Original name: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Born: February 1818, Talbot county,Maryland,U.S. Died: February 20, 1895, Washington,D.C. Founder: “The North Star” Notable Works: “An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage”
By December 1941 the United States had sent a military mission to China and had implicitly agreed to create a modern Chinese air force, maintain an efficient line of communications into China, and arm 30 divisions. Japan’s bombing ofPearl HarborinHawaiibrought the United States into alliance wi...
Others wrote from the heart, their feelings lining papers never intended to be published. Such was the case with the poetry of Anne Bradstreet, who, like many of her contemporaries, also had a firm religious foundation. Her works were unique in their duplicity; not only was she one of the...
The name drops don’t necessarily detract from the quality of the album due to their clever use as a timeline of how long Game has been rapping, but they do take up precious space that could have been used to tell more compelling stories. In the end though, we get all that we came ...
In Italy, where the viola da mano was an alternative to play lute music, both instruments had the same technique on the plucking hand, known as thumb inside or thumb under. The hand is roughly parallel to the strings, not at a right angle like the modern guitar. The effect is to give...
Bishop Grostest employed a harpist, who resided next to his chamber, beside his study. The bishop “louede moche to here þe harpe”. He praised it for sharpening his senses and for the entertainment of tunes and lays (sung poetry about love) his harpist provided. The bishop’s chief...
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There are several contexts for understanding the background and motivation behind Alfonso’sCantigas. Thefirst articleexplored the huge influence of troubadourfin’amor– refined or perfect love – on medieval music and poetry, and the Catholic Church’s response, which was to apply the language and...
Unaipon also wrote poetry, which he published in the 1930s. Advocacy Unaipon was a well-known advocate for Aboriginal people. He spoke to the government about Aboriginal issues on many occasions, took part in royal commissions, and urged the national government to assume control over Aboriginal ...