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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Anthem"”.
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The orchestral anthem in England, 1700-1775
The development of the verse anthem with strings in Restoration England has been thoroughly researched by many people, and such compositions by Henry Purcell, John Blow, Pelham Humphrey and others are well known. However, large-scale anthems with orchestral accompaniment continued to be written and …
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Prince of Life: An Anthem Cycle for Christian Year
Prince of Life: An Anthem Cycle for the Christian Year is a work for soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, congregational hymns, mixed chorus, piano, and organ. The purpose of this work is to retell the story of God's redemption to Christian believers in local church worship through hymns and …
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Black Quarterback, White Masks: A Critical Analysis of the NFL Anthem Protests
<p>The NFL anthem protests were and are an important cultural moment and social movement. The widespread emulation of the protest, and the adoption of the kneel as a symbol of unity, reverence, and silent objection demonstrates the protests’ continued relevance. This dissertation critically …
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The Kneel for Social Justice: Colin Kaepernick, Megan Rapinoe, and The Black Lives Matter Movement
… he did not stand for the playing of the national anthem before a National Football League preseason game to protest racist police violence. Shortly thereafter, Megan Rapinoe a female professional soccer player chose to support Kaepernick and knelt during the national anthem as well in protest. The …
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Applying systems thinking to healthcare data cybersecurity
… Two recent cybercrime cases from early 2015, the Anthem and Premera breaches, are examples of the alarming increase of cybercrimes in this domain. Although modem Information Technology (IT) systems have evolved to become very complex and dynamic, cybersecurity strategies have remained static. …
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The Marches of Alberico De Caprio (1865-1943): Director of the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company Band and Portland Rose Festival Band
… Significant pieces include the official anthem of the Los Angeles County Fair, Portland Rose Festival, score for a Paramount Pictures pre-code era feature film and a march written for President Theodore Roosevelt. This dissertation will expand scholarship on band music by giving a …
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Rhetorical and musical synthesis and the strategies for inter-generational resonance in Queen's Bohemian rhapsody
… study critically examines the popular rock anthem Bohemian Rhapsody to understand why the song has remained a lasting and eminently compelling standard for the progressive rock genre and why it has appealed through an inter-generational scope. Through the use of Close Textual Analysis (CTA), …
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Recollecting history : songs, flags and a Syrian square
… pledge to the flag, in every performance of the anthem, and in every mandatory demonstration across the public squares. This thesis weaves the visual and spatial representations of power and the subsequent subversions for empowerment to narrate an untold, recollected, Syrian history.
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An investigation of the relationship between singing intonation and string playing intonation among college level and professional string players
… singing excerpt adapted from the National Anthem of the United States of America, as well as another eight-measure excerpt designed specifically to assess string performance intonation. The subjects were individually audio-recorded and the audio files were analyzed using <em>Melodyne</em> …
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Sọ̀rọ̀-sókè: Unveiling the theatrics of justice and resistance in Nigeria's #EndSARS movement
… “Speak Up” "or “Speak Louder,” became a unifying anthem, capturing the collective outcry against police brutality, particularly the abuses of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. Employing Digital Artivism as its theoretical framework, this thesis explores the …
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Speaking about Qatar: Discourses on National Identity in Postcolonial Gulf
… national archives, the creation of the national anthem, and the celebration of the national day. This thesis is then an analysis of the way cultural heritage sites, such as museums, national celebrations, exhibition houses and archaeological sites, have ascribed Qatar’s national identity with …
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Speaking about Qatar: Discourses on National Identity in Postcolonial Gulf
… national archives, the creation of the national anthem, and the celebration of the national day. This thesis is then an analysis of the way cultural heritage sites, such as museums, national celebrations, exhibition houses and archaeological sites, have ascribed Qatar’s national identity with …
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Articulations of memory in Northern Cyprus:between Turkishness, Europeanness and Cypriotness
… museums, monuments), traditions (flags, national anthem and myths) and the media (especially newspapers) the thesis explores the mobilization, articulation and construction of memory/ies in relation to national identity. It is argued that the Annan Plan constitutes a turning point in Cypriot …
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Handel and the English Chapel Royal during the reigns of Queen Anne and King George I
… of instrumentally-accompanied services and anthems, and the ceremonial Thanksgiving Services of Queen Anne's reign. Handel's experience of church music In Italy and Germany previous to his arrival in England is described, and the contemporary English anthems of William Croft are examined by …
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Europa som nation : En ny stil i nationalismens genre
… as well as a passport include a flag, a day, an anthem, a currency, and a motto, are strongly reminiscent of national symbols it could also be worth considering that the EU framed Europe as a nation. The aim of this thesis has been to understand how the EU could be legitimized by a vague idea of …
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Searching over encrypted data
… user accounts; a breach of health insurers, Anthem in February 2015 and Premera BlueCross BlueShield in March 2015, that led to the disclosure of credit card information, bank account information, social security numbers, data income and more information for more than millions of customers …
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The Lutheran hymn "Ein' Feste Burg" in Claude Debussy's Cello Sonata (1915): motivic variation and structure
… on the hymn and hidden quotes of the French anthem “La Marseillaise” in the third movement of the Sonata will place this piece into the context of World War I and in accord with the nationalist attitudes of the French and Germans at the time. Currently, the popular explanation of the sonata …
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Radiohead's subterranean jazz structuralism: the music of Louis Armstrong, Alice Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Charles Mingus in ten compositions by Radiohead
"The objective of this dissertation is to define the undocumented jazz lineage of Radiohead's musical evolution that has been overlooked in the current academic discourse. Drawing on ten examples from Radiohead albums OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac and The King of Limbs, I hope to show their jazz …