... "rocket". The Mannheim orchestra was also the first to introduce uniform bowing, having all the violins bowing up or down simultaneously. The new emphasis on clarity and harmony made composers use the sections of the orchestra more sensitively, as if they were talking to each other. The full strength of ... exciting. Trumpets and horns though were completely accepted as a vital part of the orchestral sound in the later works of the Classical era. Apart from the timpani, percussion instruments were used as novelties. They were too closely associated with military bands as being too stro...

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... people were unemployed and becoming bankrupt. The farmers were hurting and feared they would fall into the lower class. They blamed the economic downturn on unemployed people being unwilling to work. By this time, the German government had fallen apart and new elections were held. Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party won ... stated exactly what Hitler would do to the Jews if he were elected to power. Yet they still fell into his grasp. Even though they disagreed on some levels, the people still listened to Adolf Hitler and his hate-filled speeches about how the Jews were to blam...

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