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    What do Neoliberalism and video games have in common? Hegemony, as authors William K. Carroll, Matthew Greeno, and Robert Cassar claim. Hegemony, a term coined by philosopher Antonio Gramsci; is defined as “consent that is given by a civil society” (Carroll & Greeno: 122). Through both articles, hegemony is seen as playing an important role in benefiting the “ruling class” or the capitalists. It consists of a specific set of ideas which produce an subconscious consensus among the population of which

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    Mordechai Hershkop Professor Pelias Philosophy 62 - 005 September 24, 2017 Writing Assignment One Spontaneous Philosophy is an unconscious philosophy that is received by people when they’re young. Philosophy of Praxis is an active philosophy that advocates that members of society should play an active role in achieving positive change. Spontaneous philosophy led Jesuitism to be passed down each generation. Philosophy of Praxis led to the formation of Marxism. These philosophies hold very different

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    or authority, especially of one nation over another” (Callahan, 2004, p. 12). In other words, the United States can be seen as the dominate nation over all other nations. This concept was first mentioned in Notes on the Southern Question (1926) by Antonio Gramsci and was defined as “a system of class alliance in which a ‘hegemonic class’ exercised political leadership over ‘subaltern classes’ by ‘winning them over’” (Ramos Jr., 1982). The logic of hegemony, as it relates to American foreign policy

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    Claudio Monteverdi, (baptized May 15, 1567, Cremona, Duchy of Milan [Italy]—died Nov. 29, 1643, Venice), Italian composer in the late Renaissance, the most important developer of the then new genre, the opera. He also did much to bring a “modern” secular spirit into church music. Early career Monteverdi, the son of a barber-surgeon and chemist, studied with the director of music at Cremona cathedral, Marcantonio Ingegneri, a well-known musician who wrote church music and madrigals of some distinction

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    Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice on March 4th of 1678. He is known primarily as an Italian composer and rightfully so since he composed in all the major genres of the era such as opera, concerto, and in addition educational pieces (Antonio Vivaldi , n.d.). His most popular concertos are the four that make up The Four Seasons which were part of an even larger publication. Not only was Vivaldi a composer, but he was also teacher and performer as well. Vivaldi lived an extremely active

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    It is apparent that musicians have been selected to maestro di cappella positions shown from the evidence of Monteverdi's experiences at Mantua. Monteverdi in 1609, was asked to request the availability of a certain Galeazzo Sirena for him to serve as maestro di cappella for Prince Francesco Gonzaga. Although he was worried shown in a letter, he wrote later questioning what would happen after the death of the Duke of Mantua, since the prince would have the power to appoint whoever he chose as

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    Love and music Today cold morning arrived at school packed up and out. The bus ride, there was a seat next to my crush and my friends wanted me to sit next to him but I didn’t. We were at the Herbst theater, I can see my home from here. Once we went in. Our class was split into two to go up to the practice room. Inside the elevator, we had to move in and I was next to my crush Luca and my friends were teasing me and looking at me. My friends and I mounted each other words. Luca said “ stop talking

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    Throughout his life Antonio Vivaldi had many achievements. Some were big some were little some were small but they didn’t matter that much to him. His love and talent for music was much better than anything he could be given. Without his music the classical music genre would be almost non-existent. Antonio Vivaldi had a very interesting childhood. To start off, he was born on March, 4 1678 in Venice, Italy. He was the eldest child of nine and had four brothers and four sisters. Antonio’s father Battista

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    In the 1700s, Antonio Vivaldi composed his highly accredited Four Seasons concerto. The autumn movement in this concerto follows the allegro-adagio-allegro pattern. Vivaldi provided sonnets to go along with each movement to explain what the true meanings are. As a group, we felt it was necessary to provide all of our reactions to the piece. This allowed us to interpret what each of the others were visualizing throughout the composition. Some of our opinions may have varied, but overall the general

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    Hector Lavoe was an extremely enjoyable composer of his time. While you read throughout this paper you will discover interesting facts about Hector Lavoe's childhood, family, education, career, and his compositions, besides when we was born, and when he passed. Hector Lavoe in his early life. Hector Lavoe was born on September 30th, 1946. He was delivered in Machuelito arrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico and grew up in a musical family. His mother is Nilda Roman Perez and his father is Luis Perez. He

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