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Light And Shade In Drawing - (Found June 29, 2008 )

A proper disposition of light and shade gives to drawing and painting the expression of form, and thus the eye receives nearly the same impression in looking upon the flat canvas or papers as upon the natural objects.
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Some Great Composers And Musicians And Some Of Their Chief Works - (Found June 29, 2008 )

This is not, of course, a complete list of famous Composers and Musicians, nor is it a complete list of their works.
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A Group Of Great Musicians-Violinists - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Spain. Biographlcal sketch in Lahee's Famous Violinists, 1899.
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A Group Of Great Musicians-Some Famous Singers - (Found June 29, 2008 )

United States. Biographical sketch in Lahee's Famous Singers, 1898.
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The Drama: What It Is And What It Stands For - June 29, 2008

Of all the arts the drama comes closest to man. It dwells with him. It does not deal mainly with the gods, as mute statuary does, and is not sightless and impalpable, like music.
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Our National Airs - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The Civil War produced many songs, but few of any partitular merit.
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American Music - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE increasing frequency with which the subject of American music is brought to our attention by writers in many parts of the country indicates a general national awakening.
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Great Thoughts Of Great Minds On Music - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Even as in Music, where all obey and concur to one end, so that each has the joy of contributing to a whole whereby he is ravished and lifted up into the courts of heaven.
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Some Great Sculptors And Some Of Their Notable Works - (Found June 29, 2008 )

This, of course, is not a complete list of Great Sculptors, nor is it a complete list of their works. It is intended to serve as an Introduction to the vast field.
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The Great Styles Of Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

MANY centuries before the Christian era there grew up in Egypt, on the banks of the great river Nile, a wonderful architecture.
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