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  Non-violent revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A non-violent revolution is a revolution using mostly nonviolent protest against governments seen as entrenched and authoritarian to advocate democracy, liberalism, and national independence in their nation.
The second was the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, which provided the template for the color revolutions in mainly post-communist states, which use a color or flower as a symbol and specific organizational strategies.
The opposition in Moldova, is reported to have hoped and urged for some kind of Orange revolution, similar to that in Ukraine, in the followup of the Moldovan parliamentary elections, 2005, while the Christian Democratic People's Party adopted orange for its color in a clear reference to the events of Ukraine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Non-violent_revolution   (1843 words)

  
 Singing Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Singing revolution is the common title for events in 1988 - 1990 that led to the renewal of independence of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Night after night, a cycle of singing mass demonstrations eventually collected 300,000 Estonians (more than one-fifth of the population) in Tallinn to sing national songs and hymns, which had been strictly forbidden during the years of Soviet occupation, as rock musicians played.
In 1991, as Soviet tanks were rolling throughout the countryside in an attempt to quell the Singing Revolution, the Estonian Soviet (Legislature) together with the Congress of Estonia proclaimed the restoration of the independent State of Estonia and repudiated Soviet legislation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Singing_Revolution   (237 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Singing Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A political revolution is the forcible replacement of one set of rulers with another (as happened in France and Russia), while a social revolution is the fundamental change in the social structure of a society, such as the Protestant Reformation or the Renaissance.
English Revolution -- (1642-1653) -- Commenced as a civil war between Parliament and King, culminating in the execution of Charles I and the establishment of a republican Protectorate.
Political revolutions are often characterised by violence, and the vast changes in power structures that result can often result in further, institutionalised, violence, as in the Russian and French revolutions (with the "Purges" and "the Terror", respectively).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Singing-Revolution   (292 words)

  
 REVOLUTION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A political revolution is the forcible replacement of one set of rulers with another, while a social revolution is the fundamental change in the social structure of a society, such as the Protestant Reformation or the Renaissance.
Social and political revolutions are often "institutionalized" when the ideas, slogans, and personalities of the revolution continue to play a prominent role in a country's political culture, long after the revolution's end.
English Revolution -- -- Commenced as a civil war between Parliament and King, culminating in the execution of Charles I and the establishment of a republican Protectorate.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/re/Revolution.htm   (699 words)

  
 Rev1989: Farewell to Modernity?
The ideological basis of the "Singing Revolution" was laid down by the "restitution versus founding" contrariety.
To conclude: the eclectic and desperate efforts to sustain democratic postcommunist statehood vis-a-vis rashlike economic failures rocked a cradle the "Lithuanian Syndrome" was born in.
If this so, then revolutions of 1989-91 most of all are the iterations of the Western liberal revolution, that were necessitated by the collapse of socialist economy (Chirot.) The liberal-political version interprets 1989-91 as a victory of the open society, that is, as a restatement of western political history as a whole.
www.infovi.vu.lt /mps/REV1989.htm   (6949 words)

  
 Chapter 11 Page 1
Hymns were the first to receive explicit attention from revolutionaries, who had several reasons to consider their pedagogic potential soon after the taking of the Bastille: not only had hymns played an important part in royal and religious ceremonial, but Enlightened philosophes claimed that music stirred and possibly even exalted the emotions.
Songs and hymns allowed performers to proclaim revolutionary ideals and unified audiences; singing was available to literate and illiterate alike; the simplest tune could carry a sense of the Revolution into the most mundane tasks of daily life.
And because singing could also be a group activity, it helped to affirm the collective solidarity of those participating.
chnm.gmu.edu /revolution/chap11a.html   (1043 words)

  
 Revolution at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Some revolutions are led by the majority of the populance of a nation, others by a small band of revolutionaries.
Glorious Revolution -- (England in (1688) -- Overthrow of King James II and establishment of a Whig-dominated Protestant constitutional monarchy.
German Revolution -- (1918) -- Overthrow of the Kaiser by a workers' revolution, establishment of the Weimar Republic.
wiki.tatet.com /Revolution.html   (727 words)

  
 Singing the way to Grammatical Perfection!
In singing new songs to old tunes, it was a practice or a ‘form of production’, in which consumers appropriated and re-employed cultural objects, selecting from a repertory and placing those objects in new contexts that had sets of trajectories and audiences that varied according to circumstance, making it easy to use and understand.
Drawing from the post-revisionist work of Keith Baker and François Furet, Mason contends that revolutionary song culture went full circle from the oppositional singing of the Ancien Régime to the oppositional singing of the Directory; the Revolution’s unravelling, she argues, was the result of its inability to generate a ‘permanent song culture’ in its polity.
The Revolution’s unravelling, she argues, was the result of its inability to generate a ‘permanent song culture’ in its polity.
lacantatricegrammairienne.blogspot.com   (8654 words)

  
 Karaoke Revolution Party for GameCube Review - GameCube Karaoke Revolution Party Review
Karaoke Revolution Party makes a good party game, especially if you've got all the necessary peripherals, but it's no greater than the song list, which is too diverse for its own good.
However, Karaoke Revolution Party is only as good as its music, which is made up of songs so diverse that it will be hard to appease any one person for a long period of time.
Karaoke Revolution Party also features sing and dance mode, which can be played by plugging any compatible dance mat into the system and stepping out the notes while you sing.
www.gamespot.com /gamecube/puzzle/karaokerevolutionshowparty/review.html?sid=6139683   (1233 words)

  
 SFCSS.com
If you are uncomfortable singing in the required range, and suspect that you are "mis-placed", request a change of part or help with vocal technique.
Discomfort in singing is often caused by tension in the articulation of consonants and vowels.
When you take a breath for singing -- to open the throat -- add a yawning feeling as you're about to produce the tone (the beginning of a yawn, to be exact).
www.sfcss.com   (1954 words)

  
 Countertenor Revolution
Not since the 17th and 18th centuries, when countertenor singers and singing were at their peak of popularity - most prominently and artfully displayed in the works of Purcell and Handel - has this highest of male voices enjoyed such attention.
Some say it's merely singing "falsetto"; others insist it's a natural extension of the tenor, directly attributable to the size and thickness of the singer's "normal" vocal cords.
When Scholl's voice broke - at age 13 or 14 while singing in a boys' choir - he more or less ignored the change and effortlessly continued to sing soprano until he was 17.
www.radix.net /~dalila/singers/CT/counter-revolt.html   (1171 words)

  
 must   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The tradition of singing festivals, going back to the 19th century, was actively stimulated during the Soviet period.
The singing festivals which were organized regularly in every 5 years probably also functioned as "a safety valve against the accumulation of national attitudes" and an event stimulating the survival of national identity.
It was not probably a mere accident that the recent regaining of the Estonian independence was also called "the singing revolution".
old.artun.ee /estsign/pildid/linnap2.htm   (210 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Jeffrey S. Ravel on Singing the French Revolution: Popular Culture and Politics, 1787-1799   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In the 1970s and 1980s, students of the French Revolution built upon an earlier wave of revisionism which had argued that the events of 1789 to 1794 were primarily political rather than social in nature.
Singing became most "politically correct," Mason argues, during the fraught years of 1793 and 1794, when the Revolution's advocates sought transparency between the ideas and actions of all French citizens loyal to the Republic.
Further, after the August 1792 overthrow of the constitutional monarchy, it was the fraternal singing practices of the sans-culottes and the commercial opportunism of publishers anxious to cash in on patriotic sentiment which made song such a powerful revolutionary and republican force.
www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=22752874098490   (2003 words)

  
 par festivâlu
The Festival is one of a few large-scale cultural events dedicated to a professional children choir singing tradition in Europe.
Singing has always been an intrinsic part of Latvian culture, and to the present day many thousands of Latvians sing in hundreds of professional and amateur choirs.
Children’s choir singing movement is actually the breeding ground, a greenhouse for Latvian choir singing tradition and only way to ensure continuity of this vital of the nation’s self-expression.
www.music.lv /RigasDoms/history.htm   (449 words)

  
 Game Over Online Magazine - Karaoke Revolution Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Revolution Party essentially operates on the principle of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, with the basic mechanics of the game not having changed at all from the original title.
Revolution Party takes this fact and executes it by marrying its singing gameplay with the rhythm focused steps from the Dance Dance Revolution series.
While it might take a little getting used to singing and dancing at the same time, Revolution Party is still one of those games that will amuse you and your friends for some time.
www.game-over.net /reviews.php?page=gamecubereviews&id=110   (1048 words)

  
 Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 for PlayStation 2 Review - PlayStation 2 Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 Review
Senior Editor Jeff Gerstmann sings the praises - and the downfalls - of the second installation of Karaoke Revolution.
The lyrics to a song are spit out, along with a scrolling series of bars that is used to determine the pitch at which you must sing.
Karaoke Revolution is a cool piece of technology, and it definitely has the potential to be a lot of fun, especially in a crowd setting.
www.gamespot.com /ps2/puzzle/karaokerevolutionvolume2/review.html   (1084 words)

  
 Revolution’s singing soldier - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
While the conventional poets concerned themselves with singing paeans to the wonders of a blooming flower, of a rising sun and the full moon, Gaddar walked over to the “other side.” “I see the beauty of (poor) people’s dark life.
I sing about the lives of 20 crores (Dalits) who are outsiders in a community, living on the margins of the village.
And so Gaddar sings in honour of the humble broom which is kept out of sight in a household and yet serves several purposes, from cleaning to serving as a weapon, when needed.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep182004/ac1.asp   (1037 words)

  
 Mediakrytyka
The Czechs and Slovakians gave rise to the Velvet Revolution, Baltic countries to the Singing Revolution, Georgia to the Revolution of Roses, and Ukraine to the Orange Revolution.
Even if Ukrainian and world media during the Orange Revolution could not persuade a voter to favor a certain candidate, the media still had a great impact on structuring a person's thinking and his understanding of what was important and what was not.
The appeal of the live broadcasts of the revolution and of the concerts surpassed all of the Yushchenko forces' expectations.
www.mediakrytyka.info /?view=110&_lang=en   (4678 words)

  
 Karoke Revolution Review @ DigitalBackSpin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Enter Konami’s Karaoke Revolution, a game that one first blush might seem like a wasted effort but nothing could be farther from the truth.
These actually make singing easier as you’ll know exactly when a word or note is supposed to stop and end.
KR allows you to sing an octave above or below the one the song is performed in.
www.digitalbackspin.com /adm/templates/playstation-tmp.asp?articleid=573&zoneid=20   (1214 words)

  
 Fidelio Article - LaRouche on the Mozart Revolution
Each of these three is defined as a "revolution" in its own right, in the same sense we attribute that quality to a valid discovery of principle in physical science.
Once the 1781-1786 Motivführung revolution had been established, by Haydn, Mozart, and then Beethoven, the polyphonic medium of performance must be brought into conformity, in form and application, with the requirements of that new principle of composition.
The natural rules of polyphony flowing from singing voices of the most natural training (i.e., bel canto) are the basis for defining an anomaly, and, thus, are the basis for the generation of a musical thought-object.
www.schillerinstitute.org /fid_91-96/fid_924_lar_mozart.html   (14082 words)

  
 G4 - Feature - 'Karaoke Revolution' (PS2) Review
The game includes a headset, sports eight-player support for singing duets and battles, and gives you a chance to croon over 35 different songs of various difficulty levels.
It's a great game if you don't mind singing aloud, and there are enough options in the difficulty customization to make the gameplay accessible to any player.
The bottom of the screen is dominated by the scrolling words to the song you're singing and by the music level bar you must match.
www.g4tv.com /xplay/features/46831/Karaoke_Revolution_PS2_Review.html   (695 words)

  
 Get Into The Game - Karaoke Revolution Party for PlayStation 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
However, as with all of the previous games in the series, Karaoke Revolution Party is only as good as its music, which is, yet again, made up of songs so diverse that it will be hard to appease any one person for a long period of time.
Brand new to Karaoke Revolution Party is sing and dance mode, which can be played by plugging any compatible dance mat into the system and stepping out the notes while you sing.
Approximately half of the arenas have an Eye Toy icon, which means when you're standing there singing, and the Eye Toy is connected, you'll be able to see yourself in the background of the arena in some fashion.
www.getintothegame.com /pages/gamespace/story.php?pid=919200&sid=6139619   (1329 words)

  
 furniture for the people   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
She is most widely known for her deeply moving recording of Carlos Puebla's Hasta Siempre, a Cuban hymn to Che Guevera (recorded in 1968 in Caracas).
Several times during the past three decades, Soledad Bravo's singing of Hasta Siempre has surfaced on radio and popular music charts, most recently in 1997 when it climbed to the top of the European play lists, selling more than 50.000 copies in France.
While a student, she began to sing and interpret Garcia Lorca's Amor de don Perilimplin con Belisa en su jardin.
www.furnitureforthepeople.com /soledad.htm   (838 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | When choosing hymns, let your voices be heard | Deseret Morning News Web edition
It's time to sing the hymns you want to sing — not the ones the minister or worship leader or music director chooses week after week.
As the congregation heartily sings, you can take pride in having helped win the hearts, minds and voices of the masses while introducing a new day of hymn-singing.
The congregation not only has had fun guessing which hymns will make the list — all the hymn titles suggested were printed on an initial list — but also has had a chance to sing hymns the majority of members enjoy.
deseretnews.com /dn/print/1,1442,510040836,00.html   (645 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Revolutions: What's in a name?
In Ukraine itself, as well as in Russia, the action is becoming known as the Chestnut Revolution after the trees lining the capital Kiev's main thoroughfare, the leaves of which are virtually a national symbol.
In Ukraine, the colour orange was chosen to represent a broad coalition of opposition parties purely on the strength of it being a vibrant colour, instantly distinguishable from the traditional blue and yellow Ukrainian colours.
Some commentators are putting the demonstrations in the wider context of the bloodless Velvet Revolution, which put an end to communist rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4041157.stm   (622 words)

  
 Game Revolution Playstation 2 Review Page - Game Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
You select a singing avatar who goes through the on-screen motions of singing. The motion capture effectively pulls off the look of a performer. Little lighting effects in the background and crowds that build steadily as your character gains in popularity are an excellent visual match.
As you might have guessed, the multiplayer is where it’s at, and it’s just tailor made for a party because it courts casual gamers in a non-threatening way.  Everyone can open their mouth and sing a little, though usually their inhibitions have been to be loosened up a bit with some drinks.
Clearly, Karaoke Revolution isn’t for everyone. Gamers intent on a traditional skill-based challenge might be put off by this more broad-minded approach.  But for the many casual gamers wanting to subvert their non-gamer friends and significant others, Karaoke Revolution is among the best, edging out the Eye Toy and even the traditional Dance Dance Revolution.
gr.bolt.com /games/ps2/sim/karaoke_revolution.htm   (735 words)

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