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The Levellers' View Of History, Margaret Trowe
The Levellers' View Of History, Margaret Trowe
Honors Theses
The name "Levellers" applies to a political organization which functioned as a potent force in the politics of England in the late 1640s. During this period a fierce struggle for power was being fought, partly on an ideological level. The fighting of the first civil war had ended in 1646; the army of Parliament had defeated the royalist forces and had captured the King. In the wake of military victory, the various factions among the victors began to vie for power. In 1645 and 1646 tracts supporting the establishment of a representative democracy, the guarantee of civil and religious freedoms, …
The French Organ And Organ Music Of The Late Seventeenth Century, And The Registration Practices Relating Them To Each Other, Bruce Borden Stevens
The French Organ And Organ Music Of The Late Seventeenth Century, And The Registration Practices Relating Them To Each Other, Bruce Borden Stevens
Honors Theses
An understanding of the great body of French organ music written in the second half of the seventeenth century requires an acquaintance both with the organs for which the compositions were written and with the registration practices current at the time. Standardization extended into the area of registration, for the organ composers gave numerous registration directions that reveal remarkable uniformity. This was a development not found in the equivalent, contemporary practice of other countries. It was made possible in France by the considerable stylistic similarities among the organ compositions of all the composers.