my youth, I ran home from school each day to watch Dark Shadows, and suffered along with the guilt-ridden vampire Barnabas Collins. It wasn't until after my marriage that I caught the collecting bug. My husband also shared my interest in horror and gave me a subscription to the Dark Shadows video series. A few months later, when on a trip to New York in 1991 he visited several secondhand bookstores, and brought back a suitcase-load of books about vampires. We were soon collectors of Vampireana in a big way.
Extractions: Putting Hope in the picture, Sarajevo Contacts in DG IV The European Cultural Convention Eurimages: meeting schedule for 2006 Eurimages Web site A special issue on the Ministerial Seminar on ''Teaching Remembrance through Cultural Heritage'' held in Cracow and Auschwitz-Birkenau from 4 to 6 May, has just been published. The issue can be downloaded from the Education website and is available at the Information Point of the Council of Europe. (more ...)
