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…began to specify as to how they wanted their pieces played. Philippe de Monte wrote in the preface to his fifteenth book of five-part madrigals in 1542 that the works contained therein would also sound well on viole da gamba, thus creating the potential…

…, 1989. - Kobler, John. Capone: the Life and World of Al Capone. New York: Da Capo Press, 1992.…

…'Das alte Jahr vergangen ist' from the 'Orgelbüchlein' (ca. 1714). It is used in the accompanimental figuration that supports the ornamented chorale melody in the soprano. Bach subjects this rhetorical figure to constant stretto treatment. @ >…

…at the Art of Command. New York: Da Capo Press, 1975. In Masters of the Art of Command, Blumeson and Stokesbury paint interesting caricatures of some of the great military captains of all time. Though not specifically written about or allotted his own portion…

…Dynasty by General Xu Da between the periods of thirteen sixty-eight and sixteen forty-four. It took two hundred years to complete the restoration on the stone General Zi Jiquang restored not only the wall itself but the old watch towers and added new…

…28, 2003 Department of the Army. Field Manual 101-5-1 Operational Terms and Graphics, Washington D.C.: Headquarters, DA: Electronic Copy obtained via Internet, General Reimer Digital Library, 2002. Department of the Army, Field Manual 100-17…

…Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina The greatest composer of liturgical music of all time, born at Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) in 1514 or 1515, according to Baini, Riemann, and others, according to Haberl, in 1526; died at Rome, 2 February, 1594. His…

…Oratorios: Israel in Egypt, Saul (1739), Samson (1743), Belshazzar (1745) as the well-ordered firmament surrounding the Messiah (1742). Here operistic techinques like that of "Aria grande col da Capo" concurr tio create an unique religious fresco which…

…out a sequence of events which will eventually lead to utopia (anarchy). In his work, Das Capital, Marx details the six steps. These steps are primitive socialism, feudalism, capitalism, socialism, communism and then anarchy. The evolution of the English…

…, and sitting position (dyanasana). Buddhist’s temple music is particularly renowned in the west for its two forms of polyphonic singing known as jok-kay (low tone) and bar-da (high tone). In both forms, each of the main chantmasters simultaneously intones three…