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De Bussy Opening
In a review of what brought about the changes of 20th Century art music, leads to at least one conclusion. It was Beethoven and then De Bussy to blame…. 😉 De Bussy Opening by Michael Doyle Music like all of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 20th Century, Action, Art, Art & Music, Articulation, Aural, Balance, Beethoven, Catalyst, Claude De Bussey, Compose, Composition, Concession, Culture, Cyclical, De Bussey, Delicacy, Depth, Development, Different, Ebb, Enlightenment, Explosive, Familiar, Flow, Fluidity, Form, Forward, Frame, Frames, French, Generation, Gentle, Ground Zero, Heed, Hero, Imagination, Implosive, Importance, Infuence, Instrumentality, Intimate, Kept, Life, Linear, Lush, Melodic, Modernism, Motif, Music, Musical, Needed, New Game, Nurture, Open, Perspective, Photograph, Phrase, Pierre Boulez, Poem, Poetry, Prelude To A Fawn, Profound, Progression, Romance, Rules, Sake, Sake of Sound, Self Confession, Self-Satisfaction, Simple, Sound, Strife, Strings, Symbolism, Syntax, Tickle, Tonal Color, Tonality, Touch, Transparency, Understood, Winds
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First Principles: Racism Has No Proper Place Except An Oppressive Error To Be Learned About From History
“We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man.” – James Madison (1787)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Color, Distinction, Dominion, Enlightenment, Exercise, First Principles, James Madison, Man Over Man, Oppression, Racism
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Edmund Burke – On Taste
Edmund Burke was born on January 12, 1729 Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of Edmund Burke elsewhere on our post pages. Please review these for a fuller background on this gentleman. The essay On Taste … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Beauty, Edmund Burke, Enlightenment, Essay, Harvard Classics, On Taste, Sublime
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Cicero – On Friendship
Cicero was born on January 3, 106 B.C. The Roman politician and attorney Marcus Tullius Cicero was born on January 3, 106 BC and passed away on December 7, 43 BC. Coming from a wealthy family of the Roman … Continue reading
Seven Points of Beatitude (Sapientia)
Seven Points of Beatitude by Michael Romani As the ghosts of one year floated by to be received In a clarity of slumber of one refusing to be self-deceived I had turned on the television intending to rest a moment … Continue reading
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Tagged Awe, Beatitudes, Counsel, Courage, Endurance, Enlightenment, Family of God, Fortitude, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Humility, Kingdom, Knowledge, Photograph, Piety, Pleasures, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Reverence, Sacrament, Self Deception, Seven Swans A Swimming, Tolerance, Treasures, Understanding, Wisdom
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