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Symphony Orchestra Performing Arts
1,650 words... phonies of Gyrowetz and Haydn, and to study such other scores as were available I name incipiently cultured Boston that day. Soon thereafter every other city also sprouted its musical organization. Philadelphia, Cincinatti, St. Louis, San Francisco, and other communities as they attained a modicum of wealth and leisure attracted German and French immigrants to perform in the orchestras. Further development of the American orchestra should be attributed to visiting tours of European great orc...
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7 Th Century Middle East
1,188 wordsWhen I think about music and what I enjoy about it I think about my home country and the music that I have known all my life. Arabic music is my favorite musical styling. Although I have come to enjoy classical and contemporary styling as well, Arabic music has almost an innate quality of enjoyment for me. I am from the Middle-East and I have known Arabic music for the majority of my life. Its songs speak of the life and culture of Arabic countries and its melody is not commonly heard on America...
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Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker
1,424 words... lly redefined the way to improvise in a song, and it is full of creative and unique musical ideas, also called "licks." Famous people such as the saxophonist Charlie Parker, the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and the drummer Max Roach created bebop during the 40 s and the Postwar Decades, which was definitely a big leap for jazz. This style of jazz is less restricted, and improvisation involved longer phrases, more choruses, and more emotions. Modal jazz, also called free jazz, has no rules at a...
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The Sound And Fury Madison Scouts
1,170 wordsThe roar of extreme sound emanates from a football field. It is clear that this is not an ordinary high school marching band playing at a football game. These are Drum and Bugle Corps, boasting an instrumentation of all brass and percussion instruments. This arrangement of instruments can create an enormous amount of sound, sometimes louder than a rock music concert. Due to their thorough auditioning processes, they have a group of musicians, who can play extremely well, all of whom are brought ...
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Octave Johnston 1989 Based On Pythagorean Music
1,360 words"Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements... Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of the best government in the universe. As a rule it assumes the guise of harmony in the universe, of lawful government in a state, and of a sensible way of life in the home. It brings together and unites. " The Pythagorean's Every school student will recognize his name as the originator of that theorem which offers ...
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Number One Hit Rock And Roll
1,275 wordsThe beginning of Rock and roll started with The Twist. by Chubby Checker This song changed our dancing moves. Other dance songs that helped this period of rock and roll along include: The Mash Potato, The Monster Mash, the Pony, The Swim, The Jerk, The Monkey, and The Hill Gully. The first New York white rock star was Dion. He was the lead singer of the band the Belmont's. He was one of the the few rockers in his generation to evidence serious artistic growth (Unterberger). He moved into Country...
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Han Zheng Music Music Of China Chinese
1,123 wordsMusic of China The music of China enriches the listeners life both immediately and over the long time. It gives the basis for creativity and the opportunity of self-expression. The music of Chiba transmits cultural values and contributes to intellectual and moral development of the people who listen to this music. Its gentle sounds extracts the deep feelings, at the same time, making a listener relax and enjoy its calm and peaceful atmosphere. More than that, listening to music of China has shor...
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Piano Sonatas Classical Era
1,706 wordsThe Sonata Christian Core 10 / 6 / 96 In the late 1700 s and early 1800 s the Baroque period gave way to the classical era, introducing many revolutionary new scientific discoveries and theories. This drastically changed the peoples social views and brought on the age of enlightenment. With this change in social philosophy came changes in musical trends. One of the most important new trends of the time was a more common use of the sonata. During the Classical era, the sonata evolved into a more ...
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Johann Sebastian Bach Baroque Period
3,946 wordsThroughout history, in every field, there have been several families who stand out for their achievements. In music, few families can compete with the success or the productivity that the Bach's can proudly claim. ? The Bach family represents the most f middle example of a musical dynasty. 1? The musical output of this family is remarkable. ? There were musician Bach's in the sixteenth century: the last of the line died in 1846. In between, there was no generation without a musician. They were a...
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20 Th Century Duke Ellington
1,678 wordsDuke Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Duke Ellington's pre-eminence in jazz is not only because of the very high aesthetic standard of his output and not simply due to his remarkable abilities as a pianist, composer and bandleader, but also to the fact that he has extended the boundaries of jazz more than any other musician, without abandoning the true essence of the music. Perhaps no other American musician left such a massive and challenging legacy in composition and performance. Edward Kennedy D...
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Past And Present Time And Place
2,208 wordsThe Importance of Sound Theater is an extremely involved and complex production. It encompasses play writing, directing, acting, costume, makeup, scenery, lighting properties, theater architecture, machinery, special effects, management, audiences, and criticism (Brockett-b xi). What this statement fails to include is the element of sound design as a major theatrical consideration. The aspect of sound in the past and present entails so many technical aspects, that it must not be over-looked in a...
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Louis Armstrong Cool Jazz
648 wordsThe History Of Jazz The first jazz was played in the early 20 th century. The work chants and folk music of black Americans are among the sources of jazz, which reflects the rhythms and expressions of West African song. Ragtime, an Afro-American music that first appeared in the 1890 s, was composed for the piano, and each rag is a composition with several themes. The leading ragtime composer was Scott Joplin. The first improvising jazz musician was the cornetist Buddy Bolden, leader of a band in...
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R 038 B Rock And Roll
1,133 wordsHistory of Rock Rock Music is a group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955. Rock music began in the United States, but it has influenced and in turn been shaped by a broad field of cultures and musical traditions, including gospel music, the blues, country-and-western music, classical music, folk music, electronic music, and the popular music of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In addition to its use as a broad designation, the term rock music co...
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Stock Market Crash One Of The Most Important
1,314 wordsThe 1920 s was a huge decade for the phenomena known as " Jazz" . Due to the closing of the seaport in New Orleans, musicians were forced to travel up the Mississippi to find work. Two of the cities most affected by this move were Chicago and New York. Chicago was home primarily for New Orleans traditional music during the 1920 s. From this New Orleans style came four major types of jazz: Boogie-Woogie, Chicago Jazz, Urban Blues, and Society Dance Bands. Because of the ever-growing pop...
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Form Of Music Style Of Writing
1,180 wordsThe Relationship of Jazz Music and Jack Kerouac There is a distinct relationship between jazz music and the Beat Generation, particularly Jack Kerouac. The writings of the beat generation were often influenced by the different styles of jazz. One certain style of jazz known as bop and bebop were the most influential of all forms on the beat generation. They were an improvised form of jazz that has been traced back to originating in Harlem in the early forties and fifties. A harmonically and rhyt...
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Jimi Hendrix Experience Cause Of Death
1,191 wordsJimi Hendrix was one of the most influential musicians in music history. Jimi Hendrix was one of the most exciting and creative guitar players ever. He mixed Blues and Rock & Roll together to create some of the most unique music ever played. Jimi had only four years of fame, but unlike others, has become even bigger in the 20 years after his death. Jimi? s parents, Al Hendrix and Lucille Jeter got married in Seattle, Washington on March 31, 1942. Soon after Johnny (Jimi) Allen Hendrix was bo...
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Rolling Stone Magazine Heavy Metal Music
3,001 wordsThroughout history, the emotions of people have shown themselves in a variety of forms. Some of the people chose the medium of music to express their emotions and ideas. Music somehow became useless for some people, while music was still spreading across the world. But this work offended some people who were in the need of authority; these people tried to control the music created by the artists. This control of the music is in the form of censorship, and censurers used their political, economic...
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Racial Stereotypes Grove Dictionary
2,184 wordsRagtime: A Bridge Between Two Cultures In 1974, Hollywood released a picture entitled The Sting. The film starred Robert Redford and won numerous awards, including Best Picture of the Year and Best Musical Score. Almost overnight, the American public was captivated with what some perceived as a new music, Ragtime! Actually, the rebirth of Ragtime began several years earlier, in the mid-sixties when the nation, after a period of fifty years, began to take a new interest in this music form. And th...
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Three Or Four Hundred Dollars
5,417 wordsIt was four oclock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the exuberance of Marija Berczynskas. The occasion rested heavily upon Marija's broad shoulders? it was her task to see that all things went in due form, and after the best home traditions; and, flying wildly hither and thither, bowling every one out of the way, and scolding and exhorting all day with her tremendous voice, Marija was too eager to see that others...
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20 Th Century Pink Floyd
2,364 wordsMusic in the 20 th century is something that has evolved from early days of jazz and blues music, to Rap, R&# 038; B, alternative, and rock &# 038; roll. It has become evident that some bands stand apart from others. The influences of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council have helped one of the greatest rock bands of all time emerge, Pink Floyd. The use of synthesizers, guitar and solid vocals has made them a musical force to be reckoned with. The band s name was arrived at after blues musicians Floyd...
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