... sort of security. The use of music is important in "Accordion Crimes" since it introduces the problems in society; prejudice is explained by the description of different music. The "accordion maker" calls the early blues that he hears in New Orleans bars as "kitchen music" (Proulx). "He disliked the music that black men played, confused music, the melody, if there was ... caused by the terrorists who use Muslim religion a reason for their acts an! d evil beliefs. Stereotypes are part of none-educated human mind. That's why the son of the accordion maker decided to change his family name...

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... of the Protestant movement in the mid 1500's, believed that the only proper music for Church had to be based on the lyric poetry of the bible, more specifically the book of Psalms. He also believed that any polyphonic, instrumental, and non-biblical based text music was to much associated with Catholicism, therefore all hymns up till the late 1500's were ... the poor signing of the hymns (at this time a hymn was simply taught by listening to others). It got so bad that Rev. John Tufts wrote the first music instruction book in America and eventually the first schools of music in America ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... commodities in 18th-century America and the scarcity of fabrics and textiles during that period of time proved to be a challenge to the ingenuity of the quilt maker. According to Nancy J. Martin in her book Pieces of the Past, "quilts required large amounts of fabric for the top, wool or cotton batting used as filler, and a backing, usually of homespun fabric." Several ... ...

• Word Count: 584
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate