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Staccato is the Italian word for “separated,” or “detached.” Staccato notes are notes that are not sustained for their full rhythmic value: they come to a short stop, which separates them from notes that follow.

Though the songs of the song cycle are all individual entities, they’re designed to be heard together.

For centuries, composers of classical music have been borrowing and adapting ideas and styles from popular music.

- Pandemic Economy, Projected Tax Revenues, and Calls for Medicaid Expansion -

The budget may not be finalized until June.

“T’ is for Tompkins, Daniel Augustus (1851-1914). Industrialist, journalist.

“S” is for San Miguel de Gualdape. Founded in September 1526 by Lucas Vásquez de Allyón, San Miguel de Gualdape was the first Spanish town in the territory of the present-day United States.

“R” is for Richards, John Gardiner, Jr. (1864-1941). Governor. A native of Kershaw County, Richards was an early supporter of Pitchfork Ben Tillman.

Two controversial bills important to the Republican majority made it through the state legislature this week with a week to spare in this year’s session. Bills that could see the resumption of executions, and handguns allowed to be carried in public won final approval, and will soon be on the way to the Governor to be signed into law.

With just two weeks left in this year’s regular session of the state legislature, the fates of a number of high-profile, controversial bills that backers hope to see enacted into law this year remain unclear.