The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's KulturfahrplanThe Timetables of History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. |
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... MUSIC Pythagoras is said to have introduced the octave in music Modes in music Pindar , Greek composer and poet ( -520 to -447 ) Indian vina , two hollow gourds connected by strings and bamboo reed , is considered origin of all hollow ...
... MUSIC Pythagoras is said to have introduced the octave in music Modes in music Pindar , Greek composer and poet ( -520 to -447 ) Indian vina , two hollow gourds connected by strings and bamboo reed , is considered origin of all hollow ...
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... Music " Theodor W. Adorno : " Klangfiguren " ( Theory of Modern Music ) Billie Holiday d . ( b . 1915 ) Julie Styne : " Gypsy , " musical Popular songs : " He's Got the Whole World in His Hands " ; " Tom Dooley " ; " Everything's Coming ...
... Music " Theodor W. Adorno : " Klangfiguren " ( Theory of Modern Music ) Billie Holiday d . ( b . 1915 ) Julie Styne : " Gypsy , " musical Popular songs : " He's Got the Whole World in His Hands " ; " Tom Dooley " ; " Everything's Coming ...
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... Musical Party 1594 D Musical Party in a Courtyard 1677 D Music and Painting 1760 D Musica Transalpina 1588 E Music Box Revues 1921 E Music for the Royal Fireworks 1749 E Musicians Company 1604 E Musicians ' Guild 1330 E Musician's Union ...
... Musical Party 1594 D Musical Party in a Courtyard 1677 D Music and Painting 1760 D Musica Transalpina 1588 E Music Box Revues 1921 E Music for the Royal Fireworks 1749 E Musicians Company 1604 E Musicians ' Guild 1330 E Musician's Union ...
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