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considerable losses, could get reimbursed for any mental suffering they may have gone through. In order to prove the victims had any type of mental health problems, Stern enlisted the help of Dr. Robert Lifton, Dr. Joseph Brenno, and Dr. Robert J. Coles. The three doctors interviewed many of the survivors. Each one told horrific tales of what happened during the flood. After interviewing several people, Dr. Lifton reported…

Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley is the name that is given to the group of musical artists and producers of New York during the 19th and 20th century. The name was, at first, given to a specific location in New York. Tin Pan Alley was located between West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. Tin Pan Alley is said to have gotten its name from the collective sound of the pianos all playing different tunes at the same time. This was said to sound like tin pans being banged…

usually listen to, I still recognised quite a few of the songs. “Route 66”, “Hallelujah I love her so”, “Anything goes” by Cole Porter and “The girl from Ipanema” (which was a supposing contrast from the black american music they played) are all song that I have heard or played in the past. I also heard a lot song I hadn’t heard before, for example: “My foolish heart” by Nat King Cole, “I got a woman” by Ray Charles, and “There’s a man going round taking names” by Lead…

The musical has gone through many changes in its lifetime. Its has been developed, explored and performed in millions of theatres around the world. But what really are the foundations of the art form itself? All of the three elements are really important, but there is one that stands out and has changed the most. That would be the music. The music has served the musical in many ways. It serves the characters extended feelings of fulfillment and gives the audience something to hum out of the…

the years eventually adapted these conventions and have created some of the most successful shows that are still relevant to this day, including Sweeney Todd and Les Misérables. Some of those inspirational trend-setters include: George Cohen, Cole Porter, and the creative duos: Alan Jay Learner and Frederick Loewe; Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Many of their shows became very popular due to the fact that they followed the conventional musical formula.…

Announcer Cris Collinsworth noted how black wide receivers Dez Bryant and Alshon Jeffrey are both naturally talented athletes and even went on to mention Alshon even played Basketball in high school. However, he went on to mention that white Cowboys WR Cole Beasley is a blue collar receiver and a very quick and speedy guy comparing him to other white wide receivers like Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola. The other connections were about race and sports media coverage as a lot of the time…

songwriters – after Oklahoma, they had to be dramatists, using everything in the score to develop character and advance the action. As Mark Steyn explains in Broadway Babies Say Goodnight (Routledge, NY, 1999, p.67), with earlier songs by Lorenz Hart or Cole Porter, you hear the lyricist – with Hammerstein, you hear the characters”…

Whether America is a ‘melting pot’ or a ‘mixed salad’ is an enduring metaphorical debate among historians, philosophers, and sociologists alike. Some believe our nation’s collective mentality is numerous separate cultures bumping against each other but never melding, while some believe our nation’s mentality is one new culture, informed and influenced by, but separate from all other world cultures. Perhaps there are some aspects of both conditions in our society. However, the aspects of our…

Bald Eagle Times #58 Music in WWII To the faithful readers of the Bald Eagles Times: In contrast to the other recently published articles, this is not your typical war story. In fact, it is not even directly related to the war. It is actually a story of the evolution of music leading up to and even throughout the war. Music, it is safe to say, is what kept the nation together. It gave us a fallback which we could all enjoy, regardless of our situation in life, race, or economical status. In…

Censorship is used in many places, including children’s book, television shows, and also music. It is not necessary because it infringes upon the First Amendment, which is the right to freedom of speech. Censorship is the suppression of information that may be considered inappropriate or vulgar to some people. Censorship is achieved through looking at television, books, films, play and other forms of media and entertainment to control ideas that were projected to be unseemly. To understand…