Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld , 1905-61, Swedish statesman, secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-61). He attended the universities of Uppsala and Stockholm (Ph.D., 1934). The son of a former prime minister of Sweden, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, he entered government service in 1930. He was chairman of the board of the Bank of Sweden (1941-48), performed many diplomatic missions, and entered (1951) the Swedish cabinet as deputy foreign minister. Hammarskjöld served (1951-53) in the Swedish delegation to the United Nations and in 1953 was elected to succeed Trygve Lie as secretary-general. He was reelected in 1957.
During his tenure Hammarskjöld greatly extended the influence of the United Nations as well as the prestige of the secretary-general. A quiet, tactful, and highly active diplomat, he personally led missions to Beijing (1955), the Middle East (1956, 1958), and elsewhere to lessen tensions or to arrange peace settlements. Under his guidance a UN emergency force was established to help maintain order in the Middle East after the 1956 Suez crisis, and UN observation forces were sent to Laos and Lebanon. He initiated and directed (1960-61) the United Nation's vigorous role in Congo (Kinshasa) against the strong opposition of the Soviet Union. He was on a mission to the Congo when his plane crashed in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) on Sept. 18, 1961. He was succeeded as secretary-general by U Thant . Hammarskjöld was posthumously awarded the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize.
Bibliography: See his book of personal reflections, Markings (1964) and his Public Papers, 1953-1956, ed. by A. W. Cordier and W. Foote (1972); study by B. Urquhart (1972).
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Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
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The Second Practice of Nineteenth-Century Tonality.
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Getting outside the tonality while staying inside the melody [Keyboard technique: part I]
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...progression. Stepping slightly outside of the tonality in the melody makes for a more unique...prominent in the tune, when you do leave the tonality it seems as if you haven't or that...that is familiar, reestablishing the tonality, but keeping the movement relatively...
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Legalities, Tonalities.(analysis of testimony from Monica Lewinsky regarding relationship with President)(Brief Article)(Column)
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tonality
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progressive tonality
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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atonality
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...deliberately rejected the principle of tonality . Tonality is a form of musical organization that...completely obscured whatever basic tonalities were present in their music. The abandonment of tonality in the early 20th cent. by Schoenberg...
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Music, Classical
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...music has its origins in the system of tonality developed in the Medieval Church. That...until the twentieth century when Western tonality, through popular music, essentially...tension and release means that Western tonality, unlike all other known musical systems...
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harmony
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...During the 18th cent. the concept of tonality , with the major and minor modes as its...composers developed freer concepts of tonality; Liszt, Wagner, and Richard Strauss...the 20th cent., some have discarded tonality in favor of music that is composed in...
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