The Western classical tradition formally begins with music created by and for the early Christian Church. It is probable that the early Church wished to disassociate itself from the predominant music of ancient Greece and Rome, as it was a reminder of the pagan religion it had persecuted and been persecuted by. As such, it remains unclear as to what extent the music of the …

History Origins. Classical architecture is derived from the architecture of ancient Greece and ancient Rome. With a collapse of the western part of the Roman empire, the architectural traditions of the Roman empire ceased to be practised in large parts of western Europe.In the Byzantine Empire, the ancient ways of building lived on but relatively soon developed into a …

Beethoven became increasingly more experimental in his use of form in his piano sonatas of 1800-02. Op. 26 in A-flat major contained a 'marcia funebre' which foreshadows that of the 'Eroica' symphony; Op.27 no. 2 in C-sharp minor 'Quasi una fantasia' (the famous 'Moonlight' sonata), where the dramatic sonata form movement comes last instead of first; and Op. 31, No. 3 in E …

Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively.Usually, this is the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923.. In England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar changes, both in 1752.

History. Neoclassicism is a revival of the many styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directly from the classical period, which coincided and reflected the developments in philosophy and other areas of the Age of Enlightenment, and was initially a reaction against the excesses of the preceding Rococo style. While the movement is often described as the opposed …

The Glyptothek (German: [ɡlʏptoˈteːk] ()) is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures (hence γλυπτο- glypto-"sculpture", from the Greek verb γλύφειν glyphein "to carve" and the noun θήκη "container"). It was designed by Leo von Klenze in the neoclassical style, and …

English riding is a form of horse riding seen throughout the world. There are many variations, but all feature a flat English saddle without the deep seat, high cantle or saddle horn that are part of a Western saddle nor the knee pads seen on an Australian Stock Saddle. Saddles within the various English disciplines are all designed to allow the horse the freedom to move in the …

Manèges is a classical ballet term meaning “circular.” It describes when a dancer does steps in a circular pattern around the stage. Usually, manèges will be a repetition of one or two steps, but can also be a combination of several. For example, a coupé jeté manèges is typically done by a male dancer in a coda of a classical pas de deux.

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (): sou 1-tseu 1 yoe 2-lin 2) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.. Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these …

In cryptography and computer science, a hash tree or Merkle tree is a tree in which every "leaf" is labelled with the cryptographic hash of a data block, and every node that is not a leaf (called a branch, inner node, or inode) is labelled with the cryptographic hash of the labels of its child nodes.A hash tree allows efficient and secure verification of the contents of a large data structure.