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- Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...r to the functioning of the ancestors of the recorder, early folk [[whistle]]s.
3: ...at the instrument intended was the sopranino recorder.
5: ...y at some level, is pre-tuned, and is not too strident in even the most musically-inept hands. It is h...
7: ... of recorder music in which he himself plays recorders.
9: ... are the most common solo instruments in the recorder family. - Alphorn (1746 bytes)
1: ...a [[wind instrument]], consisting of a natural wooden horn of conical bore, having a cup-shaped [[mout...
3: ...outhpiece carved out of a block of hard wood is added and the instrument is complete.
5: ...e bore in relation to the length. An alpenhorn made at Rigi-Kulm, Schwytz, and now in the [[Victoria ...
8: ...sini|Rossini]] has introduced the melody into his opera ''William Tell.'' Brahms, was clear that the insp...
10: ... [[Michael Praetorius]] mentions the alpenhorn under the name of holzerni trummet in ''Syntagma Music... - Cornett (5160 bytes)
6: ...he form of a tube, typically about 60 cm. long, made of [[ivory]] or [[wood]] with [[woodwind instrume...
8: ...ical instrument classification]] places it alongside instruments such as the [[trumpet]].
10: ...ompromise--often with the need to go on playing modern brass instruments--may use a much larger mouthp...
14: ...nd [[Giovanni Gabrieli]] wrote much of his resplendent [[Venetian polychoral style|polychoral]] music ...
16: ...ugh to be used in a consort of viols or even recorders. - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ... developed in France in about 1650 from the ''cor de chasse'' or hunting horn, and has been known as t...
6: ...sic)|harmonic series]], facilitated by its small, deep [[mouthpiece]], giving it its characteristic "m...
12: ... needed to play and the other could be free to guide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was ...
14: ...ype of horn, called the [[natural horn]] in the modern literature.
16: ...rmonic series, and there were then three valves added to it. Using these three valves, the player cou... - Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
2: ...ichard Wagner]]'s [[opera]]tic cycle ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''. Since then, other composers have... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...on for the visible pipes of an organ to be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
7: ...lso found in town halls, and in arts centres intended for the performance of [[classical music]]. In t...
13: ''A more detailed article is to be written at [[styles of pip...
15: ...everal distinctive styles of pipe organ have been developed and achieved popularity at particular time...
17: ...r playing [[Bach]]. So, for example, the [[Sydney Opera House Grand Organ]], whose construction started i... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
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21: | '''Other widely spoken languages'''
27: | '''[[President of Egypt|President]]'''
36: ...- Total (2003) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]] - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Gover...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
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25: population_density_rank = —| - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ... level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
12: ...deral level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] |
14: government_type = [[Democratic]] [[Federal republic]] |
15: ...r>[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] |
16: leader_names = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Kamala Harris]] | - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...on|privatized]] its economy in the past three decades. Politically, it remains a one-party [[authorit...
4: ...rsial with the ROC considering itself an [[independent state]]. See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political st...
6: ...d China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area under the PRC's rule, usually excluding the two [[Spec...
13: ...[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China, establishin...
15: ...s may also doubt statistics or accounts given for death tolls or other damages incurred by Mao's campa... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [...
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4: |+<big>'''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'''</big>
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7: ...Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germany: Coat of Arms]] - Vietnam (18265 bytes)
1: ... Asia]]. Situated in eastern [[Indochina]], it borders [[China]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], and the [[So...
6: ...1973]] formally recognized sovereignty for both sides. American troops were withdrawn by [[March 29]]...
8: ...ers Resolution]] prevented the United States from defending South Vietnam. [[Fall of Saigon|Saigon fel...
10: ... fleeing from Vietnam through the rest of the decade, and into the next.
12: ...d [[Pol Pot]] from power and into hiding, thereby decisively stabilizing Cambodia. Only one month late... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
1: ...a.jpg|thumb|250px|Chinese Tea Ceremony Image provided [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]...
3: ...na's history, and mastery of Confucian texts provided the primary criterion for [[Imperial examination...
10: ...bronze casting art work, noted for its clarify of detail. Early Chinese music and poetry was influenc...
12: ...y appreciated arts in court circles, with a great deal of work done on silk until after the invention ...
14: ...hm of nature". Also in the Tang dynasty, Chinese opera was introduced. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
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27: Longitude = 103?W to 109?W |
28: Latitude = 31?20'N to 37?N | - List of themed timelines (11300 bytes)
1: ... in chronological order. They are important in understanding [[history]].
2: ...ich has entries for each millennium, century, decade and year.
4: {{listdev}}
49: ** [[Timeline of Linux development]]
99: * [[Timeline of underwater technology]] - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
1: ...ary|dictionaries]] and [[encyclopedia]]s (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the wor...
3: It includes listings or tabular information for quick refere...
7: ...ve come back to this page, paste the javascript code you have copied into your URL window and run it. ...
9: <!-- [[Wikipedia:Page size]] suggests not to divide lists even large.
13: ...llpadding=1 cellspacing=0 style="float: right; border-collapse: collapse"> - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...00s]]. According to Koyré¬ the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
93: [[Addressing mode]] --
96: [[AIX operating system]] --
119: [[Atlas Autocode]] --
143: [[Blue screen of death]] --
166: [[Code and fix]] -- - Culture of Italy (11004 bytes)
11: ... at [[Monza]]. The beginnings of [[chess theory]] developed in Italy in 16th and 17th centuries.
17: ...onsider dialects of modern Italian. Examples include [[Milanese]], spoken near the city of [[Milan]], ...
23: ...aly. The [[Pope]] of the Roman Catholic Faith resides withing Rome in what is now known as the [[Vatic...
31: ...alian art stretches from the Roman times to the Modern era. Several famous artists are from Italy. It...
37: ...ilm [[The Passion of the Christ]] was recently made in Italy. - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ... and [[physical cosmology|cosmology]]. He was awarded the [[1921]] [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Priz...
5: ...or a scientist. In his later years, his fame exceeded that of any other scientist in [[history of scie...
7: ... day Einstein receives popular recognition unprecedented for a scientist.
14: ...y was [[Jew]]ish (and non-observant); Albert attended a [[Catholic school|Catholic elementary school]]...
16: ...ct. Another, more recent, theory about his mental development is that he had [[Asperger's syndrome]], ...
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