303 résultats pour "musica"

• Seattle - geography.

  Mountains. The area includes the suburban cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, and Issaquah. The Eastside has become home to dozens of high-technologyindustries including Microsoft Corporation, ATL Ultrasound, Nintendo of America, divisions of The Boeing Company, and many other firms. In the 1960s commutersheaded to Seattle jobs from homes on the Eastside. Today, the “reverse commute” from Seattle homes to jobs on the Eastside is just as heavy, and both streams oftraffic cross the same...

• Popular and Social Dance I INTRODUCTION The Cakewalk The cakewalk, a dance of African American origin, was intended to lampoon high-strutting whites at fancy dress balls.

  master. The dance manuals published between 1550 and 1630, written by Thoinot Arbeau of France, Cesare Negri of Italy, and other dancing masters, describe dances such asthe pavane, galliard, allemande, courante, saltarello, and volta, as well as circular branles and progressive longways dances (for a line of couples, in which each couplerepeats the pattern with one new couple after another; see Country Dance). The sense of order and harmony so important during the Renaissance gave rise to forma...

• Antonio Carlos Jobim - Música.

• MUSIC LOVERS KEN RUSSELL

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• Excerpt from The Two Gentlemen of Verona - anthology.

  JULIA. Is he among these? HOST. Ay; but, peace! Let’s hear 'em. SONG:Who is Silvia? What is she,That all our swains commend her?Holy, fair, and wise is she;The heaven such grace did lend her,That she might admirèd be. Is she kind as she is fair?For beauty lives with kindness.Love doth to her eyes repair,To help him of his blindness;And, being helped, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us singThat Silvia is excelling;She excels each mortal thingUpon the dull earth dwelling.To her let us garlands...

• Chinese Literature I INTRODUCTION Chinese Literature, writings of the Chinese people, with a continuous history of more than 3,000 years.

  (Huang) River basin region in the north. The verses are in lines of four characters (or syllables) and use rhyme and alliteration (repetition of the initial letter). Confuciusquoted them in his works. Because he described them as “without depraved thoughts,” all the verses in the Shi jing have been treated as moral allegories. (4) The Li ji (Book of Ritual ) contains detailed discussions of the principles of conduct at court and in private ceremonies. Although the Han dynasty and later ruler...

• Chinese Literature I INTRODUCTION Chinese Literature, writings of the Chinese people, with a continuous history of more than 3,000 years.

  (Huang) River basin region in the north. The verses are in lines of four characters (or syllables) and use rhyme and alliteration (repetition of the initial letter). Confuciusquoted them in his works. Because he described them as “without depraved thoughts,” all the verses in the Shi jing have been treated as moral allegories. (4) The Li ji (Book of Ritual ) contains detailed discussions of the principles of conduct at court and in private ceremonies. Although the Han dynasty and later ruler...

• MUSIC LOVERS ou LA SYMPHONIE PATHÉTIQUE

• Georg Friedrich Händel - Música.

• Theater I INTRODUCTION The Art of Theater BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.

  Theater at EpidaurusAncient Greek dramas were performed in open-air theaters like this one in Epidaurus, Greece, which was designed byPolyclitus the Younger in 350 bc. A festival of ancient Greek drama is still held in the summer in this 14,000-seat theater.Roger Wood/Corbis Fundamental to the theater experience is the act of seeing and being seen; in fact, the word theater comes from the Greek word theatron , meaning 'seeing place.' Throughout the history of world cultures, actors have used...

• ECM (Editions of Contemporary Music).

• Jamaica - country.

  majority, the Church of God, Baptists, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostalists, and Roman Catholics predominate. Several well-established Jewish, Muslim,and Hindu communities exist. A number of popular sects, such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism, are a significant and famous feature of the national religious life. C Education School attendance by children between the ages of 6 and 11 is nearly universal, and 84 percent of all 12- to 18-year-olds attend secondary institutions. In 2000...

• Paris (city, France) - geography.

  and its vibrant public square, frequented by street performers, soon became among the most popular landmarks in the city. West of the Pompidou Center is Les Halles, the site of the central market of Paris from the 12th century until 1969. The market was subsequently replaced by the Forum LesHalles, a multilevel underground complex featuring a shopping mall, museums, the Paris film library ( vidéothèque ), and a sports center. The street level of Les Halles features a garden, the Jardin des Halle...

• Iceland - country.

  III PEOPLE Icelanders are one of the most homogenous peoples in the world. They are predominantly of Nordic origin, descendants of the hardy people who emigrated fromNorway to Iceland in the Middle Ages. There are also some Celtic influences from Irish and Scottish immigrants who arrived from the British Isles ( see Celts). The population of Iceland (2008 estimate) is 304,367. Numerous times in its history, Iceland has suffered major population losses due to epidemics, volcanic eruptions, and...

• Ice Skating.

  cold climate. Competitors for these events are chosen from the best skaters in each participating country, usually through preliminary national competitions. Speedskaters also compete on a World Cup circuit, which pits the world’s best skaters against one another during the year. A Figure Skating The major types of competitive figure skating are individual men’s and women’s competitions, pairs skating, ice dancing, and precision skating. In individualcompetitions a single skater performs requir...

• Serbia - country.

  Minority groups speak their own languages, such as Albanian and Hungarian. Bosniaks generally speak Bosnian and write it with the Latin alphabet. Serbs are by tradition Orthodox Christians. The Roman Catholic and Protestant churches also have adherents in Serbia. Most of the ethnic Albanians of Kosovo areSunni Muslims ( see Sunni Islam), as are the Bosniaks of the Sandžak region. Bosniaks are descendants of Slavs who converted to Islam in the 15th and 16th centuries. B Education The leading in...

• Armenia (country) - country.

  because of ethnic tension brought on by a secessionist conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited predominantly by Armenians in western Azerbaijan. In thereverse direction, many Armenian refugees entered Armenia from Azerbaijan during the conflict. Armenia’s official state language is Armenian, an Indo-European language with no surviving close relatives. It has a unique 38-letter alphabet that dates from the early5th century. Of its many spoken dialects, the most important are Eastern or Y...

• Haendel, Georg Friedrich - compositeur de musique.

  Compositeur de plus de quarante « opere serie », de vingt-deux oratorios et de deux passions, Haendel maîtrisait dans la musique vocale la souplesse mélodique, l'intensité dramatique dans l'expression des sentiments et l'amplitude des chœurs. Sa musique instrumentale est d'égale qualité. Influencée par l'école italienne, elle donne aux violons des parties fluides et virtuoses et tempère l'amplitude, voire la grandiloquence de certains passages, comme dans Musique pour les feux d'artifice royau...

• The Beatles I INTRODUCTION Beatlemania BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.

  more sophisticated lyrical ideas. The group’s next album, Rubber Soul (1965), is regarded as a creative breakthrough. It featured instruments innovative to Western pop/rock music, such as the Indian sitar, and experimental sounds. The Revolver album (1966) was another important advance in songwriting and musical craftsmanship for the band. IV LATER YEARS AND BREAKUP The pressures caused by the group’s extreme popularity—known as Beatlemania—resulted in safety problems for the group, especi...

• George Frideric Handel.

  Handel’s most important contribution to music history undoubtedly lies in his oratorios. Although the genre had existed in the 17th century, Handel seems to haveinvented the special type known as English oratorio, with its dazzling choruses. His influence on later generations can be seen most clearly in the history of the oratorio:Handel’s Messiah is one of only a few 18th-century works to remain in the performance repertory from its composer’s lifetime until today. The oratorios of later comp...

• L e rock, forme culturelle liée d'abord, et pendant longtemps, à la marginalité et à la protestation sociale de minorités, a aujourd'hui une longue histoire.

  sensuelle, son swing très naturel et la sobriété de l'instrumentation (guitare et contrebasse) rendent très séduisante cette première tentative réussie de métissage musical. Ce « rockabilly » adapté au public adolescent paraît, avec le recul, bien timide en regard de ses modèles noirs. Les allusions sexuelles y sont nettement moins appuyées (et surtout moins comiques), même si Elvis fait rimer son prénom avec pelvis et roule des hanches suggestives devant les caméras. Ses premières pr...

• Nashville - geography.

  The metropolitan area has 10,549.3 sq km (4,073.1 sq mi). The important cities and towns in the metropolitan region include Franklin, site of a major battle of theAmerican Civil War (1861-1865), Murfreesboro, Gallatin, Lebanon, and Springfield. Nashville’s suburbs also have spread into adjacent counties in recent years, particularlyWilliamson County to the south. Nashville’s downtown is located on high, limestone bluffs overlooking the Cumberland River, with four bridges connecting the east and...

• Musical I INTRODUCTION George Gershwin American pianist, songwriter, and composer George Gershwin was one of the most important figures in popular song in the 1920s and 1930s.

  C Extravaganzas Another predecessor of musical comedy, the extravaganza, evolved soon after the American Civil War (1861-1865) from traditional English pantomime. Extravaganzaswere typically based on fairy tales and Mother Goose. They introduced some of the elements—songs, dances, and comedy combined with spectacular stage sets andeffects—that American musical comedy later became known for. The first and most famous extravaganza show was The Black Crook (1866), often described as America’s fi...

• disque, industrie du (entreprise).

  3.2. 2 De la répression… Les premières actions en justice à l’encontre de personnes diffusant et/ou téléchargeant illégalement des fichiers musicaux sur Internet ont lieu aux États-Unis enseptembre 2003, à l’initiative du syndicat américain des éditeurs musicaux, la puissante RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). Les plaintes sont alors déposées à l’encontre de 260 utilisateurs et, selon la loi fédérale en vigueur, chaque titre illégalement diffusé peut valoir 150 000 dollars de d...

• ABC. music-hall parisien ouvert, en 1934, au 11 boulevard Poissonnière.

• Broadway L'une des principales artères de New York, célèbre par ses théâtres, ses cinémas et ses music-halls.

• Poetry of Lord Byron - anthology.

  A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent! “Stanzas for Music” There be none of Beauty's daughtersWith a magic like thee;And like music on the watersIs thy sweet voice to me:When, as if its sound were causingThe charmed Ocean's pausing,The waves lie still and gleaming,And the lulled winds seem dreaming: And the midnight Moon is weavingHer bright chain o'er the deep;Whose breast is gently heaving,As an infant's asleep:So the spirit bows before thee,To listen and adore thee;Wit...

• Tom Pouce Tom Pouce (1838-1883), artiste de music-hall américain, devenu célèbre en raison de sa petite taille.

• TATI, Jacques Tatischeff, dit Jacques (1907-1982) Sportif professionnel avant la guerre, artiste de music-hall après, il réalise son premier film, Jour de fête, en 1949.

• Ziegfeld, Florenz Ziegfeld, Florenz (1867-1932), producteur de revues de music-hall américain, célèbre pour l'extravagance de certains de ses spectacles musicaux.

• Grand oral du bac : LE ROCK (Exposé – Musique– Collège/Lycée)

  • Une contre-culture s'exprime dans le mouvement underground de San Francisco. Celui-ci opère une grande mutation psychédélique des sons et des sens qualifiée d'acid rock, avec Jefferson Airplane (After Bathing at Baxter's, 1969), Grateful Dead (Anthem of the Sun, 1968), Big Brother And The Holding Company et sa chanteuse Janis Joplin, The Mothers of Invention de Frank Zappo (Unc/e Meat, 1969) ou Captain Beefheart (Trout Mask Rep/ica, 1969). • De l...

• Baker Joséphine , 1906-1975, née à Saint Louis (Missouri), artiste de music-hall française d'origine américaine.

• Chevalier Maurice, 1888-1972, né à Paris, chanteur de music-hall et acteur de cinéma français.

• Burundi - country.

  D Way of Life Most Burundians live in self-contained compounds of small round grass huts scattered over the country’s many hills. The rugo , the traditional Tutsi hut, is divided into sections and surrounded by an enclosure and cattle corrals. Families farm scattered plots of land on different soils at different altitudes to minimize crop failure. Thefloors of valleys are avoided due to higher temperatures and tsetse fly infestation. Social roles are largely determined by ethnicity, with the T...

• Honolulu - geography.

  of Brigham Young University. The state’s largest museum, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, is located in Honolulu. It contains a large collection of Polynesian archaeological artifacts, as well asmany exhibits on Hawaiian history and culture. The museum also has an extensive entomological collection with more than 13 million specimens. Other importantmuseums include the Honolulu Academy of Arts, known for its extensive collection of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean art; the Contemporary Museum, wit...

• Bolivia - country.

  E Plants and Animals Because of the wide variations in elevation, plant and animal species of nearly every climatic zone are found in Bolivia. A coarse grass, called ichu, grows on the largelybarren high plateau in the west. Para rubber trees, more than 2,000 species of hardwood trees, and vanilla, sarsaparilla, and saffron plants are common in the tropicalforests of the east. The llama, found chiefly on the Altiplano, is an efficient beast of burden. Alpacas and vicuñas also inhabit the platea...

• Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania) - geography.

  national trend of migration from eastern cities to the warmer climate of the Sun Belt. Whereas in 1950 Philadelphia contained more than 2 million people and ranked as the third largest city in America, the city's population plunged to 1,517,550 by 2000.In 2006, the city's population was estimated at 1,448,394. While the city proper was decreasing in population, the metropolitan area centered on Philadelphia grew. In 2006 the region had 6.2 million inhabitants. Philadelphiaranked as the nation’s...

• San Francisco - geography.

  recognized symbol of the city, opened in 1937. It connects San Francisco to Marin County to the north, one of the wealthiest suburban areas in the nation. With the construction of the Bay and Golden Gate bridges and other links from the city to its suburbs, the San Francisco Bay area has become one large metropolitanregion. San Francisco itself is only 122 sq km (47 sq mi) of land area, but the city’s Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (defined by the Census Bureau as SanFrancisco, San Mateo,...

• Colleges and Universities.

  and (3) large universities that include undergraduate programs in addition to graduate and professional schools. D Graduate and Professional Schools Professional schools are typically divisions of large universities. They offer specialized education in a variety of professional fields, such as education, business, medicine,law, social work, agriculture, journalism, architecture, fine arts, nursing, engineering, and music. Some professional schools offer four- or five-year programs leading toa b...

• MONTAND, Ivo Livi, dit Yves (1921-1991) Acteur d'origine italienne émigré à Marseille, il débute dans le music-hall, remarqué et chaperonné par Edith Piaf, et rencontre le succès en chantant du Prévert.

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• TURNER Joseph Mallord William : Music party à Petworth

  TURNER Joseph Mallord William Music party à Petworth Né à Londres, 1775 Mort à Londres , 1851 En 1829 , Turner a l'immense chagrin de perdre son père , barbier de son état, qui l'avait encou­ ragé dès l'enfance à suivre sa vocation . La folie furieuse de la mère , internée après des scènes atroces et morte en asile, avait soudé entre père et fils des liens étroits . Dès 1830 , il séjourna périodiquement chez son ami lord Egremont , au...

• TATI, Jacques Tatischeff, dit Jacques (1907-1982) Sportif professionnel avant la guerre, artiste de music-hall après, il réalise son premier film, Jour de fête, en 1949.

• CHEVALIER, Maurice (1888-1972) Chanteur gouailleur, portant smoking et canotier, le " gars de Ménilmontant " impose durant cinquante ans " sa pomme " sur les scènes du music-hall du monde entier.

• MONTAND, Ivo Livi, dit Yves (1921-1991) Acteur d'origine italienne émigré à Marseille, il débute dans le music-hall, remarqué et chaperonné par Edith Piaf, et rencontre le succès en chantant du Prévert.

• Patsy Cline Patsy Cline (1932-63), American country music singer, who died in an airplane crash in 1963 at the height of her fame.

• Honorée depuis peu, la chanson populaire occupe une grande place dans le coeur des hommes.

  –, dans l'immédiat après-guerre, aux bluettes décapantes du groupe Au Bonheur des Dames – Oh, les filles –, à la fin des années soixante-dix). Qu'elles soient grivoises ( le Zizi de Pierre Perret, en 1975) ou subtiles ( les Pingouins , chantés par Juliette Gréco en 1970), ces chansons à rire sont une constante. Quelques artistes s'en sont fait une spécialité (Félix Mayol au début du XX e siècle, Annie Cordy, Carlos...), tandis que d'autres s'en servent en alternance avec de...

• Anthologie des Rwâyes

  LES ENREGISTREMENTSITHE RECDRDlNGS CO 1 ___________________ 63'06" Musique instrumentale/Instrumental music 1. TaswÎsÎt, « La Sousi ", "The Soussi " 2. Agnaw , « Le bègue ", "The stutterer" 3. Lutâr, « Le luth ", "The lute" 4. Aberdag, « La danse ", "The dance" 5. Tanggift , « Le cortège de la mariée ", "The bridai procession" 6. Rma, « Les archers ", "The bpwmen " Musique de li,! confrérie des Ulad Sidi Hmad -u-Mûsa Music of the Ulad Sidi H...

• United States (Overview) - country.

  parts. IV UNITED STATES PEOPLE When Europeans first reached North America in the 1520s, they encountered other people—Native Americans—and they also encountered a new geography. Someimagined they were entering “a howling wilderness”—an environment filled with exotic flora and fauna but sparsely populated. In reality, they found their way to alandmass that was widely settled. But soon after the Europeans’ arrival, the population of the Americas plummeted, largely because Native Americans lacked...

• Croatia - country.

  III PEOPLE OF CROATIA The total population of Croatia at the time of the 1991 census was 4,784,265; a 2008 estimate was 4,491,543. During and after the war ethnic Serbs fled Croatia whileethnic Croats moved in. Croatia’s population growth rate in 2008 was -0.04 percent, despite population gains due to immigration. Croatia’s natural population growthrate, which measures births and deaths, has been negative since 1998. Life expectancy at birth was 75 years in 2008. The population density in 2008...