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Although Dmitri Shostakovich’s song cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry does not have the international acclaim as some of his bigger orchestral works, it still remains one of his most powerful pieces that acted as a vehicle for his artistic and moral resistance against the rise of anti-Semitism in Soviet Russia during the end of Stalin’s life. From Jewish Folk Poetry was first composed in 1948 for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano, and then later orchestrated in 1963. In 1948, not only was…

Oakland Athletics This is a professional baseball team which one of the participants of the main baseball League of America. The club was founded in 1901 in Philadelphia and his name was “Philadelphia athletics”, in 1955 they moved to Kansas Missouri and it was named as Kansas City athletics, while in 1968 finally changed location and became the team (lube) “Oakland athletics” in Oakland California and even today they are representations of this country. During This…

poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She spent most of her times organizing poems of her writing and keep them secretly for herself. Some of the poems were sent to her friends for edit and correction. She published a few poems during 1890 - 1955. She was a conservative Christian and practice religious study at home with families. After that she has never…

Within the text The Chrysalids The society of Waknuk pressures its citizens to report any blasphemies to the inspector for them to rid the town of them to please god. God being the centre of importance in the town, ruling out any personal judgement or opinions anyone would have to differ with the government. If a baby were to be born with 6 toes instead of 5, they would be cast out to live in the fringes to fend for itself. As the community does not want to be involved with the devils…

in that period of time. Rosa Parks were born on February 4, 1913, and died on October 2, 2005. She died a hero, she was a brave and outgoing woman. Rosa Parks worked at the NAACP in the year 1943 as a voter regression and delegation. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks was going on the Montgomery bus boycott. She was a African American citizen which her have to relegated to the back of the bus. Then the bus became crowded with caucasian passengers. The bus driver demanded…

West Side Story is a Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents, and choreography/concept by Jerome Robbins. The musical is based off of Shakespeare’s play called Romeo and Juliet, with the idea of modernizing the plot to relate to New York in the 20th century (Hoffman 84). The musical was originally set to be called East Side Story; a “religion-oriented” (Hoffman 85) feud between two parties, however, a transformation occurred “between…

Alabama, city bus in 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. The same day that she was convicted many black leaders in her community formed a bus boycott which was led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa parks had become a symbol of strength for all activists that followed after her. She was completely conscious of what she was doing and did not regret refusing to give up her seat because she was not going to stand for segregation,…

Rap legend Lawrence Parker better known by his stage name “KRS-One” once said, ”If hip hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to uplift them!” Two years ago in December, rapper “XXXTentacion” or Jahseh Onfroy released a song titled “Look at me.” This song had gained him a lot of publicity making him known to mainstream media. In September of 2017 he finally released a music video for his song. With the publicity of “Look at me” he was able to shed light on racial…

infants vaccinated and whether or not it is fair to refuse them as patients in Pediatric practices. According to studies in the U.S. 48,277 and 24,231 incident cases of pertussis were reported to the CDC for the years 2012 and 2013, the highest since 1955. Nine deaths occurred in infants younger than 3 months old. Over 40% of 5351 cases younger than 7 years old had received…

and mobile applications have increasingly transformed the manner in which kids play and behave. A particular toy has withstood the test of time through its promotion of creative and imaginative learning abilities. Play-Doh first entered the market in 1955 (Mandour & Associates, 2011). Its distinctly malleable characteristics have not changed despite the evolution of learning products geared towards younger generations. There was a time when Play-Doh wasn’t the only modeling company out there.…