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Why is Shakespeare important-Shakespeare Online. 23.10.14.http://www.shakespeare-
online.com/biography/whystudyshakespeare.html
Shakespeare popular for 400 years-About Education 23.10.14.
http://shakespeare.about.com/od/shakespearebasics/tp/popular.htm
20 Literary Facts To Impress Your Friends With-Buzzfeed. 23.10.14.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/20-literary-facts-to-impress-your-friends-with
135 phrases coined by William Shakespeare-The Phrase Finder http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-
sayings-shakespeare.html
Leo Tolstoy-Biography. 24.10.14.http://www.biography.com/people/leo-tolstoy-9508518
Leo Telstoy-Britannica. 24.10.14.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/598700/Leo-Tolstoy/13422/First-
publications
The Brothers Grimm- Britannica. 25.10.14. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/246228/Brothers-
Grimm/2875/The-Gottingen-years#toc2876
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[No author] [No year] ,,Hattusa‘‘ancient-wisdom.co.uk http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/turkeyhattusa.htm
(Sought 24.10.2014)
[Silver, Carly] [Án árs] ,, From Priestess to Princess‘‘archive.archaeology.org
http://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/iron_ladies/Copy%20of%20puduhepa.html (Sought 24.10.2014)
[No author] [No year] ,, The Hittites, their forerunner and their followers’’ hattucha.de
http://www.hattuscha.de/English/cityhistory2.htm (Sought 24.10.2014)
[No author] [No year] ,,The peace treaty between Ramses II and Hattusili III‘‘ reshafim.org.il
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/ramses-hattusili-treaty.htm (Sought 26.10.2014)
[Hrozny, Friedrich] [Án árs] ,, Bedřich Hrozný‘‘ britannica.com
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/273672/Bedrich-Hrozny (Sought 30.10.2014)
Jazz inside magazine (no year) http://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-slang-by-aaj-staff.php?width=102
(sought 29.10.2014)
The documentary Oscar Peterson Documentary Music in the Key DVD full version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqIaZYRZxhE (sought summer 2013) Oscar‘s Peterson original webside (no year) http://www.oscarpeterson.com/bio/ (sought 24.10.2014 Biography.com (no year) http://www.biography.com/people/ella-fitzgerald-9296210#synopsis (sought 25.10.2014) Wikipedia page about Ray (no year) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles (sought 25.10.2014) All about jazz. (no author) (March 4, 2004) http://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-slang-by-aaj-staff.php?width=1366#.VFgh1_msWSo (sought 25.10.2014
Writing History and Music
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Writing History is a magazine dedicated to history, archaeology and literature. These three subjects are closely related. Archaeology is about searching for historic remains and studying of them. Literature is the study of the written word and through those two subjects; we build a foundation for the studying of history. Jazz music is also a giant part of the history. When United States where building up their country they had a lot of slaves from Africa. Jazz have roots from the African-American slaves.
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Leo Tolstoy
Literature
The term literature is defined as
written work, whether it is a pamphlet
(promotional literature), writings
published on a particular subject,
poetry or a work of fiction. Some
definitions even include spoken or
sung texts. The word comes from the
Latin “literatura/litteratura“ which
means “writing formed with letters”.
There are several different
careers to be found within the field
literature. There are writers (whether it
are novelist, poets, play writers, or
writers of educational books),
teachers, critics, analysts, scholars,
publishers and translators. Works of
literature can be categorized by
different means, such as their place of
origin, the time period it was written
in, the author, it´s material and the
genre it belongs to. My favorite type
of literature are the fantasy novels.
They are novels where supernatural or
fantastic themes are one of the main
elements. Some famous fantasy novels
include George R.R. Martin´s A Song
of Ice and Fire series, J.R.R. Tolkien´s
Lord of the Rings trilogy and Rick
Riordan´s Percy Jackson series. What
I love about them is how imaginative
they can be. They take you away into
another world, like any good novel
should, and they aren´t limited by the
laws of reality, while still (at least in
the cases of the best) dealing with
human nature and emotions.
The reason I love literature is it´s diversity, it´s
distraction, endless possibilities, and it´s
educational value. We can entertain ourselves
by reading. We can learn a lot from written
works about different subjects and whether it is
a novel or a book on a certain discipline, then
there is no limit for what can be written.
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy is one of
the big names in
literature and is by
many considered the
greatest novelist of
them all. He wrote
several novels,
including Anna
Karenina, and War
and Peace, two among
some of the world´s
most famous and
successful novels: He
wrote the novella The
Death of Ivan Ilyich as
well, which is usually
said to be one of the
finest novella´s. The
British poet Matthew
Arnold once said that
a novel by Tolstoy
isn't a work of art, but
a piece of life. Tolstoy
is known for having a
close eye for details;
he would write about
the slightest change of
consciousness or
movement of the body
and break things down
into single moments.
His characters are
well-rounded and
human, changing over
time, in a way that
would be natural for a
human being to
change as it grew
older. It is possibly
because of these
qualities that his
novels have remained
as widely read and
successful as they
have, and why many
believe Tolstoy to be
the best novelist yet.
The Brothers Grimm
Once upon a time there were two
brothers. They were called the
Brothers Grimm. Their names were
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and
Wilhelm Carl Grimm. The Brothers
Grimm were German folklorists and
linguists, known for their collections
of folktales and folk songs. While
the brothers often worked together,
Jacob Grimm himself wrote about
philological and grammatical
matters and discovered the so-
called Grimm law. He also
published a book called Deutsche
Mythologie where he wrote about
pre-Christian faith and superstitions
in Germany, using poetry, fairy
tales, and folklore. Many authors in
Europe succeeded him in writing
about similar matters, but not all
were as careful in their judgments
as Jacob Grimm. It is still being
published today because of how
important it is considered. The
Grimm’s most famous work is
Kinder- und Hausmärchen or
Grimm’s Fairy Tales like they are
called in English. It is the first
scientific collection of fairy tales and
the ones selected in
Grimm´s Fairy Tales have become
some of the world´s best-known
stories, and have been tranlated in
about 70 languages and adapted
into many types of arts throughout
the years. It also resulted in the
creation of the science of folklore.
character from Hamlet. Shakespeare
manages to capture the wide range and
the complexity of the human emotions. This make his work relevant
all around the world, even today.
Another reason is how descriptive his dialogues are. They paint pictures,
create atmospheres and capture the
human nature. Yet another reason for Shakespeare´s
fame is the influence his work had on
the spoken language. He coined over a hundred phrases and popularized
other per-existing ones. For example “my kingdom for a horse”, “as dead as
a doornail”, “as good luck would have
it” and “foregone conclusion” come
from his plays. Many of these phrases are still used in everyday
language today.
William
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
is one of the most
famous, the not the most famous, play
writer and poet of all
time in the western world. His work is
still being performed,
even now, centuries later.
It is even
commonly
taught at
schools and
some his most
famous plays
are among the
most well-
known works
of literature in
history. Who
has not heard
of Romeo and
Juliet,
Hamlet,
Othello or
Macbeth, or is
not familiar
with Yorick´s
centuries later. It is even commonly taught at schools and some his most
famous plays are among the most
well-known works of literature in history. Who has not heard of Romeo
and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello or
Macbeth, or is not familiar with
Yorick´s skull?
Shakespeare was an English dramatist
and a poet, born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. He died in 1616. But
how is it that a man from 16th
century
England, became such a renowned
figure, and why is what he wrote still so immensely important to the literary
world?
One of the things that me make his work so popular, is the complexity
and the compelling nature of his
characters. They are not simple and one-dimensional, but instead, nuanced
and complicated, even possessing
contradicting characteristics. A good example of that is the titular character
from Hamlet. Shakespeare
manages to capture the
wide range and the
complexity of the human
Shakespeare´s first published play was Henry VI part 2
Anna Karenina was originally published in serialized form
Arthur Conan Doyle killed his character Sherlock Holmes off in the short story
The Final Problem to devote more time to other works, but eight years later, after a
lot of pressure from the public, he started writing Holmes books again. First he
wrote The Hound of Baskerville, which takes place before Holme´s death, and
then, about two years later, wrote The Adventure of the Empty House where
Sherlock is revealed to have survived. This lead to Doyle writing another set of
stories about the famous detective
Doyle´s Holmes never said the word “elementary” in his stories.
There are rumors going around about whether Shakespeare wrote all of his plays
himself
The monster in the novel Frankenstein is not called Frankenstein. That is the man
who created it. The monster itself is never given a name, but Mary Shelley, the
author, once called it Adam.
Before Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, her mother Mary
Jane Austen´s Pride and Prejudice was originally called First Impressions
Literary terms:
In literature you have
many specialized terms.
Some are of them are
words only used in
literature, while others
are used elsewhere, but
with different or broader
meaning. I have listed
here some interesting
word used in literature.
The words might have
other meanings, but here
I only describe their
meanings in a literary
context:
1. Archetype: A typical example of something. A prototype after
which other examples are modeled.
2. Pastoral: An adjective describing a work of literature (or other arts)
that idealizes the rural life.
3. Allegory: A story where the characters represent an idea.
4. Omniscient: An adjective used to describe a narrative where you can
see into the head of different characters, not just one.
5. Caricature: An exaggerated imitation of someone.
6. Analects: A collection of short stories.
7. Anachronism: When some element in a literary work don´t fit the
supposed location or time period the work is taking place.
8. Pathos: An element in literary representation evoking pity or
sympathy for someone.
9. Epistolary: A literary work in the form of letters.
10. Soliloquy: A monologue or a comment delivered by a character
speaking to themselves.
Did you know…
Leo Tolstoy
The Hittites Empire
This is Hattusili III he
was the king of The
Hittites Empire for 30
years and was married to
Puduheba. He was known
to be a very good and
reasonable king. He was
a commander of the
Hittite forces and was the
comender during the
famous Battle of
Kadesh against Egypt
in 1274 BC. He signed a
peach contract with the
pharaoh Ramsess. First
ever Peace contract.
This Colom is a little bit about the Hittites
Empire, here we can learn a little about their
history. The stories of historical artefacts are
important to know when searching or digging
for them. Being an Archaeologist you can do a
lot of things regarding this historical place. You
have many places that you can excavate and
analyse many things. I like places that have a
lot of history behind them and seeing what is
left behind of many centuries ago.
Excavation – an
act of digging
Discipline -
training to act in
accordance with
rules
Statistics - the
science that deals
with the
collection,
classification,
analysis and more
Antiquary - an
expert on or
student of
antiquities
Linguistics - the
science of
language,
phonology, and
historical
linguistics and
more
The Hittites Empire
The Lion gates at the
royal palace in
Hattusha
Stone carving of the
Royal army
This is Puduheba . She
was married to Hattusili
III and was a Queen. Her
father was a head priest
and she was a priestess of
the goddess Ishtar
(goddess of
fertility, love, war,
and sex). Pudaheba is one
of the Iron Lady’s. She
often ruled instead of her
Husband when he was ill,
and he was often ill.
Pudaheba seemed to have
been in charge of affair
within the royal
establishment. She was a
very big part of the royal
family. When the peace
contract was made, she
had a big compacted on
that. She knew Ramsess
quite well and had a good
relationship. Ramsess
contacketed Puduheba
and not Hattusili when
the peace contract was to
be made.
This is Bedřich Hrozný.
He is from the Czech
Republic and he is an
archaeologist and
linguist. In 1905 he
became a Professor at the
University of Vienna. He
translated the ancient
Hittite text. He
discovered that Hittite
belonged in Indo-
European family of
languages. He translated
many texts including a a
Hittite legal code. In
1925 he and others with
him recovered 1,000 Old
Assyrian tablets,
excavated the fallen city
of Kanesh and letters of
Assyrian merchants.
The Hittites Empire was an
empire in 1600 before Christ to
1178 before Christ and was on the
Browns age. Their land was in
current time was mostly in
Turkey, also Syria and Lebanon,
as you can see their land on this
map. The Hittites Empire is
mention often in the bible as a
very powerful Empire. Their
Capital was Hattusa. There were
Anatolians. Before the Hatties
there where the Hattians. The
Hattians where absorbed to the
Hattites Empire. The Hattites
Empire was Indo-European.
The Empire was controlled by
royalty that we will get to
learn more about soon. We
will be talking about the
Capital Hattusha.
We will be talking about the
Capital Hattusha. It is one of
the biggest remains of the fallen
Empire. The ruins of the Royals
gate still stands. For a long time
while the Hittites Empire ruled
it was the capital but it often
changed. But Hattusha was not
only the political centre of the
Hittite state, but the religious
centre of Hittites. The Hittites
Empire was in war with Egypt
for quite some time, on of the
famous battles are Battle of
Khadesh on the Orontes, that
battle ended in a draw. The
Battle of Kadesh in Syria there
was a peace treaty made that
lasted the whole time that The
Hittites Empire lasted. The
peace treaty was made between
King Muwattalli II and
Pharaoh Ramses II. There are
texts from the Egyptians and
the Hittites about the peace
treaty event both of them think
that they are greater but both
of the texts have the same
conclusion. It is known as the
first peace treaty in History.
Hattusha is no more, it was
burned down, but not by war. .
People started moving away
from the great city for a better
life. Before the city was
burned down all residents
were evacuated. Thus it was
no more. A few decades after
the fall of Hattusha, Hittite
Empire collapsed and
disappeared.
Did you know ?
That the Hittite Rock Sanctuary of Yazılıkaya literal meaning is
Rock with writing.
That the Turkish word for Hattusa is Bogazkoy.
In the religion the Hittite people believed there were more than 40
gods
Jazz
Oscar Peterson was born August 15 , 1925 in Canada. He had a major impact on jazz
music. But how could some person that grew up in a poor family become so successful? He never
had any piano lessions. At his teenage years, he often snucked into the bars in the neighborhood
unauthorized where jazz music was played. At the bar was an old honky tonk. He sat there for
hours and payed that honky tonk. He even skipped the school just to play that honky tonk. The
bartender was a bass player, and he thought he was a good pianist and they made a good
friendship. They were starting to play together with a drummer few months later and they made a
fantastic trio.
With the trio, he gained fame and popularity throughout Canada. His concerts were
broadcasted live on the radio in Canada. A famous agent heard one of these broadcasts and he
offered Peterson to be a surprise guest and play with Granz All star Jazz at the Philharmonic at
Carnegie Hall the same year which shot him to the top.
In 1950, Oscar Peterson was voited jazz pianist of the year, what‘s more, he received this
award 12 years in row after that. At his career, he also won 8 Grammy Awards.
In the early 60‘s, Oscar Peterson was really busy touring around the world with his trio. Even
though he was busy turing, he founded a jazz school in Toronto called the Advanced School of
Contemporary Music. Students from all over the world went to the school.
In 1993, Oscar Peterson got serious stroke in his left arm which debilitated his left hand. To
proof how strong character Oscar Peterson was, he determined to continue performing, recording
and composing. About a year later he revocered and he continued to perform his masterpeaces for
the world.
Music was not the only thing that matters in his life. His hobbies included fishing,
photography and astronomy. He said music was not only his profession, but also his hobby. He had
his own home made recording studio which allowed him to work and enjoy his family life at the
same time. He performed music until shortly before his death. Oscar Peterson passed away at his
home December 23, 2007. Memory of this legend will live forever.
Oscar Peterson: the greatest jazz
pianist of all time
How the human voice is one of the instruments in a jazz band.
Ella Fitzgerald was one of
the most famous name in
the music industry in the
20th century. She grew
up as a trouble child and
turned out to become a
one of the best jazz singer
in the world for 50 years.
She was the first female
african american in
history to win a Grammy
Award.
There are several
reasons why Ella
Fitzgerald is probably the
best singer of all time in
mankind history. Today‘s
pop singers don‘t have
their toes where Ella
Fitzgerald had her heels.
If you listen to modern
popular music, everyone
can be singers because of
the technology today,
only thing you have to
have is pretty face and
hair to sell records. In
jazz music are singer‘s
voice in a jazz band just
another instrument.
Unlike today‘s popular
music. A jazz singer have
to improve, do variations
on melodies and have
same command on their
instrument just like
drummer have to have
command on the drums
and so on.
That‘s the reason
The king of cool, the blind genious, the soul jazz legend.
Ray Charles Robinson was
born September 30, 1930. He
grew up in a poor black
community in western
Florida.
What made Ray
Charles really special
musician was that he started
to lose sight at age of four,
and he got completely blind
at the age of seven. Ray
Charles went to school for
blind and deff people but got
expelled the same year that
his mother died for do a
prank on the teacher.
After he left the school,
he moved to his mother‘s
friends in Jacksonville. He
played the piano with bands
there for a year earned 4$
each night.
He was allways trying
to earn reputation as a
talented musician in
Jacksonville but nothing
happend so he decided to
move to a bigger place fo
more opportunities and
bigger opportunities he got.
Ray Charles’s biggest
influence on jazz music is
deffinitly his version of the
song Georgia on my mind
which is popular song today
even though it was recorded
in the 50’s.
As well as being a jazz
musician, Ray is one of the
best Rhythm & Blues
musician of all time. His
music have had more
inspiration on modern music
then any other musician from
his generation. Musicians
like Kanye West and Will I
Am have turned a lot of his
music to a modern style. Ray Charles passed
away June 10th 2004, 73
years old. This great legend
is still alive in heart of many
people around the world in
his music.
Jazz is often called "The classic of American music.“ Jazz music is one of the oldest and
most adored genres which comes from North America. The history of modern jazz can
be traced back to the early 20th century in USA. Jazz have been part of African
American culture for more than 100 years.
The job opportunities for jazz musicians today aren‘t as good as they were early
in the 20th century. Jazz musicians today are often employed in fancy restaurants for
dinner music.
There are several reasons why I have passion for jazz music. In the first place,
I‘m a pianist and I‘ve written jazz music for years. When I was 8 years old, I started to
play the piano and I‘ve been playing since then. When I grew older I realized how
beautiful jazz were and I began to compose some jazz. Secondly, the history of jazz
fascinates me. Finally, I really like the diversity in jazz, you can take any song and
improvise it in so many ways.
Why isn‘t everybody listening to jazz if it is so good? It is because jazz is art. The
music that everybody listen to is entertainment. For example, "The expendables" is
Fun facts you may not know
The word „jazz“ have no mention and dosen‘t have any meaning or origin
The saxophone is one of the most distinct jazz instrument, but it just found place in the
genre in the 20‘s
Louis Armstrong didn‘t switch to playing trumpet until 1926
The modern drum set was invented by jazz usicans
The words „cool“ and „hip“ where originally jazz terms
Louis Armstrong recorded 60 of the most influential jazz records in history, all in the span
of three years
Duke Ellington was an amateur baseball player
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