Though his films are predominantly set in the United States, Jarmusch has advanced the notion that he looks at America " through a foreigner's eyes ", with the intention of creating a form of world cinema that synthesizes European and Japanese film with that of Hollywood.

Though historically a predominantly Afrikaner settlement, Bloemfontein was officially founded in 1846 as a fort by British army major Henry Douglas Warden as a British outpost in the Transoranje region, at that stage occupied by various groups of peoples including Cape Colony Trek Boers, Griqua and Basotho.

Though the group is predominantly based in the United Kingdom, the sovereign and those amongst her relations who do not meet the requirements of Canadian citizenship law are still considered Canadian ; as early as 1959, it was recognized that the Queen was " equally at home in all her realms.

Though predominantly found in computer devices, DVI is also present in some consumer electronics such as television sets.

Though less common,. 20 and. 25 caliber ( 5. 0 mm and 6. 4 mm ) guns also exist and are used predominantly for hunting.

Though the concept had not been given a name, Gandhi advocated for small, local and predominantly village-based technology to help India's villages become self-reliant.

Though initially feeling isolated and uncertain among her predominantly white peers, she soon proved her oratorical talents once more with a speech entitled " Side by Side " in 1896.

Though predominantly black, the throat, breast and neck are a blackish-brown in colour, with a faint purple gloss.

" Though the surviving Dickson test involves live-recorded sound, certainly most, and probably all, of the films marketed for the Kinetophone were shot as silents, predominantly march or dance subjects ; exhibitors could then choose from a variety of musical cylinders offering a rhythmic match.

Though the government initiated the legislation process for reforming the land and the education sectors, they were considered as infringements over the rights by the school managements and landowners, who were predominantly Saint Thomas Christians and Nairs.

Though he was predominantly a painter, he also worked with sculpture, ceramics and printmaking in his later life.

Though predominantly male, the casual meetings of the Edelweißpiraten even offered German adolescents an opportunity for sexual experimentation with the opposite sex.

Though the San people's artworks are predominantly paintings, the beliefs behind them can perhaps be used as a basis for understanding other types of rock art, including petroglyphs.

Though numerous examples of Late Antique portraits featured each figure in a standing position, the Evangelists were predominantly depicted in a seating position at a writing desk or with a book or scroll, both in reference to the Gospels.

Though largely ignored by books and the Internet, and sometimes confused with the predominantly white Fundamental Baptist Fellowship of America, this association of churches does exist, with churches mostly in the midwestern United States.

Though VLF signals were predominantly generated from lightning discharges, it was found that an observable ELF component ( slow tail ) followed the VLF component in almost all cases.

Though predominantly known as a starting pitcher, Smoltz was converted to a reliever in 2001, following his recovery from Tommy John surgery, and spent four years as the team's closer before returning to a starting role.

Though she resides predominantly in the United Kingdom and it is uncertain whether or not a monarch is subject to his or her own citizenship laws, the Queen of Canada is considered to be Canadian.

Though there are buses to Clondalkin and Ballyfermot, and Dún Laoghaire, Tallaght is not well connected to Dublin's other towns and suburbs, as public transport predominantly runs through Dublin city centre ; this has led to high levels of car dependence.

Though usually viewed as predominantly spiritual in nature, elements of psychotherapeutic practice can be recognized in the entheogenic or shamanic rituals of many cultures.

Though predominantly Protestant the party opposed the Kulturkampf, but approached to Bismarck when during the Long Depression the chancellor began to implement protectionist policies by restricting corn imports from Russia and the United States.

Though Westbury is often described as a very “ English village ”, the first European settlers were predominantly Irish ; ex Irish convicts, retired soldiers and free settlers, many fleeing the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s.

Though the Bozo are predominantly Muslim, they preserve a number of animist traditions as well.

Though published predominantly in Japan by Japanese, noted examples of the genre have also been penned by foreign scholars, journalists and residents.

Though it was Rossini's first opera, written when he was thirteen or fourteen, the work was not staged until the composer was twenty years old, premiering as his sixth official opera.

Though Palestrina represents late Renaissance music well, others such as Orlande de Lassus ( a Franco-Flemish composer who also spent some of his early career in Italy ) and William Byrd were arguably more versatile.

Though writing for transposing instruments entails more work for a composer or arranger, there are several reasons to transpose music for certain instruments.

Though not an outstanding student there and composing little, he progressed well in violin under Valdemar Tofte and received a solid grounding in music theory from Orla Rosenhoff, who would remain a valued adviser during Nielsen's early years as a professional composer.

Though best known today as a thinker, Rousseau had ambitions to be a composer.

Though he studied at the University of California, Berkeley, he was still virtually self-taught when he began writing music of his own, but in the early 1920s he had lessons from Arthur Bliss ( then in Santa Barbara ) and the senior American composer and researcher of American Indian ( then called " Red Indian ") music, Arthur Farwell.

Though closed circuit feedback was a prominent feature in many early experimental electronic music compositions, it was contemporary American composer Robert Ashley who first used acoustic feedback as sound material in his work The Wolfman ( 1964 ).

Though creating seventeen leading roles for Handel ( including Giulio Cesare, Orlando, and Bertarido in Rodelinda ), his relationship with the composer was frequently stormy: " the one was perfectly refractory ; the other was equally outrageous ", according to the contemporary historian Mainwaring.

Though Lucier had composed chamber and orchestral works since 1952, the composer and his critics count his 1965 composition Music for Solo Performer as the proper beginning of his compositional career.

Though classical music was Strayhorn ’ s first love, his ambition to become a classical composer was shot down by the harsh reality of a black man trying to make it in the then almost completely white classical world.

Though founded in 1857, the Peabody Institute did not hold an orchestral concert until after the Civil War, when James Monroe Deems directed a concert ; Deems was a musician and composer, known for Nebuchadnezzar, one of the first American oratorios.

Though largely self-taught, he did receive some advice from Willem Pijper, the doyen of Dutch composers at the time, but their musical views differed widely and after Pijper had attempted to discourage Badings from continuing as a composer, Badings broke off contact.

Though the composer uses the term " expressivist " to describe his music, he is often associated with post-minimalism.

From The New York Times: " Though the work featured memorable dance sequences by a choreographer on the rise named Michael Bennett, what really set it apart was its score, written by the solid-gold pop composer Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David.

Though diagnosed with breast cancer at 26, Creed kept on working, teaming with composer Michael Masser and writing the lyrics to " Greatest Love of All " for the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic The Greatest ; in the spring of 1986, the song topped the charts for singer Whitney Houston.

Though all of New Order's songs are credited as group compositions, it is known that the chief composer of " Procession " is Stephen Morris.

" Though not a composer of profound originality ... he had an unfailing sense of dramatic appropriateness and all the resources of a symphonic technique to give it expression and was thus able to achieve success in so many styles ".

Though famous in his day, he is remembered mainly for his close professional relationship and friendship with composer Franz Schubert.

Though the composer is sometimes regarded as following an Impressionist idiom, Tzigane clearly demonstrates Ravel's ability to imitate the ( late ) Romantic style of violin showmanship promoted by such composer-virtuosi as Paganini and Sarasate.

Though best known as a composer of instrumental sonatas, he was predominantly a composer of liturgical music with a distinctly dramatic character.

Though she lived an abbreviated life, dying shortly before her 27th birthday, Owen was a prolific composer, as well as a member of influential intellectual circles.

Though it is frequently listed, even on record and CD covers, as a symphony for orchestra " and organ ", the composer inscribed it as: Symphonie No. 3 " avec orgue " ( with organ ).

Though routinely described ( by the composer as well as others ) as a " serial " composition, Kreuzspiel does not employ a referential, recurring twelve tone ordered set.