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Antonio Vivaldi
Number of Words: 325 / Number of Pages: 2
... J. S. Bach, studied his works during his formative years, and some of Vivaldi's violin concertos and sonatas exist only as transcriptions, mostly for harpsichord, made by Bach.
Vivaldi's concertos provided a model for this genre throughout Europe, affecting the style even of his older contemporaries. Over 300 of his concertos are solo concertos ( there are 220 for violin, others for bassoon, cello, oboe, and flute). Others are concerti grossi, 25 for two solo violins and 32 for three or more instruments. A few are ripieno concertos.
Vivaldi was the first composer who always used the ritornello f ...
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William Faulkner
Number of Words: 1295 / Number of Pages: 5
... classic authors because of his remarkable use of the past and present, as well as for his meticulous detail and comprehensive knowledge of the South in his writings.
’s background is a very important detail that will help his readers understand the psychological implications of what he wrote and to appreciate his work. was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. His parents were Murry and Maud Faulkner. He married Estelle Franklin in 1929. They had two children together, both daughters. The first daughter was named Alabama, and she died nine days after her birth. Jill, the secon ...
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Thomas Jefferson
Number of Words: 588 / Number of Pages: 3
... Started Latin, Greek, and French Studies at a boarding school. Thomas liked to Horse back ride, Canoe, Hunt, and fish. When Thomas was fourteen years old, his father passed away. was the oldest son, so Thomas had to take care of the family. Jefferson was a tall, slender boy with sandy reddish hair and fair skin that freckled and sunburned easily. A serious student, Thomas also enjoyed the lighter aspects of the education of a Virginia gentleman. Jefferson learned to dance and play the violin. Weekends and holidays Thomas spent either at Shadwell entertaining guests or at his friends' plantation ...
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Nikola Tesla
Number of Words: 713 / Number of Pages: 3
... was his discovery of the rotating magnetic field. This was a magnetic whirlwind produced in a motor winding by the interaction of two or more alternating currents. He developed this along with his brilliant variation of it to his induction motor and polyphase system for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power. The combination of this motor and this system, which was finally patented in 1888, provided the first realistic means for generating large amounts of electricity of a single kind in one place and transmitting it economically over long distances for use at another p ...
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Richard The Lion Hearted
Number of Words: 1723 / Number of Pages: 7
... to the King of France for
lands of his. At the age of fourteen, Richard was named the Duke of Aquitane
in the church of St. Hillaire at Poitiers (one of the lands made homage to
the French King.) Henry's sons, who had been given lands but no real power
revolted against their King father aided by their mother. In retaliation King
Henry had Eleanor jailed. She remained there for many years.
Richard's Mother Eleanor
Eleanor was the daughter and heiress of William X, duke of Aquitaine and
count of Poitiers, who possessed one of the largest domains in
France--larger, in fac ...
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Jack Kevorkian
Number of Words: 1715 / Number of Pages: 7
... control of her brain (Filene 188). She was 54 years old and lived in a wealthy Oregon suburb with her stock broker husband, Ron. She was also the mother of three sons, taught English and piano, went hang gliding, trekked in Nepal, climbed Mount Hood, and generally behaved with a lot of energy (Gutmann 20). She and her husband were longtime Hemlock society members, which advocates Euthanasia in some cases (Betzold 22). ³Doctors at a Portland hospital told her that eventually she would be dependent on her husband for feeding and bathing² (Gutmann 21). She did not want to take her own life in c ...
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Malcolm X
Number of Words: 783 / Number of Pages: 3
... Boston. Where he started a burglary ring, which consisted of friend named Shorty, a pretty boy type of fellow named Rudy, a woman that Malcolm dealt with named Sophia and one of her friends (Alex Haley 168). He soon found out that crime does not pay, when he soon got arrested and stolen items were found in his possession. The Negroes of that group was sentenced to eight years, while the whites of the group were sentenced to only two. This put an image in Malcolm’s head on how the justice system was ran. While in prison. Malcolm was well known to the guards. One time he was asked to state his number, bu ...
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
Number of Words: 515 / Number of Pages: 2
... 1785. His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet. He resigned in 1793. Sharp political conflict developed, and two separate parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, began to form. Jefferson gradually assumed leadership of the Republicans, who sympathized with the revolutionary cause in France. Attacking Federalist policies, he opposed a strong centralized Government and championed the rights of states. As a reluctant candidate for President in 1796, Jefferson came within thr ...
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B.b. King
Number of Words: 418 / Number of Pages: 2
... is the trilling vibrato he developed in an attempt to duplicate the stinging sound of the steel slide. With the help of the late Sonny Boy William- son he began singing radio commercials and became a disc jockey. Later he played in small clubs, and then in larger venues in the mid-1960's. He has toured extensively through- out the United States and around the world, appearing in concerts, at blues festivals, on television, and in films. How did Riley B. King receive the nickname ? Well, he was known as " the blues boy from Beale Street," later shortened to B.B. "Riley B. King is the world's preemi ...
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Ivan The Terrible
Number of Words: 2253 / Number of Pages: 9
... first sign of mental and emotional illness came while he was a teenager. He loved to torture animals, often throwing them into the Moscow city walls, yet he spent hours in church.
Two major events took place at the age of 17. In December of 1546, Ivan made an announcement in the presence of the Metropolitan Makari and the Boyars. He said, "By the mercy of God and his pure Mother, by the intercession of the great miracle workers Petr, Sergei, and other Russian wonder workers in whom I put my trust, and with your blessing, Holy Father, I herewith announce my intention of taking a wife. I had ...
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