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Topic: A Radical Recital


In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

  
  Felix Mendelssohn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Throughout his life Mendelssohn was wary of the more radical musical developments undertaken by some of his contemporaries.
He was generally on friendly, if somewhat cool, terms with the likes of Berlioz, Liszt, and Meyerbeer, but in his letters expresses his frank disapproval of their works.
One of Mendelssohn's most performed sacred pieces is "There Shall a Star Come out of Jacob," a chorus from the unfinished oratorio, "Christus" (which together with the preceding recitative and male trio comprises all of the existing material from that work).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn   (3211 words)

  
 Judaism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
When a shatz recites a prayer on behalf of the congregation, he is not acting as an intermediary but rather as a facilitator.
The entire congregation participates in the recital of such prayers by saying amen at their conclusion; it is with this act that the shatz's prayer becomes the prayer of the congregation.
While the Holocaust did not immediately affect Jewish denominations, its great loss of life caused a radical demographic shift, ultimately affecting the makeup of organized Judaism the way it is today.
judaism.iqnaut.net   (7047 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Education
But a mere recital of facts is of little avail unless certain fact of Christian revelation be given its due importance.
It is needful, then, to distinguish the constant elements in education from those that are variable; the former including man's nature, destiny, and relations to God, the latter all those changes in theory, conduct of educational work.
Not only does the Christian conception of life differ radically from the pagan view, not only does the Christian teaching impart a new sort of knowledge and lay down a new principle of action, but Christianity, moreover, supplies the effectual means of making its ideals actual and of carrying its precepts into practice.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05295b.htm   (10791 words)

  
 Famous Freemasons
A recital of the lessons of the preceding thirty-one degrees begins the initiation ceremony of the 32nd degree.
The mentally challenged are rejected because they cannot memorize the correct questions and answers to be recited in rituals in order to function in the Lodge.
1926: He becomes a Freemason, and through the Masonic lodges he becomes acquainted with radical revolutionary ideas such as anti-imperialism, anti-clericalism, anarchism, communism as well as "liberalism," socialism, and the glorification of his indian heritage.
www.freemasonrywatch.org /tracingboard.html   (4442 words)

  
 The Ontology of Ibn Sina ( Avicenna )
English translation by Willard R. Task: Avicenna and the visionary recital - Irving, Spring Publications, 1980.
Building upon the Aristotelian logical distinction between a thing and its existence, Avicenna posited the distinction as a proof for the radical contingency of creation.
However, one Islamic philosopher, who had an enormous influence on the development of philosophical discourse in Iran, subverted the traditional Peripatetic vision of reality and disputed the ontological nature of existence.
www.formalontology.it /avicenna.htm   (6598 words)

  
 David Ocker Internet Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Orchestra seating is very standardized and Frank was making radical changes.
There were other composers pieces on the program, but we used the presence of a "Zappa" piece as a hook to get audience.
Ultimately it sounded like just another new-music piece on just another new-music recital.
users.cableaz.com /~lantz/pages/ocker.html   (10256 words)

  
 NetRhythms: Book reviews
In the 1987 chapter, Dylan honestly admits he felt he was "no longer capable of doing anything radically creative with" many of his songs, then credits a re-hearing and adoption of a Lonnie Johnson-influenced guitar style as the catalyst to revitalising these songs in performance.
First published in 1959 then reprinted several times up to 1990, this slim tome has long been acknowledged as a "ground-breaking collection" that "reclaimed traditional song from the school and the recital room".
It was a very exciting time, where sub-genres were positively encouraged to be blurred by the progressive sensibilities, receptiveness, and let's not forget increasing versatility and consciousness, of the musicians.
www.netrhythms.com /books.html   (12379 words)

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