Vladimir Von Tsurikov from The Russian Museum of Art
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John Paul Barnett Cannon Maker and Concussionist, Part 3 wlmp
Barney made cannons of all sizes that could be shot, for all kinds of customers. He also performed at over 100 concerts of The 1812 Overture as the guest concussionist, firing 16 cannons at the exact places called for in the score. This footage was salvaged from VCR footage that was over 30 years old, thus the
poor quality, sorry, best copy available.
Birth: Jun. 5, 1934
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA
Death: Oct. 25, 2010
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA
J. Paul Barnett
June 5, 1934 - Oct. 25, 2010
SOUTH BEND - J. Paul Barnett, 76, of South Bend, passed away at 2:58 a.m. Monday, October 25th, in Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Mr. Barnett was born on June 5, 1934, in South Bend, and had resided in the area his lifetime. On September 4, 1976, in South Bend, he married Carol L. Best, who survives. Also surviving are two stepdaughters, Rebecca Ann Best of North Liberty and Patricia Lynne (Robert) DeMeyer of South Bend; four grandchildren, Rebecca S. Barnett of Elkhart, IN, Steven, Hannah and Kevin DeMeyer of South Bend; a sister, Lois Jean Hanna of Brooksville, Florida; two nieces, Roberta Van Sickle and Luanne Hanna. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, John A. and Edith Fern (McGuire) Barnett; and a son, John P. Barnett Jr., who passed away Dec. 3, 1991. Mr. Barnett was owner of South Bend Replicas, Inc., in South Bend prior to his death. Paul graduated from Central High School, Franklin College and Ball State University. In his younger years he was an Indiana State Trooper, U.S. Army veteran, a high school English teacher, a vocational musician in local venues, and other things that evolved into a career working in the field of antique artillery. As a manufacturer, his work was invited into many federal, state, local and private historical projects. The sailing ships Lady Washington, Kalmar Nyckel, Pride of Baltimore, and H.M.S. Rose have been among client ships. Historic forts and sites using antique replica artillery made by Paul for their living history programs include Fort Ticonderoga, Colonial Williamsburg, Sutter's Fort and Fort Ross in California, and Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas National Monuments at St. Augustine, and Mission San Luis at Tallahassee. Museum and Monument projects have included DuPont's Hagley Museum and West Point. Movies in which artillery by Barnett has appeared include the feature film Glory; Spielberg and Disney have been repeat clients. In 1967, symphony conductor Erich Kunzel approached Barnett about possibly producing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture live in accordance with the original 1880 score and plan, into which 16 muzzle-loading cannon shots had been specifically written to be fired with musical precision from an electric switch panel constructed for an 1881 event that failed to materialize. Also in 1967, Paul had undertaken research on Lyle guns, pieces of light artillery developed in 1978 for projecting lifelines to and from distressed ships. A sharing of efforts by Kunzel and Barnett led Barnett into a secondary career of performing with many orchestras and conductors doing historically valid 1812 performances in the United States and as far away as Lenigrad, Russia. In 1990, under invitation of the Russian government and within earshot of the composer's grave, Barnett was delighted to assist in bringing the Overture home in a worldwide celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth, in the city (now again St. Petersburg) of his youth. The annual Kunzel/Barnett collaboration continued until 2009. Other conductors who became variously involved across the years included Andrew Kostelanetz, Henry Mancini, Mstislav Rostropovich, Leonard Slatkin and others at places such as Wolf Trap, Ravinia, Saratoga, Bethel Woods, Mann, Blossom, Meadow Brook, and other performing art centers. Paul's published work includes a reference catalog on antique artillery, a book, The Lifesaving Guns of David Lyle, and various articles in professional and trade journals. Some of his memberships were in the U.S. Lifesaving Service Heritage Association, the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, the National Rifle Association, The American Federation of Musicians, and the Company of Military Historians. Also the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. Visitation hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 28, in the Hanley & Sons Southwest Chapel Funeral Home, located at West Ireland Road/Indiana 23, South Bend. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in the funeral home, with burial following at Sumption Prairie Cemetery, with military services.
John Paul Barnett, Cannon Maker and Concussionist, Part 5
Barney made cannons of all sizes that could be shot, for all kinds of customers. He also performed at over 100 concerts of The 1812 Overture as the guest concussionist, firing 16 cannons at the exact places called for in the score. This footage was salvaged from VCR footage that was over 30 years old, thus the poor quality, sorry, best copy available.
Birth: Jun. 5, 1934
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA
Death: Oct. 25, 2010
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA
J. Paul Barnett
June 5, 1934 - Oct. 25, 2010
SOUTH BEND - J. Paul Barnett, 76, of South Bend, passed away at 2:58 a.m. Monday, October 25th, in Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Mr. Barnett was born on June 5, 1934, in South Bend, and had resided in the area his lifetime. On September 4, 1976, in South Bend, he married Carol L. Best, who survives. Also surviving are two stepdaughters, Rebecca Ann Best of North Liberty and Patricia Lynne (Robert) DeMeyer of South Bend; four grandchildren, Rebecca S. Barnett of Elkhart, IN, Steven, Hannah and Kevin DeMeyer of South Bend; a sister, Lois Jean Hanna of Brooksville, Florida; two nieces, Roberta Van Sickle and Luanne Hanna. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, John A. and Edith Fern (McGuire) Barnett; and a son, John P. Barnett Jr., who passed away Dec. 3, 1991. Mr. Barnett was owner of South Bend Replicas, Inc., in South Bend prior to his death. Paul graduated from Central High School, Franklin College and Ball State University. In his younger years he was an Indiana State Trooper, U.S. Army veteran, a high school English teacher, a vocational musician in local venues, and other things that evolved into a career working in the field of antique artillery. As a manufacturer, his work was invited into many federal, state, local and private historical projects. The sailing ships Lady Washington, Kalmar Nyckel, Pride of Baltimore, and H.M.S. Rose have been among client ships. Historic forts and sites using antique replica artillery made by Paul for their living history programs include Fort Ticonderoga, Colonial Williamsburg, Sutter's Fort and Fort Ross in California, and Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas National Monuments at St. Augustine, and Mission San Luis at Tallahassee. Museum and Monument projects have included DuPont's Hagley Museum and West Point. Movies in which artillery by Barnett has appeared include the feature film Glory; Spielberg and Disney have been repeat clients. In 1967, symphony conductor Erich Kunzel approached Barnett about possibly producing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture live in accordance with the original 1880 score and plan, into which 16 muzzle-loading cannon shots had been specifically written to be fired with musical precision from an electric switch panel constructed for an 1881 event that failed to materialize. Also in 1967, Paul had undertaken research on Lyle guns, pieces of light artillery developed in 1978 for projecting lifelines to and from distressed ships. A sharing of efforts by Kunzel and Barnett led Barnett into a secondary career of performing with many orchestras and conductors doing historically valid 1812 performances in the United States and as far away as Lenigrad, Russia. In 1990, under invitation of the Russian government and within earshot of the composer's grave, Barnett was delighted to assist in bringing the Overture home in a worldwide celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth, in the city (now again St. Petersburg) of his youth. The annual Kunzel/Barnett collaboration continued until 2009. Other conductors who became variously involved across the years included Andrew Kostelanetz, Henry Mancini, Mstislav Rostropovich, Leonard Slatkin and others at places such as Wolf Trap, Ravinia, Saratoga, Bethel Woods, Mann, Blossom, Meadow Brook, and other performing art centers. Paul's published work includes a reference catalog on antique artillery, a book, The Lifesaving Guns of David Lyle, and various articles in professional and trade journals. Some of his memberships were in the U.S. Lifesaving Service Heritage Association, the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, the National Rifle Association, The American Federation of Musicians, and the Company of Military Historians. Also the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. Visitation hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 28, in the Hanley & Sons Southwest Chapel Funeral Home, located at West Ireland Road/Indiana 23, South Bend. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in the funeral home, with burial following at Sumption Prairie Cemetery, with military services.
German Americans | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:44 1 History
00:03:29 1.1 Colonial era
00:04:49 1.1.1 Palatines
00:06:49 1.1.2 Louisiana
00:08:47 1.1.3 Southeast
00:10:49 1.1.4 New England
00:11:23 1.1.5 Pennsylvania
00:13:54 1.2 American Revolution
00:14:53 1.3 19th century
00:16:09 1.3.1 Jews
00:17:09 1.3.2 Northeastern cities
00:17:25 1.3.3 Cities of the Midwest
00:19:08 1.3.4 Deep South
00:19:22 1.3.5 Texas
00:21:29 1.3.6 Germans from Russia
00:24:18 1.3.7 Civil War
00:25:53 1.3.8 Farmers
00:28:05 1.3.9 Politics
00:30:20 1.4 World Wars
00:30:28 1.4.1 Intellectuals
00:31:41 1.4.2 World War I anti-German sentiment
00:33:56 1.4.3 World War II
00:35:47 1.5 Contemporary period
00:37:35 2 Demographics
00:38:17 2.1 German-American communities
00:38:47 2.1.1 Communities with highest percentages of people of German ancestry
00:40:45 2.1.2 Large communities with high percentages of people of German ancestry
00:41:38 2.1.3 Communities with the most residents born in Germany
00:45:22 3 Counties by percentages of Germans
00:54:17 4 Culture
00:55:39 4.1 Music
00:58:24 4.2 Turners
00:59:31 4.3 Media
01:02:03 4.4 Athletics
01:02:55 4.5 Religion
01:06:27 4.6 Language
01:09:01 5 Assimilation
01:09:10 5.1 Introduction
01:09:29 5.2 The apparent disappearance of German American identity
01:22:22 5.3 Factors making German Americans susceptible to assimilation
01:31:32 5.4 Persistence of unassimilated German Americans
01:34:12 6 German-American influence
01:38:24 7 Education
01:38:55 8 Notable people
01:42:46 8.1 German-American presidents
01:43:32 9 See also
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German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 44 million in 2016, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the US Census Bureau in its American Community Survey. German-Americans account for about one third of the total ethnic German population in the world.None of the German states had American colonies. In the 1670s, the first significant groups of German immigrants arrived in the British colonies, settling primarily in Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia. Immigration continued in very large numbers during the 19th century, with eight million arrivals from Germany. Between 1820 and 1870 over seven and a half million German immigrants came to the United States. By 2010, their population grew to 49.8 million German Americans, reflecting a jump of 6 million people since 2000.
There is a German belt that extends all the way across the United States, from eastern Pennsylvania to the Oregon coast. Pennsylvania has the largest population of German-Americans in the U.S. and is home to one of the group's original settlements, Germantown (Philadelphia), founded in 1683 and the birthplace of the American antislavery movement in 1688, as well as the revolutionary Battle of Germantown. The state of Pennsylvania has 3.5 million people of German ancestry.
They were pulled by the attractions of land and religious freedom, and pushed out of Germany by shortages of land and religious or political oppression. Many arrived seeking religious or political freedom, others for economic opportunities greater than those in Europe, and others for the chance to start fresh in the New World. The arrivals before 1850 were mostly farmers who sought out the most productive land, where their intensive farming techniques would pay off. After 1840, many came to cities, where Germania—German-speaking districts—soon emerged.German Americans established the first kindergartens in the United States, introduced the Christmas tree tradition, and introduced popular foods such as hot dogs and hamburgers to America.The great majority of people with some German ancestry have become Am ...
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