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... American conservatism . The American Revolution owed many of its ideals to Burke's interpretation of the British heritage of 1688 , the heritage of mature self - gov- ernment . Burke favoured the Revolution as defending the traditional ...
... American conservatism . The American Revolution owed many of its ideals to Burke's interpretation of the British heritage of 1688 , the heritage of mature self - gov- ernment . Burke favoured the Revolution as defending the traditional ...
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... American folksong into his own highly personal style that , in the eyes of the world , he came to be regarded as the American com- poser of his time . The son of a Russian - Jewish immigrant to America , Copland was born on November 14 ...
... American folksong into his own highly personal style that , in the eyes of the world , he came to be regarded as the American com- poser of his time . The son of a Russian - Jewish immigrant to America , Copland was born on November 14 ...
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American and German schools The English style Aesthetic principles Social position of the performer. ly limited vocabulary . They wished to change radically the culture concept of expressive stage dancing . In a period of women's ...
American and German schools The English style Aesthetic principles Social position of the performer. ly limited vocabulary . They wished to change radically the culture concept of expressive stage dancing . In a period of women's ...
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