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When was Mark Twain born?

- Mark Twain (real name: Samuel Clemens) was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born November 30, 1835 however his better known pseudonym was born February 3rd, 1863 when he signed a humorous travelogue "Mark Twain".

When did Mark Twain marry Olivia Langdon?

- February 2, 1870 is when Twain got married to Olivia Langdon.

Three Mark Twain Jobs?


- He was a reporter, a publisher, and a riverboat pilot.


When did the adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain take place in?


- 1876

Was mark twain for or against slavery?


- In Twain's books "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" he is eloquently anti-slavery. This theme is repeated in any of his other works.
There are also some articles he wrote that were obviously anti-slavery.

Why did Samuel Clemens use the pen name Mark Twain?


- Mark twain is a term used in steam boat piloting it means the water is 13 feet deep mark twains dream job was to be a pilot of a steam boat so he used the term as his pen name.

What books did Mark Twain write?


- Samual Langhorne Clemens (AKA:Mark Twain ) wrote: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Adventures of Tom Sawyer.


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1601, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A Dog's Tale, A Double Barrelled Detective Story, A Horse'sTale, Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories, Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven, Chapters From My Autobiography, Christian Science, Complete letters of mark Twain, Curious Republic of Gondour, Editorial Wild Oats, Essays on Pauk Burget, Eve's Diary, Extracts From Adams Diary, Fenimor Cooper's Literary Offenses, Following the Equator, Golsmith's Friend Abroad Again, How to Tell a Story, In Defence of Harriet Shelley, Is Shakespeare Dead, Life on the Mississippi, On the Decay of the Art of Lying. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Roughing It, Sketches New and Old, Some Rambling Notes on an Idle Excursion, The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories, The American Claimant, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, The Gilded Age, The Innocents Abroad, Letters from Earth, The Man Who Corrupted Hailleyburg, The Mysterious Stranger, The Prince and the Pauper, The Stolen White Elephant, The Tragedy of Puddi'nhead Wilson, Those Extraordinary Twins, Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer Detective, What is Man.


What was Mark Twain's last book?


- "Mark Twain's Autobiography" published posthumouly.


Why was mark twain important?


- Mark Twain was important because he informed our country about the things that went on all over the world through his many writings that brought people's attention. He did this by traveling and documenting his observations into a humerous story.

What is the connection between Mark twain and Halley's comet?


- It is believed that Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) was born the same month as the passing of Halley's comet in November 1835. Halley's Comet passed on November 10th 1835 and Twain was born November 30th 1835. Twain vowed he would "go out"with the passing of the comet, as it passes in 75 year cycles. Halley's comet passed again April 20th 1910, Twain passed April 21st 1910.

What is Mark Twains real name and what is he famous for?


- The answer is samuel L . Clemens

What era is the writings of Mark Twain?


- Mark Twain wrote during the late 19th century, in the era he termed "The Gilded Age."

At what age did Mark Twain start writing?


- He started writing at age 12 shortly after his fathers death.

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Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (in Algeciras, Cádiz on December 21, 1947), is a Spanish composer and guitarist. Recognized as a "virtuoso flamenco" guitarist all over the world, he is a leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style, and is one of the very few flamenco guitarists who have also successfully crossed over into other genres of music. He enjoys, and has been a successful musician in, many styles such as classical, jazz, and world music. He is the winner of the 2004 Prince of Asturias Awards in Arts.


Biography

Paco de Lucia was born Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, a city in the province of Cádiz, at the southernmost tip of Spain directly in front of the Rock of Gibraltar. The youngest of the five children of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez, and brother of flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras, he adopted the stage name Paco de Lucía in honor of his Portuguese mother, Lucía Gomes. In Algeciras, and generally in Andalusia, it is a custom to name boys (especially if they have the same first name) by adding the mother's name in order to properly identify them, such as "Paco de (la) Carmen," "Paco de (la) María," and so on.

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Although considered part of the culture of Spain, flamenco actually originated in one specific region, Andalucia. Other areas, mainly Extremadura and Murcia, have contributed to the development of several flamenco musical forms, and many renowned flamenco artists have been born outside Andalusia. It is generally acknowledged that flamenco grew out of the interplay of Arabic, Andalucian, Sephardic, and Gypsy cultures that existed in Andalusia prior to and after the Reconquest. Latin American and especially Cuban influences have also contributed, as evidenced in the dances of "Ida y Vuelta". Flamenco is the music of the gypsies and played in their social community. Andalusian people who grew up around gypsies, and the life, were also accepted as "flamencos" (Paco de Lucía).

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Flamenco is a folk art and culture from Spain. It is particular to the province of Andalusia in Spain. Historically, it has always been the musical outlet of the poor and opperssed. It passed on by oral tradiction whivh the individual artist uses as the basis for his owen variations.

ORIGINS:

Is his though that was to evolve into flamenco origined back to the 16th century. The flamenco song (or "cante", as it is known) involves as synthesis of at least four cultures:

- the Wypsies
- the Moors, or Arabs
- the Jews
- the indigenous Andalusians

The first three were thrown together by the general persecution that followed the expulsion of the Moors in 1492. Flamenco was eventually created by the fusion of the "cante gitano" with Andalusians folk music. The accompaniament of the singing by the guitar is a later phenomenon altough it is recorded by travellers in Andalusia in the 18th century. Andalusian folk song had in the past been accompanied by differenti instruments including bandurria, violin and tambourina, but now the guitar predominated.

Flamenco first became a public, performing art in the second half of the nineteenth century, with the emergence of the "cafe cantante". The first "cafe cantante" opened in Seville in 1842, and attracted very little attention. But by the 1860s similar cafés were estabilished not only in the major cities of Andalusia but as far Madrid, and beyond. An audience of "aficionados" from all classes and occ`pations watched the performance. They could expect to be entertained by a group comprising perhaps one or two singers, three or four female and two male dancers, accompanied by two guitarists. The second half of the nineteenth century was one of the great ages of flamenco performance. The cafés brought together the Gypsy singers ("cante gitano") and the Andaluz singers ("cante andaluz") which became masters of many different forms of flamenco. The cafés also axpanded the role of the guitar, which became tremendously popular. They would employ a regular first and second guitarists, who had to know how to accompanny many different froms of songs and dance, and be able to follow the styles of differents singers. While the singers remained the leading figure, the guitarist came to take a less subservient part as time went on. Good guitarists weew in grat demad, the competition was fierce. In their efforts to outdo each other, the players introduced new techniques, and sometimes even resorted to tricks and outrafeous acts of showmanship such as playing with a gloves at one hand or with the guitar held above their head. But the "cafés" fostered aseries of fine guitarists culminating in Rámon Montoya (1880-1949), who was later to be the founder of the modern style of flamenco solo guitar.

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My parents like flamenco and pop, the rest of my family that live in Granada like flamenco.


-Music flamenco:

Andy y Lucas



Andy y Lucas - Son de amores






Camela



Camela - Que tiene ella que no tenga yo






Decai





 -Pop:

La oreja de Van Gogh



La oreja de Van Gogh - Dulce locura






Beyoncé



Beyoncé - Halo






Belinda



Belinda- No entiendo







My music like is flamenco, pop, techno, hip hop, rap, reggaeton...




-Techno:

Dani Moreno



Dani Moreno - I wanna be free






Wally Lopez



Wally Lopez- Close to me






Fragma



Fragma - Memory






-Hip-Hop:

Timberlake and Madonna


Timberlake and Madonna - 4 Minutes





Temperamento


Temperamento - El secreto







-Rap:

Nach Scratch ft. Dlux




Nach Scratch ft. Dlux - Mis Dias





Delux ft. Arma Blanca



Delux ft. Arma Blanca - Es el y ella






Dlux



Dlux - Payasos







-Reggaeton:


Wisin & Yandel



Wisin & Yandel - Besos Mojados






Tony Dize



Tony Dize - Mi Mayor Atracción






Akon



Akon - I wanna fuck you






Wisin & Yandel



Wisin & Yandel - Me la llevo




Daddy Yankee



Daddy Yankee - Que tengo que hacer

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My name is Noemi, I was born in El Prat.
I live with my parents and my older sister, the rest of my family livin in Granada.
My English Project is about the music of my granparents and I.
My favourite music is Pop, Techno, Flamenco and Reggaeton.

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