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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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Men And Women Slave Masters
1,134 wordsProfessor Jim Gray of Sonoma State University defines culture as a means of survival. Going by this definition of culture the evolution of black humor has definitely been a foundation in the survival of the comedy in America. This paper will be a discussion of how African American Humor has evolved and for centuries has changed and continues to change the way we look at comedy. Before beginning this paper, I must stress the importance of humor for all races. Truly, the environment in which most ...
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Musical Comedies Radio Stations
1,155 words... he reconstruction period constitutional amendments were passed to assure civil rights and voting rights for former slaves and some blacks were elected members of the House and Senate; Whites wanted to be assured that blacks were still inferior and blackface troupes were not showing this by continuing to hire blacks. Therefore, audiences depleted, and many troupes that had incorporated blacks started to perform on circuits like the "Chicken circuit, " which hit most black owned theaters. Blac...
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Lighting And Costumes Moved The Show Stage
1,091 words... or playing in the band. It welcomes all with open arms. Swing is a culture phenomenon of its own and has very dazzling moves that never lets your guard down. The space of the stage enhances this point because there was always something entertaining going on stage. At points it would be hard to keep focus on one thing, so my eyes could wander the stage but never wander off. The band was always on stage and they were he element that tied the show together because the fundamentals of swing is r...
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Actors And Actresses Sir Harry
1,510 wordsOnce Upon A Mattress is a perfect example of legendary folklore. Characters that we depict from storybook fairytales come to life, as actors that marvelously portray kings, queens, and knights turn folklore into reality. Once Upon A Mattress is a dark comedy that enchants its audience with humor, controversies, as well as evil and manipulation. Such elements is what makes our imagination of fairytales of kings and queens come true; that ever so plagued us since our childhood years. Once Upon A M...
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End Of Time Prisoner Of War
1,223 wordsan account of the technical and interpretative challenges presented to performers in Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) played a significant part in the evolution of twentieth-century music, influencing a number of other composers with his innovative compositional techniques. The Quartet for the End of Time, is not one of Messiaen's typical works due to the circumstances in which it was composed (his main outputs were organ, orchestral and choral works), but i...
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Berry Gordy Father Of The Motown Sound
1,231 wordsBerry Gordy Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 28, 1929. He was the seventh born out of eight siblings. His parents migrated to Detroit from Georgia during 1922. They were part of a mass exodus of African Americans who left the South in the 20 's and traveled to northern cities in search of better economic futures. During that time jobs were plentiful in the factories, mainly the big four automotive plants that like, Chrysler, Ford, Chevrolet, and General Motors. Berry and Bertha Gord...
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Ol Man River Voices Of The Performers Show
672 wordsThis paper is a critique of a production of Show Boat, a musical classic with compositions by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, which was performed and produced by NETworks Presentations LLC at Even Auditorium on the 14 th of February 2001. Clayton Phillips, the director of the production, attempted to test the waters of racial discrimination by exploring controversial themes such as prejudice and interracial relationships. Show Boat takes an enlightened approach to ethnic controve...
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Dream Come True Dream How Are You Gonna Jazz
362 wordsI attended a jazz show at the Renaissance Caf in Newark. The Renaissance Caf is a small restaurant. On the right side is a bar, to the left is the dining area and straight-ahead is a small performing area. The small audience was dressed very casually. They were very attentive and supportive of the performers. The group was made up of a drummer, a cello player, a keyboarder, and a vocalist. They were dressed with their own personal style, but overall casual. The vocalist Hollis Donaldson was very...
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Symbolic Interaction Impression Management
2,389 wordsExamine the theatrical imagery in the theories of Erving Goffman & George Herbert Mead "Man is not like other animals in the ways that are really significant: Animals have instincts, we have taxes. " (Erving Goffman) Erving Goffman (June 11, 1922 November 19, 1982), was a talented writer and a real master of sociology. He was the 73 president of American Sociological Association. The greatest contribution of E. Goffman to the worlds social theory is his investigations of symbolic interaction fro...
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Symbolic Interactions George Herbert
2,419 words... Teams hold together because they feel a mutual dependence for one another (Goffman E. 1959 p. 88). Team members create group cohesion. What one performer wants the other can provide and vice versa. So this a rules for teams, which Goffman marks: team form membership with one another; it is avoid to any member of the team to have a long stranding relationships with other members of the time; members of the team can be accepted straight away, as with work colleagues. Protection of a reputation...
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Theory Of Social Social Interaction
2,489 wordsErving Goffman's contribution into the notion of the social interaction The aim of the present paper is to look through the sociological notions provided by Goffman through his books, especially in relation to the social interaction. It is essential to critically evaluate the contribution which Goffman has made through his dramaturgical theory of social interaction and through the development of new notions included into this theory. Goffman has always been interested in knowing the cores of the...
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Total Quality Management Organizational Goals
2,018 wordsBOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON: A GREAT PLACE TO WORK FOR Booz Allen Hamilton is one of the worlds leading management consulting firms that provides technological consulting services to firms all over the world. They give management consulting and technology integration to most of the companies cited in Fortune 500 companies. First established in 1914 by Edwin Booz, the company now boasts of more than 12, 500 employees in some 100 offices and six continents. Managing a company entails important functions t...
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Rock N Roll Type Of Music
2,750 wordsRap music as a musical form began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid 1970? s. Individuals such Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early pioneers of this art form. Through their performances at clubs and promotion of the music, rap consistently gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970? s. The first commercial success of the rap song? Rappers Delight? by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979 helped bring rap music into the national spotlight. The 1980? s saw the co...
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Turn Of The Century Blues Singers
2,174 wordsConcepts of the Blues Most of what we hear today, in essence, probably developed from the blues. The word blue has been associated with the idea of melancholia or depression since the Elizabethan era. To have the blues meant that you had a depressed mood or felt things that werent going your way. The American writer, Washington Irving is credited with coining the term the blues. The earlier (almost entirely Negro) history of the blues musical tradition is traced through oral tradition as far bac...
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Rock Musicals Show Performers
543 wordsTheatre performances can be done in many different ways. One of these ways is a musical, which mixes songs with dialogue. Musical theatre has many different styles of music within its ranks, and the show that I recently saw focused on Rock Musicals. On Saturday, April 29, 2000 I saw Rock On! Broadway! at the Cabaret @ The Spot. It was a brilliant musical revue of songs from Rock Musicals, directed by Glen J. Beck. The shows dialogue honored many critics in the sense that the lines were actual vi...
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19 Th Century Types Of Music
2,786 wordsJazz When it comes to music, most people dont say they like it. People say they like heavy metal, pop, rhythm and blues, or any other type of music, since they have their own preference to what type of music they like, not just enjoying the broad area of music. One of those types of music which many enjoy is jazz. Actually right now jazz is really big and popular in Europe, andis rising in its popularity in the USA through its many forms. Jazz does have many forms, so many that some people would...
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Hip Hop Culture Gangsta Rap
2,844 wordsHistory of Rap By: Jiggalow-B E-mail: Rap music as a musical form began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid 1970? s. Individuals such Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early pioneers of this art form. Through their performances at clubs and promotion of the music, rap consistently gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970? s. The first commercial success of the rap song? Rappers Delight? by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979 helped bring rap music into the nati...
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Run Down Playhouse Performers And The Audience Play
561 wordsI have never been to a live play performance before, but I have seen one on video. I loved it as though I was reading a great storybook; being able to stop at anytime and pick up where I left off, but I never thought about the relationship between the performers and the audience. Nor did I think of the impact of all of the aspects that deal with creating a play and giving a great performance. For my first live play I went to go see Polaroid Stories; a play I thought would not be so shocking to a...
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Rock N Roll R 038 B
3,304 wordsRap Music; It s impact on society since it s birth. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines rap as a rhythmic chanting of usual rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment. The purpose of this paper is to show how rap music has come to be. Also, citing the many performers who have mad this form of music what it is today. Rap is a large part of our society and its evolution is proof that this personal style of music will be around for a very long time. Rap music as a musical form began among the yo...
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