... have felt increase pressures within their communities to maintain a cautious vigil over the materials used in teaching children. For one thing, more literature is available for children and young people than ever before. In addition, over the past thirty years literature designed for the young child has changed dramatically. This literary revolution has reflected society's own loss of innocence (Day 362). ... differed from those of their parents, had different interests (Day 363). Authors began writing books about new lifestyles that interested youth. Personal and social problems often ...

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... music, Metal artists include more in their songs than most other musicians. Some of the most notable bands in history have used their favorite books as inspiration for songs or even whole albums ("Metal FAQ-). H.P. Lovecraft, whom many call "the master of horror-, has influenced several artists. This includes ... Sci-Fi Metal since the early 1990's. Their most industrious work to date is their Obsolete album, which actually contained a novella in the liner notes, and the lyrics to the songs were parts of the story. Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell wrote the entire story himself, and...

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... fast, slow, and medium. Italian terms used in musical notation denote more than a dozen different tempos, which included allegro, moderato, and lento. Within the changing meter of rhythm, song notes of various pitches were intertwined. Tone color (timbre) distinguished the sound and characteristics that separated one instrument or voice from another. The classical era between 1750 and 1820 was defined ... fully orchestra very rarely, almost exclusively in opera and large-scale choral works and never in symphonies, where trombones were not used until Beethoven's time. Romantic composers ...

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