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CHOPIN
Was a Polish teacher, composer and virtuoso pianist, considered one of the most important in history and one of the greatest representatives of musical Romanticism. His marvelous technique, his stylistic refinement and his harmonic elaboration have been historically compared, for its influence on later music, with those of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt or Sergei Rachmaninov. -
TELEGRAPH INVENTED
Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. -
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NATIONALISM
After Germany put power artistically over Europe, many other countries wanted to respond with music of their own cultures. National schools formed in all non-Germanic European countries. Nationalism was a reaction against Germany to show patriotism for other European countries. They used folklore and music written for events, places, or national heroes of the area. This phenomena was also happening in places outside of Germany, many European countries were revolting against Napoleon at the time. -
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
The California Gold Rush was sparked by the discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 and was arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. As news spread of the discovery, thousands of prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the surrounding area. -
THE PREDULE
William Wordsworth began writing his autobiographical blank verse epic in 1798, working on it intermittently until 1839. It was published posthumously in 1850. Book that establishes Wordsworth's sense of life as a journey. -
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GILDED AGE
In United States history, it is the period after the Civil War and Reconstruction, from the 1870s to the 1891s, in which the country experienced unprecedented economic, industrial, and demographic expansion, especially in the north and west but also a great social conflict and great economic and social inequalities. -
COCA-COLA INTRODUCED
On May 8, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton sold the first glass of Coca-Cola at Jacobs' Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta. Serving nine drinks per day in its first year, Coca-Cola was new refreshment in its beginning. -
MADAME BUTTERFLY
A verismo opera by Puccini, inspired by play by David Belasco. Though the premier was a disaster due to the audience, the opera is popular, today. The story is about a geisha, Madame Butterfly, who renounces her profession and religion to marry an American naval officer. He leaves for war and remarries an American woman, but Butterfly had his child while he was gone. He takes her child to America and Butterfly commits suicide, because she cannot return to her former life.