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    pieces to keep her career moving forward. Robert’s mental health took a dramatic turn for the worse several years into the marriage, and he was taken to a hospital. This took a toll on Clara’s emotional state as well, but her connections with musicians Joseph Joachim and Johannes Brahms provided her with support in this trying time. Joachim met Clara when she was twelve years old and their bond remained through the years. Clara herself said, “Joachim gives me the most pleasant hours here [in Berlin,] thanks both to his art and his friendly words,” both of which were a means of bonding and consolation when Robert was taken from her. The two’s lives became so intertwined, in fact, that they began to perform in joint concerts, where Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim performed their own pieces in the same venue. Brahms, another support system for Clara, trusted her very deeply. This is obvious because he presented Clara with his works before having them published, as she was “the best person to hear [them.]” In their correspondence, the two musicians explored the “musical and personal dynamics of [their] closest friendship.” Although personal, however, Brahms and Mrs. Schumann’s relationship was not a secret; in a letter written to Joachim, Clara wrote, “just lately [Brahms] sent me some work…that combines depth and tenderness of feeling with a wealth of musical art so nobly that even Bach and Beethoven have scarcely excelled it,” once more enforcing the magnitude of Brahms and…

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    Brahms Johannes Brahms was born May 7th 1883 and he dies April 3 1997.He was a German composer and a pianist of the romantic period. He was born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family. He spent most of his life in Vienna, Austria. Johannes composed symphony orchestra,chamber ensembles, piano, organ,and voice chorus. He worked with a pianist named Clara schumann and a violinist named Joseph Joachim and they were very close friends. His father’s name was Johann Jakob Brahms and he lives from…

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    Adolf hitler Vs. Joseph Stalin This is showing the similarities and differences between two of the world's harshest and cruelest dictators in history Adolf HItler and Joseph Stalin. Some similarities are that they were both dictators and harsh rulers, they both promised progression, and they both killed millions of innocent people. Some differences between these two powerful and demanding leaders is that Stalin was for communism and against capitalism while Hitler was for capitalism and he…

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    Phlogiston Essay

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    Phlogiston theory The phlogiston theory states that the every combustible substance on this planet contains phlogiston. When a combustible substance is burned, phlogiston is released into the air. The people behind the phlogiston theory believed that the whenever a substance sets on fire, the fire gives off phlogiston. The phlogiston was believed be the kind of gas which causes fire. Without phlogiston, the combustible substance won’t be able to set on fire. In the late 1660’s a scientist…

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    The book I will be analyzing is, Kopet: A Documentary Narrative of Chief Joseph’s Last Year’s by M. Gidley. It was published in 1981 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America. This book is split up into three different sections: 1. Starting Out from the Meany Papers An introduction 2. Chief Joseph of the Nez Peres A chronology 3. White Witnesses to Chief Joseph’s End A Narrative This book discusses the last few years of Chief Joseph’s life, the white people…

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    Schumpeter’s work considered the role of entrepreneurs in creating profit as well as building on Weber’s examination of credit-money. He focused on these areas as an attempted to solve two problems with Smith’s circular-flow model. First, that it did not contain profits and secondly, it did not contain the element of bank credit-money. Schumpeter explained that the role of the entrepreneur was not passive, simply responding to price signals. He argued that in reality the entrepreneur’s…

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    Franz Joseph Haydn is widely known as one of the creators of classical music, as well as being dubbed the “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet. He is also one of the greatest and most celebrated composers of all time. Haydn once remarked, “Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.” And it was the truth. Haydn came from humbler beginnings than most. He was born in Rohrau, Austria on March…

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    Analysis Of Sister Wives

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    Sister Wives, should polygamy be legalized? Polygamy has been around for many years and with the TV show Sister Wives it can now be viewed in our homes weekly with each new season it brings. The show reminds us of the controversy that surrounds plural marriage. Should plural marriage be legalized? There are many opinions on this touchy topic. Should we, as a society, just leave it be, mind our own business as it were? Should we turn a blind eye to the accusations of abuse and underage…

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    Even though The Soviet Union turned from a rural farming country to an industrialized power house in just a matter of years, Stalin’s plans were more harmful than helpful to the Soviet Union because of the famine he caused, and the millions that died because of his actions. Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of the Bolsheviks or communist party that took control of Russia on October 24, 1917. During the Russian Revolution, he was a general who fought in major battles in the Russian Civil War…

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    Jalol Ikromi HIST 3121-03 Final Paper In June 1941 Nazi attack on Soviet Union started, and to due economic turmoil and Stalin’s reign of terror, Soviet Union forces were weak and were unable to oppose a surprised German invasion, therefore Germany was had early success which hurt Soviet forces even more. However Soviet Union was able to keep fighting, and result successful after 1943. Factors that have contributed to the success of the Soviet Union was an astonishing recovery of the Soviet…

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