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...small number of committed harpists to play with and learn from is only one of the difficulties involved with taking up the complex instrument. The harp, with its 46 strings and seven foot pedals, has only existed in its modern form since the late nineteenth century, so only a limited supply of old music is available. Some masters, like Handel and Mozart, have composed music for a more primitive version of the harp, but Benet explains that repertoire can be a problem because "a lot of composers write their token harp concerto and that...
...aspects of clothing have attracted little attention from critics of the arts. However, fashion should certainly be considered an art form because it is definitely an expression of the aesthetic impulses of individuals or social groups. Furthermore, since individual designers of clothing have evolved from the role of modest, nineteenth century private couturiers to world-wide dictators of the haute couture, the work of the great twentieth century fashion artists like Christian Dior must be considered as art in the fullest sense of the term...
...question of whether universities are fit places for debate and for the pursuit of knowledge has long engendered struggle. In nineteenth century Germany the Carlsbad Decrees sought to restrict universities' freedom of inquiry. More recently, a student at a nearby university has said that Henry Kissinger's decision not to attempt to speak there had "benefited" "the integrity of the university...
Historically, medicine did not emerge from its Gaelenie traditions and practices until the mid-nineteenth century with the first "revolution in biology," the recognition that the cell is the fundamental unit of most living things. This fundamental insight was incorporated into medicine by Virchow. Bernard and other Europeans, and became the scientific basis of medicine for the next hundred years. In fact, even today the concepts developed between 1850 and the mid 1920s still form the chief scientific base of medicine...
Martin drew the heaviest applause in her speech when she said, "Basic American manners, which were extremely good in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, were not a matter of class-there was an understanding of duality and hierarchy." "Good manners are free," she added. "They are available to everyone...