Word: schoenbergã
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...taking a modular approach. Rather than trying to pack every opera, symphony, and concert into one narrative, he subdivides relentlessly and then assembles and reassembles the pieces to suit his arguments. (For music theorists, the technique is similar to twelve-tone composition.) Thus, he tracks simultaneous developments like Arnold Schoenberg??s atonal school in Austria and the early jazz compositions of little known American composers like Charles Ives and Will Marion Cook.The book is broken into three parts by time period, and the parts broken into chapters by, apparently, whatever Ross felt like. His command of the material...
It’s hard enough for hyphenees right now. Those aforementioned cruel SAT bubbles only allow space for last names fifteen letters long. “Hinniker-Schoenberg?? turns into “HINNIKERSCHOENB.” After they get into college, hyphenees also face discrimination based on what that hyphen says about their background. During the Pring-Wilson trial, CourtTV analysts speculated that the defendant’s hyphen might make him appear richer and haughtier than he deserved. The result? An innocent hyphen might be responsible for Pring-Wilson’s six to eight...
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